Hi.just to check any updates on Qourier payout? Thanks
Grab is lobbying hard for LTA to let PHV drivers do courier. Once approved, Comfort will also jump on the bandwagon with their cab drivers. Once that happens, there will be another "consolidation" (aka: close shop or run road) of the courier market. All those smaller courier players will close shop.
Exactly like what happened in the food delivery market when Grab entered the market. Small players like Plum, makan kaki, HonestBee (stopped food delivery) disappeared. Deliveroo had a lot of initial publicity when the Ang Moh FT GM wore a kangaroo suit and rode around town in a scooter doing deliveries. Now the ang moh also moved on to a escooter sharing company in Europe and I seldom see deliveroo riders on the streets. Most of the riders are Green and occasionally Pink. Gojek maybe entering the food delivery market and when they do, there will be more "consolidation".
So in summary, all brothers need to be careful about using multiple platforms to combine your courier orders, especially if the "entrepreneurial, rising star tech startup with a killer algorithm" company is late with your payments. When it comes to payment, it is better to stick with the big boys.