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I wonder how the market leaders will react to this. They are essentially challenging UPS, FedEx and the USPS. Its going to be interesting.

Is there a list of allowed deliverable items?

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I think they're challenging Instacart more than those others.

I still can't use this API to ship something to another town, can I?

Please see my comment on what's currently allowed, and where our service is available: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11871600

UberRUSH is focused on courier-style deliveries within a single urban environment; you can not use UberRUSH for long distance deliveries.

Thank you for providing the list. Its more open that I would have imagined. Do the current Uber imposed car requirements still apply? (I mean the year / type of car allowed).

It varies; if you drive with Uber, then you can choose to also deliver goods and products. Some driver-partners choose to only do deliveries for UberRUSH; some do both.

Here are the requirements to deliver for UberRUSH:

- Be at least 19 years old (21 years old in Canada)

- Be able to lift 50 lbs

- Have a driver’s license, insurance, and vehicle registration

- Have at least 1 year of driving experience

If you want to be a bike courier:

- Be at least 19 years old

- Be able to lift 30 lbs

Source: https://get.uber.com/p/delivery-partner/

Thank you. :)

Well, that's how it starts. Then you get Uber paying people with Vans, pickups, and vehicles capable of moving lots of stuff at once to move things from town to town. And so on until there are Uber commercial trucking drivers.

It'll probably depend a lot on marketing, and how much Uber and others spend to grow the market.

Same-day delivery's already provided pretty economically by the regional carriers (think Ontrac), but it's never been a huge market.

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