Picup Driver Earnings in South Africa
Picup is the only company on this site that publishes a rate card. Here is every rate, and what comes off the top.
Overview
These rates were in the app on 6 September 2026. Picup adjusts them whenever fuel moves by R1.00 or more, so check before you plan around them.
They are also what arrives before your own costs.
Detail
Two kinds of trip
On-demand is one collection and one delivery. Bucket is several orders collected together and dropped at several addresses. Different rate cards.
On-demand rates
| Vehicle | First 5km | Per km after 5km |
|---|---|---|
| Bike | R32.01 | R4.20 |
| Car | R50.45 | R5.82 |
| Small van | R85.05 | R6.09 |
| Large van | R86.94 | R6.60 |
The base fee covers everything up to 5km, however short the trip. Picup's example: a bike on a 12km trip earns R32.01 plus 7 x R4.20, so R61.41.
Bucket rates
Each leg is paid per kilometre, higher for the first 10km.
| Vehicle | First 10km of a leg | Per km after |
|---|---|---|
| Bike | R5.12 | R3.09 |
| Car | R7.72 | R4.68 |
| Small van | R8.81 | R5.38 |
| Large van | R10.77 | R6.61 |
Then the same amounts whatever you drive:
| Paid for | Amount |
|---|---|
| Each stop | R3.00 |
| Each successful delivery | R5.00 |
| Envelope | R1.00 |
| Small parcel | R2.00 |
| Medium parcel | R3.00 |
| Large parcel | R4.00 |
| Extra large parcel | R5.00 |
Picup's example: a car, four medium parcels, three addresses, 32km, comes to R267.84.
Merged routes
Two trips merged into one route are paid on the optimised distance. You collect once, and the kilometres you are paid for go down.
Failed deliveries and returns
Half the standard rate, capped at R45 for a motorbike, R65 for a car and R85 for a small van.
Taking work below your class
Any vehicle can accept a lower trip mode, paid at the lower rate. A car driver who takes a R32.01 bike trip is paid R32.01.
Payment
Every Tuesday, for the Monday to Sunday before. A public holiday on the Monday or Tuesday delays it, and the money can take 48 hours to reflect.
Some routes wait. A route pays out automatically only if you were within 1km of the waypoint when you started and finished it, and inside the client's delivery window. Everything else waits for finance, usually until the end of the next business day. Quote the route ID, not the order number.
Deductions
Lularides takes 5% of your earnings excluding tips. iThemba takes R5 a week. Picup pays the vendor, and the vendor pays you.
Plus drivers on scheduled work also face slot penalties: R50, then R100, then R150 between Monday and Saturday, and R250 on a Sunday.
What is not in these numbers
Fuel, data, airtime, insurance, servicing, tyres, the DEKRA assessment and Picup gear. Work out what you keep per hour online. A rate card is not an income.
Where to check this yourself
These rates are in the earnings article in the Picup Driver App, last updated 2 September 2026. Check it before you plan around any figure here.
Sources
- Picup Driver App Company page Picup. Published or updated 2 September 2026. Read on 6 September 2026 . Picup's own driver app, and the help centre inside it. You register under BECOME A LEGEND and upload documents under MANAGE PROFILE DOCUMENTS. The help centre covers registration, the vehicle inspection, the app, client procedures, earnings and the two vendors that supply bikes. Android only.
- Picup home page Company page Picup. Read on 6 September 2026 . Picup's own site. No driver page, no requirements and no service-area list. It describes Picup as on demand and national delivery.
- Picup new driver registration form Company page Picup. Read on 6 September 2026 . Linked from Picup's registration article. You consent to Picup checking your documents and say which area you want to deliver in.
We last checked this page against its sources on 6 September 2026.