How pay works
Every shilling, explained.
You see a trip’s full pay before you accept. Here’s what goes into it, when it reaches you, and what it costs you to earn it.
No cut from your trip pay or your tips
Skip any trip, no penalty and no rating hit
If a customer cancels after pickup, you’re paid in full
One real trip · Tue 7:18 pmPaid 11:00 pm
LavingtonKilimani · 2 drops3.2 km · 34 min
BasePickup at Mama Akinyi’s gate, and the drop150
Distance3.2 km on the road × KES 2270
BatchSecond drop, on your way80
Waiting9 min at the gate · first 5 free, then KES 5 a minute20
Supper peak7 – 9 pm60
Shown before you acceptedKES 380
Tip from Wanjiru100% yours+ 150
You earnedKES 530
PikaBox earns from the customer’s delivery fee, never from your pay.
The five parts of every trip
No surprises, no small print.
KES 150
BaseEvery trip: the pickup and the drop.
KES 22 / km
DistanceMeasured on the road you ride, not as the crow flies.
+ KES 80
BatchFor each extra drop on the same route. Never forced.
KES 5 / min
WaitingAfter the first 5 minutes at a gate or a kitchen.
100% yours
TipsShown when the customer adds one. Paid the same night.
Supper peak · + KES 60 a drop
Every day, 7 to 9 pm. Lunch peak, 12 to 2, adds KES 30.
Rain · + KES 40 a drop
On automatically when it rains in your zone. Or pause, no penalty.
Quests
Extra, not pressure.
Quests are bonuses on top of trip pay. Miss one and nothing happens: no penalty, no rating hit, no fewer offers.
We never hide offers to push a questYou see the same trips whether you’re on a quest or not.
Five-night week
Ride 5 supper shifts this week
4 of 5 nights · ends Sunday
BonusKES 1,000
Starter
Your first 50 drops
32 of 50 drops · no deadline
BonusKES 1,500
Lunch helper
10 lunch drops, Monday to Thursday
6 of 10 · ends Thursday
BonusKES 500
Costs tracker · this week
KES 10,200
yours, after costs
Own bikeFleet
Earned12,800
Fuel · 6 receipts– 1,900
Service & oil– 400
Data & airtime– 300
Per hour, after costsKES 510
Per km, after fuelKES 41
Know what you really earn
Pay minus costs, honestly.
Earnings are only half the story. Snap a fuel receipt and the Rider app logs it, then shows what your hours are really worth.
Snap a receipt
Fuel, service, data. Takes two seconds.
Fleet partner? Rent shows too
Your weekly bike rent is counted, so your number is your number.
Private to you
We don’t use your costs to set your pay.
An example week
Otis, five suppers.
A real week from October 2026, Westlands, motorbike. Each night was paid at 11 pm the same day.
| Day | Shift | Hours | Drops | Trip pay | Peak & quests | Tips | Paid that night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Off | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tue | Supper | 4 | 8 | 1,760 | 360 | 240 | 2,360 |
| Wed | Supper | 4 | 7 | 1,540 | 300 | 200 | 2,040 |
| Thu | Supper | 4 | 8 | 1,760 | 360 | 220 | 2,340 |
| Fri | Supper | 4 | 9 | 1,980 | 420 | 300 | 2,700 |
| Sat | Supper | 4 | 8 | 1,760 | 360 + 1,000 quest | 240 | 3,360 |
| Sun | Off | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Week | 5 shifts | 20 | 40 | 8,800 | 2,800 | 1,200 | KES 12,800 |