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I make $5,000 a month washing people's clothes on SudShare — here's how Crisia Nuñez. Courtesy of Crisia Nuñez Crisia Nuñez, 34, provides on-demand laundry services through the app SudShare. As a Sudster, she makes about $1,300 a week — more than she ever did driving for ride-hailing apps. Here's what her job is like and how she stays organized, as told to Lauryn Haas. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Crisia Nuñez, a 34-year-old launderer in Orlando, Florida, about working for SudShare. The following has been edited for length and clarity and translated from Spanish to English. I was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Puerto Rico, but now I live in Orlando, Florida. Before I found out about SudShare, I drove for ride-hailing companies like Uber and cleaned houses with different companies. SudShare is a laundry-service app. I found out about the app through Facebook. I started investigating, I applied, and they called me and said I was approved. My first day of work was November 16, 2020. As a Sudster, I started earning between $600 to $700 a week at the beginning, then more clients started placing orders. It took me about five to six months to reach making $1,000 a week. Now I'm making about $1,300 per week, or about $5,000 monthly. I wash about 15 loads of clothes a day, but it varies depending on the volume of customers in the app I make $15 to $20 per bag of laundry on average. On a good day, bags are from $55 to $60, sometimes upward of $120, as it's $1 per pound of clothes. We receive 75 cents per pound as Sudsters plus bonuses sometimes from the company. If the load is under 20 pounds, the client is charged the minimum rate of $20, of which we receive $15, regardless of the weight. When there are fewer than three bags of clothes, I wash them at my house, but if there's more, I do them at my local laundromat for efficiency. I usually put a piece of paper with the names of the people on the loads corresponding to the clients. When folding clothes, I don't fold all of them at the same time but rather separate the loads by clients. I work from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., but if I need to extend a little more, I discuss

Lifestyle December 14, 2021 Former Uber driver Crisia Nuñez humbly shares how she makes $5,000 a month with her new hustle as a launderer using SudShare, a laundry-service app.Launched out of a Pikesville home, SudShare has grown exponentially into a tech-enabled marketplace for laundry dedicated to improving the quality of life for millions.Initially, when she got approved as a SudShare member, Nuñez earned $100 to $200 a week more than her earnings as a Uber driver and her other side hustles. As more clients placed orders, she saw her earnings rise to $1,000 a week within six months, and now she makes about $1,300 per week, or about $5,000 monthly, according to Business Insider.According to the Dominican Republic-born woman, Nuñez works at her own pace from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. When she wakes up at 8:00 am, she checks the app to see if she has new orders and if she does, Nuñez makes arrangements to pick them up. On days that she gets fewer orders, she does the laundry at home, and when she receives high-volume orders, she takes them to her local laundromat for efficiency.Nuñez uses both manual and machines to do her laundry, typically with the help of her boyfriend. She washes about 15 loads of clothes a day, which can fluctuate daily. On average, she makes $15 to $20 per bag of laundry. And on a good day, she can make $55 to $60 on a bag of laundry.“We receive 75 cents per pound as Sudsters plus bonuses sometimes from the company. If the load is under 20 pounds, the client is charged the minimum rate of $20, of which we receive $15, regardless of the weight,” she said.With the uneasy task of handling different types of laundry, Nuñez has learned how to deal with the occasional mix-ups. Nuñez takes pride in maintaining consistency in her laundry jobs and advises others to do the same. She looks forward to starting her own laundry business and building long-term relationships with her many customers through SudShare.

As the convenience economy continues to expand into every vertical imaginable, one company is taking on one of the most dismal household chores: laundry.Sudshare founder and CEO Mort Fertel said the idea came from his wife and the family’s chief launderer.“My wife and I have five kids; she’s buried in laundry. And she says, ‘This is crazy, I can tap an app and go to the airport but I’m still doing laundry like my grandmother,” said Fertel. “And she’s right, tech has made it easier and faster but the chore that takes longer than any other hasn’t been touched in 70 years.”His son, Nachshon Fertel, ran with the idea and at 17 years old, created a pair of apps to create an “Uber for laundry,” one app for consumers and one app for gig workers willing to do laundry, a.k.a Sudsters. His triplet brother and sister took on operations and accounting roles respectively and the family gig-work business launched in 2018.Customers pay $1 per pound of laundry with a 20-pound limit, plus any tip they choose. Sudsters get 75 cents per pound. Fertel said jobs ranged from a 30- to 40-pound weekly laundry jobs to a whopping 400-pound load of laundry.The family spent 2019 and 2020 squashing bugs, building out standard operating procedures to support the business, and rolled out to five cities by the end of 2020. At that point, Fertel said it was ready to scale.“We had done all the work to create the infrastructure to crate real growth. Then in 2021 we got complete liftoff, we basically expanded to 400 cities,” said Fertel.He said there was advertising, but the rollout was largely viral with Sudsters and customers hyping the service as it expanded to new markets. The ongoing pandemic was fuel for growth, as well.“COVID is a terrible thing, but it did help Sudshare. It put people in touch with their mortality and made people ask, ‘What do I want to do with my time here on Earth?’ When people ask that questions in a deep meaningful way, nobody says I want to spend time doing laundry,” said Fertel.It helped the other side of the marketplace, too. With more people looking to work from home, Sudshare became an option for folks who didn’t have white-collar jobs.“Those people wouldn’t otherwise be able to work from home. Sudshare is the first and only—that I know of—manual-labor job that you

ONE LINE SUMMARY:After my clothing was stolen by the person they sent to pick up my clothing, I learned Sudster explicitly states in their terms of service that they aren't responsible at all for anything that happens to anybody's clothing, and I unknowingly agreed that I'm not legally allowed to take them to court.MORE DETAILED VERSION:I had 39 lbs of laundry picked up by the person Sudshare sent to my home. That person stole my clothing and would neither reply to me nor Sudshare.Sudshare wrote that I should file a police report, but that they aren't responsible for the stolen clothing. They wrote that they are a "marketplace" and that they don't hire the person doing laundry, even though I have no information or choice about the person doing my laundry. Why do I say wrote? Because they have no phone number to talk to anyone and refuse to talk via phone about the issue.Essentially, anyone using their app is trusting a complete stranger to clean their clothing and bring it back, because the company will not reimburse you if your clothing is stolen.Reading other reviews, it seems I'm not the person this has happened to.In order to use the app, you have to sign their initial waiver. Most of us automatically sign waivers instead of reading the 20 page document. The waiver essentially says they're not responsible for any loss or damage. Quoted from the terms of service, "SudShare and its affiliates do not guarantee [...] the result of any laundry services [and] Sudshare and its affiliates are not responsible for any delays, delivery failures or other damages, liabilities or losses resulting from such problems." Don't take my word for it.The terms of service are on their website, via a tiny link on the bottom of their main page.Not only do they not take responsibility, but you can't even take them to court. The terms of service agreement also says, "You and Sudshare mutually agree to resolve any and all covered justiciable disputes between the Parties exclusively through final and binding individual arbitration instead of a court or jury trial." The thing is, that arbitration can cost thousands of dollars since you'd have to be paying an arbiter for every hour they work on the case. Arbiters can run hundreds of dollars an hour.Finally, I paid for $500 of clothing insurance, in case some of my clothing is damaged while washing.This will not nearly cover the more than $2000 lost from those 39lbs being stolen. To add insult to injury, in order to get the $500 I am owed, the are asking me to sign a long release saying things like that I can't "at any time engage in

I can't use bleach unless the client asks me to do so, but once I received a complaint from a client who said the clothes hadn't arrived white enough. I work with my boyfriend, and normally I mark the loads with the clients' names, but one day I didn't get to mark one load and he accidentally mixed it up with another. That was a disaster. I didn't know what to do, and I had to start reviewing garment by garment, size by size, to figure out what belonged to each client. I contacted the company, and I let both clients know so that they were aware of the inconvenience. But in the end we were able to solve it, and we delivered everything in order. SudShare has been one of the best things that's happened to me My advice is don't despair and be consistent in what you do. It's a slow start, as you're limited to the number of orders and bags you can take on until you have ratings. As your ratings and experience grow, so will the number of bags that they give you. You have to have perseverance and discipline yourself. Before this job, I'd never earned more than $400 per week. This job is also very comfortable because I choose my own work hours, and it allows me to be close to my children, take care of them, and spend time with them. At the same time, it's an excellent income. I'm very happy and grateful for this work. I would like to open my own laundromat one day to have the advantage of serving many more people. Do you make money doing gig work and want to share your story? Email Lauryn Haas at lhaas@insider.com This story was originally published in December 2021. Florida Careers Small Business More as told to Read next

How does public transport in Amsterdam work? In this guide, you'll find out! Public transport in Amsterdam is really good and during a city trip, it is one the most convenient ways to travel in the capital of the Netherlands!First, I will tell about all public transport types in Amsterdam and how they work.Then, you'll read how you can buy tickets and after that, I'll tell you how you can plan your journey with public transport in Amsterdam and get the fastest route.Table of Contents 1. What types of public transport does Amsterdam have?1.1 How does the metro in Amsterdam work?1.2 How does the tram in Amsterdam work?1.3 How does the bus in Amsterdam work?1.4 How does the train in Amsterdam work?1.5 How does the ferry in Amsterdam work?2. How to buy a ticket for public transport in Amsterdam?2.1 How does the public transport card (OV chipkaart) in Amsterdam work?2.2 How does the Amsterdam Travel Ticket in Amsterdam work?2.3 How does the GVB Multi-day ticket in Amsterdam work?2.4 Single Tickets3. How to plan your journey with public transport in Amsterdam?3.1 92923.2 NS3.3 Google Maps1. What types of public transport does Amsterdam have?In Amsterdam, there are many types of public transport.Amsterdam has metros, trams, buses, night buses, trains, and even a ferry!In Amsterdam, it's most convenient to combine the different types of public transport with each other.For example, sometimes it's really fast to first take a tram, and then continue your journey by metro.Below, I will explain how all the public transport types in Amsterdam work.1.1 How does the metro in Amsterdam work?Amsterdam has a really great metro network. In total, Amsterdam has 5 metro lines. The metro in Amsterdam is very comfortable and fast. Especially when your accommodation isn't in the city center of Amsterdam, the metro can be really convenient.In Amsterdam, to get inside the metro you have to go through the entrance gates. To be able to go through an entrance gate, you need a valid ticket. You also need this ticket to leave the metro station once you arrived at your destination.1.1.2 How to get tickets for the metro in Amsterdam?In Amsterdam, there are many options to get tickets for the metro. There is a public transport card (OV chipkaart), an Amsterdam Travel Ticket, and a GVB Multi-day ticket.Besides those options, you can also travel by metro with single tickets. I’ll tell more about that below.If you