Sounds like you want to become an independent contractor to a courier company. Not knowing the area you are from I would start by looking at the Yellow Pages under ��Couriers�� and ��Delivery Services�� and call some to see what it would take to get started working for them. I would recommend calling the most well known courier companies in your area first; smaller companies may not have the customer base to give you steady work. Most courier companies prefer the vehicles to be trucks or vans but do keep available smaller cars to handle the smaller packages and runs, especially in congested downtown areas of cities. There is a company in my town that only has small cars. Remember as an independent contractor you are responsible for all expenses of your vehicle; gas, oil, maintenance, insurance etc��. You will also be responsible for your own taxes; the company won��t withhold any taxes. You may also incur uniform rental or purchase cost, cell phone or two-way radio rental or purchase. You will definitely need to have business insurance on your vehicle and cover all your bases on having your vehicle marked with some companies name you aren��t directly employed by. Other words don��t put ��XYZ Courier�� on your vehicle if you insurance doesn��t allow it. Marking your vehicle with a company name opens up some liability issues if you are ever in an accident. There is always that person out there looking to get in to an accident with a company vehicle just for that juicy lawsuit. Will you get any special runs because you have a car, maybe. It��s unlikely that the dispatcher will send a 30 foot box truck to pick up an envelope to be delivered 50 miles away. Hope this helps a little.
you will need to get the car insured fior business use, may have to get a special registration with the PUC
