Real Drivers. Real Results.

Gary was already a solid driver at 9 stops per hour — not bad by most standards, but he knew he was leaving money on the table. His biggest time drain wasn't on the road. It was at the depot every morning, spending 30–40 minutes sorting through parcels, trying to figure out which ones he'd need first and loading them in a rough order that never quite worked out.

The breakthrough came when he started using Routed's stop sequencing to backload his van. By scanning parcels into the app as he loaded, he could see the optimised delivery order in real time — last stops loaded first, first stops loaded last at the door. He went from 40 minutes in the depot to under 20. That alone gave him an extra 20 minutes of delivery time every day.

But the real gains came on the road. With stops properly sequenced, Gary stopped zigzagging between streets. His routes became tight, logical loops. He went from 9 to 12 stops per hour in the first week, and by week two he was consistently hitting 16. The combination of faster depot departures and tighter routes added up to a 78% increase in his daily output.

Stop Rate Improvement

Gary went from 9 to 16 stops per hour in just two weeks. The first week's jump to 12 stops came mainly from the depot time savings and not having to rummage through the van at each stop. The second jump — from 12 to 16 — came as the route optimisation kicked in and he learned to trust the sequencing instead of second-guessing it.

Daily Earnings at $2.30/Stop

Gary's 9.5 effective hours mean serious volume potential. The difference between 85.5 stops and 152 stops per day is an extra $123 in his pocket. Over a five-day week, that's an additional $615. Over a year, it's the difference between a $59k income and a $91k income — from the same hours on the road.

Distance & Fuel Savings

Here's what makes Gary's results remarkable: he's completing 78% more stops but only driving 9% more total kilometres. His average distance between stops dropped from 1.5 km to 0.92 km — meaning the optimised route is keeping him in tighter delivery clusters instead of bouncing across suburbs. With just 6 km to and from the depot each way, Gary's fixed commute is only 12 km — so the vast majority of his driving is between stops, where optimisation makes the biggest difference.

Michael was averaging 8 stops per hour and struggling to make the numbers work. With two young kids at home, he knew his numbers weren't sustainable and was seriously considering leaving delivery driving altogether.

A mate told him about Routed. The first day he used it, he noticed the difference immediately — stops were sequenced so he was working street by street instead of crisscrossing the suburb. By the end of the first week, he'd jumped from 8 to 11 stops per hour without working any harder. He was just driving less between each delivery.

By week two, Michael had the system dialled in. He'd refined his van loading to match the route order, learned to trust the app's sequencing even when it felt counterintuitive, and hit a consistent 15 stops per hour. His daily take nearly doubled — an extra $136 a day, or $679 a week. More importantly, he stopped dreading the job. The extra income meant he could say yes to things for his kids that he'd been putting off.

Stop Rate Improvement

Michael's progression from 8 to 15 stops per hour over two weeks. The first week's gain to 11 stops came from eliminating backtracking — he was no longer driving past the same houses multiple times. The jump from 11 to 15 in week two came from refining his loading process and reducing time spent at each stop searching for the right parcel.

Daily Earnings at $2.30/Stop

The earnings jump tells the real story. Before Routed, Michael was stuck on his base retainer — around $58,900 a year. At 15 stops an hour, he's now earning $94,185 a year. That's an extra $35,300 annually from the same hours on the road. For Michael, that difference covered school expenses, weekend activities, and a family holiday he'd been putting off for two years.

Distance & Fuel Savings

Michael has the longest commute of the three drivers — 22 km each way to the depot, which means 44 km of fixed driving before he delivers a single parcel. That makes route efficiency between stops even more critical. His total daily kilometres went up from 170 km to 194 km as his stop count increased, but his average distance between stops dropped from 1.5 km to 0.95 km — a 37% improvement. Every kilometre saved between stops matters more when your baseline commute is already high.

Annual Earnings: Before vs After Routed

Three different drivers, three different per-stop rates, three different day lengths. All saw transformative results within two weeks.

Fuel vs Income: Before & After

The critical question isn't just "how much do you earn?" — it's "how much do you keep?" This chart shows each driver's daily fuel cost against their daily gross income, before and after Routed. Note how fuel costs barely move while income nearly doubles.

Daily Net Earnings (After Fuel)

Strip out fuel costs and this is what each driver actually takes home per day. The green bars show the net gain — the extra money in their pocket after accounting for the slight increase in fuel from running more stops.

Annual Net Earnings (After Fuel)

The common thread across all three? Eliminating wasted kilometres, smarter stop sequencing, and faster depot departures. Route optimisation isn't a marginal improvement — it's a step change in how much you earn and how much you keep.