Plenty of drivers in Georgetown and Paramaribo go through the Intra signup, get approved, and then the app sits on their phone mostly unused. If that's you, this is for the gap between "I'm approved" and "I'm actually getting trips" — what makes a bid win, and what doesn't.
You're not bidding against a fixed price — you're bidding against other drivers
On Intra there's no meter and no app-set fare, so there's also no single "correct" price to copy. The rider sees every driver's offer on the trip side by side and picks one. That means your bid is being judged against whatever else shows up next to it, not against an abstract idea of what the trip "should" cost.
Two things move the needle more than the number itself:
Speed. A rider who posts a trip and gets an offer back in under a minute is a rider who's still looking at their phone. One who waits five minutes has often already moved on, or accepted someone else's offer. If you're near a pickup and see a request, bid fast — a fair price sent quickly beats a slightly better price sent late, because late often means the trip's already gone.
Distance from the pickup. Riders can see roughly how far away a bidding driver is. A nearby driver with a reasonable price usually beats a distant driver with a cheap one, because distance is time the rider has to wait before the trip even starts. If you're genuinely far from a pickup, it's often not worth bidding at all — see the next section.
Don't race every price to the bottom
It's tempting to think the lowest bid always wins. It doesn't, and undercutting every trip you see is a fast way to end a shift having earned less than you should have for the hours you put in.
Price what the trip is actually worth to you — distance, time of day, traffic, how far you are from the pickup — and let that be your number. A rider who's waited a few minutes with no offers will often take a fair price over holding out for the cheapest possible one. Reliable and reasonably priced beats cheapest-but-slow or cheapest-but-far almost every time.
Bidding costs you nothing — so bid more, not less
Here's the part that trips a lot of drivers up: submitting an offer has no downside. There's no fee to bid, no penalty if a rider picks someone else, and nothing on your account that tracks offers you didn't win. If you see a trip that's plausible for you, send a price. The worst outcome is the rider chooses another driver and you've lost thirty seconds.
What actually matters for your standing on the app is honoring a trip once it's accepted — see the next post on why that's the one thing worth taking seriously. Bidding itself is free and unlimited.
Keep the app open when you're actually working
Trip requests only reach drivers who are logged in and within range of the pickup at the moment the request goes out. If Intra is installed but closed, or you're logged in from somewhere across town, you won't see requests near where you actually are. If you're trying to find out whether Intra has work in your area, the only real test is having it open while you're out driving, the same way you'd have your main app open.
Getting started
If you haven't signed up yet: a valid licence, your vehicle, a smartphone, and a photo of yourself and your car. Sign-in is a one-time code by WhatsApp or SMS.
Download Intra and sign up as a driver
If you're already approved, the fastest way to see what's actually near you is to open the app now.
Read more about how driving on Intra works, how much drivers are actually earning, or whether bidding ever costs you anything.