What’s going on with all this activation talk lately? What’s up with all this cracking down on contractors lately by Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats and maybe others? And how can you avoid being deactivated? Spend much time lately in Reddit or Facebook groups for drivers and you see people left and right who are being …

Should I accept every offer or should I subscribe to #DeclineNow or #NoTipNoTrip or any of those other ideas? What’s the best philosophy? What is the best strategy for accepting or rejecting deliveries on Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates or others? IS there a best way to accept or decline orders? The best way to …

Is it possible to be consistently successful with your delivery business as a contractor with Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates, Instacart, Amazon Flex, or any of the others? Especially in a year like 2020??? It’s like this year was created just to shout out to us how out of control we are. And we are …

You picked up Dashing for Doordash, or delivery for Grubhub, Uber Eats or others as a side hustle, and you’ve been amazed at how well it pays. In fact, it’s paying better than your regular job. So much better in fact, that you’re wondering, does it make sense to go all in on this? Would …

The reality of life in California under AB5 is hitting hard this week. Lyft just made the official announcement: They are shutting down in California until the whole mess is settled. Uber has warned they will do the same, though as of this writing (noon, August 20) they haven’t posted anything official. This is the …

Uber and Lyft may be shutting down this week in California. Will Doordash, Grubhub and Postmates follow suit? How does this impact Uber Eats food delivery? And what will this mean to those of us not in California? We’ll talk about what all is going on in California, talk a little about the ballot initiative …

Uber Eats is trying something new: Showing the total amount, including expected tip, when they offer deliveries. They rolled it out in my market. What was it like taking offers now that I know the total amount that a delivery will pay? Uber Eats Information and Tipping: An Evolution As a driver, I have to …

This is my typical blog post that goes along with the podcast episode. We’re talking with Kevin Ha, blogger with FinancialPanther.com. Kevin has some great stuff out there on his blog about the wise use of money, saving, and side hustles. He paid off over $80,000 over about two and a half months by working …

Three Steps to Understanding How to Verify Your Income as a Gig Economy Contractor There are no paystubs when you are a self employed contractor for Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates, Doordash, Lyft, Instacart or other gig economy apps, so how do I verify my income if I want to rent an apartment, get a car …

Uber Eats showing total amount INCLUDING tip up front? Will they? Should they? Brian from the UDM Youtube channel has commented a couple times that my market always seems to get the first look at changes that these gig delivery companies roll out. It looks like he got the scoop on this one. (Around the …

In the middle of a pandemic like this, why is Grubhub slashing delivery fees? Or are they? I have to chuckle a little. I’m not sure I realized just HOW many drivers are pretty new to Grubhub. Not until I saw all the shock and anger when Grubhub started offering deliveries for ONLY $8. Or …

It’s Doordash’s turn, what is it like delivering for them? This is the third part of a series on what it’s like to deliver for the main delivery apps. Two weeks ago we talked about Uber Eats, last week it was Grubhub. This week will wrap up that series. I kicked around whether or not …

As things stand right now, the extra $600 per week being paid out to unemployment recipients will come to an end on July 31. This could have a major impact on all of us who are doing delivery work for gig apps like Uber Eats, Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Instacart, Shipt and others. This could hit …

I was waiting at a sandwich shop for food and chatting with another driver. At the time, I had been delivering Uber Eats for about a week and a half or so. He mentioned he’d been making about $1300 a week with Grubhub. No way. He showed me his earnings reports. Way. Of course, he …

It should be obvious by now that you’ve got to keep good records in the gig economy, but is Quickbooks Self Employed the best option for the Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats contractors? We’ll take a look at the pros and cons of this program. You may have finished wrestling with 2019 taxes, thanks to the …