Travis Kalanick’s involvement with Cloud Kitchens may be just the thing to totally upend the delivery world. There’s been a lot of buzz lately about Kalanick completely severing ties with Uber and selling off all his shares in the company. The early speculation that I saw was that he was fully aware of where the …

Drivers who are Independent Contractors for Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates in California are all wondering, with AB5, what happens to us January 1? What answers are they getting? So what does happen on January 1? Nothing. The only thing that changes on January 1 for California contractors will be the date. That’s it. If …

In the spirit of the season, I want to give. Having made a decent living the last couple of years doing delivery work, I’m offering a free gift to my customers. As an independent contractor in the on demand food delivery space, my customers are Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats and Postmates. Guys, I want to …

One of the beautiful things about posts and podcast episodes is you get to schedule when they go live. That’s what’s happening this week – I’m actually doing this all early in the week because, by the time this does go live my wife and I will be up in the mountains for a year …

Is Doordash Top Dasher worth it? What about Uber Eats Pro or Grubhub Premier? At the start of every month, Top Dasher becomes a hot topic in Doordash forums. People made it or didn’t make it. People wonder what it will take to make it the next month. Ultimately the question should be, is it …

How do Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates and Uber Eats compare with one another as delivery platforms for independent contractors? We’ve taken a look in many of our past posts and podcast episodes at each platform individually. Now it’s time to talk about how they line up. As you read on, we ask the same five questions …

Is Uber EATS a good delivery option for you as an indpendent contractor? As part of the Deliver on Your Business Podcast, we are looking at the four delivery companies and examining some of the pros and cons of each. I drug my feet a bit with this one because I wanted to wait to …

Grubhub has been making the rounds lately, promising increased pay for drivers during busy periods. The question is, are they fulfilling those promises? In my experience, no. Or did they just structure their “promises” so that that when they don’t come through, they can say they didn’t really promise it in the first place? Three …

Let’s face it: Apartment deliveries can be a nightmare. Just FINDING an apartment, especially in a large complex, can take forever. In this week’s podcast, we talk with Eddie Valdez and Akash Agarwal about their Beans app, a fantastic new tool that can help increase your profitability. Simply put, it’s a database that maps out …

So, Amos and Obadiah walk into a bar…. Wait, we’re talking two profits, not prophets. Sorry. We’re into October already, Courier Nation. Can you believe that? Personally, I think this is the best of times. I love fall weather – there’s just something about that crisper, cooler weather. And football season. Holy cow, I can’t …

Have you ever had a Doordash driver support rep tell you something that just sounds off? Do you have to do what they tell you? Should you even believe whatever they say? What do you do with what the support rep tells you? Because here’s the deal: Sometimes they say stuff that is flat out …

Who remembers Knight Rider? Yeah, I’m dating myself again. I have to admit, it was a favorite show for me in my college days. That probably says a lot about me already. If you didn’t already notice it, I’m enough of a geek that the whole talking car thing, the tech, all that future stuff …

When Grubhub rolled out their new pay model, they stated that the delivery fee would be determined “based on time and mileage, in addition to the full tip from the diner.” It’s pretty clear they lied. There’s something else going into the calculation of earnings on most deliveries. The pattern is pretty clear and it’s …

As part of the Deliver on Your Business Podcast, we are looking at the four leading delivery companies and examining some of the pros and cons of working with each. This week, it’s finally time to take a look at Doordash. I planned to do this earlier, but decided to wait for the new pay …

One of the biggest objections I see to employee status is that being an employee would eliminate the mileage deduction. Now that AB5 has passed and that couriers for Grubhub, Postmates, Doordash, Uber Eats may well become employees, this is an important question. The answer? It would. They took away the deduction for unreimbursed expenses. …