Delivery drivers for gig economy delivery services who’ve had traffic violations, criminal convictions or at fault accidents may be at risk for contract termination, depending on: If the violation happens when you’re active on their platform and it violates their terms of service Whether or not the incident means you can no longer pass a …
Uber Eats has completed their takeover of Postmates. The deal is closed. Grubhub seems to be floundering. What’s up with that? Doordash is going through with their IPO. What does all of this mean for those of us who deliver as contractors for these gig economy deliver companies? We’re in that lull right now between …
Lyft has been making noise about getting into the delivery market. They started with a partnership with Grubhub. And they’re thinking they want to start their own service. Last week we had Bob McNulty from TripDelivers. TripDelivers just launched in Nashville, with plans to launch in other markets around the country. In the interview, Bob …
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 …
Say you’re ready to dip your toe into being a delivery driver. You want to make some extra money. Maybe you’re in the middle of a job hunt and you need to make some money on the side. A good number of you reading this have already started delivering. How does this help you? If …
If you’ve followed me closely, you know I can kinda geek out at times about just the talk about business models. How companies do things is fascinating to me. I’ve written at times about things like cloud kitchens, and my ideas for how you could change things up in the delivery industry. I don’t want …
If you listen to some, being a delivery driver for Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Instacart and other third party delivery companies seems too good to be true. I even wrote about 11 reasons that being a delivery driver is worth it. Don’t be too quick to buy into it. At least not until you know …
You ordered food from Doordash, Grubhub, Postmates, or Uber Eats but there’s a problem, and now you can’t get through to support. You deliver as a contractor for Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates, or Doordash and the restaurant is closed. The driver support team is not answering the phone. What’s going on here? The circumstances around …
Every once in awhile, I get asked about driving Rideshare such as Uber or Lyft verses doing delivery work. I can’t tell you whether rideshare is a good choice for you. In fact I couldn’t even come close to giving you good advice. Part of it is that since I haven’t done it, I can’t …
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 …
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 …
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 …