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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The example of my 1998 Buick illustrates the actual cost of driving your car for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats and other gigs. The Buick is gone. Long live the Buick. There are some cars you are happy to get rid of, and some that watching it drive away with its new owner just kinda …
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 …
With my wife and I both replacing cars, and my Geico Commercial policy expiring, it was time to take a look at our car insurance situation. Several weeks ago I posted about how to make sure you have the proper insurance for delivery when delivering as an independent contractor for apps like Doordash, Postmates, Grubhub …
What does a delivery courier do when their business has been slowed or stopped due to this pandemic? How do you replace that income? For some, the increase in deliveries due to all the shelter at home orders has increased income for delivery couriers. Ironically, in many places just the opposite has happened. This is …
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 …
Editor’s Note: CommercialInsurance.Net is now known as Tivly. Because this was about my experience in 2020, I will keep the name as CommercialInsurance.Net with some reminders throughout that they are now Tivly. Two years ago I took out a commercial auto policy from Geico Commercial. I knew my personal policy from Liberty Mutual specifically excluded …
You may have found out that personal insurance policies generally do not cover delivery driving for gig companies like Grubhub, Postmates, Doordash or Uber Eats, so how do you find the right insurance? Do you have to get commercial insurance? Is commercial insurance too expensive? Are there other options? Is there a chance your personal …
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 …