If you have earned more than $600 delivering for any particular gig economy company, you will likely receive a 1099 form at the end of January reporting your income. What is a 1099 form? How does this work with your delivery driver taxes? How is it different from a W-2 form? We’ll look at how …
Can you get fired from Doordash? Since Dashers can’t really be fired (since we aren’t employees to begin with) but it is possible to have our contracts terminated. Doordash has a pretty specific deactivation policy. There are a number of common reasons a Doordash account can be deactivated. There are some other uncommon reasons, and …
With gas prices rising, you may be wondering if using an electric bike to deliver for Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub and others is better than car delivery. Can you make as much on an e-bike as you can using your car? Are the costs really that much lower? Is it worth the investment? Is using …
The Tl;dr: Good delivery bags are an important part of running a profitable delivery business as an independent contractor for a food delivery service like Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub or others. We look at why they’re important, what to look for, and how to use them to make more money. Does it make sense to …
Just Eat Takeaway, who purchased Grubhub less than a year ago for $7.3 billion, has announced that they may consider selling off part or all of the Grubhub. What happened here? Did Jitse Groen (CEO of Just Eat Takeaway) buy a lemon? This is an expensive case of buyer’s remorse for the Dutch delivery giant. …
Outside the big three on demand delivery companies, I’m not sure anyone else has reached into as many markets as catering specialist DeliverThat. Aaron Hoffman joins us today to talk about DeliverThat and the opportunities available to delivery drivers. How he started DeliverThat from his dorm room in college Challenges of starting his first deliveries …
You may have seen the notices on social media encouraging Dashers to join a strike on July 31. Should Dashers strike? Obviously that’s up to individuals to decide for themselves. But we’ll talk about whether the strike can accomplish anything, and we’ll get into what I think WOULD make a difference with Doordash. You can …
Season 2 Episode 1 of Deliver on Your Business Podcast Show Notes We are back finally for season 2! Today we have David Pickerell back again to talk about Para, the little app that forced a giant to change their programming. You may have heard of Para, especially if you deliver Doordash. Doordash has been …
The American Genius, an online magazine that calls itself “the pulse of today’s entrepreneur” recently published an editorial from one of its staff writers entitled “Food delivery drivers, here’s a tip: Deliver the order, no matter the tip.” I’d like to respectfully offer my response. I have to admit, it’s real easy to let the …
What if there were an app that was designed specifically for delivery drivers? What if that app were designed to make it easier to work with several different platforms? If it let you multi-app. If it gave you information on which restaurants were busy in your area? And if that app automatically pulled all your …
The moment I thought would never arrive has arrived. Doordash has gone public. Day 1 is in the books and it went better than anyone could have expected. At least it was better for those who invested early. I’m not sure if it’s a disaster waiting to happen for those who decided it was 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 …
Ron at EntreCourier Well, Courier Nation, I’m excited to have our guest on today. I have Bob McNulty from TripDelivers. TripDelivers is a new entrant coming into the delivery scene and really kinda upending things with a totally different model and a totally different approach both for the restaurants and for the drivers. Everything that …
If you rely much at all on the income for your delivery business, you want to stay on top of how to avoid deactivation from your contracts with delivery gigs like Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates, and others. How do you avoid deactivation from Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates and others? Look at this as …