With the economy as crazy as it’s been in recent years, maybe you’ve started thinking about becoming a Doordash delivery driver. (Doordash calls us Dashers) Or maybe you’re already a Doordash driver and you’re looking for information about Dashing. I’m sure by now you’ve heard a lot about Doordash. And I’m sure you’ve heard all …
What can you expect to earn delivering for Doordash? How much money does Doordash pay? Is there a salary range to help you figure out if signing up for Doordash delivery makes sense? One viral video TikTok showed weekly full-time earnings of as much as $1,900. On the opposite end of the spectrum, some have …
I’ve had a lot of people tell me they get better delivery offers from Doordash when they are Top Dasher. I’ve also heard from enough who insist their experience is just the opposite. Who’s really right here? They can’t both be right, can they? How can two different groups of people get results that are …
DeliverThat might be the largest food delivery gig you may never have heard of. As of this writing, they operate in 38 states, the District of Columbia, British Columbia and Ontario. Are they a good option for delivery drivers? How does it compare to delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, and Uber Eats? Does it make sense …
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. …
Skyrocketing gas prices have put the squeeze on a lot of gig economy drivers in early 2022. Doordash joined many other Gig Economy companies by creating their Gas Rewards challenge to supplement the additional cost of higher fuel prices for Dashers. There were two parts to the program. One was the fuel rewards challenge which …
Curri has sometimes been billed as the Uber of the construction supply industry. What is Curri like for the independent contractor? Is it profitable to deliver building materials for Curri? Do you really make more delivering for Curri than you can with Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, Instacart or others? I decided to give it a …
Doordash rolled out a pilot program in some areas recently to test out a new mileage tracking feature. Fortunately, my market was one of those test markets. This gave me a chance to test it out. We’re three weeks into the four week program and I thought I’d offer my thoughts on what I’ve seen …
Grubhub just emailed their drivers to introduce their new contract violation policy. It’s a sham. Wanna know how I really feel? I will give Grubhub some credit. For years they’ve always done this stealthy passive aggressive control thing with drivers. At least with this new policy, they’re being honest. But have they crossed too far …
Delivering for Uber Eats can be a great way to make some extra money or part of a larger full time delivery strategy. However, it’s not technically job as couriers are independent contractors rather than employees. There are a lot of factors in determining if delivering for the popular food delivery service makes sense for …
Uber Eats has started hiding upfront address information in some markets for drivers with less than a 50 percent acceptance rate. At this point it appears to be a test. Drivers in the test markets who have rejected more than five of their last ten offers will no see all of the delivery information when …
As an independent contractor on the Doordash platform, your customer ratings can be the difference between making good money as a Dasher and not earning anything. Customers can grade us on how we did, using a five star system. Those ratings can make a big difference in a couple of ways. Unfortunately, things happen as …
Do you need to maintain a high acceptance rate when delivering for Uber Eats? What happens if you decline too many delivery offers on the Ubereats driver app? With as much as we hear about delivery drivers having their contracts deactivated by companies like Uber Eats, that’s a question that can make you nervous. We …
Doordash does not pay for gas for their delivery drivers. Doordash drivers are paid by the delivery. As independent contractors there is no gas reimbursement. That’s the economic reality of being an independent contractor delivering for Doordash. The more important question is, can you make enough as a Dasher to have enough money left over …
Is Uber Eats hiding tips? Yes, Uber Eats is hiding some of the tip amount on larger delivery offers. When Uber Eats sends you a delivery offer and the customer has tipped more than $8, they will not show you the total amount. It’s a lot like how Doordash does things. But it’s not as …