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 …
I occaisionally order food from Doordash and all the other delivery apps, just to keep a feel for what the customer side of the experience is. As a customer, I received an email from Tony Xu reassuring me of the measures they are taking to keep everyone safe in response to the Covid-19 Coronavirus crisis. …
You may be asking the same thing: Does it make sense? Is it safe? Should I continue to deliver food for gig companies like Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates or others? What about grocery delivery like Instacart or Shipt? Or if you’re an employee for Domino’s, Papa John’s, Jimmy Johns or countless others? I’m not …
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 …
This week I ditched Grubhub. I didn’t schedule any blocks with anyone else but made the decision to go all in on Uber Eats. You can read more about my decision here. I’ll share my progress as I see if I can make enough money as a full time UberEatser I’ll be honest, I kind …
Or Influenza or any other health crisis Does the Grubhub attendance policy have the potential to help spread infectious diseases such as Covid-19 (Cornonavirus)? With the growth of the gig economy, there is already a concern related to whether people who rely heavily on independent contractor income can afford to take time off. Luke McGee …
Uber Eats is asking me if I want to sign up for Order and Pay (or some call it Place and Pay). I’m actually considering it. Me, the guy who normally avoids those orders like the plague. Why would I even think of it? If it’s optional, why not opt out? I’ll at least give …
The good news is, you can save a TON of money using your bicycle, scooter, your eBike or your Motorcycle while delivering for gig companies like Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates and Uber Eats or for courier or bike messenger work. The bad news is, you can’t take the same kind of deductions. It would be awesome …
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 …
Grubhub has fired their latest shot in their battle against order rejection. Drivers are posting that they have received emails notifying them they were suspended for 30 days for accepting too few orders. Is this legal? Is it justified? Should we be concerned about this? Should we change how we do our work with Grubhub? …
Let’s start with this question: Is Doordash exploiting delivery drivers? Are Grubhub, Postmates, Uber Eats and others taking advantage of independent contractors? I can’t get inside Tony Xu’s head or read Matt Maloney’s mind, so to say whether or not they are absolutely intentionally exploiting, that’s outside my Non-God paygrade. But I can tell you …
It’s a common question for independent contractors for gig delivery companies like Doordash, Grubhub, Postmates and Uber Eats – Do I need to pay in ahead of time? It’s a question that arises every quarter, and especially comes to mind at the start of the new year with tax day looming. If you are going …
I tried finding the best delivery tax book for contractors who deliver Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, etc. Not finding anything really written specifically from a delivery perspective, I wondered if maybe I should put something together. I am planning on putting together an online guide that I hope can help delivery drivers with tax questions. …
Why would I want to talk about seven audio books that I think would be useful for delivery drivers Do you want to know one of the biggest surprises I found when I started delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats and Postmates? Time When I ventured into this, I thought it was a good way …