Rideshare and delivery independent contractors rely heavily on transportation to complete their work. Most rideshare and delivery drivers use their own cars, while many other delivery contractors might use other forms of transportation such as a bike, e-bike, scooter or motorcycle.
Your vehicle is often your most important business tool. It's also often by far your greatest operating expense.
These articles discuss using your car or other transportation for independent contractor work. We help you look at the costs of using your own vehicle, both short term and long term. We discuss strategies to keep costs low, and look at how alternatives work.
Using Your Car, Bike or Other Form of Transportation for Independent Contractor Work
What is the best car for delivery and how do you find it? (Doordash, Uber Eats, Instacart, Grubhub etc.)
We look at the most important factors to help you determine the best car to use when delivering for Doordash, Uber Eats, Instacart and other delivery platforms.
The Real Cost, Wear, and Tear on your Car from Doordash Uber Eats Instacart Grubhub
We can get sucked into the idea that gas is the only cost related to using your car for rideshare and delivery. The actual cost is far greater, and many of those costs hit you much later. We look at what it really costs to use your car and how to plan for it.
What is the actual cost of driving your car for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats?
For years, I used a 20-year-old Buick for my deliveries. Once I sold the car, I was able to add up the total cost of driving. We walk through what that cost was and how that can help you understand the true cost of driving your own car for gig work.
62 Gas Savings Tips: Doordash, Uber Eats, Uber, Lyft, Instacart Drivers etc
Gas expenses can get way out of hand at time. We look at sixty two different ways that delivery and rideshare drivers can keep the cost of driving down.
Doordash Bike Delivery 2023: Can You Dash on a Bike and Make Money?
Doordash introduced a bike mode on their Dasher app. We look at how it works to deliver for Doordash on a bike or e-bike, and examine whether bike delivery can be as profitable as using your car.
Is Delivering by e-Bike a Good Way to Make Money? (Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub)
We look at what it's like delivering by e-bike for food delivery companies like Doordash and Uber Eats. We examine whether it makes sense for gig workers today and the money-making potential bicycle delivering contractors can realize.
Can I Make Money Delivering on My Bike?
Is it possible to make good money delivering by bicycle? I examined my first experiences with bike delivery on Uber Eats and other platforms, and whether bike delivery could be a good way to go.
He's making $40 per hour... delivering ON A BIKE! Interview with Kevin from Financial Panther
On the Deliver on Your Business podcast, we interviewed Kevin Ha of the Financial Panther website. Kevin delivers in the Minneapolis area on an e-bike. We talk about what that's like, and how he has been able to average forty bucks an hour multi-apping on a bicycle.
