Driving For Uber Eats (15 Tips For Beginners)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video Driver Team Contributor (and my twin brother) Matt shares 15 valuable tips for beginners driving on the Uber Eats platform. Ready to level up your earnings? Check out my website below!
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0:00 - Intro
0:13 - Understanding Market Density
0:50 - Minimum Pay You Should Accept
1:20 - When Is It Best To Drive?
2:03 - How To Maximize Hot Zones
2:54 - Turn Off Stacked Orders During This
3:25 - Stacked Order Destination Hack
5:34 - Goal Setting
6:28 - Parking
7:54 - How To Maximize Quests On Uber Eats
9:10 - More App Options = More Pay Options
9:59 - Go-To Pitstop Areas
11:07 - Celebrating The Wins
11:54 - Why You Should Decline Orders
12:59 - Safety When Delivering
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Thanks for watching everyone!
Have been drivin ubrr eats for 4 yesrs
Dont try to outsmart app
Tske the ordets
We've only been doing this about a week so we're watching your videos now. Very informative thanks.
It's funny that you talk about parking because we're doing it as a couple so unless the order is not ready I don't even have to park. Some of the orders with multiple drinks can be hard for one person however.
@@yourdriverteam-matt1001 fo904
Uber Eats Tips
1. Busy Days Thurs-Sun
2. Go out during Football Match days
3. Dinner rush 5pm-9pm
4. Weekends 7pm-9pm/9pm-11pm
5. Be around the restaurants. You don't get paid to go to the restaurant, you get paid for delivering!
6. In the morning, you want to be around all the breakfast restaurants like McDonalds and cafes
Thank you
Yup, McDonald's and Starbucks.
Cheers!
True
Thankyou. I am just starting.
All very good tips! I'd like to add - yeah, stay in a high density area, but also stay in the SAME high density area as much as possible. There are many advantages to being ultra familiar with your delivery area:
- repeat customers (bigger tips)
- you know which restaurants to avoid due to long waits
- you learn alternate routes
- familiarity with where to park
I expirience that the same restaurant can finish the order in 2minutrs or in 30minutes its just getting lucky i had this with kfc mac donald and eazy in the same day. Order 1 waited 30minutes and order 2 was ready when i arrived its so strange
You have literally doubled my income. I can't thank you enough. God bless you😁
Means a lot thanks Davida!
How much are you making now?
Oh shut up
Lol. One dollar would double it for me!
I just started with Uber Eats and live in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. I've mostly been doing lunch or dinner within a few miles of my neighborhood and easily making $50+/day driving 2-3 hours a day. It's totally amazing.
Nice job 👊🏻
Me too!!! Just started in the suburbs of Pdx and the pay is nice
I’m in Portland too!
@@YourDriverMike hey Mike so I have some questions for you. Hope you can help me. So I just started driving for Uber eats about 2 weeks ago. I've only gone out twice so far. So I got a delivery for a half hour away on my first time delivering. The second time I started up I got a delivery for a half hour away again. I just want to know what is a good amount to accept the order? Like for instance should I accept it if it's $14 or $11? Keep in mind that gas prices here in my city are $6.50 a gallon. So I just wonder if it's really worth going all that way.
@dan Koerner, I think I should honestly go to a busier city like San Francisco. The problem is though I don't have time to drive all that way. I do see opportunities offered by Uber eats that give you more money but they are so far away from me. 😔
Thank you very much for helping us out with your tips, they're much appreciated 😁
Excellent job, Matt (filling in for Mike)👍! I drive for Door Dash for 15 hrs or less a week and into the 3rd. month now. I really enjoyed your teaching & 15 tips for Uber Eats "Beginners", and I'm signing up now. Thank you! Keep up the good work and be safe.
I’ve only been driving for Uber since the end of May! Im loving the tips here on the channel! Thank you! 🤓
I'm thinking about starting to do this. Thank you for the video
Wow, I've been doing Uber Eats for about 2 yrs. Lots of good tips. I've actually been doing many of the things you mentioned
Today is my 1st day! I am really happy you have this up, it's very helpful!
Declining orders based on distance is a great tip! I would also look at the minutes that it will take and if it's less than 20 and >$10 that is my sweet spot. Also, I've found that you should forget about the bad promotions. If they are asking you to do 16 orders in 3 hours, this is really difficult in practice. You may find it isn't worth it because you will probably be accepting tiny dollar values to attempt it, which if you aren't successful, will decrease your wage.
Addionally, remember which restaurants in your area where you have to wait! Decline these orders the next time you see them. In my city, taco bell makes you fill up cups, and some fast food places make the order when you get there. Decline restaurants like this.
I only use a ratio of minutes/pay when doing orders. $7.50/15m, $10/20m, $20/40m, it all equals out to $30 an hour :)
Hey one questions is it better to decline or make the time run out ?
@@gabrielaclarinda8410 that’s a really good question. I always wondered if you decline offers will it lesson your opportunities! Can someone answer this please!
@@cheri6360
If you decline 4 in a row you'll be logged out.
@@GamblinQueenII yes but you can log in again i did this 3 times in a row till i get a good order.
I have driven since 2014 for Uber, in New Jersey then Connecticut and ft Lauderdale Florida. New to Uber eats and thank you so much. Your tips are great and when you talk about them I can relate. Thank you!
If you're driving with Uber eats ( not ride share ) you can have a companion with you, they can keep food safe, drive and protect the car while food is being delivered etc; we've had great success ( my daughter and myself ) and average $40 hourly during the week and more on weekends! Just make sure to stick to Covid safety rules!! ( Both of you! We never take our masks off even while driving and whoever delivers food to the door wears gloves!
We also have a fresh box of kleenex that we use to open anydoors to businesses, then sanitize once we're back in the car.
This provides safety, even in more hazard areas and the car is never left alone!
I hate to tell you this but you have zero control of anything that happens to you in this world. There is no such thing as safety. Only fear. Fear is an illusion.
@@holdentudiks6169 Strange cryptic response ... You also contradicted yourself, either there's fear or there isn't.
What else can I say but ... Don't drive for UBER 🤷
Thank you for bringing me back here to the post though! Nice to see I may have helped a few people!
I love all the tips!!! I'm still new and it really helps! 🙂
Are you still doing it ? How’s it going so far since it’s been 5 months ? I just started today and it didn’t go bad, but what I think is since I’m new they are giving me more deliveries so I can get addicted to it lol. I did start on Thursday which is a good day.
Great tips! Thank you so much for help
That's great thank you so much. I am watching this as I am driving 30 minutes back home because I did not shut off my request and kind of got stuck way far away. I should have watched this sooner thank you.
EXCELLENT ADVICE!...THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
Nice video and I appreciate your encouragement and tips!
Awesome thanks Colleen!
Thanks for making this video. I liked your tip about goalsetting. This is something that I have found motivates me to keep going, e.g. deliver x number of deliveries or work x number of hours. Great job! 😀
I needed this video 2 months ago! So glad I found it now
Thanks man very helpful
I haven't really gotten familiar with Chicago yet. But I'm trying to learn my areas so I can deliver quick and get paid
thank you for teaching sir.
I know this vid is a year old but man it helps me a lot, appreciate your time for a great info in how to organize and to do the best of our times !
Thank you for sharing
Thank you Matt!
Awesome advice THANK YOU ,
Omgosh thank you soo much for this video!! These were questions that I needed answers too!! I was soo overwhelmed since Sunday was my first day doing doordash/uber eat. This video is going to save me!!!! I seriously was going to quit but after watching this video not going to quit! Thank you sooo much!!!
Btw I didn’t even know you had a twin!! No wonder I was like why does he look kinda
different in this video.. that’s cause it’s your brother! 😆. Thanks again 😊🙏
Hang in there and best of luck to you. I do both Doordash and Uber eats
Lily Cherkaoui thanks girl!!
We don’t have zoning restrictions in Houston. The suburb’s have many pockets of areas with a dense amount of restaurants! Means I don’t have to worry about staying in the downtown area since it’s 45 mins from home.
Glad I found this channel! Thx for the tips and advice!
Great tips. Thanks
Also I gott some insulated bags I just ordered a pizza bag as well insulated cup for coffee drinks etc you guys motivated me to be in the game last delivery I had a $3 delivery trip right I received $25tip I was completely choc
Glad to help!
Great job helping people!
Great tips!
New to this love the tips took more money than the less and it pay off.
I actually like to look for the longer rides and the ones that actually do take me out further. I don't like traffic, and I hate trying to find a park. And on the longer rides I can just chill listening to music, instead of being more stressed in the denser areas and starting and stopping every 5 to 10 minutes, and all the traffic noise, and smell, and too many people everywhere. I'd rather a smoother, more enjoyable experience while getting paid something like $20ph, then a more stressful or frustrating experience for $25ph. But that's just me.
I do the same thing. And gas costs are about the same in the end, highway driving is just less taxing on my vehicle.
Same! They always tip well when they live in the boondocks too😊
Rich areas in the suburbs tip soooo much better so it definitely makes up for just cruising and way less stress.
Last two Fridays in Rockford, IL -
I start a little after 12 noon, stack up around 100-120 by 4 30, take a lil break and then it's surge time until 8 or 9 and I've been able to add another 150-175. I was doing UberX Friday overnights but this has been paying better
After listening to the channels tips I've averaged $26.75 an hour, thanks for the help.
New to Uber eats and this was so helpful...not as nervous now. YAyyy
Using the restroom was my biggest learning curve haha. That one caught me by surprise my first few days out.
Dude if you go where everyone else goes in a smaller dense city pickings are slim! I found a couple unserved areas that people shy away from and wow it has been a gold mine! So look for areas your sister would never deliver to.
Yeah that is my strategy I never go downtown
Thank you for this video. I’ve been Doordashing for 3 weeks now and I was told not to “put my eggs in one basket” so I’ve just applied to UberEats. Will start toggling once I’m approved.
Love your videos, what if you are at the drop off and you can’t get a cell signal or Wi-Fi to mark it delivered?
Watch out for those grocery orders I just did a grocery order that was about 3 miles for $9 but it was about 10 bags of groceries and 6 cases of bottled water up 2 flights of stairs let me tell you I work out but dam that killed me !,! Do a bunch of squats or duck walk a distance and see how you feel the next day definitely not worth it
Yeah, it doesn’t let you look at the list or anything before you accept. I don’t like that.
$50 an hour!!! dang, I'm trying to keep $20-$22 going. I gotta get to your level.
I believe most earnings are determined by market/cost of living. However, I could be wrong on this.
Definitely! I spent the entire day today running orders but the money didn’t match my efforts. 🤦🏾♀️
Hey matt great episode ive been driving uber eats well over 2 years have 3300 trips and rely on the quest more than the boost but how often does uber give out quest and when they come its to late and at my other job.. The parking is horrible here in Daytona beach fla expecially when its bike week or any other major event do u suggest stay far and away from them.. Whats your feed back on quest compared to boost
I guess maybe it depends on where you live, but where I live (in middle Tennessee), any higher dollar paying request will pretty much ALWAYS take you a good distance away from the high concentration area you started from. It’s just the nature of the beast usually. Unless it’s a high paying request with TWO pickups/deliveries that are each not that far from the busy area.
Thanks!
How do I request to drive during the surplus hrs. The quest you mentioned? Is that through another app?
New viewer. Do you only do meal delivery apps or do you do shared rides too?
Thank you for this video.
Do you happen to know how you can be on a phone call and still hear calls on Uber eats driver app?
I noticed if I'm on a call or if I have another app open like email I do not get notifications of navigation or any new orders.
Thank you for your time.
Great tips, but you have 5 - 10 seconds to decide whether to accept another order or not, and you suggest using a different app to see where the location is first before accepting? On top of that, you are probably driving at the time, so I think that would be pretty much impossible to do in the time frame you have.
Ya I was thinking the same
You can switch between Uber eats and waze with one button on android and do a voice search for the address. I think you have 30 seconds to accept an order on Uber eats. Should be enough time.
I start Uber Eats next week. Doordash gives the driver 39 seconds to accept the order. Does Uber Eats really allow only 10 to 15 seconds to accept the order before the app passes it to the next closest driver? That sounds rough to me.
@@wainphillips2733 I'm not sure exactly how long it is but it's more than 10 seconds. It's probably closer to 30 secs.
New uber eat driver. Pittsburgh too. Great tips!
Thanks for being here!
First weekend drive. Friday late night 9 pm to 11 pm with uber. Oakland sqh shidyside 58 dollars Thx for the tips
Thank for you watching!
Thank you
I am going to try this soon... so can you make as much per hour with uber eats as with door dash currently? thanks
Thank you for all your advice. I’m new to doing DoorDash
You're welcome! Since you're new make sure to check out www.yourdrivermike.com when it goes live today at 1:00PST/4:00PM EST
I have a question… What happens to your Tips if you make an error, or your app crashes and you’re not able to swipe delivered, but yet you still deliver the product and call customer support?
Thank you by replying I fallow your advice step by step my rate has been improved as well as my tips
Glad to help!
Hey is it the same when you leave the app running while you wait for orders and let’s say you watch videos while parked or you’ll get a higher chance just sitting on the app?
Day 1- 78 dollars (4 hours
Day 2-(after watching you) 183$ (6 hours)
Slowly but surely getting better. West Downtown Oakland and Berkley are doing me well
Not saying that it means I think Im a genious, but the opening the door from the bottom was something i always felt I was being clever at doing. On that same note I also take and use the strength of my car keys like a sword to grab around the handle and pull with the key. Even feel like a ninja when I use the key to grab a door that is closing and reopen it .
Thanks for the tip to turn off requests while delivering. My acceptance rate is low because I get a bunch of requests which I cannot accept, causing my rate to stay low. Keeps me from getting to Gold.
Where do you look for acceptance rate on Uber eats? Please show me where ?
So I have a question when I get an order how can I see how much I get before I accept, because when I press delivery it accepts automatically
@Your driver Mike I haven't started yet with my first order and haven't received my card to be able to purchase foods, how does the personal cash work? I use my personal cash to pay for the order, but how would I get paid back? I'm very confused, but I would love to be able to start if possible while I'm waiting for my card.
Man, I looked at my rating, I accepted 33 out of 83 orders. Lot of orders were under $3. I stay in South Fl and I hate going to downtown areas. Parking is a pain in the arse, but those tips be lovely.
Yesterday was my first time delivering. I'm doing this as a part-time job and I did not know about the bonuses because I only did four deliveries and I made about $55. Thanks for the tips
One of the Uber agents on the phone told me that if I don't accept a ride that's offered to me or a food order that's offered to me that can affect my rating
I’m still learning about Uber eats and I just got the first surge 1x promo. Can you explain I’m seeing 1.3x 1.5x?
goal setting is a big one for me. My minimum is $60 is I go out to deliver ($100 on my longer days).
IMO (depending on where you are) just find a parking spot. most of the drivers near me will just line up in front of restaurants and it really f**ks with traffic. In my area a lot of the time spots will be only 10-20ft further than where they line up.
Thank u
Is it hard to learn how to use Waze you would have to be able to put your starting point as where you’re at to going to those cross roads. I wish I could figure out how to do that.
I got a $32 dlls order from National City to Downtown San Diego. It was great but the parking was an absolute nightmare. I had to deliver to the 25th floor 😂
First and last time I accepted a downtown order.
Is there a way to see if it's busy in the area like doordash does different colors is there anything on Uber eats like that
I use elite hotel public bathrooms...they don't judge and are clean!
Al that is by fallowing you guys thank you thank you thank you
Thanks for being here 👊🏻
One thing I carried over from doordash is to use hazard lights when parking hell
Even leave your doordash bag in the front seat
Some of these are the same for sure in 2022 and some may have changed. And where do you toggle to turn off new delivery notification when close to a run? They may have removed that, I do not see that in the app>preferences section.
@matt that would have been good before the pandemic. However, most colleges aren't open right now. Like not until spring. Meaning that the whole campus is shut down.
Good point, instead of camping at a university I would shift to the dense residential areas (Southside, Shadyside or Downtown for Pittsburgh)
@@YourDriverMike for doordash?
I don't take any orders over 15-16 mins anymore. Just not worth the drive. I received a request earlier for $13 (including expected tip) for a total trip time of 40 MINS. Just insane.
Just curious then if this affects folks ordering the food? Who would deliver that trip then???
@@caelidhg6261 Noobie Uber drivers
About going to the bathroom. It wouldn't be good to bring your pack in with you to use the bathroom, especially since you are likely going to have to set it down on the floor inside the bathroom stall. So are restaurants good about letting you keep your bag at the counter or some place where you can put it while you use the bathroom? I think that restaurants should have a rack for delivery people to put their bags on where no one else can steal it.
I'm a new driver with Uber eats, and I've hit the menu where it's just for Uber eats, and not Uber x. I get very few quest incentives, and the only other incentives has been boost+? What is the difference between the two? I tried to hit boost + once, and it routed me to pick up a passenger, but thats not what I wanted to do nor was my car ready for that with hot, and cold bags! Please helpe understand the difference, and how long until I get boost incentives?
I find people tip to compensate when you get lower base pay if you show them they're more than just another number.
Thanks for watching 👊🏻
Matt you are awesome in explaining the details. I learned so much, great tips! It certainly will make my driving more productive. Question: Is it better to decline an order or let time run out? I’m concerned about declining 3-4 orders in a row.
Also does Uber rate their drivers... meaning the more hours you drive & orders you accept, does it affect the type or frequency of orders you’ll get? Love your background setting, very calming & uplifting 🌱
Thanks Jan, Mike here, I'll forward the kind words along
@@YourDriverMike I wonder the same thing. Is it better to let the time run out or to decline??
Excellent question here!
Did he answer? I would like to know if declining is going to affect us. I noticed order stops coming
My pro tip: order a door opening device from Amazon and attach it with a zip strip on your waist. I absolutely love never touching any doors or elevator/gate code buttons!
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You still have to clean it when you're done.
What happens if it only show the delivery and it doesn’t show how much and the distance
Hi Mike. Thanks for your tips. What do you know about insurances? I understand many insurance companies don't protect you working for UBER.
Not sure if you still need an answer, but where I am, the only company that will cover you is Progressive. I'm about to switch to them, and it will only cost me about 35 bucks more a month than what I'm paying now.
As I arrived to the restaurant for pick up I introduce my self as I ask them to re enter there proper address for a proper delivery they say thank you if stuck in traffic light i let them no as well up on arrival I tell them hope all is well and my service was reliable and punctual thank you for chosen Uber eat s until we meet again
That's thorough service!🙌🏻
how do you turn off and on automatic acceptance of orders on the app?
I am just starting in a new city Tips for delivering in a new place?
You make alot of sens thank you ever since I've been fallowing you rate are hi my tips are hi as well I did a delivery for $3 for 16 mntes trip it a $25 $9 and up
Glad to help! Great job 👊🏻
We need a "Your Driver Matt" TH-cam channel!
We made one! Videos to come
Thank for you watching!
Great tips. I just can’t find how to toggle off Stacked Orders in my settings. Any help please
There should be an option after you've received your first order that will say "stop new requests" or "go offline"
@@YourDriverMike Mike, are you talking about under Driving Preferences, the [Offline] button, or something else? Is it a setting that you set once, or every time to accept an order?
I like your channel ty for all the good tips
How will you have time to check the drop off location on Waze before the accept timer runs out?
Ask Siri?
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Hi Mike, why is it that when I take an order for food delivery Uber eats,( lets say $10 )after I am done I only see Uber post like $4. And then after an hour, when a customer tips about $4. Uber will post a total of let’s say $11. Am I not being robbed in NJ
What about Monroeville area?
Thank you for this video. I drive for Ubereats in Atlanta and try to except every order, but end up getting pulled downtown, where there is no parking, and I end up circling around too many times. Way too many one-way streets down there!! I will definitely pick and choose now for more efficiency. I have even picked up in the mall two different times, super inconvenient walking through the whole mall looking for a specific restaurant 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Andrea ASMR oh yeah that’s me too! I avoid downtown even though it’s busy in that area. Can’t find parking or the place I get soo frustrated then start to freak out that uber eat will deactivate my account!
I live in ATL. I prefer Downtown, but I do the most in illegal parking lol. I just know where to park away, but I've been doing Uber X & about to get deactivated cuz I don't like wearing my mask. I'd prefer to do Uber Eats & Uber XL exclusive because Uber X RARELY tips.
@@ry6421 drive with a companion... You don't need to park! Just stay with covid safety rules and only for delivery not ride share.
Hello sir help me I can't go online Uber drive apps. What can I do?
Hello, I'm new to uber eats as well and i have a question about something you mentioned
If i get two orders at once it tells me say 15.00 I take it, deliver the first order but the second order ( which I didn't know where was actually going) it's like faraway but i'm already stuck with the food.
How can I tell if i should get the second order or not from the very beginning
It says in the video u can turn that off... watch video
Where do you go to toggle off new orders while you’re on a delivery ? Thanks 😊
I don’t agree with this tip. If you know the area then you know where you are going based on address alone. But, when you are on an order you swipe up from the bottom and there’s a hand indicating stop. You click this to stop new requests. You just have to remember to go back online after the order.
This is what i need.