I just started working full time at a car dealership but with 3 children it’s tough living off just that so I started dashing today and made $60 in about 3 hours. Definitely planning on doing this on my days off rather than just sitting around not making money
Be careful. It's great money. But the wife may get mad or upset with you being gone on your days off. Just speaking from past experience. And I am a super hands on dad with mine.
I appreciate the very realistic take. I'll be persuing dashing full-time while I'm going back to college because of the flexibility - also recognizing the impact on vehicle mileage and gas costs. I think it's an amazing opportunity as an interim while you work on building up your own skill sets (as you alluded to at the end of your video).
Agreed. That's why I'm doing it. I can't see myself working for someone else ever again. When working for someone else they decide : When you go to sleep. When you wake up. When you can eat. When you can Sh*t. When you can go on vacation. When you can be with family. And all for what? A quarter raise every other year if you are lucky?
The past 7 years I worked as a full time high school teacher at a private high school and I was only making $19,500 a year -before taxes - and I was driving 30 mins each way to work, so there was a lot of gas money too....and I have a masters degree! So you made twice as much as me Door Dashing. I worked about 45-50 hours a week easy, too. So for people like me, working for myself, choosing my own schedule, not having to do all the extra stuff teachers have to do, and essentially doubling my income sounds really good!
Any job out there pays more than that. I made more than that 24 years ago delivering furniture. McDonald’s even pays more. Seems to me you are being taken advantage of.
depends on the market, here we have too much time of waiting, we normally have 1/2 active time vs 1 hour dashing….up to this week, i dashed 24 hours and only have 12 hrs active
I need pick up weekends after next week. I got dash notices on the app but was home sick so no dashing this weekend. I’m on pizza program so we’ll see how I do in two weekends
Goes along with your MORE in 2023. I’m a loan officer and have several clients who DD on the side from their regular job and their credit scores went up drastically because they were able to payoff debts and use their own money rather than run up credit cards. We can’t use the income in a home loan/ mortgage unless you’ve been doing side hustle consistently for two years, HOWEVER, it’s great when you need to lower your Debt to income and put down a bigger down payment.
Do u have to have 2 years of 1099-k under your belt in order to qualify for any loans? I started May 2022 and I switched from W-2 to 1099 and I know that's hitting the reset button smh
@@fossil_blue_zx2 it depends on several factors. If you’re staying in the same industry and going from W2 to 1099 then it can help with underwriting or pre-qualification. It also depends on how much the loan is and your current credit score and debt to income. If you switched industries completely, then yes, you will need a two year work history with proof of steady income or more income the second year than the first. If you show a loss or decline in income, then you may not be able to get a loan even if you have two years of proof.
I’ve been door dashing in a college town/towns and I make around $25 to $30 an hour before gas, maintenance. I accept every single order but it pays off in the end.
I've found that pay fluctuates based on demand too. Even better if you have a side gig you can do anywhere so you can just cherry-pick and do something else to make $$ in a cafe while waiting for good orders.
I've been dashing part time for a year and a half (1500 deliveries). I don't take orders that are less than $5 total or $1/mile unless my acceptance rate nears 70%. I average $20 no matter the day or time. I do enough dashes to maintain platinum status so I get high paying orders and dash now.
I use door dash a few times a week and really appreciate the drivers! Always wondered if they where getting compensated fairly. I'd hoped for alittle more after all was said and done for them. Figured theyd take home around 40k if your doing it full time. But this seems fair. 25k is nothing to sneeze at if your doing it as a second hustle. Be hard to make a living if DD was the sole form of income. At any rate I appreciate th Content :)
I got laid off from my last IT job back in March, and the way things were going the last couple months there has really made me not wanna do IT anymore despite my passion for it and just thinking about how all my previous IT contract jobs had gone the last 7 years. The job I was laid off from was my first permanent hire IT job, and I was there for two years. The first year was the best professional year of my life, but year two was just ugh.... I was glad to be gone, but still pissed I couldn't leave on my own terms (I had actually made the decision to leave a week before being laid off). Now I'm not sure what I wanna do. I kinda want to go back into the service industry (fast food, gas station, etc.) as I have always been a perfect fit for that (that was all I did before starting my IT career after college at age 30), but I also want to go into Real Estate as so many of my regulars from my fast food and gas station days said I would be PERFECT for a sales position like that. Anyway, my Dad died two weeks after I was laid off, and I am trying to get his house. With the inheritance money I will have no problem affording it, but without a job, my bank won't give me a loan to cover my half of the house (I am buying out my sister's half with the inheritance money). After a month of waiting, my background check finally passed yesterday and I am good to go. I am kind of anxious to get started though as I haven't had a delivery gig in 10 years. But I also know it's just temporary until I finally decide what I want to do professionally, and it's for the sake of getting the loan (same bank approved me last year (just never found a house I wanted to buy), my credit score is 800+, and I have enough inheritance money to buy the house outright, but want to build my credit further with the loan). This video heavily inspired me to do this full time over the next few months so I can buy my Father's house. Thank you.
Sorry to hear about the rough patch you've been going through bud. Smooth seas don't make good sailors, so just keep your head down and moving forward, and things will get better.
I dashed for most of the year in 2022. Like you, the pay wasn't as good as it looked, and there are no benefits from being an independent contractor. Getting a 'regular' job, if only for the benefits, is very much worth it. Thanks for your videos. Hope everything works out for you going forward.
I really like the fact that I don't need a babysitter. I really don't have any support system other than my husband. So me and my 9 year old dash a couple hours in the afternoon. I only make $300 or so a week but once she goes back to school I'll be making more.
My wife and I are consistently making between $1,000.00 and $1,200.00 per week dashing. It's a nice way to spend down time between real estate closings.
Advice for the new dashers . Don’t steal people’s orders. Don’t go to the store and get the food and think just bc u didn’t hit “confirm pickup” you might think you will get away but trust me doordash we deactivate your account without warning. Also don’t decline too many small orders!! Bc your ratings is what really matters . Always remember to drive safe too . If you feel like you can’t do the order cancel it !!
LMAO 🤣😂 don't decline too many small orders?! No. All them get declined. Your acceptance rate means nothing. I don't work for free. All those small orders will end up costing you even more money in gas and car repairs. I guess if that's your thing then have fun.
@@laurenr5095 it’s not my thing at allll but the more small ones you decline the more likely you won’t get those high paying orders bookie it’s all about being a priority to door dash they not gone give them good orders to ppl with low acceptance rate or even a low completion rate , it’s just how doordash works and that’s me speaking from 3 years experience if you can’t even do the bare minimum just don’t do door dash try something else nobody asked you to work for them ☺️
@@destinyscott2000 I've had a high acceptance rate and a low one. It makes zero difference in the orders you get. And the ones that were "high priority" were literally the same crap. Thankfully I have a career and don't dash too often.
The way I see it. I was making $20 an hr at my last job. So as long as I can make $20 an hour doing this, at least 8 hours a day. Ill be doing just fine.
Dang you make a little bit more then I do as a part time Dollar Tree employee for $13 an hour. But I love how well you broke things down in this video. Keep up the great work.
Well, think about it... It's right after Xmas...everyone is sitting back waiting on that dreaded Credit card Statement from the shopping season. YEAH IT'S GONNA BE SLOW. PREPARE FOR IT! Bank roll some savings starting in fall. Sit down and calculate your avg. monthly bills, and save up that months worth of money ahead of January and you will be all set. Anything you actually do make will be icing on the top.
I'm enjoying the freedom, but man, I wish I could make more doing UE. I'm super interested to see what else you have coming up! 40.1K, hope you get to 50 soon!
I truly appreciate the content from this video. I just started about three weeks ago here in Alaska. The market is pretty good. I drive on base from 11am to 5 or 6 pm and I've averaged $700 I week. After watching your video I will take the time to sit down and really evaluate if it worth still doing after taxes and expenses. Thank you for making this video. Good luck on your journey to financial freedom.
@@VaqueroDelNorte I wish that was why, I actually got deactivated because a store lied about an order being taken, I called support and the lady said the store had my order, went back and the order was still not there. The DoorDash foreigner on the call said I was lying and claimed I frauded her. Made no sense and I got deactivated.
even a solid part time(20 - 30 hours) to save and use dash to pay bills (or vice versa) is worth it,....i plan on working full time and dashing 20-30 hours a week for gas, food and utilities payments..... imagine making 1500 a month dashing... that can go to fuel, repairs and bills and u can save half ur checks on ur reg job, depending on rent/mprtgage
I pick and choose my orders. Been doing this full time about 5 years straight. Do better than my corporate job and a lot less stress. My acceptance rate varies from 35% to 65%. Haven't been top dasher in over 3 years.
I’m tired of living on the road and being a trucker. DoorDash is going to be my crutch in the year between trucking and IT and it’s going to be such a breeze to sleep in a bed every night and grind out 12 hours of dashing 4 days a week.
@@hayorge27 I have a big cushion from years of saving and living on the road. Worst case scenario I get to develop some new skills, get healthy and if things dont work out in a new career field I can get back on the road.
Try driving around. It’s more gas but the range is pretty far, I’ve had to drive like 3 miles to certain stores so if you drive from one hotspot to another you have the possibility of getting order from any of those 2 areas besides just being parking in one
See more quiet for like a month and he could've made so much more. He went from wanting to make 100k to not wanting to drive at all, everything changed after his dog. I've been a dasher all year I live in Michigan and it's helped me make 40k after profit and expenses and taxes I'm north 30k total profit. I've paid off bills I've took time to get my health better it's been awesome I'm even taking my dashing on the road. My opinion is if you want to make 20 or more dollars a hour without having to jump through hoops become a gig work take control of your life it ain't for everybody but honestly it's a easy 40-70k a year depending on your location and work ethic
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm in Michigan as well and in the busiest county. I want to try full time doordash while I have the opportunity. I'm so tired of 40 9 to 5 working with people I don't like and having bad bosses that don't appreciate me.
I hate to break this to all you aspiring drivers, but that mileage reimbursement rate that is used to calculate your tax deduction is based on the average cost per mile for using your own vehicle. You need to subtract that $22k from your $25k “profit.” You’re basically just taking a loan against the value of your vehicle when you drive in the gig economy.
I work in a rural area I’m in between two cities. One city is smaller and has 15,000 people and there’s a twin city close to it and that one has 15,000 and the other has about 10,000 and I only made about 10,000 last year working the whole year every month and being top dasher, I took a lot of time off here and there I have back issues but again at least I made top Dasher every month.
eyyyy, great video man and everything you said hit me 10/10. The sad part is that DoorDash income is more money than the minimum wage at the moment and as a Dasher you are sort of gambling your time and effort for those tips, like a Waiter, Busboy or Bartender. Sad part is, a Busboy, Waiter or Bartender make exponentially more than a Delivery Driver... Funny, right? The Delivery Driver is sacrificing much more yet making less than a Waiter, Busboy or Bartender. (I know that the difficulties are different, I've had every single job in a restaurant/bar) PROS & CONS is my FINAL ANSWER! PROS of a Dasher: CONS of a a Dasher: PROS of a Busboy: CONS of a Busboy: PROS of a Waiter: CONS of a Waiter: PROS of a Bartender: CONS of a Bartender: Every answer is going to be different but sort of align accordingly to the stresses of each position, but yeah the Delivery Driver is definitely underappreciated.
I got a real job making more than ill ever make on door dash, and don't have to waste miles on my car. I don't miss door dash one min in my life. Getting a real job is way better than having to worry about if im going to make enough with poor tippers for my expenses. I dont have that worry anymore with my real job. Im glad i left doing doordash and grubhub, worst year of my life.
Monthly car payments ($400-$800 per month), cost of car and it's yearly depreciation? You just put, what 2.5 years of mileage on ur car, in a year?? Car insurance?....
Doordash has become a joke. I was a top dasher and kept getting orders for $2.50-$4.00 for 12 miles and over, so I would deny those orders because they don’t make sense. My acceptance rate is now at a 58.
The way I see it: for 5 years I made 15-17$ an hour to work private security in Portland an absolute shithole getting threatened to get shot at least once a week.. If I can average anything close to or especially above that... and not get threatened to get shot... I'm happy.
Just got outta the military and I'm about to try this while I get my degree. Hard to find a job that pays enough to live on in my area and also fit around my classes. ALSO, as an E-4, I made less than you. And they expect us to be willing to get shot at! So that's pretty good!
Thank you for doing this experiment so I don’t have to! It’s not bad as some side $$. I love using DD to try to snipe jobs that are already on the way / direction I’m going
Your at a high risk of getting in an accident every time you drive away from your house! 🙄 People drive haphazardly more than ever today ! You are at risk of getting in an accident every time you drive to your job or even to the grocery store! It’s not just gig job delivery workers! 🤷🏾♀️
Question: if you are attaching most of your expenses to DD, doesn’t that mean that your expenses driving for other delivery apps (UE, GH) are now less?
I’ve seen you do other delivery services too though! So does this only account for dashing or the others you did as well?? I think this is a good question.. 🤔
Confused how working each month once, how you got enough data to tell anyone what months are dead? Wouldn't you need to be able to do an average in order to find that data?
So I DD sometimes. But l also pick up 8-12 hour rotations with various healthcare agencies as an independent contractor. Obviously I make more when my car is parked at a facility. It’s 25-30$ in the clear but I often drive an hour and a half to the location. BUT, there are days I prefer door dash. With both , I pick my schedule. I wake up and decide if I’m working that day. And I think that’s the beauty part of gig work. It’s not even to make a massive amount of money. It’s about combating burn out. We’re 💯 taught to go go go until we’re old and unable to move. And sometimes, we just need time to actually enjoy our lives. You can make a ton of money working 24/7, but then u don’t even have the time to spend it. And honestly I don’t live above my means. My idea of a good time is a decent movie on HBO and snacks. The increase in gig jobs or pick up shifts has been a blessing. Most jobs have zero work life balance.
I have dashed for 2+ years. It can deff get slow at times. UNPOP OPINION. I KEEP MY ACCEPTANCE RATE AT 75% OR MORE . WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF DASHERS ON THE ROAD ITS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT THE ONE SITTING WAITING 20 MIN FOR A ORDER.
There's only one comment I would like to make about your financial situation in case you read this, but when you get close to retirement age they go back 10 years to see how much you contributed to social security and I recommend you making a separate account for retirement that would equal what you would get for social security or more since you're not contributing to it now. You might regret it if you don't. Just a thought and unwarranted advice to young people.😊
So essentially even though you did really "well" you actually did pretty "bad".I think everyone who does these driving jobs hopefully knows in the long run it's not great,itll help you pay your bills but after taxes,gas,maintenance and repairs you're not killing it.
Gas prices are down a bit now, at least where I am. After 3 days of dashing, I made $500 after taking out gas cost. I'm looking into getting a good e-bike with at least a 60mi range and 30mph top speed.
Yeah not the biggest money but honestly freedom to be your own boss is absolutely priceless! Just gotta exercise and stretch lots before and after a long drive to maybe help the back pain a bit and have a partner that’s a massage therapist haha
Be your own boss? Are you kidding? Doordash makes all the rules, dispatches all the orders, sets all the pay rates, etc. I can't even stay online because DD keeps kicking me off after I decline a few of their trash offers. I can only work the hours DD allows me too. You call all that BS being a "boss"?
@@GooseFrischmann It's not even close to 100% up to you how much money you make. You're 100% dependent on DD for every single delivery you receive. You have ZERO say in the matter. If they decide to offer you nothing but trash orders you have zero say in the matter. The same applies to pay rates. The same applies to being allowed to Dash, etc.
Both me and my woman quit tractor supply (I’m retired) and we door dash full time. She drives and I dash. We are over 700 dashes and we LOVE it.
@@youropiniondoesntmatter0 still going strong on the dash. Traveled a lot also.
@@chefnstrikemore money?
@@chefnstrike That's awesome! Traveling is a great idea along with it.
I just started working full time at a car dealership but with 3 children it’s tough living off just that so I started dashing today and made $60 in about 3 hours. Definitely planning on doing this on my days off rather than just sitting around not making money
Bought a brand new car and completely paid for it with DD
Be careful. It's great money. But the wife may get mad or upset with you being gone on your days off. Just speaking from past experience. And I am a super hands on dad with mine.
@@aaronbellman3262how long did that take you? That’s awesome
Take the family and door dash I do 😂
Nah it's only good for the first few days since new dashers get top dasher for like 14 days
I appreciate the very realistic take. I'll be persuing dashing full-time while I'm going back to college because of the flexibility - also recognizing the impact on vehicle mileage and gas costs. I think it's an amazing opportunity as an interim while you work on building up your own skill sets (as you alluded to at the end of your video).
It ain’t always about the money, it’s about the flexibility/freedom…nowadays you can’t really put a price on that!!!
Agreed. That's why I'm doing it. I can't see myself working for someone else ever again.
When working for someone else they decide :
When you go to sleep.
When you wake up.
When you can eat.
When you can Sh*t.
When you can go on vacation.
When you can be with family.
And all for what? A quarter raise every other year if you are lucky?
@@lloydlineske2642agreed bro, the older generation wish there were gigs like this around back in the day, keep living free n happy bro
@@BoJr1991 ain't always about the money? It is aways about the money. Well that's if your ambitious. If your not that's fine
I can… $1 per mile minimum. I already have flexibility and freedom… this just gives extra spending money. So yeah… it’s about the money for me.
there is not much flexibility if you working 35 hour per week
Nothing like getting paid to drive around listening to your favorite music.
…If you can afford XM radio it’s great for long hauls
The past 7 years I worked as a full time high school teacher at a private high school and I was only making $19,500 a year -before taxes - and I was driving 30 mins each way to work, so there was a lot of gas money too....and I have a masters degree! So you made twice as much as me Door Dashing. I worked about 45-50 hours a week easy, too. So for people like me, working for myself, choosing my own schedule, not having to do all the extra stuff teachers have to do, and essentially doubling my income sounds really good!
You good sir need to job hop. 20k with a Masters is not acceptable even if teaching is your passion. That is modern day slavery
Wtf how long did u go to college for
Any job out there pays more than that. I made more than that 24 years ago delivering furniture. McDonald’s even pays more. Seems to me you are being taken advantage of.
Thats $10 an hour. They are paying their teachers $10 an hour? (10x40x50)
with all due respect, if you have a masters and making
I make about 100 to 120 dollars avg for 5 to 6 hours on -, Friday and Saturdays. I love your videos
depends on the market, here we have too much time of waiting, we normally have 1/2 active time vs 1 hour dashing….up to this week, i dashed 24 hours and only have 12 hrs active
@@fishwithme9245what area you live in?
I need pick up weekends after next week. I got dash notices on the app but was home sick so no dashing this weekend. I’m on pizza program so we’ll see how I do in two weekends
Goes along with your MORE in 2023. I’m a loan officer and have several clients who DD on the side from their regular job and their credit scores went up drastically because they were able to payoff debts and use their own money rather than run up credit cards. We can’t use the income in a home loan/ mortgage unless you’ve been doing side hustle consistently for two years, HOWEVER, it’s great when you need to lower your Debt to income and put down a bigger down payment.
I am a SAHW. I started to DD to pay off our debts.
Do u have to have 2 years of 1099-k under your belt in order to qualify for any loans? I started May 2022 and I switched from W-2 to 1099 and I know that's hitting the reset button smh
@@fossil_blue_zx2 it depends on several factors. If you’re staying in the same industry and going from W2 to 1099 then it can help with underwriting or pre-qualification. It also depends on how much the loan is and your current credit score and debt to income. If you switched industries completely, then yes, you will need a two year work history with proof of steady income or more income the second year than the first. If you show a loss or decline in income, then you may not be able to get a loan even if you have two years of proof.
Thank you
I’ve been door dashing in a college town/towns and I make around $25 to $30 an hour before gas, maintenance. I accept every single order but it pays off in the end.
we need proof 😂
I've found that pay fluctuates based on demand too. Even better if you have a side gig you can do anywhere so you can just cherry-pick and do something else to make $$ in a cafe while waiting for good orders.
I've been dashing part time for a year and a half (1500 deliveries). I don't take orders that are less than $5 total or $1/mile unless my acceptance rate nears 70%. I average $20 no matter the day or time. I do enough dashes to maintain platinum status so I get high paying orders and dash now.
I use door dash a few times a week and really appreciate the drivers! Always wondered if they where getting compensated fairly. I'd hoped for alittle more after all was said and done for them. Figured theyd take home around 40k if your doing it full time. But this seems fair. 25k is nothing to sneeze at if your doing it as a second hustle. Be hard to make a living if DD was the sole form of income. At any rate I appreciate th Content :)
I got laid off from my last IT job back in March, and the way things were going the last couple months there has really made me not wanna do IT anymore despite my passion for it and just thinking about how all my previous IT contract jobs had gone the last 7 years. The job I was laid off from was my first permanent hire IT job, and I was there for two years. The first year was the best professional year of my life, but year two was just ugh.... I was glad to be gone, but still pissed I couldn't leave on my own terms (I had actually made the decision to leave a week before being laid off).
Now I'm not sure what I wanna do. I kinda want to go back into the service industry (fast food, gas station, etc.) as I have always been a perfect fit for that (that was all I did before starting my IT career after college at age 30), but I also want to go into Real Estate as so many of my regulars from my fast food and gas station days said I would be PERFECT for a sales position like that.
Anyway, my Dad died two weeks after I was laid off, and I am trying to get his house. With the inheritance money I will have no problem affording it, but without a job, my bank won't give me a loan to cover my half of the house (I am buying out my sister's half with the inheritance money).
After a month of waiting, my background check finally passed yesterday and I am good to go.
I am kind of anxious to get started though as I haven't had a delivery gig in 10 years. But I also know it's just temporary until I finally decide what I want to do professionally, and it's for the sake of getting the loan (same bank approved me last year (just never found a house I wanted to buy), my credit score is 800+, and I have enough inheritance money to buy the house outright, but want to build my credit further with the loan).
This video heavily inspired me to do this full time over the next few months so I can buy my Father's house.
Thank you.
Sorry to hear about the rough patch you've been going through bud. Smooth seas don't make good sailors, so just keep your head down and moving forward, and things will get better.
Things will fall in place bro.. I’m into IT too and things are also rough presently..
Can we link up brother? @Rolf
Sorry for your loss maybe use the time hashing out ideas with people who know you better.
I dashed for most of the year in 2022. Like you, the pay wasn't as good as it looked, and there are no benefits from being an independent contractor. Getting a 'regular' job, if only for the benefits, is very much worth it. Thanks for your videos. Hope everything works out for you going forward.
@blackbull9916I agree
American brainwashed everyone thinking you “need” benefits.
I really like the fact that I don't need a babysitter. I really don't have any support system other than my husband. So me and my 9 year old dash a couple hours in the afternoon. I only make $300 or so a week but once she goes back to school I'll be making more.
I did 23k part time as a DD I have a full time W2 that’s the way to do it side hustle
My wife and I are consistently making between $1,000.00 and $1,200.00 per week dashing. It's a nice way to spend down time between real estate closings.
I’m a part time realtor the reason I’m looking into Uber etc …
Advice for the new dashers . Don’t steal people’s orders. Don’t go to the store and get the food and think just bc u didn’t hit “confirm pickup” you might think you will get away but trust me doordash we deactivate your account without warning. Also don’t decline too many small orders!! Bc your ratings is what really matters . Always remember to drive safe too . If you feel like you can’t do the order cancel it !!
What do you mean? Dashers are eating customers food???!!! Omg!
@@Hollyhock7 yes ma’am
LMAO 🤣😂 don't decline too many small orders?! No. All them get declined. Your acceptance rate means nothing. I don't work for free. All those small orders will end up costing you even more money in gas and car repairs. I guess if that's your thing then have fun.
@@laurenr5095 it’s not my thing at allll but the more small ones you decline the more likely you won’t get those high paying orders bookie it’s all about being a priority to door dash they not gone give them good orders to ppl with low acceptance rate or even a low completion rate , it’s just how doordash works and that’s me speaking from 3 years experience if you can’t even do the bare minimum just don’t do door dash try something else nobody asked you to work for them ☺️
@@destinyscott2000 I've had a high acceptance rate and a low one. It makes zero difference in the orders you get. And the ones that were "high priority" were literally the same crap. Thankfully I have a career and don't dash too often.
“The dopamine rush” 😂😂 I subscribed for that
I think I'm addicted to that as well lol
The way I see it. I was making $20 an hr at my last job. So as long as I can make $20 an hour doing this, at least 8 hours a day. Ill be doing just fine.
Dang you make a little bit more then I do as a part time Dollar Tree employee for $13 an hour. But I love how well you broke things down in this video. Keep up the great work.
Dang man you said it January hit and slow isn't even the word to describe it man. Unreal
Well, think about it... It's right after Xmas...everyone is sitting back waiting on that dreaded Credit card Statement from the shopping season. YEAH IT'S GONNA BE SLOW. PREPARE FOR IT! Bank roll some savings starting in fall. Sit down and calculate your avg. monthly bills, and save up that months worth of money ahead of January and you will be all set. Anything you actually do make will be icing on the top.
I'm enjoying the freedom, but man, I wish I could make more doing UE. I'm super interested to see what else you have coming up! 40.1K, hope you get to 50 soon!
I truly appreciate the content from this video. I just started about three weeks ago here in Alaska. The market is pretty good. I drive on base from 11am to 5 or 6 pm and I've averaged $700 I week. After watching your video I will take the time to sit down and really evaluate if it worth still doing after taxes and expenses. Thank you for making this video. Good luck on your journey to financial freedom.
I’m definitely tipping better from now on
Grub hub and doordash are both not accepting new drivers and Uber eats has been slow, I'm hoping things will pick up again on Uber 😩
Same, I’m in SoCal and Uber Eats is definitely slower over here. I had DoorDash for about a year and a half but got deactivated..
@@ForsakenUnderling socal here as well! Glad to know it's not just me in my area that's slow.
@@VaqueroDelNorte 🤣😂🤣😂
@@VaqueroDelNorte I wish that was why, I actually got deactivated because a store lied about an order being taken, I called support and the lady said the store had my order, went back and the order was still not there. The DoorDash foreigner on the call said I was lying and claimed I frauded her. Made no sense and I got deactivated.
take your plate off here brother. Even I could find you with all that info and through the dealership too. Be blessed and safe. Great info BTW
Thank you for the transparency!!
Man I love your honesty about doordash in this video!! Thank you, so I will be honest with you.. I took a poop while watching your video!
nice..were you constipated or it always takes you 30 minutes?
@@aiccorp6001 always take ME TIME! That is ME time!
Man that ending speech was fire!
Thank you, this was great...I'll tag along for the ride... 🌈🦋😊👫
It's also called paying taxes it sucks but they only come after the little guys 😊
…I think you eventually have to pay the IRS every quarter (3 months)
This dasher's videos are extremely informative, thorough. Aedin
So happy I found your channel.
even a solid part time(20 - 30 hours) to save and use dash to pay bills (or vice versa) is worth it,....i plan on working full time and dashing 20-30 hours a week for gas, food and utilities payments..... imagine making 1500 a month dashing... that can go to fuel, repairs and bills and u can save half ur checks on ur reg job, depending on rent/mprtgage
Imagine doing deliveries in an EV and no longer dumping your profits into the gas tank!
That's my plan 👍🏽
Great video! This is the info that helps out the most 👍🏼
Bro i been following ya journey the whole time and been dashing everyday with you since 2020 this video is so accurate i cant stop laughing
I pick and choose my orders. Been doing this full time about 5 years straight. Do better than my corporate job and a lot less stress. My acceptance rate varies from 35% to 65%. Haven't been top dasher in over 3 years.
$25,000 is more than what I'm making at my regular job
It's still more than I make full time at a job I hate. Seems viable to me.
I’m tired of living on the road and being a trucker. DoorDash is going to be my crutch in the year between trucking and IT and it’s going to be such a breeze to sleep in a bed every night and grind out 12 hours of dashing 4 days a week.
Careful, a lot of us did that and lost everything
@@hayorge27 I have a big cushion from years of saving and living on the road. Worst case scenario I get to develop some new skills, get healthy and if things dont work out in a new career field I can get back on the road.
In a big strange way DD fulfills my gambling desires lol
Same man lmao that’s why I started as well
That’s hella funny I thought I was the only one who thought it was like gambling . I be sitting there like “ cmon hit hit hit “😂
I like this guy.
Thanks for the educational dash video 😎
Door dash pays less then min wage! He's right.thanks for telling the truth
Um is it painfully slow for anybody else right now? My orders coming in seem so slow compared to 2 weeks ago.
Catering bag and pizza bags are great!!!
great recap!
Realistically speaking, all jobs have their pros and cons.
I made $45k in 2022 with just doordash.
Full time ?
Awesome information. Seems more of a part time job with mental freedom allowance.
Working as doordasher connects with mechanics in town.
Try driving around. It’s more gas but the range is pretty far, I’ve had to drive like 3 miles to certain stores so if you drive from one hotspot to another you have the possibility of getting order from any of those 2 areas besides just being parking in one
See more quiet for like a month and he could've made so much more. He went from wanting to make 100k to not wanting to drive at all, everything changed after his dog. I've been a dasher all year I live in Michigan and it's helped me make 40k after profit and expenses and taxes I'm north 30k total profit. I've paid off bills I've took time to get my health better it's been awesome I'm even taking my dashing on the road. My opinion is if you want to make 20 or more dollars a hour without having to jump through hoops become a gig work take control of your life it ain't for everybody but honestly it's a easy 40-70k a year depending on your location and work ethic
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm in Michigan as well and in the busiest county. I want to try full time doordash while I have the opportunity. I'm so tired of 40 9 to 5 working with people I don't like and having bad bosses that don't appreciate me.
@@kingjoseph5901 it's so doable definitely during the school semester with msu and uofm
Great video! Can't wait to see what's next!!!
Enjoyed the video. I haven’t considered Door Dash but it’s worth considering
Yes it’s all about multi-apping 👍🏻
Honestly it's all about being consistent.
I hate to break this to all you aspiring drivers, but that mileage reimbursement rate that is used to calculate your tax deduction is based on the average cost per mile for using your own vehicle. You need to subtract that $22k from your $25k “profit.” You’re basically just taking a loan against the value of your vehicle when you drive in the gig economy.
I work in a rural area I’m in between two cities. One city is smaller and has 15,000 people and there’s a twin city close to it and that one has 15,000 and the other has about 10,000 and I only made about 10,000 last year working the whole year every month and being top dasher, I took a lot of time off here and there I have back issues but again at least I made top Dasher every month.
eyyyy, great video man and everything you said hit me 10/10.
The sad part is that DoorDash income is more money than the minimum wage at the moment and as a Dasher you are sort of gambling your time and effort for those tips, like a Waiter, Busboy or Bartender.
Sad part is, a Busboy, Waiter or Bartender make exponentially more than a Delivery Driver...
Funny, right?
The Delivery Driver is sacrificing much more yet making less than a Waiter, Busboy or Bartender.
(I know that the difficulties are different, I've had every single job in a restaurant/bar)
PROS & CONS is my FINAL ANSWER!
PROS of a Dasher:
CONS of a a Dasher:
PROS of a Busboy:
CONS of a Busboy:
PROS of a Waiter:
CONS of a Waiter:
PROS of a Bartender:
CONS of a Bartender:
Every answer is going to be different but sort of align accordingly to the stresses of each position, but yeah the Delivery Driver is definitely underappreciated.
I got a real job making more than ill ever make on door dash, and don't have to waste miles on my car. I don't miss door dash one min in my life. Getting a real job is way better than having to worry about if im going to make enough with poor tippers for my expenses. I dont have that worry anymore with my real job. Im glad i left doing doordash and grubhub, worst year of my life.
I agree just doing it for a while ,tyyyyyyyyyyy
Thanks for your insights your post were helpful.
All this shows is the "everyday" person has to work harder and more to keep up with the everything inflation!
Monthly car payments ($400-$800 per month), cost of car and it's yearly depreciation? You just put, what 2.5 years of mileage on ur car, in a year?? Car insurance?....
Doordash has become a joke. I was a top dasher and kept getting orders for $2.50-$4.00 for 12 miles and over, so I would deny those orders because they don’t make sense. My acceptance rate is now at a 58.
The way I see it: for 5 years I made 15-17$ an hour to work private security in Portland an absolute shithole getting threatened to get shot at least once a week.. If I can average anything close to or especially above that... and not get threatened to get shot... I'm happy.
Just got outta the military and I'm about to try this while I get my degree. Hard to find a job that pays enough to live on in my area and also fit around my classes.
ALSO, as an E-4, I made less than you. And they expect us to be willing to get shot at! So that's pretty good!
Thank you for doing this experiment so I don’t have to! It’s not bad as some side $$. I love using DD to try to snipe jobs that are already on the way / direction I’m going
$13/hr is brutallll. Might as well work retail store while not having high risk of being in an accident everyday
Your at a high risk of getting in an accident every time you drive away from your house! 🙄 People drive haphazardly more than ever today ! You are at risk of getting in an accident every time you drive to your job or even to the grocery store! It’s not just gig job delivery workers! 🤷🏾♀️
It’s not even about doordash for me it’s how great of a businessman you is you gonna go places in life 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
i make 900 a week dashing ,
Is that good for you? Not being rude. Like I could survive on 900 a week so just asking.
I average $1.8k a week. I work 6 days a week all breakfast lunch dinner shifts tho. I would take 1-2 hrs break in between the shifts.
Wow that's a lot 💰💰
@@DCA_DAD in what market
the instant payout is such a major factor like you mentioned dopamine hit from instant money....our generation dont wanna wait a week to get paid....
My daughter and I love Door dashing and Uber Eats
Question: if you are attaching most of your expenses to DD, doesn’t that mean that your expenses driving for other delivery apps (UE, GH) are now less?
No.
It's freedom baby sweet freedom.
Thanks!
Awesome good information.
I’ve seen you do other delivery services too though! So does this only account for dashing or the others you did as well?? I think this is a good question.. 🤔
This was very helpful! Thank you 🙏
I run about 25% for gas an maintenance. I like self emp. Part of delivery business
Confused how working each month once, how you got enough data to tell anyone what months are dead? Wouldn't you need to be able to do an average in order to find that data?
Working in a restaurant you will make more for sure. If I had an extra bill to pay maybe I would do it but I'm really looking for more per hour 🙃
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Durrrrr 🐑
So I DD sometimes. But l also pick up 8-12 hour rotations with various healthcare agencies as an independent contractor. Obviously I make more when my car is parked at a facility. It’s 25-30$ in the clear but I often drive an hour and a half to the location. BUT, there are days I prefer door dash. With both , I pick my schedule. I wake up and decide if I’m working that day. And I think that’s the beauty part of gig work. It’s not even to make a massive amount of money. It’s about combating burn out. We’re 💯 taught to go go go until we’re old and unable to move. And sometimes, we just need time to actually enjoy our lives. You can make a ton of money working 24/7, but then u don’t even have the time to spend it. And honestly I don’t live above my means. My idea of a good time is a decent movie on HBO and snacks. The increase in gig jobs or pick up shifts has been a blessing. Most jobs have zero work life balance.
I saw a guy on TH-cam made $3k in 1 week using both uber eats and door dash. Multi Apping helps during those down times
I don’t accept trips to the hood anymore… it’s worth the paycut considering no one there tips…
I like your work you will drive 😎
I have dashed for 2+ years. It can deff get slow at times. UNPOP OPINION. I KEEP MY ACCEPTANCE RATE AT 75% OR MORE . WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF DASHERS ON THE ROAD ITS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT THE ONE SITTING WAITING 20 MIN FOR A ORDER.
There's only one comment I would like to make about your financial situation in case you read this, but when you get close to retirement age they go back 10 years to see how much you contributed to social security and I recommend you making a separate account for retirement that would equal what you would get for social security or more since you're not contributing to it now. You might regret it if you don't. Just a thought and unwarranted advice to young people.😊
I like that motto!!
I'm an Herbalife Distributor and Do Doordash. I feel so free
Started friday made 430 dollars this weekend
The mountains in 4:24 look just like you're in Pleasant Grove, UT. Am I close?
I LOVE Doordashing!!!! It is perfect for my personality, I like people but not really lol. I love providing service. I wish they provided a car.
So essentially even though you did really "well" you actually did pretty "bad".I think everyone who does these driving jobs hopefully knows in the long run it's not great,itll help you pay your bills but after taxes,gas,maintenance and repairs you're not killing it.
Gas prices are down a bit now, at least where I am. After 3 days of dashing, I made $500 after taking out gas cost.
I'm looking into getting a good e-bike with at least a 60mi range and 30mph top speed.
U make 500 a weeek???? Brih
Yeah not the biggest money but honestly freedom to be your own boss is absolutely priceless! Just gotta exercise and stretch lots before and after a long drive to maybe help the back pain a bit and have a partner that’s a massage therapist haha
Be your own boss? Are you kidding? Doordash makes all the rules, dispatches all the orders, sets all the pay rates, etc. I can't even stay online because DD keeps kicking me off after I decline a few of their trash offers. I can only work the hours DD allows me too. You call all that BS being a "boss"?
@@roll2134 hmm you must live in a slow area, I can dash anytime I want to! It’s great. 100% up to me how much or little I wanna make 🤙
@@bobg3221 Sorry, but getting up when you want doesn't come close to offsetting all the lack of freedoms you have to deal with when working for DD.
@@GooseFrischmann It's not even close to 100% up to you how much money you make. You're 100% dependent on DD for every single delivery you receive. You have ZERO say in the matter. If they decide to offer you nothing but trash orders you have zero say in the matter. The same applies to pay rates. The same applies to being allowed to Dash, etc.
@@roll2134 hmm well it’s worked out great for me!
So how much did you make on cash tips that's not listed here lol. That's not reported so im curious how much in cash tips you made for the year?