Any idea how I can get DD know that the app is not allowing to work my home town and surrounding area including six other towns and villages??? The Phillipino outsource team and supervisors are inept, ignorant, and unequipped to help even though it's a known issue involving other dashers. Anyone have a workaround as I've tried all the troubleshooting tips and the problem is on the programming side?
Wow, after almost 8K deliveries, I just had something happen for the 1st time. A customer chose "hand it to me" in the app but in the comments typed "leave it at the door". So I left it at the door, but still took a photo of it. Later found out the customer lied and reported it as "undelivered" even though he had exited his house and grabbed it. I had plenty of photo evidence along with a good explanation and Doordash did not penalize me in any way. Customers who abuse the system in this way should also be deactivated and not allowed to order anymore! Some people are such slimeballs.
Just started...but ran into exactly the same so I put it down took a photo...later on I was temp disable from getting orders cause of outraged costumer but wasn't long till I was back in action
Wow. I guess it's more common than I thought. Since the in-app photo step doesn't pop up when someone chooses "hand it to customer", I'm going to advise to take a photo of it with your phone and keep it in your camera roll for a while in case you have to send it to Doordash, which is what I did. And to their credit, the 3 times I've dealt with customer discrepancies via email, Doordash has been extremely reasonable and helpful to me. I'm sure having 8,000+ deliveries with sky-high stats helps with that also.
I use a formula when delivering, 6-4-20 (No less than $6, no more that 4 miles, and complete within 20 mins). When I use this formula, I make no less than $18 per hour, 98% of the time it's more than that.
@@BestDasherAlive Oh rly? I've been trying to keep above a 70% acceptance rate since I started a couple weeks ago because I didn't know what would happen if I didnt.
You are 100% right about not needlessly communicating with customers. I would say 95%+ use the app specifically because they want as little human interaction possible to get their food. Especially the 30 and under age range. I am a delivery ninja, a ghost in the machine. I wont contact a customer unless I absolutely cannot find their residence and that is super rare in my market. I know some dashers think sending updates and even memes is being nice and "customer service", but DD customers dont want all those needless alerts. They want their food, not a jolly chat. Im a phantom, make the drop and on to the next lol
I love you bro, you’re the door dash man! I use this app because I don’t want to leave my house and I don’t want to talk to anyone. I wasn’t to be lazy and I’m entitled to that with the insane charges door dash throws at you
First thing do not watch TH-cam for advice on how to make money doing doordash. I make over 2k a week with only doordash. You learn as you go that's the best advice for everyone.
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The biggest and best tip for new people is dont be scared to decline. Decline as many as you have to. NEVER accept an order with no/low tip. Youre paying out of your own pocket to deliver someone elses food.
Thank you for confirming that acceptance rate doesn't matter. On my first week I was really picky and only accepting offers over $8 and I was making good money and offers were even getting better. On my second week I lowered my bar a bit to keep my acceptance rate high and the app kept sending me worse offers. It's almost like the app gives the worst offers to drivers who are desperate and willing to accept anything.
@@BestDasherAlive I actually tried that yesterday. Rejected a couple of orders and said they are too small and then next thing I got a big PF Chang order where the customer tipped $18
That’s what I was thinking if you act desperate and you keep taking a little orders like no tips yeah that sucks cause $2.50 makes me not even wanna roll.
@@BestDasherAlive It matters now. HUGE difference between my bfs account and mine. He has a 68% and I an 80% and I was getting far more high pay orders and orders in general.
Took an order that was a long drive. I think 15 mphs for 12 dollars. After that it kept sending me long drive orders. Not caring about the acceptance rate anymore
This guy will be successful no matter what he does. Great work ethic and doesn’t get hung up on the not so great moments of the job. Great video. Thanks for posting
true put 60k miles on my car in the last year and and half doing DD, gas, oil changes, and occasional tune ups, but I also just had to spend 750 last week to fix an issue that developed over time.
I've done 7,300 deliveries in the last 2 and a half years, and what I've come to realize is that the business is drastically different when comparing urban/metro areas to the suburbs. Variations in population and order density requires that you change your strategy based on where you are. Advice you hear may be from someone who does it in a different type of area, so don't be surprised if you don't get the same results.
I'm definitely one of those who doesn't "get the same results". Orders near me are complete shit. I've noticed a difference this time of year from last year. DoorDash sucks.
I’ve done 15,578 deliveries in 2-1/2 years. Made almost $80,000 last year. I’m enjoying this!! Life is great for this top dasher! I don’t take trash orders but currently acceptance rate at 88%. Acceptance rate matters. Don’t let anyone tell you different. I’ve experimented. Anything below 50% n you get trash. Kept it high. Some you tubers say AR doesn’t matter. Really?? It does!
I’ve done about 750 dashes… and what I’ve found makes the best $$$ is $2/mile minimum. I reject most offers and have an acceptance rate of only 27%. I make $20-30/hour. Area is pretty key, as well as time of day. I rock the suburbs around Columbus, OH. Good luck to all you dashers out there! Drive safe!
I'm in Fort Worth, TX. I try to stick to the central city (areas adjacent to downtown), mainly because I tend to get more orders there. I usually only dash in downtown Fort Worth itself on weekends or weekdays after 6pm, because parking is free at those times. I've done a few orders that have taken me far out of my zone, especially on the occasion that I get a $20+ order. I've also got some good-paying orders especially when DoorDash runs promotions in the suburbs; normally suburbs involve more driving, although drop-off is easier compared to the greater probability of dealing with apartments, condos, and hotels in the central city.
In some places, it is absolutely worth it to be a top dasher. It really depends on your market and if you are constantly thrown bad orders. I make about $150 a day 7 days a week with just doordash. I do lunch from 9:30am to 11:30am and then I go out for dinner from 5:30pm to 11:30pm. Sometimes I hit my $150 mark a lot sooner and head home earlier, but that is usually the average. I do notice a difference with the top dasher, it is better here for sure. But that is not the case everywhere. The best thing you can do to make the most money with Doordash or uber or whatever is to keep trying different things and accept that it will not be steady all of the time but by the end of the week/month it will balance out pretty much every time.
AR absolutely matters in some areas. More so the less populated area you serve the more it matters. I was only making 18-22 dollars an hour when I was in the 20-30 percent AR. When I stay above 50% AR I’m closer to 30-35 dollars per hour.
@@marvelmn80 Interesting, I just started and my AR has dropped to 91% . Seems Im avg 18-22 an hour aswell at the end of the day. Time to be a bit more picky.
For texting people, you’re half right. Communicate If there’s a long wait n stuff. I’ve gotten tips and ratings because people felt bad for me waiting so long
During your first 100 orders you are not subject to poor ratings, you are prioritized for orders to make the most money because they want to get you hooked like cocaine. After your 100 order everything levels out to reality unless you have I high traffic area with alot of restaurants.
I’ve dashed for a total of 4 hours 30 minutes and got 110 so far. Definitely because I was on the “accept every order” flow and because I thought top dasher gives you perks (only need 70% to stay a top dasher) but now I’m going to only accept good orders. Thought this to myself today after I handed off a chipotle delivery to this rude customer who didn’t tip me and I only made 5 bucks off the 3 mile drive… seriously I get it that times are tough and people have less disposable income to spend but come on…… you wouldn’t not tip at a dine in restaurant why wouldn’t you tip the guy who went out of his way to deliver the food to you…. On the other hand, I got a 14 dollar delivery with a 9.50 tip which was definitely nice. For anyone wondering I’m in Jersey - the average hourly drive pay is $25-$26 an hour. I literally live right around the corner from a busy highway with every single restaurant fast food and otherwise. Why wouldn’t I dash? Best of luck everyone and thank you Best Dasher for the informative vid to help us N00bz :)
Appreciate the tips man. I work every day with my grandfather doing landscaping and construction work for about 10 hrs a day and then I get home and shower and head out to deliver. Just started a few weeks ago and for 2 hours a night I'm able to reel in about 50 bucks total after gas costs (which in my truck is a lot). But it's a good side gig that's a lot more relaxing than the heavy work I do during the day. Just hope working 70 hrs a week allows me to actually foot the bill for college :/. Have a good one!
It made me smile to see someone who's such a hard worker. I paid for university all myself and it was very tough. One summer I somehow worked two full time jobs. It was insane.
@@fredpenner5667 I feel that man. It's a rough ass road but knowing that it was all you and only you make up for the grind at least for some of us. It honestly kills me sometimes to see how lazy my peers are.
About the overcommunicate with customers part, I have noticed the ones who wants to communicate with delivery driver the most are the high tippers. Sometimes they are waiting at the door and would greet you
i've seen that ppl who want to communicate are just needy and give more tasks and don't give any more money than what the offer originally said. i'd rather just just pick up the food and deliver it and not do "customer service". if the customer has special requests, they should include them in "special requests" for the restaurant when they place their order in the app. if the restaurant doesn't offer "special requests" in the app then they should just pick a diff restaurant or do without whatever their special request is... as someone who orders food from dd a lot, if i have a special request and restaurant doesnt allow in the app to provide additional requests, i don't order from that restaurant using dd. and i've been doing this before i ever started dashing bc it just seemed like the right move to me bc trying to give extra tasks to the dasher when the dasher's job is just to pick up and deliver didn't seem right to me. special requests should be between the restaurant and the customer, not the person delivering the food
I communicate and make top dollar with Uber and Doordash .Customers like when I let them know when I’m on my way and arrive because they don’t like when u knock or ring their doorbell. A lot of customers ask u not to because their dog barks or the baby is sleeping. And most of the time they reply back to my text and say Ty .That just my experience.
I’ve also had great experience, communicating with the customer they always appreciate it and yes, not always, but sometimes you get those who tip you 5 to 8 dollars more.
I am relatively new to DD, with only 129 deliveries so far. I have been turning down offers which amount to $1/mile or less, and for the most part most of the orders that roll in are between $5 and $8. I have been using the 'distance is too far' as the reason for declining, as I'm trying to get the app to stop giving me extraordinarily long delivery orders. Based on your advice, I'll start using the small order for the small orders. I seem to be averaging about $20-23/hr so far so perhaps I'm not doing too horribly.
@@LONEWOLF-rq5tl have seen same orders come back with higher dollar amounts a bunch of times. They raise the money being offered if people keep rejecting it
I really liked this video, but also wanted to add to this. I see it the opposite as said in video. When it's $11, it's actually $8. You'd normally not take an $8, so if it's busy don't accept the $11 (-$3).
as soon as youre 3 - 5 minutes from making a delivery, turn on uber eats. switch back and forth with DD ideally, so that your wait time at the restaurants is as low as possible, and youre getting the most offers to consider possible.
@@andrewcrenshaw2459 that order could have been waiting for pick up at the restaurant 30 min. and the next driver does not now they are delivering cold food, but that only happens to low paying orders.
this is true. i typically try and only take small # of items orders. sometimes i accept the offer, look at the items, and then unassign if i dont like the item list (gotta be willing to sacrifice your completion rate a lil for this one but sometimes it's worth seeing the items before you make the decision). one time all items were out of stock and i ended up just getting half pay.
I think it’s cool to let them know when food isn’t prepared yet or the place is packed. But otherwise, no. They absolutely want to be left alone. Drop the food quickly, exactly where they want it, and leave. 😂
People don't want you to see inside their messy apartments, have to hold back the dog from you or let you see them w/o make up. If they wanted someone to see them, they'd go get it themselves.
Completed my first half day. Chose to do lunch times to get the hang of things. Pretty much as they said it. Did some orders I should not have because of miles over low price. Made half of my earnings in tips.
Really enjoy his views and feedback because he really explained everything in detail without any stress. I'm in New Zealand so have been thinking about joining up so this video has certainly made things more clear to understand 🙂👍🏾
For me, I find success from accepting orders no less than $6 within 3 miles. 3 miles. I recently started paying attention to the route it shows on the map, I never looked to see if it was in my “area” so I’ll start doing that because that would save way more gas and time!! That was probably the best tip I got from this video.
He’s honestly tryna set you up for failure. Acceptance does matter. Also, How he said tips don’t matter , it’s not that it doesn’t matter, the fact is that you cannot see if they tip until you deliver the order , so it’s kinda irrelevant thing to say
I don’t know where you dash but where I dash seeing a double digit offer only happens when you get a stacked order or there is peak pay. Other than that it’s $7.50 or less. Mainly around $5. I’ve got 5,000 deliveries so you must have a much different market.
It’s South Orange County…a lot of wealth and upper middle class. It’s not all like that, but it does present more opportunities and there are no shortages of restaurants there. I grew up there and this area is accustomed to spending more money in general. The point being, it’s not difficult to come across higher paying offers in his market. Every market will differ
Great video. Thanks for making this . The only time I contact the customer is when it's taking a long time for food. They've always appreciated this. I also don't stack orders once I've accepted an order, especially on a big order where they're good tippers, and more times than not, the customer increases the tip for being fast.
@@BestDasherAlive not in my market. Stacks here are ridiculous. Usually the restaurants are fairly close, within 1 mile, but delivery is 4 or more miles apart and each delivery is usually under $6 each. ✌️
Text every customer you’re heading to them with their order. Many dashers say app notifies them. So? You know how many leave at door orders meet me at their door? 75%. Those are happy customers n 5 star ratings. I had someone once tell me no one ever texted they were on their way. Here’s a $10 cash tip for doing that! On a $15 order of coffee hut drinks. Add that into your routine dashers! It’s a ratings bonanza!!
I agree with everything besides not worrying about the tip. I’ve noticed non tippers are the ones that are most likely to report you for free food. Great video!
I skip all of those. I won't take anything less than 6 bucks and that's if it's close. You lose money taking those small orders - both for gas and your time. I'm lucky I'm in a good market - real restaurant town, so I can pretty much dash anytime and be able to get on and get decent orders. There _is_ an algorithm - if you accept the tiny orders, it will keep sending them to you. Throw the small fish back. Average $22/hr here.
Great video! That decline button needs a big red overlay section stating “I’m driving” as another option. Going 70mph and trying to select “I need a bathroom break” is not a good idea😂
DD only pays $2.50 per order in my town. Alot of ppl here do not tip and my area has ALOT of drivers now. Overall i was only pulling $10-$12 an hour. Sometimes it is upto 30min before an order will pop up.
Try looking at driving to areas around you that are more busy. Depending on where you live you might be 20-30 minutes away from a busy area or “hotspot.” Might be worth spending the 20-30 mins driving there to get good orders.
@@DanielLopez-gk2wb someone doing this commented on one of my videos and is making really good money. she said she drives 30min to a diff area and works there then drives home. ppl commute all the time to and from work... and you're already working the whole time in your car...can def make sense
@@andrewwashere82 i was making roughly $16/hr pre expenses prior because i worried about my acceptance rate too much. i average mid/high $20 per hour now and don’t drive more than 3 miles per order. i can’t imagine ever making $35/hr but i’ll definitely try!
look online for a map of property values, and dash in those. never dash in the hood. the restaurants will get you your order quicker, and its obviously a safety issue.
Yea the hood and the projects over here in New York where people are mad lazy and want you to go up to the 16 floor to deliver a 5 dollar order try doing that. Lol
Great tips, I would also add, stay moving, don't just sit in one parking lot waiting for an order to come in, I noticed I get more orders when I drive up and down the main road in a hot spot rather than just sitting idle.
I agree, I see dashers sitting in a parking spot, I get a dash, complete it, come back to hot spot and they are still sitting in the same spot! I keep driving around the red area and usually don’t go very long without an order:)
I've definitely noticed that too and I hate it. I shouldn't have to drive around if I'm already close to a bunch of restaurants. Such a stupid part of the algorithm.
Biggest tip - get to Platinum as fast as possible. Accept almost every order until you do. Smaller is better. The only orders you want to decline are those which take you well out of your zone, unless it's to a better zone that's busy. Once you're Platinum status, make sure you stay there. You won't see that many orders at $2/mile. $1+/mile is my benchmark, but that varies according to how busy it is. You won't get rich doing this, but it helps to get by in a pinch.
BIGGEST thing for my girlfriend and I has and will probably continue to be establishing a relationship with the stores in your zone. Know which stores have crew, don't have crew, which crews are efficient, which crews are inefficient, etc... like you mention... though, I'd stress this is THE most important thing We used to go to 15-20 different stores per shift...now we probably bounce between 7-10 at most. Started around 15-18/hr in Ohio, we are up to 22-25/hr. Shit can still hit the fan, and doing things like taking chances on the night shift can sometimes mean 2/1's all night at taco bell, or sitting for 20 minutes to get a single order at the same taco bell. All depends on your zone and understanding the eb-n-flow.
def gotta learn if the restaurant is efficient widdit or not. i got my favs i constantly hit and it's bc of the staff 100%, not bc it's a certain name of restaurant
I just door dashed for the first time yesterday, and I didn’t know that acceptance rate doesn’t matter, that’ll definitely make the whole experience way better
In big, dense cities, people there often like the interaction. On Uber Eats, my lowest ranked stat is "communication". At least for people staying in hotels, and if the food has to be left in the lobby, the people being from out of town appreciate a heads up text. Just one example. If delivering to a mansion, like in the San Francisco Seacliff or Pacific Heights, that's when a text or call will not benefit much in way of getting a tip or good feedback, as the customer is more likely to want to remain anonymous for safety reasons or whatever, who knows.
On communicating with customer. If it is a "hand it to me" order. Text your customer when you leave the resturant. Let them know you are on the way. If customer is not there for hand off you will have to wait 5 minutes before Doordash will allow you leave it at the door. You just lost $3 waiting that 5 minites. When you arrive go ahead and hit the "cannot hand to customer" button to start the 5 minute timer.
It’s funny but half the food delivery videos on youtube are all doom & gloom & how the business is dying & you can’t make money anymore… and then there’s the ones like yours saying how you can make $1,900 a week & $6,000 a month doing food delivery. 😂
My area is kinda slow when I’m available for doordash. I have a main job and do this as a side gig. I was only active for 6 hours and 41 minutes. Made $154.96. I live in a farming state with lots of dead zones. Most of my state isn’t even set up for doordash, yet. But it’s coming. At least that’s what the app says. It has a ton of zones in other parts of my state, but it says coming soon on most of them with a date. I will agree with your advice. But seeing orders that high are rare in my state. Just a lot of low orders going very short distances. I did do a pharmacy one today. That was new to me.
The best thing to do is shop the first substitute that is on their substitute list if they have one otherwise send them a picture of what's available ask them what they want if they don't respond before you get to the line to check out mark it is unavailable and keep it moving.
So first thing you need is a bike not a car...That majorly lowers your overhead so you keep most of the fund.... Next is to not live in a poor people area... the hood... them people over there don't tip....Third be in a major city area that favors biking and people that have great jobs that actually tip.... Lastly I found don't live in outer limits of Atlanta because acceptance rate matters here....too many poor people doing the job.... LOL
I'm currently doing DoorDash and UberEats simultaneously. It's been alright so far, but I have two problems that I need to work out that are keeping me from making the most money I can. My first problem is taking good dollar per mile orders but having them take me way out of the hot zones (near restaurants), and end up wasting way more gas then I would have if I just waited for an order that stayed within the area. Which wasting gas is kind of serious when you're doing it in a V8 that only gets 17 MPG city. Yes, I use my Mustang as a delivery car. Hate me later. It's the only car I have, and getting even a "cheap beater" ain't cheap these days with inflation. So I'm working with what I got. Anyways... I get kind of scared that if I don't accept a $10 - $15 order another one isn't going to come for a while. So if it's above $1.50 per mile, I'll usually go for it. Just need to get out of that habit, go where there's more restaurants, and take some of the lower paying orders if it means staying in a hot area that's going to keep producing orders. And my second problem is customer and support communication. If there's traffic, if a restaurant is slow, if directions got messed up, or if I mess something up I tend to be bad about contacting the costumer and letting them know exactly what's happening. I try to let everyone know the ETA and often times apologize if I'm running late, but tend to focus more on just getting to them as quickly as possible without updating on WHY it took an extra 10-15 minutes to get them their order. This is especially important on UberEats, because customers can CHANGE A TIP up to AN HOUR AFTER delivery! Now even worse then that, because this one got me a contract violation on DoorDash, I am really bad about letting customer support know WHY I'm running late or really if anything happened at all. I guess it's my selfish and arrogant nature of wanting to do it on my own, but it's very important to let them know when something goes wrong, because it can cost you your job if you don't. Being late by 20 minutes without letting anyone know why is serious grounds for a contract violations that COULD lead to deactivation. I'm learning this the hard way. Hopefully I can work these things out and start making decent money doing this. Because there is really NO GOOD WORK IN NASHVILLE, unless you've got a degree in tech or medicine. Which is seriously sad. The lack of opportunity out here is absurd, and I don't understand why everyone is moving here.
I never write to anyone. I usually have 100 percent rating. It's not about what you do. It's about if your customer is an ass. You can't really help that. Sadly about the miles taking you out of the zone.. and the customers being difficult. It's all about where you live. That is it. I've traveled the country doing this. Every place is different. Every state, every city. Rich people tip more and never complain. Only poor people bitch about food. Only poor people get upset. Rich people don't care. They don't have anxiety about every dollar and every minute.
unless the order is over like 100 bucks and it's looking like it'll be a good tip don't ever wait at a restaurant more than 5-10 minutes, just unassign yourself from the order. if you walk into a chipotle or something and there are more than 2-3 drivers standing by the pickup rack waiting just turn right back around and leave, you'll get another order soon enough that might even be better than whatever that one was. as long as your completion rate doesn't go below 80 you're fine. you don't get paid to wait, so don't do it unless you know it's going to be worth it. between doing this and delivering pizza for many years I've learned that most customers don't actually pay attention to the time it's taking and have no idea if something is late until you tell them, so I just don't
125 a day is needed if you want to work only 6 days a week. Some make 3k a month DDing, it’s really up to you. My goal right now is 60-80 a day for a couple of weeks.
You can't even find $2 per mile these days for orders. Rideshare and delivery jobs have turned to shit and too saturated. These companies have taken advantage of workers as a result. absolute shit.
This is very similar to a Uber driver it was a high density mixed market that sustained an unbelievable pace and with that came the 300 - 400 days 2,000 week 8k month Most food delivery markets are cyclical/seasonal and that knowledge keeps you attentive to pick up the new trends that create new cycles
That Fucking McDonald’s on Garnet in pb. They pissed me off so much the other day. I ordered five chocolate shakes And told them never mind I don’t want them.
I've tried the $2/mi deal and unless it's super busy that ends up with me sitting in a parking lot for 30 minutes or so between deliveries. My basic requirement here in Florida is $5 minimum and $1 mile when it's slow, then $2 if it's super busy (events, raining outside, etc).
that happens for me too but i just wait at home while doing whatever else instead of just sitting in a car... i realize not everyone can do this, makes a huge difference tho to be able to field offers from home
I’m in Jax an yes that’s mine too! Even with that I’m under a 50% acceptance rate… a lot of the ppl that make these videos are in areas that are nothing like the areas we have
Today was my second day. Didn't realize the woman had three separate orders in three separate towns, during rush hour. One was actually inside a mall at a restaurant there. Whole trip took an hour. For 11$. Never clicking on multiple locations for one delivery again.
Communication is always the key to success so having that with a customer is always the right route to go which you learn in customer service and retail that I learned in 15 yrs and it still applies whenever I do Uber/Uber eats. Door dash is new to me where I’m still learning the ropes from watching your videos about it but no disrespect, it’s good to have communication with your customers regarding their food and any type of situation you’re having with the order by being at the restaurant where it might not be ready, just getting started, etc. remember that. Plus you get good tips and somewhat rewards on your app by being somewhat of the peoples champion by your Reputation.
@@BestDasherAlive maybe not as a door dash driver from what you experienced or market area you’re in but it’s helped me with other gig apps like shipt, instacart, Uber, grub hub and finally sparks on what I do. Also I get great tips and bonuses where if people liked you, they’d give you a discount off on any restaurant purchases or get something for free.
I've been doing Uber eats mostly with a consistent 100% customer satisfaction rate. Many times I get tipped a good amount over what was expected. I treat customers the way I would like and expect. No one wants cold, messy or wrong orders. Everyone likes a heads up on their delivery status and almost everyone appreciates kindness
Popeyes always gives me free food at closing when picking up orders. Plus usually get a good tip from people at hotels during that time. So check the location of delivery. Also ask the customer in text, if they want anything else. A lot of times they’ll pay you under the table for a six pack or whatever. Cause they’re jet lagged or just exhausted. And usually get awesome tips, even with just being overly considerate of them.
This money he's talking about depends on the city you work in. You might only make $10-15 an hour. The pay is usually poor unless you have low standards for income. Running car is more expensive than most are accounting for.
taking the number of items into account, and the cost of the average meal at a restaurant, is the best way to predict hidden tips. for instance, many pizzas from the nicest pizza place around means a party, and the tip will be there, because they want it on time, and they dont want to disappoint the gueests.
Hi everyone. I am currently thinking about doing DoorDash to make some extra cash. However, tax time for independent contractors seems scary - I've seen multiple sources say that it's best to put aside 30% of your earnings for taxes. Is it still worth it to do food delivery at this point, even after all the car maintenance needed? I also am living in a small time so I could use any insight or advice on this matter. Thank you!
Well only you can know that bc only you can decide how much is worth it to you. Do it for a little bit, see what you make, estimate 30% of that going away, then ask is it worth it for you. And for whatever it’s worth, if you do doordash you’re an independent contractor aka self employed aka you’re operating your own business which means you can look into diff ways to save on taxes. Lots of tax professions will offer a free initial consultation too so you should be able to find some to talk to for free and learn more about it. That’s down the road tho don’t be worried about it before you even start. Start and go from there
Bro...this guy is lying to you. He's implying you can skirt taxes. You can't. You're gonna have to pay taxes and this guy makes nowhere near 100k/year as a delivery driver alone. Seeing so many snake oil salesman videos lately and comments sections flooded with very, very gullible people. A good time to take advantage, I suppose.
Where are you....Alaska..?!...you must be the only fkkn driver up there to make that much $$$..?!,....you would have to work 24/7 to make that much money ($2-grand) weekly....i do DD, maybe $1200 ,..and that was a loooong time ago.
This is a great video very good info Area is a HUGE factor folks try to go to a wealthy area or an area with expensive restaurants like he said. I have a few areas near me that are super wealthy people and really nice restaurants that are pretty expensive all the restaurants are really close to eachother. My point is if you live in an area that kinda sucks it is probably worth it to drive 20,30 or more miles to a nicer area. Also college towns or areas are decent money many times as well.
Every market is different. Keep up the grind everyone 💯 Also the areas you work might have a lot of workers so set a goal that you can reach. This video is helpful for new drivers thank you brother 👊🏽
Men just want the food. As long as it's showing up on time they don't need mental stimulation. Women require communication. It makes them feel maybe important or powerful or special, or something else. I'm personally practicing up on my communication and finger banging skills. Hope this helps 🙏
Wear and tear on car too. Also, it’s important to read the comments on order. Sometimes the address is wrong in app. The customer will put this in comments
New to door dash and I have 300 completed deliveries with a round about 20% acceptance rate. In my area seeing an order come through the app at 10 or higher dollars is super rare. A lot of no tips in this area and I am stuck taking 6-10 dollar orders ranging from 1-2 dollars a mile. Wish the people who refuse to pay for the service would go get the items themselves.
no need to blame customers over tips. if anyone needs to pay more its dd and they have plenty to do so. "tipping" is just a way for the business to transfer more of their costs onto customers. more tips shouldn't be the expectation and inevitably leads to a sour attitude... it's the billion dollar corporation called doordash that should pay more to drivers, not that more should be expected from customers or less from drivers
@@BestDasherAlive I definitely blame customers at least somewhat. I guess maybe I blame both doordash and customers equally. Imo, the customer should always tip. But if you're the opinion that they shouldn't, then of course you'll be okay with customers not tipping in general.
A lot of this info you're giving is area based..ok In my area even in the busiest times if I decline three to four crap orders or low paying / small orders, Then they will not send me anymore for like 30 to 40 minutes or they'll automatically put me on a 34 minute break...So to say that you don't accept any orders under $9 is not realistic at least not for my area.. I only do it part-time 2 to 3 days a week and it took me a full month to make $300 ,, so anyone that's watching this video needs to understand there are factors that you have to take into consideration And honestly I have stopped doordashing for a while because it just wasn't benefiting me and I felt like I was using more resources and funds that I should have been.. overall I feel like doordash and the customers at least in my area are getting over and take major advantage over the drivers ~just my 2cents
Bro I think that the acceptance rate does matter because I have noticed that when I am above 70% I get very high-paying orders in my zone, but when I stopped paying attention to the acceptance rate I noticed that every single order I was getting was far away and out of zone one after the other. So I think they do give the better orders that are close by to the people that have an acceptance rate above 70, I could be wrong but this is definitely been my experience
Not in my case. I have a high acceptance rate and still receive orders with okay payouts but have to drive 8 to 10 miles. If it's out of zone double the mileage round trip to get back to my home base. Some areas they want me to deliver to are areas where no commerce exists or just high crime areas so Dash along the way is not an option.
I recently started Door Dash and have been doing it for two weeks. I live in PA suburbs so I use my car. I have so far found success with it. Great way to earn some extra cash.
This is my first 2 weeks. 80 delivers made. The only thing i worry most about it is acceptance rate. I thought they would not let me receive any orders under 50%. But based of what I have seen in your video, you’ve made quite a lot of $ with a very short acceptance rate. Perhaps I should keep on declining until i get a banger $. Thanks for the advice.
To give you an idea, I dash in a slower, lower income area. I recently hit 0% acceptance rate and made $25 on 3 orders. The key is dashing in the very busy times where you’ll have lots of orders to choose from instead of sitting around waiting for orders to show up.
One thing I can recommend from experience, in the beginning, focus more on how many hours you can work in total take-home per day. I wouldn't recommend starting out worrying about how much you're making per hour. Learn from your experience and tailor your strategy based on where you are. That helped me go from 15 to 25 dollars an hour. When I do it in my spare time, I average between 25 to 35.
Im in CT state I have done 60 deliveries total in one month for 320$ total and i spend $60 a week for gas . 😔 I saw people not tiping and others tiping just $1
$315 plus $7 cash tip at 9hrs 42 mins (Thurs-Monday) off an on hours.. Charleston SC area ..surprisingly Saturday was the worst day (very slow) and Friday and Sunday the best!! Didn’t dash today and only like an hour yesterday Would say not to bad ?? prob could b better if I stayed out longer times Also like you said the app has pretty easy step by step directions to follow which made it less scary 😂
I don’t know what market you’re in but a lot of what is said in this video is misleading to potential dashers. DD will not continue to give you high money orders if your acceptance rate is low. There’s an algorithm that tracks your activity and they’re not rewarding you with better orders. Where do you dash?
these tips apply to any area with high volume of dd and most drivers are in high volume areas. in areas of low volume, some wont work as well but some def still apply
The hourly pay isn't really as important as the daily pay. And I agree with the small talk, most people don't like that. And yes, just like all other driving, stepping on the gas or passing people on the freeway just to stop at the same red light, isn't going to get you there any faster. It's all about strategy and timing.
i agree - daily/weekly/monthly earnings is a much better measurement. i used a per hour measurement tho bc ppl seem to care about that so it gets clicks so more ppl get into actually seeing the video etc. i talk more about this in upcoming videos bc you're absolutely right
Exactly. I set a daily goal, 200 or whatever, and go until I reach it. If you look at hourly then you just stress yourself out. Set a goal, earn said goal, go home happy.
i kind of agree i do not pay attention to tips and i only take 9.00 offers and or shopping orders, been dashing in CT for 3 years now, used to be 8.00 i only accept but i raised my bar a to 9.00 or more, my goal is to hit 100-200 a day as fast as i can
Everything you said and mentioned on this video is very true because that’s exactly what I used to do when I used to DoorDash , that way you sure do make pretty good money.
Alright, for me, I am a full time graduate student working on my Masters in Economics (all online), working full time in a warehouse (roughly 48hrs a week). Now I don't have much time to door dash as much, but even just making a hundred or two hundred from a night of driving is useful but without more time driving the numbers would be difficult to multiply. For now it helps pay for gas, food, minor bills, minor savings, etc. I guess like most markets some places will be able to make more using door dash while others will make less. Economic ebs and flows are variable throughout all market systems, as is compensation for various lines of work. I just started dashing a few weeks ago on the side and I highly recommend it to any college students or homeowners who need some extra money. Good video.
Dashing is only for desperate people willing to work for peanuts. If you factor fuel and wear expense of your car, you barely make minimum wage, and risk accidents and damage to you, your car, or your drivers record. Get a real hourly job, almost ANY real hourly job is better. I've dashed, it sucks, I drive for fedex and it also sucks, but I make $250/day for it, and they pay gas, truck, insurance, and pay for healthcare, etc.
I live near madison wisconsin. I just started door dashing a week ago. My first two nights, i made 200. The next two nights, i made 130. Its not terrible, but youre right. I was rushing, thinking every order counts. I have a 93% acceptance rate, thought every order mattered. I have a gas guzzling suv too, so every engine rev matters. I think this will help me survive outside of work in my free time if i play it right.
Honestly everyone has there own opinion and experience. But for me when he says acceptance rate doesn't matter it does. I worked for DD for about 2 years or so and my acceptance rate dropped because there were small orders that I did not want to take. I declined them and at the same time my phone and the app was glitching like crazy. That sent me an email one day and they basically fired me because they said that my acceptance rate was low.
sub #100 lessgooo! yea try to make $2/mi a minimum and use decline: order to small. where you're dashing matters how well that will work for ya but if you're in a busy doordash area it should work!
Talking about slow stores- as a customer I have a Taco Bell nearby that I won't order from at night because of how slow it is. I feel bad for sending Dashers there, I've been there on my own and gotten stuck in their drive-thru for over 30 minutes (not kidding, if I had a larger vehicle I would have jumped the curb to leave, but I don't so I was trapped). I will not go to or order from that restaurant after a certain time. During the day, they're totally fine.
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Any idea how I can get DD know that the app is not allowing to work my home town and surrounding area including six other towns and villages??? The Phillipino outsource team and supervisors are inept, ignorant, and unequipped to help even though it's a known issue involving other dashers. Anyone have a workaround as I've tried all the troubleshooting tips and the problem is on the programming side?
Why u wearing a helmet? Nerd.
@@chuckg4648There is only 1 solution to all doordash problems, UBER EATS
dude, you caught the covid times. Good job. That no longer is the case.
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Wow, after almost 8K deliveries, I just had something happen for the 1st time. A customer chose "hand it to me" in the app but in the comments typed "leave it at the door". So I left it at the door, but still took a photo of it. Later found out the customer lied and reported it as "undelivered" even though he had exited his house and grabbed it. I had plenty of photo evidence along with a good explanation and Doordash did not penalize me in any way. Customers who abuse the system in this way should also be deactivated and not allowed to order anymore! Some people are such slimeballs.
Same, I handed them the delivery and they still said it wasn’t delivered
Just started...but ran into exactly the same so I put it down took a photo...later on I was temp disable from getting orders cause of outraged costumer but wasn't long till I was back in action
Same!
Wow. I guess it's more common than I thought. Since the in-app photo step doesn't pop up when someone chooses "hand it to customer", I'm going to advise to take a photo of it with your phone and keep it in your camera roll for a while in case you have to send it to Doordash, which is what I did. And to their credit, the 3 times I've dealt with customer discrepancies via email, Doordash has been extremely reasonable and helpful to me. I'm sure having 8,000+ deliveries with sky-high stats helps with that also.
Take a picture threw the message to customer before finishing drop off
I use a formula when delivering, 6-4-20 (No less than $6, no more that 4 miles, and complete within 20 mins). When I use this formula, I make no less than $18 per hour, 98% of the time it's more than that.
high miles/high pay can make a lot of senes sometimes tho
When it's super busy in my huge market , my formula becomes No less than $10 and $2 per mile MINIMUM
What about acceptance rate?
@@GageMason it doesn’t matter!
@@BestDasherAlive Oh rly? I've been trying to keep above a 70% acceptance rate since I started a couple weeks ago because I didn't know what would happen if I didnt.
You are 100% right about not needlessly communicating with customers. I would say 95%+ use the app specifically because they want as little human interaction possible to get their food. Especially the 30 and under age range. I am a delivery ninja, a ghost in the machine. I wont contact a customer unless I absolutely cannot find their residence and that is super rare in my market. I know some dashers think sending updates and even memes is being nice and "customer service", but DD customers dont want all those needless alerts. They want their food, not a jolly chat. Im a phantom, make the drop and on to the next lol
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As a doordash customer I agree. I find it weird and annoying when drivers constantly give updates or memes.
I love you bro, you’re the door dash man! I use this app because I don’t want to leave my house and I don’t want to talk to anyone. I wasn’t to be lazy and I’m entitled to that with the insane charges door dash throws at you
Even if the order at restaurant is late ??
@@CanforaHair he ain't gonna needlessly reply to you --- Lol
I’m 53 and just started because I was fired from my 23 year job, I’m hope this really helps me, thank you for the advice
Trust me DoorDash will treat u better. Just figure out a strategy when u dashing. Audit stores and take notes of when u expect things to be hott
First thing do not watch TH-cam for advice on how to make money doing doordash. I make over 2k a week with only doordash. You learn as you go that's the best advice for everyone.
@Mr S big talk for a comment bud. Back it up
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The biggest and best tip for new people is dont be scared to decline. Decline as many as you have to. NEVER accept an order with no/low tip. Youre paying out of your own pocket to deliver someone elses food.
Decline too small
Buy you can't see what the tip I'd till after
Which is why you're an idiot and need to get an actual job I'd you want money.
@@blueibabygirl07 Can typically tell by the $amount of the dash and miles you will travel
No you aren't paying out of pocket stop lying dude
Thank you for confirming that acceptance rate doesn't matter. On my first week I was really picky and only accepting offers over $8 and I was making good money and offers were even getting better. On my second week I lowered my bar a bit to keep my acceptance rate high and the app kept sending me worse offers. It's almost like the app gives the worst offers to drivers who are desperate and willing to accept anything.
correct
@@BestDasherAlive I actually tried that yesterday. Rejected a couple of orders and said they are too small and then next thing I got a big PF Chang order where the customer tipped $18
That’s what I was thinking if you act desperate and you keep taking a little orders like no tips yeah that sucks cause $2.50 makes me not even wanna roll.
@@BestDasherAlive It matters now. HUGE difference between my bfs account and mine. He has a 68% and I an 80% and I was getting far more high pay orders and orders in general.
Took an order that was a long drive. I think 15 mphs for 12 dollars. After that it kept sending me long drive orders. Not caring about the acceptance rate anymore
This guy will be successful no matter what he does. Great work ethic and doesn’t get hung up on the not so great moments of the job. Great video. Thanks for posting
The $2 per mile is a good rule because extra wear and tear and added maintenance needs to be factored in, not just gas.
true put 60k miles on my car in the last year and and half doing DD, gas, oil changes, and occasional tune ups, but I also just had to spend 750 last week to fix an issue that developed over time.
@@MrPaPhotos Drive safe man.
@@princeekeson12 thanks you to man
I do per hour so things are different
Taxes also. You have to separate 25 to 30 % of your income for taxes.
No "smash the like button" or video wrap up. This man is right down to business. Love it
I've done 7,300 deliveries in the last 2 and a half years, and what I've come to realize is that the business is drastically different when comparing urban/metro areas to the suburbs. Variations in population and order density requires that you change your strategy based on where you are. Advice you hear may be from someone who does it in a different type of area, so don't be surprised if you don't get the same results.
Definitely wont have the same results, Im in the suburbs and housing is sometimes miles away. Sometimes you bite the bullet to hit your goal.
I'm definitely one of those who doesn't "get the same results". Orders near me are complete shit. I've noticed a difference this time of year from last year. DoorDash sucks.
well said
Wow. That's a lot of deliveries.
I’ve done 15,578 deliveries in 2-1/2 years. Made almost $80,000 last year. I’m enjoying this!! Life is great for this top dasher! I don’t take trash orders but currently acceptance rate at 88%.
Acceptance rate matters. Don’t let anyone tell you different. I’ve experimented. Anything below 50% n you get trash. Kept it high. Some you tubers say AR doesn’t matter. Really?? It does!
I’ve done about 750 dashes… and what I’ve found makes the best $$$ is $2/mile minimum. I reject most offers and have an acceptance rate of only 27%. I make $20-30/hour. Area is pretty key, as well as time of day. I rock the suburbs around Columbus, OH. Good luck to all you dashers out there! Drive safe!
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I'm in Fort Worth, TX. I try to stick to the central city (areas adjacent to downtown), mainly because I tend to get more orders there. I usually only dash in downtown Fort Worth itself on weekends or weekdays after 6pm, because parking is free at those times.
I've done a few orders that have taken me far out of my zone, especially on the occasion that I get a $20+ order. I've also got some good-paying orders especially when DoorDash runs promotions in the suburbs; normally suburbs involve more driving, although drop-off is easier compared to the greater probability of dealing with apartments, condos, and hotels in the central city.
I live in Columbus, OH too and I mostly deliver in Reynoldsburg/Pataskala.
@@veeealy1031 Nice! Easton is a great area too, especially outside of 270 like Hamilton and Morse. Best of luck!
@@sbclaridgeyeah suburbs in fw involve a lot of driving
In some places, it is absolutely worth it to be a top dasher. It really depends on your market and if you are constantly thrown bad orders. I make about $150 a day 7 days a week with just doordash. I do lunch from 9:30am to 11:30am and then I go out for dinner from 5:30pm to 11:30pm. Sometimes I hit my $150 mark a lot sooner and head home earlier, but that is usually the average. I do notice a difference with the top dasher, it is better here for sure. But that is not the case everywhere. The best thing you can do to make the most money with Doordash or uber or whatever is to keep trying different things and accept that it will not be steady all of the time but by the end of the week/month it will balance out pretty much every time.
Im in Virginia "804" area and i couldn't agree more
AR absolutely matters in some areas. More so the less populated area you serve the more it matters. I was only making 18-22 dollars an hour when I was in the 20-30 percent AR. When I stay above 50% AR I’m closer to 30-35 dollars per hour.
@@marvelmn80 Interesting, I just started and my AR has dropped to 91% . Seems Im avg 18-22 an hour aswell at the end of the day. Time to be a bit more picky.
@@marvelmn80 whats ur strategies to accept orders ? 1$ mile minimum or what ?
150$ for 8 hours and gas cost is not good money.
For texting people, you’re half right. Communicate If there’s a long wait n stuff. I’ve gotten tips and ratings because people felt bad for me waiting so long
None of this matters if your area isn't any good. I use to make $25-$35 an hour now it's super slow and just went downhill with people tipping.
Right. Totally dependent on area. Try his technique in a small town and watch you fall flat on your face.
some of it is def still applicable. some not
During your first 100 orders you are not subject to poor ratings, you are prioritized for orders to make the most money because they want to get you hooked like cocaine. After your 100 order everything levels out to reality unless you have I high traffic area with alot of restaurants.
@@nquisitivt that wasn't the case I had 790 deliveries and was doing good up until a month ago.
@@manuelluevano8001 you may have missed the part where I said unless you live in a high traffic area.
I’ve dashed for a total of 4 hours 30 minutes and got 110 so far. Definitely because I was on the “accept every order” flow and because I thought top dasher gives you perks (only need 70% to stay a top dasher) but now I’m going to only accept good orders. Thought this to myself today after I handed off a chipotle delivery to this rude customer who didn’t tip me and I only made 5 bucks off the 3 mile drive… seriously I get it that times are tough and people have less disposable income to spend but come on…… you wouldn’t not tip at a dine in restaurant why wouldn’t you tip the guy who went out of his way to deliver the food to you…. On the other hand, I got a 14 dollar delivery with a 9.50 tip which was definitely nice.
For anyone wondering I’m in Jersey - the average hourly drive pay is $25-$26 an hour. I literally live right around the corner from a busy highway with every single restaurant fast food and otherwise. Why wouldn’t I dash? Best of luck everyone and thank you Best Dasher for the informative vid to help us N00bz :)
How has it been since you start declining the bad orders. I’ve only been dashing for four days and have a 80% approval
how has it been?
Why are you gatekeeping?
Agreed! I'm not being ungrateful but come on you can at least tip a dollar or two! I'm in the Bay Area!
Appreciate the tips man. I work every day with my grandfather doing landscaping and construction work for about 10 hrs a day and then I get home and shower and head out to deliver. Just started a few weeks ago and for 2 hours a night I'm able to reel in about 50 bucks total after gas costs (which in my truck is a lot). But it's a good side gig that's a lot more relaxing than the heavy work I do during the day. Just hope working 70 hrs a week allows me to actually foot the bill for college :/. Have a good one!
Hope nothing but the best for you brotha
You're a beast.
Stay in construction man and ditch the hundred grand degree
It made me smile to see someone who's such a hard worker. I paid for university all myself and it was very tough. One summer I somehow worked two full time jobs. It was insane.
@@fredpenner5667 I feel that man. It's a rough ass road but knowing that it was all you and only you make up for the grind at least for some of us. It honestly kills me sometimes to see how lazy my peers are.
About the overcommunicate with customers part, I have noticed the ones who wants to communicate with delivery driver the most are the high tippers. Sometimes they are waiting at the door and would greet you
i've seen that ppl who want to communicate are just needy and give more tasks and don't give any more money than what the offer originally said. i'd rather just just pick up the food and deliver it and not do "customer service". if the customer has special requests, they should include them in "special requests" for the restaurant when they place their order in the app. if the restaurant doesn't offer "special requests" in the app then they should just pick a diff restaurant or do without whatever their special request is... as someone who orders food from dd a lot, if i have a special request and restaurant doesnt allow in the app to provide additional requests, i don't order from that restaurant using dd. and i've been doing this before i ever started dashing bc it just seemed like the right move to me bc trying to give extra tasks to the dasher when the dasher's job is just to pick up and deliver didn't seem right to me. special requests should be between the restaurant and the customer, not the person delivering the food
I just started and the customers I communicated with more tipped better.
I communicate and make top dollar with Uber and Doordash .Customers like when I let them know when I’m on my way and arrive because they don’t like when u knock or ring their doorbell. A lot of customers ask u not to because their dog barks or the baby is sleeping. And most of the time they reply back to my text and say Ty .That just my experience.
Hell yeah. Dashers aren't waiters
I’ve also had great experience, communicating with the customer they always appreciate it and yes, not always, but sometimes you get those who tip you 5 to 8 dollars more.
I am relatively new to DD, with only 129 deliveries so far. I have been turning down offers which amount to $1/mile or less, and for the most part most of the orders that roll in are between $5 and $8. I have been using the 'distance is too far' as the reason for declining, as I'm trying to get the app to stop giving me extraordinarily long delivery orders. Based on your advice, I'll start using the small order for the small orders. I seem to be averaging about $20-23/hr so far so perhaps I'm not doing too horribly.
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Dashers please 🙏🙏. Don't accept orders 2.50 3.50 or 4.50 please. Will be see what happened after one two weeks
Always decline low dollar amounts!
I honestly don't think it would matter anyways because I'm sure they'll send that complete shit to people regardless!
@@LONEWOLF-rq5tl have seen same orders come back with higher dollar amounts a bunch of times. They raise the money being offered if people keep rejecting it
If I don’t accept 5.00 orders I would get nothing
4.50 is lowest I drive for. And has to be within 3 miles. Gas prices as they are.
Actually when u have peak pay, its already rolled into the offer amount. You dont see it get added after.
☝️ you’re right my b
I really liked this video, but also wanted to add to this. I see it the opposite as said in video. When it's $11, it's actually $8. You'd normally not take an $8, so if it's busy don't accept the $11 (-$3).
bangers only when it's busy
Whatever the case, I can't wait to see you do some kind of ride-a-long video. Would love to see your method as you go along on an e-bike.
@@BestDasherAlive STOP CLICKBAITING 👎
as soon as youre 3 - 5 minutes from making a delivery, turn on uber eats. switch back and forth with DD ideally, so that your wait time at the restaurants is as low as possible, and youre getting the most offers to consider possible.
that insures my food is nice and cold before it gets to me
@@andrewcrenshaw2459 that order could have been waiting for pick up at the restaurant 30 min. and the next driver does not now they are delivering cold food, but that only happens to low paying orders.
@@andrewcrenshaw2459 cry
@@andrewcrenshaw2459 as long as you’re not cheap. That wont happen
@@andrewcrenshaw2459 Ever hear of a microwave, cheap skate? You might wanna get one.
shopping orders are crap if the store is out of a lot of stock. having to adjust for that could take longer than the shopping itself.
this is true. i typically try and only take small # of items orders. sometimes i accept the offer, look at the items, and then unassign if i dont like the item list (gotta be willing to sacrifice your completion rate a lil for this one but sometimes it's worth seeing the items before you make the decision). one time all items were out of stock and i ended up just getting half pay.
I think it’s cool to let them know when food isn’t prepared yet or the place is packed. But otherwise, no. They absolutely want to be left alone. Drop the food quickly, exactly where they want it, and leave. 😂
Exactly, no need for contact unless I can’t find their house or need a gate code or something
People don't want you to see inside their messy apartments, have to hold back the dog from you or let you see them w/o make up. If they wanted someone to see them, they'd go get it themselves.
Completed my first half day. Chose to do lunch times to get the hang of things. Pretty much as they said it. Did some orders I should not have because of miles over low price. Made half of my earnings in tips.
I took THREE ORDERS I didn't mean to accept and one order that I misread lol
Really enjoy his views and feedback because he really explained everything in detail without any stress. I'm in New Zealand so have been thinking about joining up so this video has certainly made things more clear to understand 🙂👍🏾
good luck i have no idea what dashing is like in nz!
hey man, Im in NZ too. did you end up dashing? how have you found it?
It depends on your area which also affects base pay so if you’re in an area with lower base pay you may have to be ok with $5-6 orders as a minimum.
Exactly people don't understand that😂
Started today racked in 113.25 in 6 hours and 5 minutes. I should have started this much sooner, thanks for the tips!
Yea it’s not bad huh? And kinda fun
6 hours
100 less then 4 hours
For me, I find success from accepting orders no less than $6 within 3 miles. 3 miles. I recently started paying attention to the route it shows on the map, I never looked to see if it was in my “area” so I’ll start doing that because that would save way more gas and time!! That was probably the best tip I got from this video.
Majority of my DD offers are 7.25$ for average 3 miles
He’s honestly tryna set you up for failure. Acceptance does matter. Also, How he said tips don’t matter , it’s not that it doesn’t matter, the fact is that you cannot see if they tip until you deliver the order , so it’s kinda irrelevant thing to say
Tips don’t matter. I def spend hours putting together vids so ppl who are struggling financially will fail at attempting to deliver DoorDash orders… 🤣
I don’t know where you dash but where I dash seeing a double digit offer only happens when you get a stacked order or there is peak pay. Other than that it’s $7.50 or less. Mainly around $5. I’ve got 5,000 deliveries so you must have a much different market.
It’s South Orange County…a lot of wealth and upper middle class. It’s not all like that, but it does present more opportunities and there are no shortages of restaurants there. I grew up there and this area is accustomed to spending more money in general. The point being, it’s not difficult to come across higher paying offers in his market. Every market will differ
Great video. Thanks for making this . The only time I contact the customer is when it's taking a long time for food. They've always appreciated this. I also don't stack orders once I've accepted an order, especially on a big order where they're good tippers, and more times than not, the customer increases the tip for being fast.
avoiding stacks? yikes, you're def losing money 😬
@@BestDasherAlive not in my market. Stacks here are ridiculous. Usually the restaurants are fairly close, within 1 mile, but delivery is 4 or more miles apart and each delivery is usually under $6 each. ✌️
dang
Text every customer you’re heading to them with their order. Many dashers say app notifies them. So? You know how many leave at door orders meet me at their door? 75%. Those are happy customers n 5 star ratings. I had someone once tell me no one ever texted they were on their way. Here’s a $10 cash tip for doing that! On a $15 order of coffee hut drinks. Add that into your routine dashers! It’s a ratings bonanza!!
I agree with everything besides not worrying about the tip. I’ve noticed non tippers are the ones that are most likely to report you for free food. Great video!
I skip all of those. I won't take anything less than 6 bucks and that's if it's close. You lose money taking those small orders - both for gas and your time. I'm lucky I'm in a good market - real restaurant town, so I can pretty much dash anytime and be able to get on and get decent orders. There _is_ an algorithm - if you accept the tiny orders, it will keep sending them to you. Throw the small fish back. Average $22/hr here.
Low tippers will also give you a bad rating.
@@icestationzebraassociates2460where are you at?
Great video! That decline button needs a big red overlay section stating “I’m driving” as another option. Going 70mph and trying to select “I need a bathroom break” is not a good idea😂
yea i've noticed that too - there's a couple things in the app design that seem to increase danger
DD only pays $2.50 per order in my town. Alot of ppl here do not tip and my area has ALOT of drivers now. Overall i was only pulling $10-$12 an hour. Sometimes it is upto 30min before an order will pop up.
Try looking at driving to areas around you that are more busy. Depending on where you live you might be 20-30 minutes away from a busy area or “hotspot.” Might be worth spending the 20-30 mins driving there to get good orders.
@@DanielLopez-gk2wb someone doing this commented on one of my videos and is making really good money. she said she drives 30min to a diff area and works there then drives home. ppl commute all the time to and from work... and you're already working the whole time in your car...can def make sense
I live in Detroit they’re all 3.00$ 😩
I live in Austin I get so many shitty $2.50 orders 💀
used your advice and made the most amount of money i’ve ever made in 3 hours. you deserve way more subscribers!
that's dope thanks for sharing
How much did you used to make and what you made with his tips? If you don't mind sharing...
I always seem to average about $22 hour, not counting expenses.
@@andrewwashere82 i was making roughly $16/hr pre expenses prior because i worried about my acceptance rate too much. i average mid/high $20 per hour now and don’t drive more than 3 miles per order. i can’t imagine ever making $35/hr but i’ll definitely try!
@@Emandiaz123
Driving more than 3 miles pays better it seems in my market. I do a lot of waiting in my market. So the 3+ mile orders helps compensate.
look online for a map of property values, and dash in those. never dash in the hood. the restaurants will get you your order quicker, and its obviously a safety issue.
Yea the hood and the projects over here in New York where people are mad lazy and want you to go up to the 16 floor to deliver a 5 dollar order try doing that. Lol
good advice
Great tips, I would also add, stay moving, don't just sit in one parking lot waiting for an order to come in, I noticed I get more orders when I drive up and down the main road in a hot spot rather than just sitting idle.
I agree, I see dashers sitting in a parking spot, I get a dash, complete it, come back to hot spot and they are still sitting in the same spot! I keep driving around the red area and usually don’t go very long without an order:)
I've definitely noticed that too and I hate it. I shouldn't have to drive around if I'm already close to a bunch of restaurants. Such a stupid part of the algorithm.
@@crystalgem5109 yeah it's so stupid we have to do that but is what it is I guess.
Join an apprenticeship. Learn a trade. Have a great life.
Oh good idea then I can do my own maintenance on my delivery vehicle!
I just got accepted as a Dasher & this video was Very helpful & informative. Thank you ❤
Same :) let me know how it’s going bro
Biggest tip - get to Platinum as fast as possible. Accept almost every order until you do. Smaller is better. The only orders you want to decline are those which take you well out of your zone, unless it's to a better zone that's busy. Once you're Platinum status, make sure you stay there. You won't see that many orders at $2/mile. $1+/mile is my benchmark, but that varies according to how busy it is. You won't get rich doing this, but it helps to get by in a pinch.
BIGGEST thing for my girlfriend and I has and will probably continue to be establishing a relationship with the stores in your zone. Know which stores have crew, don't have crew, which crews are efficient, which crews are inefficient, etc... like you mention... though, I'd stress this is THE most important thing
We used to go to 15-20 different stores per shift...now we probably bounce between 7-10 at most. Started around 15-18/hr in Ohio, we are up to 22-25/hr. Shit can still hit the fan, and doing things like taking chances on the night shift can sometimes mean 2/1's all night at taco bell, or sitting for 20 minutes to get a single order at the same taco bell. All depends on your zone and understanding the eb-n-flow.
def gotta learn if the restaurant is efficient widdit or not. i got my favs i constantly hit and it's bc of the staff 100%, not bc it's a certain name of restaurant
You Guys Arent Making $$$ What You Think When You Leave Variables Out Of The Math Equations And Door Dash LOVES IT! #Dashers Doing MAth .....
Taco Bell is the worst!!!
@@katarango7122 Mcdonald's wins that prize for me!
Taco bell/McDonald's/whataburger late night are all 💩
Meanwhile people in 60k+ debt for engineering can barely find a job 😂😂. People are seriously brain washed today.
Yea crazy 🤯
Ikr
Somebody didn’t sleep thru ethics…..
@@myinmyin1997 your brother is your brother. Not the majority
@@myinmyin1997 he probably went to a good school.
I just door dashed for the first time yesterday, and I didn’t know that acceptance rate doesn’t matter, that’ll definitely make the whole experience way better
It does now here’s an update: th-cam.com/video/rEvo8VZAyeo/w-d-xo.html
In big, dense cities, people there often like the interaction. On Uber Eats, my lowest ranked stat is "communication". At least for people staying in hotels, and if the food has to be left in the lobby, the people being from out of town appreciate a heads up text. Just one example.
If delivering to a mansion, like in the San Francisco Seacliff or Pacific Heights, that's when a text or call will not benefit much in way of getting a tip or good feedback, as the customer is more likely to want to remain anonymous for safety reasons or whatever, who knows.
There are some scenarios where contact should be made of course, most of the time not tho
On communicating with customer. If it is a "hand it to me" order. Text your customer when you leave the resturant. Let them know you are on the way. If customer is not there for hand off you will have to wait 5 minutes before Doordash will allow you leave it at the door. You just lost $3 waiting that 5 minites. When you arrive go ahead and hit the "cannot hand to customer" button to start the 5 minute timer.
It’s funny but half the food delivery videos on youtube are all doom & gloom & how the business is dying & you can’t make money anymore… and then there’s the ones like yours saying how you can make $1,900 a week & $6,000 a month doing food delivery. 😂
There’s the best dasher alive, then there’s the others…
@@BestDasherAlive 😂
My area is kinda slow when I’m available for doordash. I have a main job and do this as a side gig. I was only active for 6 hours and 41 minutes. Made $154.96. I live in a farming state with lots of dead zones. Most of my state isn’t even set up for doordash, yet. But it’s coming. At least that’s what the app says. It has a ton of zones in other parts of my state, but it says coming soon on most of them with a date.
I will agree with your advice. But seeing orders that high are rare in my state. Just a lot of low orders going very short distances. I did do a pharmacy one today. That was new to me.
shopping orders can be terrible - freaking substitutes cause the one they want isn't there and it takes a while to find a sub :| terrible LOL
i've had that a couple times too. ive had some really really good shopping orders though, more often than not
The best thing to do is shop the first substitute that is on their substitute list if they have one otherwise send them a picture of what's available ask them what they want if they don't respond before you get to the line to check out mark it is unavailable and keep it moving.
So first thing you need is a bike not a car...That majorly lowers your overhead so you keep most of the fund.... Next is to not live in a poor people area... the hood... them people over there don't tip....Third be in a major city area that favors biking and people that have great jobs that actually tip.... Lastly I found don't live in outer limits of Atlanta because acceptance rate matters here....too many poor people doing the job.... LOL
I'm currently doing DoorDash and UberEats simultaneously. It's been alright so far, but I have two problems that I need to work out that are keeping me from making the most money I can.
My first problem is taking good dollar per mile orders but having them take me way out of the hot zones (near restaurants), and end up wasting way more gas then I would have if I just waited for an order that stayed within the area. Which wasting gas is kind of serious when you're doing it in a V8 that only gets 17 MPG city. Yes, I use my Mustang as a delivery car. Hate me later. It's the only car I have, and getting even a "cheap beater" ain't cheap these days with inflation. So I'm working with what I got. Anyways... I get kind of scared that if I don't accept a $10 - $15 order another one isn't going to come for a while. So if it's above $1.50 per mile, I'll usually go for it. Just need to get out of that habit, go where there's more restaurants, and take some of the lower paying orders if it means staying in a hot area that's going to keep producing orders.
And my second problem is customer and support communication. If there's traffic, if a restaurant is slow, if directions got messed up, or if I mess something up I tend to be bad about contacting the costumer and letting them know exactly what's happening. I try to let everyone know the ETA and often times apologize if I'm running late, but tend to focus more on just getting to them as quickly as possible without updating on WHY it took an extra 10-15 minutes to get them their order. This is especially important on UberEats, because customers can CHANGE A TIP up to AN HOUR AFTER delivery!
Now even worse then that, because this one got me a contract violation on DoorDash, I am really bad about letting customer support know WHY I'm running late or really if anything happened at all. I guess it's my selfish and arrogant nature of wanting to do it on my own, but it's very important to let them know when something goes wrong, because it can cost you your job if you don't. Being late by 20 minutes without letting anyone know why is serious grounds for a contract violations that COULD lead to deactivation. I'm learning this the hard way.
Hopefully I can work these things out and start making decent money doing this. Because there is really NO GOOD WORK IN NASHVILLE, unless you've got a degree in tech or medicine. Which is seriously sad. The lack of opportunity out here is absurd, and I don't understand why everyone is moving here.
Mustang doordash club.... my mustang gets better gas mileage then my truck so the mustang it is
one great tip I picked up from this video...don't worry about communicating with the customer. Just get there when you can!
Dude, just say “sorry order is taking longer than expected” not that hard
I never write to anyone. I usually have 100 percent rating. It's not about what you do. It's about if your customer is an ass. You can't really help that. Sadly about the miles taking you out of the zone.. and the customers being difficult. It's all about where you live. That is it. I've traveled the country doing this. Every place is different. Every state, every city. Rich people tip more and never complain. Only poor people bitch about food. Only poor people get upset. Rich people don't care. They don't have anxiety about every dollar and every minute.
unless the order is over like 100 bucks and it's looking like it'll be a good tip don't ever wait at a restaurant more than 5-10 minutes, just unassign yourself from the order. if you walk into a chipotle or something and there are more than 2-3 drivers standing by the pickup rack waiting just turn right back around and leave, you'll get another order soon enough that might even be better than whatever that one was. as long as your completion rate doesn't go below 80 you're fine. you don't get paid to wait, so don't do it unless you know it's going to be worth it. between doing this and delivering pizza for many years I've learned that most customers don't actually pay attention to the time it's taking and have no idea if something is late until you tell them, so I just don't
125 a day is needed if you want to work only 6 days a week. Some make 3k a month DDing, it’s really up to you. My goal right now is 60-80 a day for a couple of weeks.
You can't even find $2 per mile these days for orders. Rideshare and delivery jobs have turned to shit and too saturated. These companies have taken advantage of workers as a result. absolute shit.
I work nights at a hospital and I was considering doing doordash once or twice during the week for a little extra money
Depending on you’re area you could be waitlisted.
This is very similar to a Uber driver it was a high density mixed market that sustained an unbelievable pace and with that came the 300 - 400 days 2,000 week 8k month
Most food delivery markets are cyclical/seasonal and that knowledge keeps you attentive to pick up the new trends that create new cycles
Nice. I like dd tho cause you get to move around more. I’ve never done Uber but having spoken with Uber drivers… I hear it gets achey on the bod
That Fucking McDonald’s on Garnet in pb. They pissed me off so much the other day. I ordered five chocolate shakes And told them never mind I don’t want them.
I've tried the $2/mi deal and unless it's super busy that ends up with me sitting in a parking lot for 30 minutes or so between deliveries. My basic requirement here in Florida is $5 minimum and $1 mile when it's slow, then $2 if it's super busy (events, raining outside, etc).
I’m in FL (both South FL and Brandon areas) and $5 minimum, $1/mile is my minimum too!
that happens for me too but i just wait at home while doing whatever else instead of just sitting in a car... i realize not everyone can do this, makes a huge difference tho to be able to field offers from home
I’m in Jax an yes that’s mine too! Even with that I’m under a 50% acceptance rate… a lot of the ppl that make these videos are in areas that are nothing like the areas we have
After awhile you get really good at knowing where items are which makes shopping orders go quickly.
Who offering you that much money ... obviously don't live close to the hood... LOL
Today was my second day. Didn't realize the woman had three separate orders in three separate towns, during rush hour. One was actually inside a mall at a restaurant there. Whole trip took an hour. For 11$. Never clicking on multiple locations for one delivery again.
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Communication is always the key to success so having that with a customer is always the right route to go which you learn in customer service and retail that I learned in 15 yrs and it still applies whenever I do Uber/Uber eats. Door dash is new to me where I’m still learning the ropes from watching your videos about it but no disrespect, it’s good to have communication with your customers regarding their food and any type of situation you’re having with the order by being at the restaurant where it might not be ready, just getting started, etc. remember that. Plus you get good tips and somewhat rewards on your app by being somewhat of the peoples champion by your Reputation.
Communication is not the key to success as a doordash driver
@@BestDasherAlive maybe not as a door dash driver from what you experienced or market area you’re in but it’s helped me with other gig apps like shipt, instacart, Uber, grub hub and finally sparks on what I do. Also I get great tips and bonuses where if people liked you, they’d give you a discount off on any restaurant purchases or get something for free.
I've been doing Uber eats mostly with a consistent 100% customer satisfaction rate. Many times I get tipped a good amount over what was expected. I treat customers the way I would like and expect. No one wants cold, messy or wrong orders. Everyone likes a heads up on their delivery status and almost everyone appreciates kindness
@@albalinna exactly! I was just making a point to this guy about communicating with the customers being important.
@@Anomalous602 he's young he will figure it out eventually. Communication is key in everything we do if we want lasting success.
Also, reason why I decline doesn't come up on my account at all...LOL
Popeyes always gives me free food at closing when picking up orders. Plus usually get a good tip from people at hotels during that time. So check the location of delivery. Also ask the customer in text, if they want anything else. A lot of times they’ll pay you under the table for a six pack or whatever. Cause they’re jet lagged or just exhausted. And usually get awesome tips, even with just being overly considerate of them.
I just filed a complaint about our Popeyes, they won’t even start an order until a dasher arrives then takes anywhere from 10-30 minutes to make it..
This money he's talking about depends on the city you work in. You might only make $10-15 an hour. The pay is usually poor unless you have low standards for income. Running car is more expensive than most are accounting for.
Depends on locations & strategy
Definitely location because I’ve taken 44 orders and only one was over $10.
I did door dash for 60 hours a week for a month straight and never made 6k a month
taking the number of items into account, and the cost of the average meal at a restaurant, is the best way to predict hidden tips. for instance, many pizzas from the nicest pizza place around means a party, and the tip will be there, because they want it on time, and they dont want to disappoint the gueests.
Hi everyone. I am currently thinking about doing DoorDash to make some extra cash. However, tax time for independent contractors seems scary - I've seen multiple sources say that it's best to put aside 30% of your earnings for taxes. Is it still worth it to do food delivery at this point, even after all the car maintenance needed? I also am living in a small time so I could use any insight or advice on this matter. Thank you!
New dasher here and I'd like to know this too
Well only you can know that bc only you can decide how much is worth it to you. Do it for a little bit, see what you make, estimate 30% of that going away, then ask is it worth it for you. And for whatever it’s worth, if you do doordash you’re an independent contractor aka self employed aka you’re operating your own business which means you can look into diff ways to save on taxes. Lots of tax professions will offer a free initial consultation too so you should be able to find some to talk to for free and learn more about it. That’s down the road tho don’t be worried about it before you even start. Start and go from there
@@BestDasherAlive Thank you so much
Bro...this guy is lying to you. He's implying you can skirt taxes. You can't. You're gonna have to pay taxes and this guy makes nowhere near 100k/year as a delivery driver alone. Seeing so many snake oil salesman videos lately and comments sections flooded with very, very gullible people. A good time to take advantage, I suppose.
@@tomyabo5606 I made 98k last year (before taxes) with gig work....
Where are you....Alaska..?!...you must be the only fkkn driver up there to make that much $$$..?!,....you would have to work 24/7 to make that much money ($2-grand) weekly....i do DD, maybe $1200 ,..and that was a loooong time ago.
yea
I'm a top dasher In my market and have been dashing for the last couple years and I still enjoy videos like this .
This is a great video very good info Area is a HUGE factor folks try to go to a wealthy area or an area with expensive restaurants like he said. I have a few areas near me that are super wealthy people and really nice restaurants that are pretty expensive all the restaurants are really close to eachother. My point is if you live in an area that kinda sucks it is probably worth it to drive 20,30 or more miles to a nicer area. Also college towns or areas are decent money many times as well.
if you putting in a lot of hours def worth it to be in a good city for it
Every market is different. Keep up the grind everyone 💯 Also the areas you work might have a lot of workers so set a goal that you can reach. This video is helpful for new drivers thank you brother 👊🏽
Men just want the food. As long as it's showing up on time they don't need mental stimulation. Women require communication. It makes them feel maybe important or powerful or special, or something else. I'm personally practicing up on my communication and finger banging skills.
Hope this helps 🙏
@@Floridawoodsbanshee women just want the food too lmfao. in this post-pandemic era honestly most ppl just want their food, no social interaction.
Wear and tear on car too. Also, it’s important to read the comments on order. Sometimes the address is wrong in app. The customer will put this in comments
mentioned that 👍
I work in the Jersey Shore area where the F**k is the 10 for 5 miles or less
New to door dash and I have 300 completed deliveries with a round about 20% acceptance rate. In my area seeing an order come through the app at 10 or higher dollars is super rare. A lot of no tips in this area and I am stuck taking 6-10 dollar orders ranging from 1-2 dollars a mile. Wish the people who refuse to pay for the service would go get the items themselves.
If you are getting $6 for a mile that's great
no need to blame customers over tips. if anyone needs to pay more its dd and they have plenty to do so. "tipping" is just a way for the business to transfer more of their costs onto customers. more tips shouldn't be the expectation and inevitably leads to a sour attitude... it's the billion dollar corporation called doordash that should pay more to drivers, not that more should be expected from customers or less from drivers
@@BestDasherAlive Keeping it real. +reputation
@@iAmos0420 not $6 a mile, I think they meant lower miles and lower earnings on average.
@@BestDasherAlive I definitely blame customers at least somewhat. I guess maybe I blame both doordash and customers equally. Imo, the customer should always tip. But if you're the opinion that they shouldn't, then of course you'll be okay with customers not tipping in general.
I leave a text food is at customer door so they get hot food right away
they get notified when you hit complete delivery. also, they're watching you out their windows and cameras 😅
A lot of this info you're giving is area based..ok
In my area even in the busiest times if I decline three to four crap orders or low paying / small orders,
Then they will not send me anymore for like 30 to 40 minutes or they'll automatically put me on a 34 minute break...So to say that you don't accept any orders under $9 is not realistic at least not for my area.. I only do it part-time 2 to 3 days a week and it took me a full month to make $300 ,, so anyone that's watching this video needs to understand there are factors that you have to take into consideration
And honestly I have stopped doordashing for a while because it just wasn't benefiting me and I felt like I was using more resources and funds that I should have been.. overall I feel like doordash and the customers at least in my area are getting over and take major advantage over the drivers ~just my 2cents
high volume areas is where most dashers are and is where these tips work best and most of the tips still work when applied to small areas.
Bro I think that the acceptance rate does matter because I have noticed that when I am above 70% I get very high-paying orders in my zone, but when I stopped paying attention to the acceptance rate I noticed that every single order I was getting was far away and out of zone one after the other. So I think they do give the better orders that are close by to the people that have an acceptance rate above 70, I could be wrong but this is definitely been my experience
Peep this: th-cam.com/video/rEvo8VZAyeo/w-d-xo.html
Not in my case. I have a high acceptance rate and still receive orders with okay payouts but have to drive 8 to 10 miles. If it's out of zone double the mileage round trip to get back to my home base. Some areas they want me to deliver to are areas where no commerce exists or just high crime areas so Dash along the way is not an option.
I recently started Door Dash and have been doing it for two weeks. I live in PA suburbs so I use my car. I have so far found success with it. Great way to earn some extra cash.
Make sure and watch the new updated vids this one is old
I've been getting killed at McDonald's and Sonic's that have there lobbys closed and I'm forced to sit in a drive thru line during lunch. GRRR 🤬
Unassign 💰
This is my first 2 weeks. 80 delivers made.
The only thing i worry most about it is acceptance rate. I thought they would not let me receive any orders under 50%. But based of what I have seen in your video, you’ve made quite a lot of $ with a very short acceptance rate.
Perhaps I should keep on declining until i get a banger $. Thanks for the advice.
To give you an idea, I dash in a slower, lower income area. I recently hit 0% acceptance rate and made $25 on 3 orders. The key is dashing in the very busy times where you’ll have lots of orders to choose from instead of sitting around waiting for orders to show up.
th-cam.com/video/z9-CHMJLkSM/w-d-xo.html
One thing I can recommend from experience, in the beginning, focus more on how many hours you can work in total take-home per day. I wouldn't recommend starting out worrying about how much you're making per hour. Learn from your experience and tailor your strategy based on where you are. That helped me go from 15 to 25 dollars an hour. When I do it in my spare time, I average between 25 to 35.
Great advice
Wholeheartedly agree. My per hour earnings were absolutely horrible my first few days, but there is a learning curve.
My daughter just started this weekend and learning doordash....she said she accepts any orders right now just to learn how to do it
I do this on a hypersport motorcycle. Average about 35-45 an hour. More than my local sheriff get paid 😅🤭
Bro fr my first day I made way more than my job that paid 15/hr and than I went to the biggest city near to me and made even more money.
Im in CT state I have done 60 deliveries total in one month for 320$ total and i spend $60 a week for gas . 😔 I saw people not tiping and others tiping just $1
Bro one month to make $320? That’s terrible
My daily average so far is $166
Just passed everything and officially a dasher lol kind of scared to do my first one 😂 thank you for the much needed tips!!
How’d it go?
$315 plus $7 cash tip at 9hrs 42 mins (Thurs-Monday) off an on hours.. Charleston SC area ..surprisingly Saturday was the worst day (very slow) and Friday and Sunday the best!! Didn’t dash today and only like an hour yesterday Would say not to bad ?? prob could b better if I stayed out longer times Also like you said the app has pretty easy step by step directions to follow which made it less scary 😂
@@MK1_games_other right on!
@@MK1_games_otherAre you still dashing?
I don’t know what market you’re in but a lot of what is said in this video is misleading to potential dashers. DD will not continue to give you high money orders if your acceptance rate is low. There’s an algorithm that tracks your activity and they’re not rewarding you with better orders. Where do you dash?
these tips apply to any area with high volume of dd and most drivers are in high volume areas. in areas of low volume, some wont work as well but some def still apply
The hourly pay isn't really as important as the daily pay. And I agree with the small talk, most people don't like that. And yes, just like all other driving, stepping on the gas or passing people on the freeway just to stop at the same red light, isn't going to get you there any faster. It's all about strategy and timing.
i agree - daily/weekly/monthly earnings is a much better measurement. i used a per hour measurement tho bc ppl seem to care about that so it gets clicks so more ppl get into actually seeing the video etc. i talk more about this in upcoming videos bc you're absolutely right
Exactly. I set a daily goal, 200 or whatever, and go until I reach it. If you look at hourly then you just stress yourself out. Set a goal, earn said goal, go home happy.
Get a cycle. Bypass the lights
Banger video
Kidding me? I’ve never seen an order giving me $2 a mile and I’ve got over 1000 deliveries. My area and demographic SUCKS
Areas vary for sure
i kind of agree i do not pay attention to tips and i only take 9.00 offers and or shopping orders, been dashing in CT for 3 years now, used to be 8.00 i only accept but i raised my bar a to 9.00 or more, my goal is to hit 100-200 a day as fast as i can
how long does it usually take you?
It takes me an average of 8 hours to 10 hours to make 200 since Mike didn't answer
@@herbsfood4859 i make 100-200 a day but i multi-app 8 hour days
I don't use Dash that often since its not heavily used in my local area, but your tips will likely help me improve upon my accepting abilities
They sure will here are some updated ones: th-cam.com/video/rEvo8VZAyeo/w-d-xo.html
Why did he leave the helmet on for the video? 😆 🤣 😂
Everything you said and mentioned on this video is very true because that’s exactly what I used to do when I used to DoorDash , that way you sure do make pretty good money.
Alright, for me, I am a full time graduate student working on my Masters in Economics (all online), working full time in a warehouse (roughly 48hrs a week). Now I don't have much time to door dash as much, but even just making a hundred or two hundred from a night of driving is useful but without more time driving the numbers would be difficult to multiply. For now it helps pay for gas, food, minor bills, minor savings, etc. I guess like most markets some places will be able to make more using door dash while others will make less. Economic ebs and flows are variable throughout all market systems, as is compensation for various lines of work. I just started dashing a few weeks ago on the side and I highly recommend it to any college students or homeowners who need some extra money. Good video.
Dashing is only for desperate people willing to work for peanuts. If you factor fuel and wear expense of your car, you barely make minimum wage, and risk accidents and damage to you, your car, or your drivers record.
Get a real hourly job, almost ANY real hourly job is better. I've dashed, it sucks, I drive for fedex and it also sucks, but I make $250/day for it, and they pay gas, truck, insurance, and pay for healthcare, etc.
Ebike: th-cam.com/video/L0xKYuDZ0aw/w-d-xo.html
I live near madison wisconsin. I just started door dashing a week ago. My first two nights, i made 200. The next two nights, i made 130. Its not terrible, but youre right. I was rushing, thinking every order counts. I have a 93% acceptance rate, thought every order mattered. I have a gas guzzling suv too, so every engine rev matters.
I think this will help me survive outside of work in my free time if i play it right.
Here’s an updated tips video: th-cam.com/video/rEvo8VZAyeo/w-d-xo.html
how long did you dash?
@@jasxchantel i dash about 5 hours after work a day, depending on got busy it is.
Honestly everyone has there own opinion and experience. But for me when he says acceptance rate doesn't matter it does. I worked for DD for about 2 years or so and my acceptance rate dropped because there were small orders that I did not want to take. I declined them and at the same time my phone and the app was glitching like crazy. That sent me an email one day and they basically fired me because they said that my acceptance rate was low.
seems sus
Ayy I’m sub #100 congrats 😁 $2/mile sounds like a done deal to me. I’m tired of damaging my car and all my profits going to gas costs
sub #100 lessgooo! yea try to make $2/mi a minimum and use decline: order to small. where you're dashing matters how well that will work for ya but if you're in a busy doordash area it should work!
i was sub #100....
@@wmfbmp5743 🤷♀️ Maybe we hit the sub button at the same time. Who knows.
@@polarfusion5499 lol jk dude have a great day :)
@@wmfbmp5743 knock it off or ill censor you faster than i deliver orders
Very great and informative video. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to help us new dashers.
Been a pleasure!
Talking about slow stores- as a customer I have a Taco Bell nearby that I won't order from at night because of how slow it is. I feel bad for sending Dashers there, I've been there on my own and gotten stuck in their drive-thru for over 30 minutes (not kidding, if I had a larger vehicle I would have jumped the curb to leave, but I don't so I was trapped). I will not go to or order from that restaurant after a certain time. During the day, they're totally fine.