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The acceptance rate is only manipulation that spark uses to get you to try to take low paying, high mileage offers. There shouldn't be an acceptance rate period. We are independent contract workers.
Spark is playing on the ignorance of the common public with manipulative words and phrases. They know what they are doing and it makes them more money at the expense of the driver. All I can say is for everyone to be smart, multi-app, and choose the offers that work best for you.
@@Gigmom21 I've worked at the highest of the corporate levels. Manipulation is the name of the game. Once you've actually seen it, you can spot it everywhere.
They have also lowered pay in general. I never see anything over $20 (even shop and deliver) unless there is a generous tip and unfortunately, in my area I don’t see tips on orders much. Spark really said work harder, add more wear and tear and gas for less money.
Agreed, it has been really bad of late. I refuse to drop off 3 people's items for what they are offering. I have seen triple orders for $12. For the amount of time, you could take 3 doordash orders for 3 times that amount.
I need to know the strategy??? I need all the help i can get. I can sit at a store that shows it's busy and get nothing. No offers. Its very frustrating.
I drive a Honda Passport, pretty decent size SUV, and they had my entire vehicle full on these 3. They are really trying to get over on the drivers. I pretty much reject most of the triple orders now
Spark is the worst of the worst now… used to be top 3 but it’s just garbage. Also, customer service is the worst out of any customer service I’ve ever had both on shopping end and customer end
I drive in Texas as well, out near Rockwall and royse City and I am actually currently doing it right now on Sunday at 7:30 at night and I started at noon and I've made $200. I have taken several batch orders a couple of shopping and one of the three person batch. My area gets so many different types of orders that I'm never wanting or waiting. Sometimes between like 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. I'm waiting but I just adjust when I drive. I make about $150 a day and I work 4:00 to 6 days a week depending
I did my first triple yesterday. They were all houses, but one of the customers did not reply to my messages then I called because their gate was locked and I could not get to their front door. I called and their phone was disconnected! So I had to reach over and put their order on the inside of their gate as far in as I could reach. It took me so long because of that hiccup alone! Not to mention the drop offs were a few miles apart from each other. I ended up missing out on the next Walmart drop. I am not a fan at all about having to reorganize my car and have one order in my front seat, especially when the pay (in my market at least) is not worth it! The only reason I took the one yesterday is because it had a $12 tip so the order was $24 for 3 drop offs. That’s what I used to get for 2 drop offs!! It’s insane and I really hope spark changes things.
This was my first week driving, and I've had the same exact experience as you. The only 3 batch I've accepted was one that had two orders of 20-30 and the third order was just 1 item. Pay has been unideal as well. I'm just doing it for some money on the side, so it isn't the end of the world to me, but I can definitely see the problem it would bring to someone who does gig work full time
If you're doing gig work full time, it shouldn't make a difference. Full-timers generally always multi-app, the difference can easily be made up for a missed RR.
I agree with everything you said. After the update the app itself wasn't sending me anything Including the ones at other stores. This week has been better but still needs improvement for sure. Thanks for breaking it down, well done and I hope someone at spark sees it haha😂🤞
Love video I agree with everything you are saying and I notice for myself my acceptance rate dropping down lower because I don’t take those orders but I am hoping it gets better with Sparks
I've seen Walmart Spark today with 7 and 8 deliveries. I've also done 18, 19 and even 20 deliveries. Each customer typically has one small things so it's a bunch of small packages but once in a while there will be big items like a garbage can, a table, a bicycle, large container of paper powers or toilet paper, or something heavy like a large case of water. None of it is perishable so no problem with melting ice-cream. I had a delivery to one hotel room last night with chocolate pretzels for $12 about 4 miles away. It was really weird getting handed this one container of pretzels.
it really depends on who youre delivering to. i live on the outskirts of town. but on my way to the closest walmart, im surrounded by million dollar homes who tip very well. lots of elderly and retired people. I stay away from delivering in downtown areas. my 3 order deliveries range from $35-$50 and take maybe 30-40 minutes. pay attention to which walmart you are taking orders from and over time you will learn your client base. there are some walmarts that i refuse to deliver from. ive seen 3 order deliveries that only pay $20. every town is different
I noticed in this little small town about 30 minutes from me i was the first person to do spark there on September 15 2023 they took my picture and everything and gave me a 25 dollar gift card there starting to pick up now far as orders and the money been high paying that's because its new and fresh thats the only reason but my town has wack orders where i live alot of drivers I heard people been suing Walmart spark
3 drops have to be $20.00 minimum. It will take at least an hour to pick up and complete. It just like the ridiculous GMO's that pay around $8.00 an hour after you factor in the gas.
Interesting, you sure it isn’t because of being in a good market? Myself and a bunch of my friends have done a lot of testing and from what we have seen, your acceptance rate does matter. For example some of us do sams where there are just a few competitors, as soon as our acceptance rate gets that low our competitors get all the good orders. As soon as our acceptance rate goes up we get the best offers again.
Haven't taken any 3 customer order s on Spark acceptance rates is awful for me the 3 customer orders. If this is around still for Holidays this isn't going to be good especially with tvs 🤦🏾♀️
I sure love having to plan the week, and spark says there will be more orders. Then the incentives come shooting out of nowhere... Edit: Then, orders come out less...
Please try to deliver to Seniors that are not able to drive anymore. They will tip and make it worth your time. The Seniors kids are trying to take care of their children and their jobs. It really helps if you try to deliver to Seniors. Many don’t have any Family that is able to help them.
Ivd only taken few triples that are over $30 and i know one can easily fit on front seat. Ive seen triples with Little to no tips. Ive gotten tip reduced today by 20 and my customer rating has gone down.
how spark needs to be fixed: 1. get rid of first come first serve, doing this will fix the botting issue 2. needs better labeling on the orders, there needs to be clear labels if an order contains alcohol, pharmacy, controlled substances, and flamable items 3. need to be opt in features that let's you turn on and off certain order that contain certain types of items, not everyone wants the headache of filtering out alcohol orders if they're not certified 4. get rid of acceptance rate, don't need to be one period 5. have a order label that indicates online deliveries, these are completely different categories of deliverying things where you're basically a fedex driver
All trash here in Texas. None for hours. I don’t do pick ups at all anymore. All low pay and high milage. They can’t load under 30 minutes. Been waiting for a year for pharmacy pick ups they advertised a year ago. The busy shoppers/drivers all are about 300lbs and rock handicap placards????? I set all day waiting or getting a late under 20 S and D. I was told the AR didn’t count by the agent. Depends what day it is.
and you get orders that say , lets say 35 dollars and then when you drop it off they take it away because costumers can take your tip away because they have a 24 hr window to take it or leave it which is not fair. they wouldn't do that to a server would they ?
I'm using a bolt grabber software Programm by him to auto grab orders to my suprise the bolt grabber is very sensitive in auto grabbing high paying orders now i'm making cool cash
I’m not a fan of the 3 orders it’s definitely dropped my acceptance rate. I don’t like doing them as I drive a truck and don’t want someone’s order in the bed to melt in the heat
I've said this before on another channel, but the big companies always try to screw the drivers over. They would call it optimizing and streamlining but a case in point is DD is offering $400 in referral bonus money. Get real, if you paid decent you wouldn't have to be paying for referrals. I like delivering, no doubt about it, but if there were no tips involved, there would be no trips. The not tipped orders in all these apps is straight doo doo.
Its kinda been the end for awhile anyways, It takes an hour to do most orders for $10 dollars and honestly in an area where the minimum wage is $15 an hour its not really worth doing Spark or any over saturated side gig. Especially when they do everything they can to prevent you from taking multi app orders like a real independant contractor is suppose to do.
5:13 Your pronouncing "strategy" the way I used to pronounce it ... stragety. This mispronunciation is how my mom says it, but one day I realized I was flipping the letters, and I've tried to say it correctly ever since.
I tell you recently I got these 3 customer drops and yes all fks don’t tip for $9 and it was ton of stuff. No one took it till it raised to $11. And lately customers have been ordering a lot and easy to mess up. The workers are lazy at my branch they don’t load it for you they just hand it to you and you load it. Wasted 5 to 10 minutes to stuff in bags and go. There are times when there is no bags and I had to dump all their crap onto my totes and message them and forget the next round robin. If you get after the round robins are the ones been rejected by others. Tips are low to not existent. And pay is getting lot less. Work longer hours for less pay. Spark used to be good and now it sucks
I don't really have a problem with the triple pickups. I only take them if they're at least $20 which isn't uncommon in my market. If I miss the round robin I usually get a shopping order which is most of what I do anyways.
enjoy your attitude and energy keep it up, my friend and i recently purchased a mini van and will start to work with all this gigs app out here in the driving market here in NYC 🥶 🧊 ☃️. I will always come to you channel for extra tips. Thanks you for the great content 👍. Blessings be safe out there
Yeah… that’s why I bought the civic I normally do gig work in. I have used the mustang a few times just for fun. A few people at my store do spark in a coupe too, idk how they do it
I still am on the waiting list for spark been nearly a year however i dont like this acceptance rate thing. I know in seattle starting next year if i get on i wont have to worry about it as there will be a law called seattle pay up that bans acceptance rates and there also required to pay min wage plus your tips, mileage reimbursement and wear and tear. Theres also deactivation protection where you can fight it legally. If it ever comes to your area you might really enjoy gig work more than you currently do.
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The acceptance rate is only manipulation that spark uses to get you to try to take low paying, high mileage offers. There shouldn't be an acceptance rate period. We are independent contract workers.
Big facts
I work at Walmart and the 3 orders are awful for us also
Me too , terrible to prep, your rushing around for the company to profit huge amounts
@@benbuilds6206lies … I’m sure you haven’t gotten the master software as a spark driver
Spark is playing on the ignorance of the common public with manipulative words and phrases. They know what they are doing and it makes them more money at the expense of the driver. All I can say is for everyone to be smart, multi-app, and choose the offers that work best for you.
You’re the one playing ignorance have you gotten the master software as a spark driver ?
@@Gigmom21actually you're the ignorant one. Because JEDI is not wrong.
@@Gigmom21 I've worked at the highest of the corporate levels. Manipulation is the name of the game. Once you've actually seen it, you can spot it everywhere.
Definitely not a trust worthy business...
@@terrelharris50 no business is trustworthy these days
I hate those 3 orders, since they started my acceptance rate has been going down and now I'm at 12% 😡.
Ouch… sorry! Makes you wonder if you should even try for RR’s. Maybe go for shopping orders for a bit.
They have also lowered pay in general. I never see anything over $20 (even shop and deliver) unless there is a generous tip and unfortunately, in my area I don’t see tips on orders much. Spark really said work harder, add more wear and tear and gas for less money.
Agreed, it has been really bad of late. I refuse to drop off 3 people's items for what they are offering. I have seen triple orders for $12. For the amount of time, you could take 3 doordash orders for 3 times that amount.
I need to know the strategy??? I need all the help i can get. I can sit at a store that shows it's busy and get nothing. No offers. Its very frustrating.
Same with me. They just shut off me tbh
I drive a Honda Passport, pretty decent size SUV, and they had my entire vehicle full on these 3. They are really trying to get over on the drivers. I pretty much reject most of the triple orders now
Spark is the worst of the worst now… used to be top 3 but it’s just garbage. Also, customer service is the worst out of any customer service I’ve ever had both on shopping end and customer end
That’s a lie spark is not the worst . The fault is from you , my question is , have you gotten the master software as a spark driver ?
You are a God send to Seniors that don’t drive a car anymore.
❤️
I drive in Texas as well, out near Rockwall and royse City and I am actually currently doing it right now on Sunday at 7:30 at night and I started at noon and I've made $200. I have taken several batch orders a couple of shopping and one of the three person batch. My area gets so many different types of orders that I'm never wanting or waiting. Sometimes between like 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. I'm waiting but I just adjust when I drive. I make about $150 a day and I work 4:00 to 6 days a week depending
$150 daily ? 😂😂😂😂 that’s terrible I’m sure you haven’t gotten the Master software
I did my first triple yesterday. They were all houses, but one of the customers did not reply to my messages then I called because their gate was locked and I could not get to their front door. I called and their phone was disconnected! So I had to reach over and put their order on the inside of their gate as far in as I could reach. It took me so long because of that hiccup alone! Not to mention the drop offs were a few miles apart from each other. I ended up missing out on the next Walmart drop. I am not a fan at all about having to reorganize my car and have one order in my front seat, especially when the pay (in my market at least) is not worth it! The only reason I took the one yesterday is because it had a $12 tip so the order was $24 for 3 drop offs. That’s what I used to get for 2 drop offs!! It’s insane and I really hope spark changes things.
Have you gotten the master software?
This was my first week driving, and I've had the same exact experience as you. The only 3 batch I've accepted was one that had two orders of 20-30 and the third order was just 1 item. Pay has been unideal as well. I'm just doing it for some money on the side, so it isn't the end of the world to me, but I can definitely see the problem it would bring to someone who does gig work full time
If you're doing gig work full time, it shouldn't make a difference. Full-timers generally always multi-app, the difference can easily be made up for a missed RR.
I agree with everything you said. After the update the app itself wasn't sending me anything Including the ones at other stores. This week has been better but still needs improvement for sure. Thanks for breaking it down, well done and I hope someone at spark sees it haha😂🤞
It sucks now to you that you’re unable to see the items to double check to make everything is separated properly
Have you gotten the Master software as a gig driver
@@Gigmom21 no I haven’t
@@1980glamfan you need to get the master software to enable grab in high quality batches consistently
@@1980glamfan your question should be how to get the software
Love video I agree with everything you are saying and I notice for myself my acceptance rate dropping down lower because I don’t take those orders but I am hoping it gets better with Sparks
Have you gotten the Master software as a spark driver?
@@Gigmom21oooh so you're another cheater/scammer. Reporting you asap.
@Jerome_215 no need. I live greatness. The battle of good vs evil goes on every day my man.
I've seen Walmart Spark today with 7 and 8 deliveries. I've also done 18, 19 and even 20 deliveries. Each customer typically has one small things so it's a bunch of small packages but once in a while there will be big items like a garbage can, a table, a bicycle, large container of paper powers or toilet paper, or something heavy like a large case of water. None of it is perishable so no problem with melting ice-cream. I had a delivery to one hotel room last night with chocolate pretzels for $12 about 4 miles away. It was really weird getting handed this one container of pretzels.
Have you gotten the latest master software as a spark driver
The Spark app forced me to upgrade yesterday. It said my version was unsupported. I had not updated it in a few weeks.@@Gigmom21
Lately the majority of my orders have been shopping orders
Great video, all very true. Strategy is key, as well as using multi apps. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
it really depends on who youre delivering to. i live on the outskirts of town. but on my way to the closest walmart, im surrounded by million dollar homes who tip very well. lots of elderly and retired people. I stay away from delivering in downtown areas. my 3 order deliveries range from $35-$50 and take maybe 30-40 minutes. pay attention to which walmart you are taking orders from and over time you will learn your client base. there are some walmarts that i refuse to deliver from. ive seen 3 order deliveries that only pay $20. every town is different
I noticed in this little small town about 30 minutes from me i was the first person to do spark there on September 15 2023 they took my picture and everything and gave me a 25 dollar gift card there starting to pick up now far as orders and the money been high paying that's because its new and fresh thats the only reason but my town has wack orders where i live alot of drivers
I heard people been suing Walmart spark
Ikea bags can help to keep your orders separated
I've been seeing 8 stop deliveries too.. I don't take them, cause there is no way to separate that many and be sure of them staying separated .
Thanks for the great update 😊
I haven’t gotten a scheduled RR in months
Oh no 🙈
I am seeing RR at the top of the hour, 20 after and then 30 after. Something is not right. I usually don't take them because they are GM's or 4 stops.
3 drops have to be $20.00 minimum. It will take at least an hour to pick up and complete. It just like the ridiculous GMO's that pay around $8.00 an hour after you factor in the gas.
Have you gotten the master software?
Acceptance rate don’t mean nothing I’m at 0% an I’m still getting offers over other drivers I refuse to work for low pay
Interesting, you sure it isn’t because of being in a good market? Myself and a bunch of my friends have done a lot of testing and from what we have seen, your acceptance rate does matter.
For example some of us do sams where there are just a few competitors, as soon as our acceptance rate gets that low our competitors get all the good orders. As soon as our acceptance rate goes up we get the best offers again.
On instagram
Haven't taken any 3 customer order s on Spark acceptance rates is awful for me the 3 customer orders. If this is around still for Holidays this isn't going to be good especially with tvs 🤦🏾♀️
What are the holidays like? I have only been doing this for 3 months.
Best time to work $$ steady flowing in last year was my first Holiday working was amazing
I sure love having to plan the week, and spark says there will be more orders. Then the incentives come shooting out of nowhere...
Edit: Then, orders come out less...
4.5.1 is full of malfunction as well.
It’s awful 😭
@@aphidcart 💯 I've NEVER had Instacart out-do Spark. Now it does....
dumb question what does Surge mean with spark?
Please try to deliver to Seniors that are not able to drive anymore. They will tip and make it worth your time. The Seniors kids are trying to take care of their children and their jobs. It really helps if you try to deliver to Seniors. Many don’t have any Family that is able to help them.
The last two weeks have been rough they only sent me 2 orders a day
Ivd only taken few triples that are over $30 and i know one can easily fit on front seat. Ive seen triples with Little to no tips. Ive gotten tip reduced today by 20 and my customer rating has gone down.
The triples have almost all been under 20.00 and 8 plus miles in my zone. I'd rather just do the shop orders.
Thanks for the educational video 😊
how spark needs to be fixed:
1. get rid of first come first serve, doing this will fix the botting issue
2. needs better labeling on the orders, there needs to be clear labels if an order contains alcohol, pharmacy, controlled substances, and flamable items
3. need to be opt in features that let's you turn on and off certain order that contain certain types of items, not everyone wants the headache of filtering out alcohol orders if they're not certified
4. get rid of acceptance rate, don't need to be one period
5. have a order label that indicates online deliveries, these are completely different categories of deliverying things where you're basically a fedex driver
All trash here in Texas. None for hours. I don’t do pick ups at all anymore. All low pay and high milage. They can’t load under 30 minutes. Been waiting for a year for pharmacy pick ups they advertised a year ago. The busy shoppers/drivers all are about 300lbs and rock handicap placards????? I set all day waiting or getting a late under 20 S and D. I was told the AR didn’t count by the agent. Depends what day it is.
😂😂😂😂 it has to be trash I’m really sure you haven’t gotten the master software as a shopper 0:02
and you get orders that say , lets say 35 dollars and then when you drop it off they take it away because costumers can take your tip away because they have a 24 hr window to take it or leave it which is not fair. they wouldn't do that to a server would they ?
Jeremihtechz
On instagram
I'm using a bolt grabber software Programm by him to auto grab orders to my suprise the bolt grabber is very sensitive in auto grabbing high paying orders now i'm making cool cash
This is true. ALL OF IT!IM NEW TO THIS.These items are all my issues early on...
I was offered in 11 stop trip, at least three times. Lowered my acceptance rating for the same darn trip
I’m not a fan of the 3 orders it’s definitely dropped my acceptance rate.
I don’t like doing them as I drive a truck and don’t want someone’s order in the bed to melt in the heat
Ouch, yeah for truck people this must suck! Didn’t even think about that
I've said this before on another channel, but the big companies always try to screw the drivers over. They would call it optimizing and streamlining but a case in point is DD is offering $400 in referral bonus money. Get real, if you paid decent you wouldn't have to be paying for referrals. I like delivering, no doubt about it, but if there were no tips involved, there would be no trips. The not tipped orders in all these apps is straight doo doo.
I LOVE driving for Spark. Walmart spark is my life. 🤓
Where is your area
Its kinda been the end for awhile anyways, It takes an hour to do most orders for $10 dollars and honestly in an area where the minimum wage is $15 an hour its not really worth doing Spark or any over saturated side gig. Especially when they do everything they can to prevent you from taking multi app orders like a real independant contractor is suppose to do.
I wasn't even aware there was an acceptance rate
Great content!
I refuse to take 3 drop offers period. 😉 i have an extended cab pickup...have no where to put 3rd order lol
Are you a shopper?
Oaying less for 3 order batch than use to pay for ,1 irder
Thank you.
You're welcome!
1:28 oh cool! That Walmart's # is 865! Go Vols! Lol
🤫
5:13 Your pronouncing "strategy" the way I used to pronounce it ... stragety. This mispronunciation is how my mom says it, but one day I realized I was flipping the letters, and I've tried to say it correctly ever since.
We are going to have a great day drive safe please.
Walmart spark has turned to TRASH
ABSOLUTE TRASH
That’s lies , is because you haven’t gotten the master software
You.dont get to see whose tipped and how much
Just the amount of tip
I tell you recently I got these 3 customer drops and yes all fks don’t tip for $9 and it was ton of stuff. No one took it till it raised to $11. And lately customers have been ordering a lot and easy to mess up. The workers are lazy at my branch they don’t load it for you they just hand it to you and you load it. Wasted 5 to 10 minutes to stuff in bags and go. There are times when there is no bags and I had to dump all their crap onto my totes and message them and forget the next round robin. If you get after the round robins are the ones been rejected by others. Tips are low to not existent. And pay is getting lot less. Work longer hours for less pay. Spark used to be good and now it sucks
Multi app is my strategy!!! The End
Indeed 😎
Great vid
Thanks!
Bro
You could probably make more money delivering pizza and Italian food working about the same hours a week.
Good luck to you
Thanks for the tips!
looks to me, walmart is weeding out the scammers and botters
Spark needs to encourage customer tipping. Js
I don't really have a problem with the triple pickups. I only take them if they're at least $20 which isn't uncommon in my market. If I miss the round robin I usually get a shopping order which is most of what I do anyways.
Yeahhh, shopping orders are the way
enjoy your attitude and energy keep it up, my friend and i recently purchased a mini van and will start to work with all this gigs app out here in the driving market here in NYC 🥶 🧊 ☃️. I will always come to you channel for extra tips. Thanks you for the great content 👍. Blessings be safe out there
Best of luck! Appreciate your support 💯
I refuse to take the 3 orders.
They gotta pay near $40 for me to take ‘em
That outro muzak tho
😂💯
What is around robin
Is where they start sending out fresh orders again at a certain time of the hour
Round robin impossible!! Less money made. I order batch is the way.
The pay for me have been a lot better with the 3 orders
That is interesting, if you don’t mind me asking. What is an average 3 person order for you? And can you make it back for the round robin?
@@aphidcart it’s been $30+. I normally am able to make it back. But the times have been anywhere from :25 to :38
Bro.... deleting comments? That's pretty low :/
Only comments I delete are people advertising bots, kinda confused what you are talking about
2 seat car probably worst car for food delivery lol
Yeah… that’s why I bought the civic I normally do gig work in. I have used the mustang a few times just for fun. A few people at my store do spark in a coupe too, idk how they do it
I still am on the waiting list for spark been nearly a year however i dont like this acceptance rate thing. I know in seattle starting next year if i get on i wont have to worry about it as there will be a law called seattle pay up that bans acceptance rates and there also required to pay min wage plus your tips, mileage reimbursement and wear and tear. Theres also deactivation protection where you can fight it legally. If it ever comes to your area you might really enjoy gig work more than you currently do.
You can get off waitlist in less than 3 hours if you’re interested
Spark triples suck 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
😂😂😂😂 you suck not spark . Can I ask you this simple question? Have you gotten the latest master software as a spark driver ? Now who sucks?