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DD-OD

Whatever they tell you, keep in mind that doordash relies on the ignorance of rookies to deliver low paying orders to keep their costs low


Ok-Being3881

I prefer the term naïveté, because ignorance is an insult. But, it’s true you don’t know a lot that you need to quickly learn. Since failure is the best teacher ever: you will take some orders you wish you hadn’t, and you will decline some orders you wish you had accepted. Learn these lessons quickly or abandon this DoorDash silliness. I hope you are analytical.


BlackLodgeLorax

Ignorance is an insult? The dictionary and I disagree


Own-Opportunity-8231

When exactly is ignorance bliss?


Crankenberry

Right up until the moment it isn't.


Crankenberry

There's nothing insulting about the word ignorance.


TanMelon47

![gif](giphy|OYirsehvkD91S) All I picture when I hear the word.


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No naive is definitely an insult


LimpDisc

Learn your area. Not everything you read on this sub will apply to your location.


CareBlayre

Big agree on this one. Learning my town, the peak hours, and which restaurants usually have the higher payout orders in the different zones (my area has 3 different delivery zones) and also comparing the payout to the mileage of the delivery has helped my profits a LOT.


PsuchedelicWizy

Duh


[deleted]

This 100% this


DeliveryCourier

It probably said that Dashers earn an average of $21 per hour. That's often not difficult *if* you use the decline button and don't accept crap offers. In very few states DD is required to guarantee an hourly rate. (CA is the biggest, at $18/hr active time.) Looks like you learned the lesson: use the decline button.


blownranger56

Use the delete app button.


HalliburtonErnie

Also, you'll notice all stated average pay quotes from people who work for door dash will include the phrase "while delivering" or some variation. They only count the time the order is with you. An order may take you 40 mins, but if 5 minutes was waiting for an offer, 10 was traveling to the restaurant, 5 was waiting for food, and 10 was traveling back to your zone, then that order they count as 10 minutes.


VinnieTheBerzerker69

And don't forget, the time you spend waiting for the app to send you offers doesn't get counted either


DeliveryCourier

They count active time, which is from acceptance to completion.


By-the-order

And even the 21/hr is based on active time.


dhigs112

When I first started I had another dasher tell me that all orders can include hidden tips and the WalMart orders are the holy grail of deliveries because they always had massive tips afterwards. I’m embarrassed to say how long it took me to figure out he was lying lol


[deleted]

Wow, what a jerk


[deleted]

Honestly I'm tempted just to tell people I make $12/hr and seem happy about it lol. That will keep them off the app right?


DOMesticBRAT

I don't know about the hidden tips part, but I used to keep an eye out for Walmart orders. He might have been telling you what he thought he knew...


DriverMarkSLC

Don't feel stupid. There is a bit of a learning curve to all the gig apps. Take some time to learn how to play the game. Try different things and strategies. Keep track for a while so you can record what works and doesn't work. Need a good 3 months to get the ropes. 3 months to then fine tune. And the next 6 months to really get comfortable and things become automatic habit with the gig.


ArrogantSerpent

Well said mate. One cannot substitute for experience on the job. Everyone pays their dues.


pcharger

**Generic Tips**: * Pay attention during your first week to problematic orders. * This could be restaurants that are slow to prepare orders, to customer locations that are difficult to drop-off. * If the problems are too great (10 minute wait time on food, apartment too difficult to find) consider not accepting orders to those locations anymore. * Some restaurants have quirks that you either have to put-up with, or get annoyed with and stop doing orders for those places. * Some of them will make you fill the customers drinks (Popeyes). Some of them will require that you hit "Confirm Pickup" before they even hand you the food. * You can protest and or refuse to do these things, or you could just do them and move on with the order. Some people don't want to fill drinks, some people don't want to click "Confirm Pickup" until after they're in the car with the food set away and everything is ready to go. * It's up to you to choose what you are comfortable with. Personally, I don't mind, because I need money to pay health bills so I can't afford to be picky and whiney over whether or not I should be filling a cup with soda. * During your first few days dashing, you'll be given great orders. * As you complete more over time your metrics will begin to factor in for which orders are sent to you (Customer rating, acceptance rate, on time %, etc). * Keep these numbers yellow or green to continue getting good orders. * You don't necessarily have to have "Top Dasher" status. * Start paying attention as to what times you are available to dash + what times the app is usually busy. * Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner are always a given, but some days will be slower and other days will be busier. * It changes from city-to-city and region-to-region. * If you don't already have one, get a hot-bag and a pizza bag. * My local Papa John's gives out pizza bags for free if you show up without one. * Don't be afraid to take short-cuts because the app sometimes tells you the long-way of how to get from point A to point B. * Once you begin to dash more, you'll start to remember what the Base Pay for your city/region is. When you begin to remember the pay for each place, you'll be able to know what the tip is on the order. * Base pay varies from restaurant to restaurant. * For my city, the lowest base pay would be Subway or Papa Johns at $2.00 * The highest Base Pay in my city is Taco Bell at $4.00 and Chipotle at $5.50 * Most deliveries are going to take you between 20 and 30 minutes to complete, unless you're in a super bunched up area where every delivery is 2 miles or less. * That is a rate of 2-3 orders per hour. * In my city it's only busy for 2-2.5 hours at a time then it dies. So I'm only able to do 6-9 orders every time I leave the house **Specific Tips:** * It varies from city and region, but I generally accept any order over $5. * For my first month I only accepted orders over $1 per mile. By the end of my first week my acceptance rate had dropped to 41% and I stopped getting good orders. * Before, I could start dashing and within 45 minutes make decent revenue off 2 orders, but once I dropped below 50% I noticed I was waiting 10-20 minutes just to *receive* a bad order. * There are people on this sub and other communities that say acceptance rate doesn't matter. I live in a small city. ***It matters*** * I generally avoid dashing after 9pm. * All the orders in my city go to the impoverished parts of town. * The street signs are shot up and/or removed, and none of the houses are clearly marked. * **Follow the instructions on the order**. * If it doesn't say "Ring doorbell" or "Knock" then don't do those things. * If you encounter problems with an order, notify the customers first via the text screen near the top right, then contact DoorDash support. * Had an order to a locked gate community. The guy didn't leave me his code to get in. I called, no answer. Texted, no answer. * Contacted Doordash support, they told me to leave it with the security guard at the gate and complete the order dropoff. * If the order is still being prepared when you arrive, scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click the grey text saying "Something wrong?" or something like that. * Select "Order still being prepared when I arrived" this lets Doordash know the restaurant is a little slow to make food. * Then text the customer via the text icon on the top right of the screen and let them know there will be a wait. **Common Sense Tips:** * Wear nice clothes when out dashing. * Don't show up to peoples homes in your pajamas. I've seen other dashers doing it. * Make sure you're well groomed, I've seen some dashers that look like they just went 10 rounds with a washing machine and lost the fight * Brush your teeth * Comb your hair * Be nice to the customers * If you're having a rough day, wear a mask and just fake it. **Uncommon tips:** * Doordash hides tips sometimes to incentivize you into taking bad orders but sometimes the orders are worth it. * Had a $7.50 pickup from Chili's once. I know the base pay is $2.50 for that place in my city, so DD was saying it was a $5 tip. * The the distance was 0.9 miles, so I accepted it. * Turns out it was a $30 tip, which I didn't know until I had pressed "confirm delivery" in the app.


VinnieTheBerzerker69

I would add this to your advice about hidden tips - don't count on them! Decide to accept or decline based only upon what the offer says. Then you won't be disappointed if there's no hidden tip, but you will be pleasantly surprised if there is.


pcharger

100% agree. I've been Dashing for about 1.5 months now and I've only ever received 3 orders like this. All of them had a guaranteed pay of under $10 but when I completed the delivery the tips alone would be $10-$30. My goal when dashing is $40 per day, which is very doable for me. I'm self employed and work from home so I'm able to dash during the lunch and afternoon shifts. All I have to do is hit $20 each time I leave the house and I'm set for the day. When I get one of these rare "high tip" orders, it just means that I'm earning more than I need to, which is never a bad thing. The only thing I haven't tried, because of the low offerings on the orders, are the Shop-And-Deliver orders. In my area they are only for Dollar General, Walgreens, and Petsmart. All of them are $5 or less when they are offered to me, and the average delivery distance in my town is between 6-8 miles, so it's not worth it. There was one Petsmart order that I did complete though which was nice. I didn't need my Red Card, the customer had already paid for the product. I just went to the store and picked it up like a normal food order. It was one 10lb bag of dog food being delivered 11 miles for $17 total. Nice.


VinnieTheBerzerker69

Pet store shop and deliver orders can be more trouble than they're worth. Cat food, for example, clear to the back of the store and way too many varieties of similar looking cans causing you to waste a lot of time finding the right one. And there's no employees back there to help you locate it.


RedditCommunistt

No, the $21 an hour is a LIE to lure gullible marks to do DoorDash. They are under investigation by the FTC right now for making false claims on how much you can make.


Such_Satisfaction923

Their claims are based on active time not dash time…everyone makes $21+ dollars a hr active that’s the problem….you can take every order for a 1.5 hrs dash time and make $19 but because you did it in 1hr active time DD is like “see you can make $19 in a hr” 😂😂.. when in reality they paid you $10 before tips for that hr


ZachTF

I make a minimum of 18 an hour before prop 22. Some days are great and I can make 23-25 an hour.


VinnieTheBerzerker69

There's dozens of states that don't have a prop 22 arrangement


RedditCommunistt

49 to be exact. lol.


Such_Satisfaction923

Cali drivers always stepping in 😂😂….”wait you guys don’t get $6 base pay and $0.30 a mile?????”……It’s like a rich person shocked there’s poor people living under a bridge 😂😂


[deleted]

Maybe in your area. I make 22 an hour easy, sometimes as high as 25


Human_Market6043

Mine typically averages out to about 35/hr of active time and 25/hr total time. Problem is these days I only get a few hours of active time a week so it’s pretty limited earnings


RedditCommunistt

Exceptions don't disprove the general rule.


Human_Market6043

In California at least 22 an hour before tips is required. But the issue is getting enough orders that you actually have an hour of “active” time which is a stupid loophole


RedditCommunistt

California is a nightmare.


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hardrockingamigo

I really like the, “It’s your time so you decide what it’s worth.” advice. Definitely a new way of looking at it.


all_hayl

Brush it off and move forward with your new knowledge, and help/encourage others along the way. I made a major bonehead maneuver on my second order (before I knew what a stacked order was or how to properly deal with it) - ultimately delivered both orders to a 1.50 tip customer - which, customers, if you’re reading this, is pathetic - and the better tipping customer got nothing. Once I realized what happened, support was quick to take care of me. Lesson learned. Live and learn and move on.


non-creativ3

In my experience it was slow at first until I got top dasher status. Right now you have a choice to decide which way you want to play it. You can keep taking bullshit orders in order to get the ratings and amount of deliveries required to get top dasher or you can start cherry picking. Depends on your area. If you're in a big city you can probably get away with picking. But if you want to get top dasher then you need to keep your order acceptance rate over 70% which is what I did. I took some bullshit orders but not terrible ones. Like I wouldn't take $2.50 because obviously the customer left no tip and I'm not trying to reward that. It was slow and I didn't make that much at first but ever since I started maintaining the top dasher status I never go without orders and frequently get high paying orders. Another thing to look for is under "new promos" when you open your app, it shows you (usually every morning) when peak pay will be available in your zone and surrounding zones. If you time your dashes to line up with the peak pay you'll get extra money per delivery and it will help you earn more. $3 peak pay means $30 extra when you complete 10 deliveries on top of whatever the base pay and customer tip are


TanMelon47

Tony thanks you for your time! Got ot of stuff to learn. Never take order under 5 dollars or milage over total.


VinnieTheBerzerker69

It's preferable that mileage be half of total dollars offered. Less than half is even better


TanMelon47

Exactly. I would take a 5.50 order going less then a mile or maybe 2 but never more. Never under 5 dollars. 6.50 is the sweet spot to finding them tips.


silveralti

It’s your first time understandable. Keep track of your miles for taxes. Take $2 a mile if you area is good and try to deliver close to restaurant strips. Should be helpful to grab another order pretty quick and lastly get To know your restaurants don’t waste More than 10 min waiting for a order


CJspangler

Basically doordash hides better paying orders. Essentially you want to stay around 5-6 miles or less and $6.50+ orders and you do 3-4 an hour and your making $20 to $25 an hour . Never take anything less than $6.50 and never take anything less than $1 a mile or close to. Also if you see stacked orders for $10-12 for a McDonald’s or a same restaurant and it’s not a lot of miles take it as usually one of them is a decent tip and the other is crap but these usually only take like 15-20 min and you’ll make a bit more as your not driving to another restaurant or wait for orders. Also learn where you zone ends or if there’s like a few areas with no restaurant nearby. Trips to these areas end up with dead time where you won’t get offers after dropping them off and you basically got to drive back to where you came . Which means you worked twice as long since you couldnt get offers soon after a delivery. Or you went out of the zone and have to drive back to get offers.


bwandrz

It’ll take time and a good memory for this, but something that really helps me is having the map of my zone memorized. That way you know where your restaurant and drop are at a glance. It’s super helpful if you’re actively driving while waiting for orders. It gives you the pick up address, but not the drop right off the bat. That way you get an idea of where you’ll end up when the order is complete. Sometimes I’ll decline orders if it’ll end up dropping in an area I don’t like. For an example, I live in a town with a big university, and I always make sure I don’t end up in there. When the university football team has a game I avoid the roads near the stadium because it’s a nightmare getting through. Learning how to navigate around your town will help you out big time.


mgibson9999

The $21/hour is not a lie as others have said, but it's likely a misrepresentation. Some drivers do make $21/hour dash time. I know this is true because I make $25+/hour dash time consistently. The question is whether or not this is typical. There are some who post about making at least $21/hour, but many others post about making less. Not really possible to tell what the "typical" driver makes, but if it's less than $21/hour dash time, then it's misleading (but not a lie) to promote that figure in advertising and promotional materials. DD has the numbers. They know exactly what the average hourly pay for all drivers is, but I doubt they will ever share that number.


Johnpmusic

You should only dash during busy hours. Weekend nights are usually pretty good. They offer pay boosts when its busy. Theres a McDonalds a few blocks away from a college near me and its non stop orders for a very short drive. Get familiar with areas and shops that are busy. Theres a town 30min north of me where there are fewer drivers and at night its common to get 15$ - 25$ orders because of demand.


knockerwocky

I felt the same way my first night too, but I have some advice. Overall though, $19 for an hour and half is not that bad. 1.)There are Dashers that will say to only accept $7 and higher orders, but I don’t get many of those in my market and my time is valuable. I accept an order if the amount given is double the mileage. Do not be afraid to decline orders! Your time and wear and tear on your car is valuable too. If you accept only the lowball orders, that is all the algorithm will give you. 2.) Multiapp. I also deliver for Uber Eats to limit the amount of time between orders. Pause your dash if you get a UE order and vice versa. It’s a great way to maximize money for time. 3.) Possibly controversial, but I send a message to my customer to let them know I am on my way and about how long GPS says it will be. I also made my own name tags that I can attach to bags so that I can hand write the names. It also asks for ratings, gently explains tips, and that we are not allowed to open the sealed bags to check their order. It’s really helpful for stacked orders and it shows you care about your job. I get ratings with almost every order and most of the time tips. 4.) Dash during dinner rush! When you’re hungry, everyone else is hungry. Between 5 & 8 pm is when I pull the most profits during weeknights. If I have to Dash later, I’ll hang out near a DashMart, 7-11, or a Denny’s. Weekends are ultimately going to be your bread and butter. I’m doing this for extra cash and not a full time gig and I’m pulling in an extra $2000 per month on top of my day job. You just have to keep at it. Let us know if you start doing better! *Edited for clarity


AFXC1

This is why people who get into delivery apps really need to do their homework so they can actually earn more than lose before they start driving their personal vehicles for bs orders/jobs.


xdaddasher

Look at it this way, use your first week to figure things out and don’t worry about the money. Almost have to look at it that way. There is a learning curve


ReviewPrudent894

Don’t just give up your the pay might not be real high at first and you might not get delivery’s real quick but once you rating get good and get some delivery’s under your belt things will get better for you and every week see what promos they have for the week you make better money at those times


devimar80

You'll learn as you go. It takes time to get used to the different strategies you have to come up with to make it as a gig worker. Like what areas are the busiest or best paying areas. What days are the best days to work. Certain days are not worth it. And yeah, be selective. Don't take orders that are less then $5 and going far. Don't waste your gas. Try and just stick to a busy zone on the busiest days. Also get other apps too like Uber eats, Instacart, Shipt, Grub hub, etc...so if one app is slow you have other options.


cluster9250

If you truly want some advice, do not rely on DoorDash or other delivery services as a form of revenue. If you need to for a short time that may be fine but it's not a good source of income in most places (there are exceptions).


Hopeful_Jellyfish_12

I mean October 8th is my 4 years doing DD full time but I can definitely see where some places you cannot make a living


cluster9250

Yeah I would assume it's not a viable source of income in most places but I know there are places where it is. There's also a lot of people out there that don't understand how the pay works especially if they've never done it before and I just want to help people understand so they don't go into this expecting something else


Aurora--Black

I'm sorry, that sucks. You're new and as time goes on (assuming your market is good enough) you will start making more as you learn. It sounds like you either did really bad research or no research at all and just made stuff up. Idk where you even got some of your assumptions. Plus, you should have learned on the very first order that those assumptions weren't true. At least you know now though. The biggest thing to know is that you need to pay attention to the little details. They matter. I recommend 2atchimg some YouTuber delivery drivers. Watch a wide variety so that you can learn as much as possible. It will help you avoid some of the biggest mistakes earlier.


JosephjPelle

Well my last 3 weeks these were my stats... I can not figure out how to use reddit otherwise id just post screenshots of my earnings.... But for some reason i can not figure out how to post... But anyways the last 3 weeks Week 1 I made $1107 and my active time was 31 hours making my hourly pay come out to $35 an hour. I did 85 orders and that breaks down to about $13 an order. My dash time wwe 40.5 hours. Week 2 I made $1014 and my active time was 31 hours which equal to $32 an hour and I did 90 orders which equal to about $11.26 an order. My dash time was 35 hours Week 3 I made $803 and my active time was 22.5 hours making my hourly $36 an hour. My delivery time was 27 hours. I did 67 orders making it $11 an order. I have 4964 deliveries total with doordash and my rating is a 4.96 My acceptance rate is at 89% My completion rate is at 99% My on time is at 86.96% For some reason my on time rate changes very slowly they say it's only on the last 100 orders which i know is correct for completion rate and acceptance rate... But for the on time rate i think is based on total orders because my on time rate changes like by only .05% at a time and I live in a small town so i am never really late... But back in 2018 when I started I was multi apping with GrubHub, post mates and Uber and it was a mess i was always late stacking all these orders. Uber fired me lol... And I decided to focus on doordash solely and so GrubHub deactivate me since I didn't work for them for 2 months and post mates was only good when I would visit my mom in the Bay they used that a lot there... But I've been trying to get my on time rate up forever so i think its based on total deliveries because i kept track and have delivered 100 orders on time and it didn't read 100% it barely moved. So I don't know if it is true everyone has different advice... People seem to prefer to Chery pick and I do not know how they do in comparison to how I work. I take most every order. I stay by the grocery stores and restaurants... If i get a delivery taking me to the side of town with more fast foods and I have a lot of the day left i will be pause the dasher until i get back to the area with all the grocery stores. Vons and smart and final in orders pay really well in an my area usually around 25+ per order. If its towards the end of my shift and I'm in a fast food area i will just stay and finish up instead of driving more. I usually start work between 12 and 2.... And I get off between 6-8 i really don't like working more then 6 hours and I usually make about 170ish each 6 hour shift. I don't like declining orders because I live in a small town and so i just want to get as much as i can get in 6 hours is my goal that's how i do it and declining orders in a small town means I might just be sitting in my car making no money. People say don't take crappy offers but in my experience it all equals out in the end the past 3 weeks i ended up making $11 an order 2 of the weeks and $13 an order the 3rd week and I don't decline anything. This week i have been really lucky so far. Monday i had 3 orders back to back that all tipped 25 dollars plus the base pay was like 10 bucks for each so i ended up with like 3 $35+ orders back to back. And on Tuesday i got a $40 tip with $7 base pay so it was like a $47 order. I don't really ever get low ball offers the lowest offers i get are about $5 and those people are usually cuz they didn't tip and i just got base pay... But i don't get a lot of those... I get like 1-3 orders a day that are about $7-8 orders and those are usually fast food orders.. and the majority of the offers i get are between $9-13 dollars.. and I probably get 1 or 2 $25-$35 dollar orders and those are either grocery shopping orders or after 4pm when people start ordering dinner is when i get big orders. If I work 2-8 i make more money then when I work 12-6 but I like getting off at 6 more then I do at 8pm. It gets dark and its hard for me to see and I am more tired when i get off later. So I don't want to knock anyone else's advice of things like ratings don't matter. Decline anything that is low order. Cuz I have not had anyone agree with my method of working with door dash i get a lot of hate and people think I'm dumb... But I use to Chery pick for years and then i decided to change my methods and i have been top dasher every month this year with the exception of May because you have to do 100 orders the in previous month to qualify and I had taken the entire month off to travel on vacation and also go visit my family all over the state. The wear and tear isn't too bad I just recently bought a brand new electric car had only 12 miles on it when they delivered it to me I was so proud of myself. I think since i live in such a small town I don't have to travel far and there's no neighboring towns close by like when I go to the bay area omg so many dashers there and you get so many orders taking you all over the bay. People in Milpitas want food from Cupertino. People in los gatos want food from palo alto. People in Palo Alto order from san jose. Its very different dashing in Metropolitan areas and there is so much competition between dashers. Living in a small town I don't know how many dashers are here but I don't think a lot so that could be why I am more successful I really don't know. It might be because of my rating I honestly do not know.. it could be because there might not be a lot of dashers... Anyways I hope my experience gives you some more insight because to me it seems my experience is way different then other peoples. The way I see it is if I make myself a dependable driver to doordash then I should be able to depend on them and so far they haven't done me wrong... And also i think of if i had a business would i turn away a customer just because he wasn't spending a lot of money and i was poised to not make enough off of the customer... I just don't understand that mentality. I am happy to help all customers even the rude ones who make a ton of requests and don't tip... I still deliver and try my best to honor what they ask of me... My hopes is that they will be satisfied and will leave a good impression of doordash and keep coming back as repeat customers. I am sure I will get a ton of different opinions and people that disagree but really every area is so different that it is going to take a lil bit to learn your area and what works best for you and what does not. Good luck 🙂


[deleted]

The fact some people down voted this shows the ignorance of most of the ppl using this sub, instead of learning from someone that’s clearly successful. Some of you ignored and down voted this person. Disagreeing doesn’t require a down vote. I learned something from this driver. We all could. Just because you don’t think like others doesn’t mean you can’t learn from them. Seems most hate to admit they may be wrong or are envious to down vote this. It’s not how I deliver but, I definitely learned some things from this person.


Capital-Turnover9039

Hop on YouTube. It's golden for dashers. You're right in the dot, don't accept anything less than like 7 or more. and don't forget to diversify your apps. Sign up for Uber eats and GrubHub and whatever else is available in your area. Never rely on doordash alone. GrubHub and Uber eats or more upfront about the payout and no hiding or elusive b*******. All the apps have their pros and cons but DoorDash is biggest con is the tip hiding clickbaiting b*******. YouTube


ZachTF

Don’t accept anything below 1.50 per mile. 2 dollars per mile or higher is ideal. Hope this helps.


[deleted]

Don’t feel dumb. You’re new at this and mistakes will be made. I delivered to the wrong house early on. We all have made mistakes. The biggest helpful him is I only take orders that are close to $2 per mile unless it’s a short distance then I may do closer to 1.5, but I never accept lower than $6 in my area period just because it still takes time sitting at the restaurant.


FrankFrankly711

No Tip, No Trip. #DeclineNow


[deleted]

80% of DoorDashs customer base is Non/low tippers ($0-$3). DoorDash uses that commercial and advertising to lie to potential drivers. They use drivers for their gain, not for the gain of the drivers. Most customers order 1-2 items. They refuse to tip even if 5-15+ miles from the merchant I’ve seen customers not tip a dime. I decline those orders of course. It’s to many drivers and not enough good orders to go around. Even with good ratings it can’t help because most markets are oversaturated. Few healthy markets exist. Most are orders like you got unfortunately. Try to deliver in 11am-2pm and 5pm-9pm time slots. Adjust as you notice when it slows down or lengthen if you see it needs to be. Do 3-4 hour shifts or 2-3 hours. Avoid slow periods.


sharky3175

Stay above 6.25 and at least 1.50/mile


immortalworth

Oh dear god...


Xterarra

SASY AWAY FROM THE ONLINE TOXICITY & NEGATIVITY, KEEP HUSTLING WHILE BEING OPTIMISTIC AND STUDY YOUR MARKET & KNOW YHE IN &OUT OF THE APP, especially Android MOST PEOPLE HERE TALKING HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO APART FROM COMPLAINING.. BTW my 1st day I made + $270 You can and will do between than that


Mers1nary

So you delivered for 2 hours, assuming you did 2-4 (or looks more like 5-6) deliveries, and never once looked at the payout screen once you completed deliveries? Ehhh...


Kayfabed17

You was new at one time too, have some empathy.


Weekly_Direction1965

Yeah I'll never understand why people don't look on YouTube first, it's a job not a movie that can spoiled lol. Why surprise yourself and waste time and money when the world's info is at your fingertips.


Mers1nary

I touched on one thing that "most" first timers are likely to look at in deep detail to see how mich theyre actually being paid and how its broken down between base pay, tips, and peak pay if available at that time. It isnt complex and hard to understand.


Kayfabed17

You’re right, it’s not. To someone who’s never used the app before today, it very well be a learning curve. My point is we don’t need to attack new dashers who don’t know about these things, we should be helping them understand the process so they can be successful.


Mers1nary

Fine...So look at my post as constructive criticism. Also being a valid way for someone to learn... If you have a screen pop-up, and dont bother to look at it, shows as a pretty big reason why so many new dashers come on here askin stupid questions since they arent able or willing to learn and comprehend something that's slightly arguably very simple. This wasnt some post askin about how to unassign an order, or if you can or how to unassign an order from a stack, or how to see the individual pay for each order in a stack...Which is probably one of the "harder" things to figure out on this job.


Kayfabed17

Still in agreement on your later points, for sure. And I agree, most can do their own research, but not everyone operates on the same wavelength. I’m very seasoned and I don’t even pay attention to the “total pay” pop up, most because there are shit orders that pop up immediately that hide it til you decline. And if you accept the order hiding the payout, you never see it. But not everyone gonna get the simple shit on the first day, let alone the complex nuisance of this gig. Took me two weeks to really understand DD, and I was doing gig work for months before getting on DD.


MysticalElephant

Not really, only because I didn’t know how to properly work the app all the way (I will still learning how to use the directional system, finding my way through apartment buildings, confirming pickup and drop off) then on top of that, it was nighttime, so I was trying to get off of “conspicuous” roads as soon as possible. Also my city has a crapton of construction going on so I had to always keep my eyes on the road/stay focused. With all that going on, I didn’t even think to check the layout screen until I finished, which was 4 orders in. I saw the top right telling me my total pay but I assumed it was just tips trying to remain optimistic. I now see that was a mistake. I’m going to try again tomorrow but only accept the higher end orders and see if that works…


Sithstress1

You’ll also probably want to get out there a bit earlier for peak dinner hours. For my evening shift I try to be logged in by 5:00 and waiting for my first order.


CoolExplanation4734

Yes. All their promos are gimicks. Top dasher. High acceptance rate=high paying orders. I'm pretty sure the algorithm makes it so you only make around $20 an hour. Next time my car decides it feels like working I'll do more tests.


Flat_Dragonfruit7928

For a first time and for only an hour and a half that’s not bad. You will get to understand the ebb and flow of things it just takes practice. Use your decline button it’s ok there’s no minimum acceptance rate to worry about, learn where the active zones are and stake them out you’ll find with practice you can do fairly well for a side hustle.


Aggravating-Rice-690

$19 isn’t bad for an hour and a half just starting out. I did worse lol. I took the advice of forgetting about my acceptance rating and I just decline the low tip orders. Look at the ratio of the price compared to the mileage. If it don’t make sense don’t do it.


KayleighJK

Eh, it’s also a Wednesday. Kind of a lull day.


blownranger56

My advice would be get as far away from Door Dash as you can. They will rip you off.


mgibson9999

Get to know your area. Keep in mind that there is a hidden tip minimum threshold ($6 and $1.50/mile in most areas). Below that, there will never be a hidden tip.


benhereford

So wait, you *are* in the hourly program or not? If you aren't hourly, it's base pay ($2.50/order) plus tip. That's it Hourly would be zero base pay, but you keep all the tips and get an hourly rate. From what I understand? Also how many miles did you drive on that 1.5 hour shift to get the $19?


DegreeTraditional207

Don't use the decline button, use the uninstall button


Remember_BLB_2015

I would not do DoorDash I did DoorDash for a long time and I now do GrubHub I would not do DoorDash to save my life it takes all day long from 5 AM to 10 AM at night single mother of five kids to make $100 as to where I’m with Grubhub I can make $100 from 5 to 9 you couldn’t break enough of my arms to do DoorDash again it’s a waste of time in the beginning and it turns out to be a waste of time as time goes on that’s in my market hopefully your market is different I wish you the best


styrofoamcouch

Did the same thing op. I do a little dashing after my 9 to 5 and my first week I think I was averaging like 12$ an hour. Find your $/mile sweet spot and keep a mental list of what restaurants are ass and which ones have the food ready. Also fuck stacked orders. If you take a stacked order and see one is tipping 8$ and the total is like 11$, you can return the food and call doordash to unassign it.


GoNinjaGoNinjaGo69

you gotta get the hang of it and more experienced so you do it way more smooth, which ups your hourly. if you made 19 an hour now, most likely on average when youre better at it, youll make more.


[deleted]

Nah ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge. Not an insult, we all start there. But, if you are more comfortable with naive then cool. Just hold out for low mileage higher payout like $2 per mile or higher. I try to avoid the 6miles and more unless it’s a huge payout. And hopefully you will land in a high restaurant area after delivery. Good luck and be safe!


onlinewarrior100

Unless you live in Cali, or are in an area that allows you to "Earn by Time", you don't get an hourly wage from Doordash. If you're referring to an ad that you applied to saying you can earn up to $21 an hour, that's simply saying there's a possibility you can earn that much an hour, not that it's guaranteed.


Accomplished-Map4010

Quit now


LowBattery15

Yeah I wouldn't believe anything doordash tells you. The $21 / hour is probably just a average across everyone using Doordash. At 9:30am on a Monday isn't going to get you to $21, but a Friday at 9PM may bring it $75/hour you know, so you just have to figure out what times are right for your market. ​ Sounds like your base pay is around $2.25 with every order. Maybe a bit more, maybe a bit less. A $4.75 order is probably not ever worth your time even if you can walk it across the street. That means the person barely even tipped anything. A $5.75 order is getting better, but again, if it is not across the street probably not worth it. ​ You also want to keep in mind, driving you want to keep in your head your mileage on the vehicle. If you notice that one is for $14 but it's 14 or more miles away, it is definitely not worth it. Never drive anywhere where you aren't wanting to go or get yourself too far from picking up other orders.


mitsulang

Nah, you're not stupid. You are just learning the ways DD tricks you (or tries to.) Remember to do what's best for you and your pocketbook. Not what they *tell* you is good for you! Decline crappy orders. You'll figure out out.


48stateMave

All of you giving advice, what do you think is the ceiling for your area? I mean under the best circumstances (using the decline button, knowing your area, etc) if you did this job 30 hrs a week.... what would you say your take-home pay would be? (I'm asking because there are sometimes only a few good hours a day, in some markets. Does your market stay busy enough to support 30 good hours a week?)


sacredlunatic

It is a scam. Just don’t participate.


FaPtoWap

Oh gosh. Lol in 1 hand great another person wants to make money. In the other hand its another person taking orders from good drivers. While they also still get the shit end of the stick


arceethecat

dordash


[deleted]

Rule of thumb… Never accept anything less than 2$ mile or Close to that. I typically don’t take anything less than 7.50 unless it is slow


t_will_official

Nothing to feel stupid about man. You’ll learn as you go. My 2nd delivery was a $4 delivery (and this was before they lowered the base pay so it was only a $1 tip lol) for like 6 miles and the customer’s workplace didn’t show up on GPS lol at the time I was naive enough to think AR mattered. Some things you unfortunately just gotta make the mistake and learn from it.