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DO NOT take every order.That is not how you make money. Also HotSpots mean nothing.. So if you got a dash FOR $6 to go 15 miles you are going to take it how dumb. To make money logically delivering you have to cherry pick. AR means nothing. Just go to schedule and schedule blocks ahead of time for the week.
I work at panda express and I have food delivery drivers I see daily and I always try to make their job easier by hurrying up the order or even just making sure everything is completely correct because we both are working for a check.! I do appreciate when drivers tell me they see me working fast because I genuinely am trying for them😂!
I start today. I have high anxiety, low self-esteem, and a fear of messing up. Your step by step video is what I need right now. I thank you for making this.
@@DollarDriverFor having 2 different delivery apps open at the same time, if, in your example, an Uber Eats request pops up. Can't you log out of DoorDash, so you're not bombarded, or would that drop your (AR) Acceptace Rate? Appreciate your insight! ✨️✌️
Just did my first Dash today thanks to you! This video gave me the confidence to give it a try and i did. As an introvert I was in my head all the time but once it was over I realized it wasn’t that hard. ❤❤❤
That is amazing! As a free gift for you getting out there I want to give you free access to Hidden Hotspots! Go ahead and email me at HiddenHotspots.com/contact and mention that you posted on this video! You rock!
@@progdrummer78 Well the thought of me being broke broke gave enough motivation. Anxiety will fade but bills don’t, and few bucks you didn’t have before helps.
I started dashing just a week ago and I'm already at gold status. I just need a few more orders to qualify for the platinum status. I just realized how fortunate I am. I live in a small town, but we have a lot of restaurants within 1 mile of each other on the main street. I live right off this road, so when I get in my car I get orders in less than a minute. I can't even stop, the orders keep coming until I log out.
Been doing the gig hustle in the uk for 2 years now with just eat and deliveroo. This video is excellent as a refresher course and i recommend 👍👍👍👍👍💯. Just stumbled and subscribed today thanks you two!!!
Awesome you will do GREAT! Remember to breath and have fun and be a light out there for people. Just prayed for you! If you need any help or have questions just email me at DollarDriver.org! Let me know how it goes!
I also feel like new drivers get a lot of insentives. My boyfriend recently started dashing and he constantly gets peak pay and challenges. I haven’t seen any since I started five years ago. It’s not fair they should offer it to everyone in that area.
8:47 one thing I would suggest is to inform the customer at that point what you’re doing let them know you’re waiting on there food if it’s not ready 32:00 I jumped the gun lol you mentioned it later in the video One more thing I would suggest is put your phones display autolock to never so your phones not always trying to go dark
Thank you so much for making this video. I am new to door dash and watching this I now know how to correct my mistakes. I am excited about going back out and trying door dashing again .
I do doordash in Wichita falls Texas and I make around 460 a day I start around 1:15 am and get off around 10:30 pm 7 days a week I love working with doordash 🥰
What do you do if a customer leaves you a bad rating because they tracked and noticed you stopping at another restaurant, thereby delaying their order delivery?
It's hard to fix reviews of people they can be very picky and demanding unfortunately. If you delivered on time then you should contact support and let them know the review is invalid due to your delivering on time. This would be what I would do.
I always wondered if you needed to check if the order was correct(looking in bag), but I guess not. So if the order is wrong or something is missing, it’s on the food establishments, not the driver.
🤔...Why do you stop your miles before getting back home? I'm about to start Dashing for the first time tomorrow and this has me a little confused. Anywhere you dive for business purposes should count as a mileage deduction. As far as I know the only business driving you cannot count is driving from your home to your primary office. For pretty much all gig workers your home is your primary office AKA your official business address. As in the fixed location where you perform administrative task associated with your Dashing business, keep supplies, equipment and records for that business. So driving mileage from your home to where you start Dashing and from where you stop Dashing back to your home should all be deductible mileage.
@@DollarDriver thankyou for answering back so specifically! This is so wonderful. I will most probably land in LA. So, wanted to know if there's enough business in LA for new legal immigrants so that they could earn enough to have a respectable life based on income through Doordash or other food delivery platforms?
While driving on the maps if you look at the top in dark green banner the arrow will be showing you what your next turn will be be right or left or which lane you need to be in for your next turn and how for away it is
When I door dashed in Queens, NY I did not accept orders from fast food restaurants because I could make so much more when I would pick up orders from regular restaurants. and in Queens we have so many restaurants of every different ethnic food.
Great advice! If you know of specialty or expensive restaurants that do delivery those are great to get orders from if you can. Love the variety of food in NY!
How does that effect your approval rating? Mine dropped a lot. And does it matter? I'm new and I was told to accept all orders or else I would continue to get low ball orders.
Yes it’s sad but they push bad orders to you and if you reject your acceptance rate goes down. You should never have to accept a bad order and get penalized!
Do not accept orders what do not pay 2 dollars per mile. Example: if you have an order for 5 miles away do not accept unless the tip for the order is at least 10 dollar tip.
I agree that is how it should be, but almost All my orders, about 90%, are from cheap tippers. I only have 30 deliveries under my belt, and It's pretty ridiculous how low some people tip. Yes, we need the money, but to say we need it so we'll work for less than minimum wage to get it? it's going towards gas too, and if dashers declined the cheap tipper orders ( and DD is kinder with approval rating "punishment") it would teach the cheap tippers that they won't get their food unless they have a little more respect for the delivery driver. I'm driving 5-10 miles for a $2 - $2.50 tips just to keep my approval rating . It's not fair that Doordash lets us newbies get screwed. I really hope it improves. I can't afford to only make $10-$13 an hr, and that's what I'm averaging Before I deduct my gas.
How's your approval rating?? I did that for one day on a 3 hr shift, declined a $6 order 13 mile trip and 2 more similar, and my rating dropped to 62% 😮 So now I'm back to driving far for cheap tippers.
I'm new, still waiting for approval. I'm guessing my background check, but on my app, it says start dashing? Do we get red door dasher bags? Some pizza places, require a pizza bag, don't they?
Once they approve you you are good to go. You don’t need the DoorDash bag but you need an insulated bag. If you get a big enough one you can use it for pizza which is what I do. I got mine from Costco.
@@DollarDriver I applied but I'm on the waiting list. It seems the more we check in the more chances we have to continue our application they don't contact us. Any tips on how I can get hired faster.
@@DollarDriver I’d you want to do this for a long time. Walmart sells a collapsible wagon and people love it and he thinks that it looks is so good that the tips are better.
I watched the video. It gave me a lot of info and tips. I’m still scared. I think I’ll call my friend to go on my 1st run w/me. In my defense- “I’m old!” Never thought I’d say that. Laugh out loud. “I got this!”
i'm not good at directions like figuring out if one order from doordash is close to the order from ubereats that's y i can't do multiapps...if i get order from one i turn the other one off😢
Good teaching. At this point i pretty much know fives cities like the back of my hand. Familiarize yourself with the main roads, a lot of times you can get better timing. Chipotle and panda always good orders
Thanks for the kind words! Yes Chipotle and Panda area always solid! Also I have found any popular places with only a few locations tend to be hubs of orders for people who don't want to commute to those locations.
Awesome! You can do this! I install gridwise so I can track the time and mileage I spend driving. This way you can use this at the end of the year for taxes if you want and it also helps me know what my hourly rate is, etc. after a full day.
If this happens then you should contact Doordash support ASAP. Some places do check for verification but many do not, especially those who just put the orders out for others to get.
People do but what I want to do is always treat people the way I want to be treated. So I would want my food as hot as possible on delivery do that's why I use an insulated bag. If you sign up for Doordash many times they send you a free one, it's small but good. I also got my bags from Costco and I think there are a lot on Amazon as well. Hope this helps!
Im confused about the pay,so if i get an order thats $6.00,after i deliver it ,is that my pay the $6.00? Im really cobfused or do i get $15.00. Hr and get paid at end of day?
Some states and cities offer work per hour. You will see it as an option. If not then you see the amount including tip you are estimated to receive. Hope this helps!
It's nice to track how much you are driving, how long you are driving for etc. to help make sure you are not spending too much on gas or wear on your vehicle.
Doordash usually gives you one but Anna had not received it yet. I have coolers myself so you can use approved ones as well. Doordash provided coolers are pretty small so I would suggest getting a bigger one.
It’s not heavy for food. For other apps where you may need to shop I use a nice portable dolly. So you can not select heavy orders in most apps so you don’t have to carry heavy things.
Hello! I have a 2022 Ford SUV, is this good to doordash with because of gas useage? Like for every $100 I earn, I have to sped about $50 for full tank of gas thanks! 😮
That’s pretty tough. I would optimize for very short distances in high density areas to save on gas? Also if you make enough you could buy a car with a lot better gas mileage. Keep me posted!
It's so true but many people don't have any options especially with the tough job market out there. I would advise having multiple apps and switching between them to see which is best in your market. Also holidays and rainy days, etc. are good for most apps.
@@DollarDriver Every day tell my kiddo comes this weekend. Then my fire command and Fire protection classes start the 25th . So she gets to take back the downtown area LOL.
You are not supposed to have to do the drinks. That's THEIR JOB to have it already done and put in a drink holder and a bag. They're supposed to have everything ready for you.
@@DollarDriver It's THEIR JOB. Report them to UBER and DOOR DASH. They are the ones who handle all food and drinks. Not the drivers. We can't even wash our hands. They're supposed to be wearing gloves and packing clean and sanitized food products in a sealed bag.. We are not supposed to open bags and inspect food either. All we are supposed to do is pick up the prepackaged food and drinks all ready for us and deliver to the customer. No loose unbagged items on the ground. Especially drinks that spill all over our cars.
Yeah, I prefer not making the dasher come find me in a building lolz. Like get off your ass and meet at entrance. Heck just walk up to their car window. Like a boss
In this area the Doordash is not too great so we need to take a lot of orders especially when training. Also when you reject an order it lowers your acceptance rate and for Doordash this is a bigger deal than Uber Eats.
@@DollarDriver Understood. I've completed 4.6K orders to date. I reject no-tip and backward offers. Despite that, I maintain my acceptance rate above 70% and am a platinum dasher in the Dasher Rewards program. I think the key to my success is that DoorDash has prioritized me for shop-and-deliver orders.
Thanks for this very informative video! You did great Anna!! I do have one question that I hope you can answer. When you are doing delivery work, do I need any special or additional car insurance when I'm doing this type of work? Please let me know if you have any additional insight on this. Thank you both so very much!! 😊
Thanks so much and I will tell Anna you said she did great! I am using USAA and many car insurance companies offer a rider for those doing food delivery. You should call and ask your car insurance company about a food delivery rider, if you get stuck just let me know. Also if you have any more questions or want me to make more how to, step by step videos please leave a comment or email me at dollardriver.org.
@@DollarDriver Thanks for your reply and I may look into USAA. I was told Progressive may also have additional insurance for gig workers. I live in the Bay Area and I have a friend that encouraged me to sign up for DoorDash as this is by a busy area. I will be signing up this week but I may be placed on a wait list? My name is Jim and thanks for providing me with your email address as I may be reaching out to you for additional information. I'll be starting out just like Anna was doing and I hope I can have a great first day like she did!! Thanks so much again for your reply!!
@@fenway2K4 Awesome! If you have any questions just let me know! Many times people are placed on Waitlists so make sure to sign up for Uber Eats and Grubhub, Instacart as well as Spark and any other gig apps you may be interested in.
Yes I normally keep it in the bag until I drop it off at the door or hand it to the customer to keep it as warm as possible for as long as possible :). Plus it makes it easy to carry when there are multiple bags of food or drinks.
