4 Things to Avoid w/ Doordash Pay By Hour aka Earn by Time 2024

[@dannydlowbikertv]

I see absolutely zero incentive to pay by hour. One thing that really has me angry, is how I've been demoted from platinum to gold. If I have to schedule time to dash, I might as well get a side job. Rather then support Doordash. Just my opinion.

[@untoldtales8300]

Earn by time is so odd to me. You would think that it would be best for long distance orders, since they take the most time, but nearly half of that time is the return trip, which you don't get paid for. So ironically, it's most worth it for short distance orders (or orders that have a high likelihood of a return order, but those are pretty rare in my experience). It's just not worth it in my opinion, at least how it works currently.

[@whispr_2ME]

The limiting factors on short runs for time efficiency are really restaurant wait times, finding the customer, and minor delays like parking or walking to and from the restaurant. It makes total sense that driving 10-15 minutes back for free wouldn't be efficient.

[@BộlạcbắccộngBộlạcbắccộng]

Yes...its cheated me

[@tommyrat]

I tried it twice and never did it ever again. It’s a low ball effort by doordash

[@MichelleJaneofAllTrades]

I traveled 23 miles one way to get a merer 6 dollars for the trip and then there was the drive home. soooo 6 dollars for about 45 minutes! I am so thankful I dash for free. and that's all our hourly pay is ever about here.

[@jocelyntimothe6763]

Wait at the restaurant minus the drop time, if the customer is 15 minutes away from the restaurant wait 45minutes before dropping it, I use Siri tell her setup a timer as I receive & accept order for 1h, another timer to the customer, make sure you fully arrive at the restaurant, DoorDash can report you violation late arrival, if you don’t show up at that location accordingly.

[@shaylastubbs7370]

I have done earn by time late night due to long wait times at the drive through this is helpful.

[@wildorcid1]

You can get catering jobs by time. If you are near a restaurant that needs a catering bag and DD knows you have one. You can get a offer. I've gotten many of them. Gotten 3 in one night 2 seperate times.

[@johnwylie6700]

It’s seems like DD is just throwing a bunch of 💩💩💩at the wall to see what sticks instead of simply paying people enough money to make dashing worth their time 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@myappealinglife]

In my experience earn by time is a good way to raise your acceptance rate, I did it for a week for 90 hrs to get a larger sample size and I didn't find it to be that beneficial.

[@aldricboyce8870]

Exactly I be declining all month then do earn by time half day for a week a boom 70%

[@myappealinglife]

@@aldricboyce8870 That's the way to do it!

[@Livingmydreammm]

How did you make it through it??? I went through HELLLLLLLL accepting no tips to low orders my first time in three years. I am just crying and delivering..... so sad I did a great job for door dash and they let me down. This last week I cried delivering. Door dash let me down.

[@myappealinglife]

@@Livingmydreammm 🤣 yeah it was brutal I still don't know I managed to pull that one off.

[@jcbbb]

@@Livingmydreammm You know most people don't be crying when doin something simple as delivery drivin... If you just finished your 2 week underground coal mining training and was bout to start your first shift maybe lol

[@danpowell9803]

Subscribed, great advice and thank you ou

[@umass98]

The 2 times i did EBT it took me out if zone and then on the second order it went 2 more zones away. Both with no tip

[@onekingentertainment]

I did earn by time once and the orders came fast wasn’t a long wait in between orders but it took a long time to hit my daily goal and they kept giving me two orders at once and the pay for it was bad. Never gonna do it again lol.

[@Sos4R4y]

We just switched over to the tier system and I went from 15 to 18 an hour on pay by time to 10 to 15 (if I'm lucky). I've been top dasher for almost a year straight and now am platinum status. If I'm on pay per order, I get 50 cents / mile offers constantly. This sucks terribly. Switched to pay per order for 2 days and dropped from 93 percent ar to 80 percent. 7 hour days.

[@Rude4eyez]

I noticed you stop posting. All the past videos of great advice is of no use now because of the new system. Thanks and all the best to ya

[@MichelleJaneofAllTrades]

yeah all the old videos are totally pointless now. Thanks for saying it!

[@chigrashark5592]

He probably got deactivated

[@jonathanstraiton4601]

In my experience, earn by time is horrible. I end up getting stuck with most of the crappy non-tip orders. So basically I just end up making around the bare minimum they guarantee. It may be different if you live in a very affluent city though (aka frequent big tippers). If not, just stick to earn by order IMO.

[@cameo668]

You do get peak pay with EBT, and DD assumes you can do two orders per hour. So they basically just double the peak pay and add that to your EBT pay rate. I had a $5 peak pay for a few hours a couple weeks back and got $16/active hour...and five orders.

[@alajononon]

I had 22/hr on a Saturday after midnight. I kept getting long wait times and just happily sat there.

[@Enigma1788]

@@alajonononThat's actually where EBT shines. If there is a particular day/time in your market where you can use it to your advantage, then do so. In my market, 11:30 PM to about 1 or 2 AM tends to get peak pay. As the only things open at that time are fast food places with long drive through waits, it's a pretty simple way to make stupidly easy money, especially if peak pay is pushing things into the $17-$20 an hour range.

[@tamarah8092]

Sad that someone would be happy to make $16 per hour, and that's before deducting gas...

[@gamermailbox6332]

When I started DoorDash, bout a year ago, pay by hour was my jam. Made more money then I needed, then something happen like week two...the orders got low...real low. I had no choice but pay by order, I think they broke the mileage part of it.

[@robbman2007]

Hey Bentley Don't know how much if at all you communicate with DD but I have a beef. I am not asking for money but I asking that they start to recognize Dashers when they do something special or unique. I recently hit 25000 deliveries and DD over a week out has not done anything to acknowledge that. I do this for my own reasons but hey come on they should at least acknowledge drivers even if its only with a ATABOY email. The last time I remember getting congratulated for anything was 2K deliveries. Just think they could do simple things that would boost the moral of dirvers. IE if you get back to 5.O it should be acknowledged. These things aren't why I dash but I like to get these type of things also. Thanks Mike Robb

[@doughdash]

I agree!! ❤❤❤ That’s INCREDIBLE!!!

[@КапитанКопейкин-ф8ю]

Dirvers 🤣 Why do you need somebody else to tell you what you already know...

[@alext809-z9m]

Where are you been at Bro? Haven’t seen you in a while. How’s dashing going?

[@parisbaxter4996]

He doesn’t dash lol

[@alext809-z9m]

@@parisbaxter4996 what do you mean he doesn’t dash he got fired he got deactivated he going back to a 9 to 5 job

[@parisbaxter4996]

@@alext809-z9mexactly my point lol he doesn’t dash

[@lenorepeay4444]

WHERE ARE YOU NOW? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? WHY NO MORE VIDEOS? ARE YOU OK? PLEASE LET ME KNOW.😢

[@imthecreatorofmyrealitymyf700]

Yes I’m ok. I live in Brazil now. Thanks for asking

[@TheHybridHustler]

Had a catering order today (actual catering order) on EBT this morning. I had it while on my LIVE stream. Very first order of the morning. Paid $30 going 1 mile. Great video!

[@tonybrown5885]

This is off video topic, but figured I'd ask anyway. My wife and I mixed w2 with 1099 for years and we have our kids as dependents so there were no need to set money aside for taxes. Now we are both 1099 workers full time. My question is, besides your everyday gas cost, do you set aside money for your car's depreciation after each work week + 30% for IRS OR is that 30% for the IRS already includes depreciation and other car maintenance?

[@ketojim5392]

Good morning love your videos they are very informative and has helped me out a great deal. I just have a little info on ebt in my area I know it differs per area but our ebt rate range $14.50 to $15 per hour. My experience if it say $14.50 when I log on I always get $15 I been doing ebt for about a month and my earnings have increased tremendously I never set anymore.

[@gardeningwithjeffrey]

Mr. Bentley. Me and my wife just started about a week ago. July 22 2024. We are at 54 orders right now. And we got a message about cash on delivery. Is this a good thing or not. Thank u for all your help. Love your videos. We are in Thomasville NC.

[@Sabrinajeromej]

Don't do it!!!!!

[@audreynicholson3066]

Where I'm at, DD gives two declines per hour (or active hour, not sure which), & I have received catering orders while in Earn By Time mode. Seems to be different for different areas.

[@aknudsen93]

I just found your channel and am a teacher on summer break. I am looking into doing Door Dash to earn extra money this summer. My question is about phone numbers and privacy. I've ordered Door Dash and messaged the dasher about my location. Do you need to provide a 2nd phone number or is your personal phone number kept private? Thanks!

[@mschari1484]

Phone numbers are private for both the driver and the customer. It works the same way google voice works for the drive. The app gives you a phone number to call threw to the customer

[@CommodoreBlitzTheOriginal]

I almost always only do ebt, this avoids all the $2 deliveries and all my deliveries are $5-8 or higher (but today i got a good set 6 stacked orders in a row each further then the last distance wise i made about $80 in 4.5 hours....60 miles drove) but...if i get a corporate delivery (say a advance auto part delivery for example) tips arnt allowed on those and i almost always loose money on those as most of the time the deliveries go to a garage which is under a mile....and ebt means almost no pay for that amount of time.....i turn those down but alot of times 2 or more show up in a row.....so in my opinion ebt is more reliable pay but its far from perfect.i currently have a 80% acceptance rate and a 99% completion rate and a 4.89 customer rating.

[@parisbaxter4996]

DoorDash bot 😂

[@doughdash]

You got the hewl outta dodge!! 😅😅

[@B-RY556]

1:05 in Seattle you can decline 2 orders in hour

[@TheBeaver50]

Guys he’s a salesman in real life. He sells insurance . He got pimped out by DoorDash for a long time and then disappeared . He was definitely working for DoorDash for sometime

[@DariusMarty]

Is there any cities in California that do ebt? Support page doesn’t have a list like they do with dasher rewards program

[@sharky2675]

no, california has prop 22

[@aldricboyce8870]

I’ve done catering order earn by time

[@mikemorgan2823]

I have been mostly doing pay by time I have been getting catering orders but lower tips

[@xozxozxoz]

First he said he never would partner or get paid by DD. Then DD sent us all the email (with his photo in it) saying to follow this dude for tips on how to take garbage orders . Lastly he went Ghost…after telling us to take 2-4 dollar orders. Tony done paid him some hush hush money. 😂

[@parisbaxter4996]

DD took him off of their payroll hence why he doesn’t upload any longer. Karma 😁

[@tigeabenton2174]

He helped me a lot. Take those order ONLY if it’s within the miles. I always take the first bullsht order sent to me. After drop off I get a big dollar order

[@deriusbrown25]

​@@parisbaxter4996Really

[@bigcdadon30]

Lol this dude whole channel was a paid promotion from the start

[@Ottobon]

I've seen Large Orders on EBT, multiple times, is this a change to it?

[@Silverbackugx]

Bentley is it true that you can not doordash on an ebike in NC?

[@jbschachter3802]

Why don't you tell them to stop giving one base pay for a double order how about that

[@parisbaxter4996]

He’s paid by DD he’ll never acknowledge that lol

[@chigrashark5592]

He used to be honest

[@GigTube]

where'd you go?

[@neilfitzpatrick5549]

What the hell happened to Bentley?? Hope all is ok??? ❤

[@imthecreatorofmyrealitymyf700]

@@neilfitzpatrick5549he died

[@lauracarnegie440]

Hi Bentley I want to know how to get on to catering orders

[@roomshaka]

Yea ask Bentley he has all the answers. This dude is a plant for door dash he's on there payroll

[@jbschachter3802]

Just be honest with us they are screwing us when they're doing that that's all stop trying to sugarcoat stuff

[@lilmike19851]

Can you make a video how to handle alcohol orders and what to do if somebody is toxicated how do we response

[@rigoyt6276]

Give them folks what they paid for. That shouldn’t be your business. If you feel that much of a concern, either you stop delivering alcohol orders or call the police if they putting life’s at risk after you gave them their order. Simple.

[@simplytee123]

@@rigoyt6276 and @lilmike19851 unfortunately, this is the wrong answer. It is UNLAWFUL to do this and it is stated in DoorDash is help center. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Preventing Delivery to Intoxicated Customers It's illegal to serve someone alcohol who is already intoxicated. The law requires that alcohol SHOULD NOT be delivered to a consumer who appears to be intoxicated with any substance (such as alcohol or cannabis, for example). 👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽 Be sure to follow the law. If a delivery person makes an illegal alcohol delivery, they may be personally liable. Fines or jail time can be issued to you by government authorities, and individuals may bring lawsuits against a delivery person to recover damages for personal injury or property. 👮🏽

[@Mdxfiend]

​@@rigoyt6276Lmao uea I'm not getting in between a drunk and his booze for $5. Not worth it. Just give it to them who cares.

[@reaper3509]

Is the link in the description to join doordash come with the first 150 orders round up to $1500 thing?

[@timroden6617]

I have done catering orders on earn by time but it didn't pay as well as I would have made on earn by order. the $8 order became $4.50.

[@texasgina]

Is there anybody who can help me? I started DoorDash about a month ago and I'm a top dasher I have a five star rating but at the beginning of February I had pneumonia and I'm an asthmatic and over the weekend I had a really bad asthma attack climbing to a third story apartment and it scared me and I don't want to have to climb three or more flights of stairs anymore. So is there any way I can avoid that? And how do I find out ahead of time if someone lives in a three story building? Or can I call DoorDash and ask them not to send me orders in three-story buildings without an elevator?

[@VictoriaReadsReddit]

Employers only need to make reasonable accommodations. Nit being able to physically deliver orders isn't a reasonable accommodation. Go find another job. So tired of all these disabled drivers

[@simplytee123]

@@VictoriaReadsReddit DoorDash considers its delivery drivers, or “Dashers”, to be independent contractors, not employees. This means that Dashers are self-employed and provide services to DoorDash as their OWN business, rather than working for an employer and receiving a paycheck. Therefore, @texasgina could make her OWN accommodations, including, avoiding three or more flights of stairs. 😉 Dismissing someone simply because they need accommodations can come across as insensitive. Many independent contractors with disabilities can perform their duties effectively with some adjustments. Instead of focusing on limitations, we should encourage a more inclusive approach where everyone can contribute and succeed. Let’s promote understanding and support for all workers, including those with disabilities, rather than pushing them aside. 😇🤗

[@simplytee123]

Hey there @texasgina! Sorry to hear about your health challenges. It’s great that you’re a top dasher with a five-star rating! Here are a few suggestions that might help: 1. Communicate with Support: Contact DoorDash support and explain your situation. They may be able to flag your account with a note about your preference to avoid deliveries to high floors without elevators. 2. Pre-Delivery Communication: Once you receive an order, you can message the customer to ask if there’s an elevator or if their unit is on a high floor. Most customers will understand if you explain your situation. 3. Decline Orders: If you arrive at a location and find it has multiple flights of stairs, you can inform the customer and DoorDash support. They may reassign the order without penalizing you, given your health condition. 4. Strategize Your Shifts: Focus on delivering in areas with more single-story homes or buildings with elevators. This might require some trial and error to find the best zones. 5. Look for Visual Cues: Sometimes, the map and address details in the app can give you a hint if the delivery is in a complex with multiple floors. You could try to become familiar with the buildings in your delivery area. I hope these tips help, and take care of your health! 😊

[@simplytee123]

BY THE WAY If the apartment/condo complex have multiple buildings with multiple floors then: Unit 2316 often means Building 23, Unit 16 (1st Floor) or Building 2, Unit 316 (3rd floor) The first number of an apt/condo usually indicates the floor level of the building. For example: Unit 16 is located on the first floor. Unit 316 is located on the third floor. Unit 1316 often means either 3rd floor or 13th floor, depending on the number of floors in the building. Good luck with everything! ☺️

[@OverTheSevenSeas]

Is your door dash invitation code still valid? Does a new Dasher still receive the signing up bonus after the first 100 deliveries ?

[@deshawnreal1690]

EBT…🤣🤣Made 250 in 8 hours EBO

[@combomfsomos5271]

ebt ain’t for everyone 😂

[@wadegordon]

It ain't for ANYBODY!! 😢

[@combomfsomos5271]

@@wadegordon 😂

[@ATouchofElegance]

True

[@DashingandPrancing]

I got two catering orders using earn by time and I have the screenshots to prove it. It said it was through deliver that on door dash paid like 💩 for both of them smh

[@losmos2945]

When u do earn by time and u decline more than 1 orders in a hour and that area is no longer busy u lose the rest of your shift! Pure garbage!!!!!!!!

[@Jade.123]

Thank you so much

[@TheHistoryCode125]

Let's be real, the video is mostly fluff without much substance. The so-called "4 things to avoid" are just common sense aspects of DoorDash's Earn by Time feature. It boils down to this: you get paid for active delivery time, not idle time between orders. Declining more than one order per hour kicks you out of Earn by Time. Priority access and large orders don't exist in this mode. And finally, the pay rate varies by time and location, sometimes including peak pay. The video doesn't expose the real downsides of Earn by Time, like potentially lower overall earnings compared to the traditional pay-per-order model or the lack of control over which orders you accept. So, before jumping into Earn by Time, do your research and consider if it's truly the best fit for your earning goals.

[@wesleyisballin3014]

Bro js trynna make a video hop off

[@laurenr5095]

I stopped following this guy after he started beef with Megan Risman and he finally admitted to being a door dash shill. Came back and now see he's gone. I guess he realized people finally caught on to his b.s. 😂

[@magamaga1827]

say what you want, but during covid this guys got me $1000 for free by applying to the SBA loans that were out there for gig workers. he literally put money in my pocket.

[@bebless7043]

If they remove it how can you restore it back

[@rehtuluv]

This is the guy who told us to take the trash orders so the algo will send you good orders. That was 🧢

[@parisbaxter4996]

That’s right and he just vanished without any explanation lmao he messed up a lot of peoples lives.

[@neilfitzpatrick5549]

@@parisbaxter4996 "messed up a lot of peoples lives" OMG so bloody melodramatic. What the F have you ever done numb nuts? lol

[@tigeabenton2174]

@@parisbaxter4996 Lol. Lives??? That’s a bit dramatic. For one… know your zone. If you have a crappy zone then you’re doomed. It worked for me. I deny 2 trashy orders then the next two or three are high paying.

[@Forevershawn]

That is somewhat true the higher your acceptance rate the higher chances DD will send you those high paying orders it worked for me once i hit 90% i was getting the best orders back to back

[@rehtuluv]

@@Forevershawn Nah tier system only works in smaller areas. Are you still platinum?

[@James-u6u1t]

Keep doing what you do man by applying some of your strategies in my market I am killing it out here

[@chigrashark5592]

I've noticed your videos now are more to the new Dashers because you know that doordash screwed over the old Dashers when they changed their system. All the advice you ever gave in any of your videos is now obsolete and dashing just sucks

[@parisbaxter4996]

Yep and he knows this hence why he quit posting.

[@HenryMakes]

I’m a new dasher, what happened?

[@TheBeaver50]

@@parisbaxter4996 yeah this guy quit posting months ago. I think we can all see that DoorDash is going downhill, especially for experienced drivers.

[@chigrashark5592]

@@nikki447 I was talking about his older videos and also just a word of advice be very careful with earn by time, doordash has been deactivating a lot of dashers who primarily do earn by time and once they deactivate you it is pretty much impossible to get your account back I've only heard of one person getting their account back ever and I've been dashing for 6 and 1/2 years

[@Jade.123]

I hear you!

[@GigTax]

It's been a while...

[@Doordashbots]

Are you an instacart or doordash driver spark or ubereats driver send a DM not to get the bot thats helps you earn more in the platform by working less hours let the platform work for you do not work for the platform

[@michellecoble4250]

Thank you Bentley

[@DoordashDiaries]

🙏🏾

[@HeidiBeck-km9cu]

thank you I was wondering about this topic!!!!

[@roomshaka]

This dude dont even dash ..he gets oaid off of youtube

[@parisbaxter4996]

Yep and DoorDash pays him to keep these sheep blinded by his lies

[@roomshaka]

@@parisbaxter4996 Absolutely..he's a goof ball.

[@calmrelax1799]

This dude is a fraud he told us maybe four years ago had to get the best money I don't do it as he used to say forget what do they say now you want us to do everything the door dash say