DoorDash Dasher: How To Select Orders (2022)

[@YourDriverMike]

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[@kittykatcongregation]

Mike, I need to hear you say you are not a CPA again before you tell these people what is and is not a write off. The tax code is not black and white by any means. I love that you take the time to help people understand how to work as efficient as possible and I respect it! But even your pay is determined by BS opaque algorithms and inconsistent pay structures. Therefore, every driver is responsible for every spec of their data which builds their specific annual income statements, cashflow statements, & balance sheets. And even gathering this data to then plug in and calculate takes more time than most people have ...oh and patience to understand is an uphill battle in itself. Gig workers are not covered under a # of state and/or federal employment & labor laws like employees are. However, they do have more flexibility with their taxes but the downside can be that with more power comes more responsibilities. I know you mean well in guiding fellow gig workers but maybe dive deeper into that area before handing out blunt tax advice then saying "now I'm not a CPA but typically" ...Not only is our current workforce climate changing rapidly, the gig economy and these platforms running it are not typical. Unions are typical. Paystubs that are transparent are typical. Consider it.

[@lkrause74]

I havent seen daytime peak pay in my area (Elk Grove CA) for over a year. Peak pay here is generally from midnight to 5 am and 5pm to 9pm or 12 am. Miss peak pay!

[@cemathews3068]

Is android different from iPhone. I never see destination until accepting order

[@chamber5124]

@@cemathews3068 I was wondering the same thing. I don't see the destination either until after I have accepted an order. I really don't like that.

[@SteimieStinker]

@@cemathews3068 it is different. When your order pops up you have 30 seconds to look at your map. Find where you are, locate restaurant and then find where it is to be delivered. Although doesn't give an address til you actually confirm order, you will get a rough idea how far delivery will be.

[@mtbiker4life918]

I live in a great area that has variety. That said, the fast $$ I get are the McDonald's orders that typically are 7- 12 dollar orders under 6 miles. I take them everytime. I'm right around $30 per hour. 1700- 2k per week, my goal is $ 300 per day so I work a 10 hour day. My wait time I do a ton of reading. I dropped corporate America and couldn't be happier. Best advice, take care of yourself ( eat right, and exercise) before you serve others. Lastly...it's just food. Don't stress about it. Have fun.

[@buckybarnes3803]

Do you cherry pick and refuse tiny orders?

[@mtbiker4life918]

@@buckybarnes3803 all the time. When ever a low order or $3 comes in I refuse it. Shortly after a $6 comes in at the same distance. I can't help but think...I'd be running the 3 if I took it. I just hit the employees of the month status. I average 1k per week and work wed -,Sunday.

[@viajerozz]

I'm new at this but from I have seen the McDonalds orders are the worst. Low pay, long wait for the order to be prepared and crappy service with lots of confused stares by their employees. Might improve over time tho I dunno.

[@mtbiker4life918]

@@viajerozz I hear you, it's got to be the area you're in. The places I go to a very quik like chipotle always have the order ready to grab. Taco bell usually takes awhile because it's mainly drive thru with long wait times. I also work 12 hours days wed- Sunday starting at 7am. I shoot for $200 a day. My advice is don't be greedy with just expecting high paying orders, and find another side hustle if things get slow. This gig is getting me out of debt and my vehicle will be paid off in full by April. Just stay with it and just remember to be patient.

[@vickig93]

@@viajerozz all my McDonald’s orders didn’t tip me yesterday 😔

[@jacobcutrer]

I don’t even look at the delivery time because sometimes the restaurants take too long. I just avoid the slow restaurants all together. Also it’s so funny lots of $4-5 for 2 miles nobody takes and 99% of the time they are ready to go.

[@odeswx]

True. I've taken plenty of them from McDonald's after 10 pm. Yes they're ready but the drive thru times are extreme most of the time

[@cherylhaberland5633]

I cant get $25 hr here in my market. I actually do take the low mileage McDonald's orders because they are ready, until more business comes my way.

[@skyl4rk]

Small town, slow market. Minimum dash amount: $5. Minimum dollars per mile as shown on app: $2. Maximum miles: 5 miles during rush. Some restaurants are blacklisted for slow service.

[@Light00000]

Blacklists are a must🤣👏👏👏

[@richeyrich2203]

Sounds like a good market! Small towns with good infrastructure are the best. I can’t imagine all the miles it would take driving in a big city…

[@dgatkinson98686]

I live in a smaller town (20k). Our next bigger town is 40 minutes to the NorthEast (100k). We have drivers that come SW to our smaller town cause it auto limits the order distance and simplifies the game. Sometimes I go NE cause they have much more order volume. Once you know how to calculate dollars per mile on an order, it makes the larger markets more lucrative in my experience.

[@danielwilkinson1019]

My minimum is $1/mile. If I’m any more strict in my marketplace, I’ll be sitting around forever doing nothing.

[@GwenISayJump]

@Pir8life I recommend changing your minimum payout before accepting to $6.50! That's when those big tippers start showing up, hidden behind the "maxed out" doordash number.

[@VivianWynter]

@@GwenISayJump how does one do that? I checked everywhere in my app

[@dmanstarr]

She meant not to accept orders below that. However, that would depend on your market, so it’s useless advice.

[@jacobstringfellow9718]

@@GwenISayJump dumb to take that order, if you drove 6 miles you probably are out of your zone and won't get an order til you drive back. That means you aren't getting a dollar a mile, and if you drive back to the place you started that's 12 miles for 6.50. Don't be a fool. Always double the miles vs the money before you accept

[@waynesmith6393]

My market isn't as good as this poster... Mines 1.40-2 dollars a mile... Incredibly rare to do anything more than that

[@NurseBeeB]

I just started yesterday I’ve been accepting all orders 😂

[@butchsprout5725]

The $14.50 order you were talking about all depends on the delivery route and what restaurant I'm going to for me 7.6 miles. I always look at where I have to go. If there are more lights and busier traffic I wouldn't accept it. Not when I can decline that order and accept a 8-10 dollar order for 3-4 miles that I know I can get to quickly then accept another order for another 6-9 dollar one for 3-4 miles. The route of the order and the restaurant I'm going to is a priority for me. I know what restaurants are slow and fast pick ups. The quicker delivery is the best option in my opinion. I did a 11 mile delivery for 16 dollars. The restaurant was right off the freeway and the drop off was less than a mile off the freeway. Took 25 minutes from the time I accepted the order till I dropped it off. I was out today for 10 hours and made 239 dollars. That's about my average. I work 7 days a week.

[@patflaherty307]

Absolutely,, I once did four Chick-fil-A orders all between 6:25 and 675 in 1 hour and made 25 plus,, I'll do those all day and they were all a mile away..

[@ZachAtaxx]

Did that 11 mile drive take you to a different zone? Or did you drive that same 11 miles back down the highway to get back to your initial zone? Because from my understanding if I took that and decided to drive back down to wherever I picked up the order in the first place, then I’m basically wasting gas / working for free at that point unless I zone hopped into whatever the new zone is at drop off which is kind of a 50/50 chance that the new zone could suck balls.

[@yangyangstruckerlife8582]

Same here, I started 2021, tried many different zones, there are really no such busy zone. I don’t trust that busy zone thing anymore. I will take orders eventually less than what I expected so I won’t be empty miles especially heading home way.

[@butchsprout5725]

@@ZachAtaxx that did take me out of my zone about 5 miles. . The trip to the house though was only. 10 mins. The other 15 was getting to the store and waiting. It took me about 10 mins to get back to my hotspot and received another order soon as I got back to my hotspot My point is that 35 mins I made 16 dollar's. My goal is 20-25 an hour. Just because you go out of your zone doesn't mean you shouldn't do them. Like I said quick routes are the best. My route coming back was the freeway. Where I can do 75 mph. Now if my route wasn't the freeway for that 11 mile trip. And it was taking me 5 miles out of my zone I wouldn't have accepted it. Don't see how you think you or I, for that matter worked for free just because you have to drive back to your zone. You are getting paid to deliver someone's order. I got paid 16 dollar's for 35 mins of work. Where I come from that's pretty good. Especially if it's only having to drive someone's order to them.

[@dgatkinson98686]

But how many hours were you actually driving, vs your next favorite in-car activity?

[@Superman_305]

Well one thing I learned real quick is if you see an order with a small payout on uber eats and you aren't going to take it just let the timer expire don't even bother hitting decline or the x button which ever one it is because if you try to hit the decline button it will accept the order instead. So, rule of thumb just let the timer expire on low payout orders and decline them that way.

[@kimberlywinters8945]

That's what I do ..an plus it wont Affect your Acceptance rate⚘

[@davepowell3001]

Thanks Mike! I really enjoy your videos! I dash in the southwest parts of Kansas City! One point that really stands out when watching so many DD videos is if I were to only accept dollar per mile orders totaling $1.75 per mile or more I would be declining 75% of the orders coming in. And I’m dashing in a well above average income area with large clusters of restaurants. We simply don’t have the population “density” that many other cities do. My acceptance rate with DD is currently 68% and runs up and down from 65-75%. I am currently working on an experiment about the Top Dasher program. I will be a TD after Feb. 2, 2022. I want to track any change in quality of orders and wait times getting orders. Thanks Mike again! Keep up the great videos! Dave

[@JazminZenteno1]

my acceptance rate is 11% for the same reason lmao but i mean if everyone declines bad orders then maybe doordash won't have any other choice but to raise base pay

[@v.4900]

have you seen any difference being top dasher? is it worth it?

[@SteimieStinker]

Lol!

[@Light00000]

If the pay is worth it, I'll make the drive or patiently wait. There is no solid answer other than if its worth the pay.🍻

[@Huey_N]

I’m averaging $25 -$30 an hour in the PNW (Washington). Thanks Mike for your great content.

[@alexbochelmusic]

In Washington DC it’s slower to get around but there are a lot of orders. I rarely accept orders that have a dollar to mile ratio of less than $3 per mile traveled.

[@wueskew169]

Excellent video, Mike, as always. Your gig work videos are consistently the best on KZbin. Shop & Deliver: Granted, I'm not an A+ shopper. In fact, I find it takes me 90 seconds on average to find the customer's product. Factor in drive time/distance to the store, drive time/distance to the customer, and non-shopping time (checkout lane waits, for example) and you can see that Shop & Deliver orders are rarely financially beneficial to accept. I'll only accept them now if a segment of my shift is slow and I want a change of pace (that is, a break from food pickup and delivery).

[@PwnzTube]

I work in the surrounding Pittsburg area and one thing I’m noticing is it’s sometimes rough in the more rural areas to justify the really low pay orders especially when the distance there leaves you miles away from wherever you are camping out waiting for orders. They want higher acceptance rates they should work on incentivizing those orders, atm I think they really on new drivers or people not paying attention to snag the bad ones

[@cwheremonster8870]

I have a good tip from someone that’s actually done over 10,000 orders, unlike most KZbinrs.. you want constant “late order ratings..”. You want he occasional 1 or two star review ? Keep accepting those stacks.

[@cwheremonster8870]

Oh sorry.. I take them as, well. But just know, there a 90% chance that the only late, and less than 5 star review, will come from that stack order. Good times.

[@moonfiend9259]

I do food deliveries for Doordash/Uber Eats/GrubHub around the Twin Cities in MN part time. I did some deliveries in Indianapolis as well around 2019-2020. I don't bother with any orders under 7-9 bucks. I also don't bother with any restaurants that make me wait more than 15 mins. I don't drive in areas that make me nervous or I dislike being in such as downtown. I'm a little rusty with my math. So I reject orders until I get a $7-9+ order that's about equal or more to the total miles I'd be driving. Between the two marketplaces I've delivered in, not only have most restaurants had the orders ready if not 2-3 minutes to wait but its much more busier in the Twin Cities. My best suggestion for sure that follows with your suggestions is know your marketplace and find areas that have the most orders in the apps you'll be delivering for.

[@DashWithAshinCanada]

I got a insane DoorDash order for Walmart last night for 2 drop offs.....98 items pick up for $17.50...Auto reject lol I was shocked. Glad I documented it,

[@johnk9876]

I did my first walmart order wouldn't do it again but it was a double stack around 60 items 9 on 1 and 50 something on the second should 19.50 but made 25 dollars instead but yo it kicked my butt big time had to take multiple trips to the car to go to the house luckily she was generous

[@DashWithAshinCanada]

@@johnk9876 Yeah happy I rejected but keep wondering "What if?" Haha

[@CS-ww3bs]

98 items isn't that bad. Depends wildly but I would have taken that one. I could do it in 30ish minutes if the Walmart isn't slammed. Usually I help the kid load and I'm off. Especially if it's a house, I voice text the person where they would like me to leave their delivery so by the time I get to their (hopefully) house I can drop, ring and go. Around the 2pm-3pm lull I hangout at Walmart. I should say tho one time I got screwed and in those 8 bags of a 100 item order there was like 8 cases of bubbly water. So it felt like I was doing some kind of Spartan race running back and forth to the car.

[@DashWithAshinCanada]

@@CS-ww3bs For the 3 locations, the time to do it and the amount of items, I wasn't going to risk it haha. It's a game of chance sometimes.

[@cezz1105]

I got a Walmart order from DD, 115items for 20.00. I swear I thought it was a joke! Lol

[@miaasf._..132]

i just started doing doordash in the pittsburgh area a few days ago and i'm still getting used to which orders to take. i think it all depends on how much you're willing to drive and like you said thinking about how much you'd be making an hour. another tip i wanna add is, if you're worried about getting lost because directions can be confusing, go straight to an area that you know before pressing dash now. if an order pops up on your screen while you're driving to the hotspot it could take you in a complete different direction and waste a bunch of time

[@delbertcunningham6217]

Just hang in there. Ít will get easyer

[@khabibnurmagomoodov9287]

You should make a video about multiapping. Specifically strategies on using Uber eats and door dash at the same time.

[@DDavis-mi2cg]

That’s how you get deactivated.

[@robroy4452]

@@DDavis-mi2cg it’s not, though. A lot of dashers do it and it’s also stated under the rules that they can’t prevent you from doing it.

[@Eye4eye007]

@@DDavis-mi2cg what? Lol it’s a common thing. You aren’t getting deactivated unless your multiapping causes you to deliver foods late and piss of customers that need their orders urgently, creating poor ratings on DD and too many thumbs down ratings on UE. If you can take orders that are heading the same direction and still deliver efficiently you are 100% fine. All the apps care about is time efficienct service (esp DD) and good customer service.

[@truthmatters7298]

I do both all the time.

[@alladreamwedreamed]

Multiapping is the best way to make money, however I don't like to take orders from 2 platforms at the same time, more often than not there is a hiccup that will affect one or both deliveries. I don't want to risk contract violations for being late or bad ratings/tips.

[@amp2193]

Gonna try DD this weekend. Thanks for the tips.

[@jobcampbell8767]

-I don't dash if the miles are more than the payout -if I'm in a different zone after a dash. Instead of driving to the zone I started out on, I'll end my dash and start on the dash where I'm at currently. (Unless the zone I'm at is slow)

[@kimberlywinters8945]

That's cool I'm trying that thank you

[@Mari-ne4ox]

Being a door dasher here in texas is horrible! The pay for almost every single order is $6.25 or less and usually the miles are way higher than the payout it is ridiculous 😢

[@doreenm7769]

Exactly...I moving in a week thank gdness but I hope it's better in the area I'm moving to. If I stayed here any longer I would definitely end up homeless

[@tailer1933]

Sucks in Beaverton too most of the time

[@ARon82]

I wish we could filter out orders headed to certain areas.

[@M.A.R.V.]

im still new but seeing the potential by knowing what orders to take is so important great vid

[@MadHouseGaming316]

My method seems to be working for me and it's simple. Absolutely under no circumstance take orders under 5$ , and take orders that will pay you .50 cents a minute. I've taken 12$ 0rders that is 12 miles and took me 45 minutes to an hour to complete and I've done 6.75 orders that took me 15 minutes to complete which made me a little over 22$ an hour which for me 20$ an hour is minimal.

[@راييورأيكم-ه2ط]

you got to be kidding me ....are freaking serious ...12 miles for 12$ ...well I guess you got a free car from your parents and definitely got free maintenance, gas , and other expenses....No waaaaaay you ll survive that was for longer than 1-2 yrs max ...you ll be without a car pretty soon or pay for a new one

[@ChimeraReviews2023]

@@راييورأيكم-ه2ط Way to miss his point. Perhaps he doesn’t drive a Tahoe or Expedition? I drive a Nissan and it’s super dependable, super good on gas and super low maintenance. If you’re driving a gas guzzler and trying to make money dashing, best of luck.

[@راييورأيكم-ه2ط]

@@ChimeraReviews2023 u guys just not getting it . ...dashing , delivery BS from these app companies is a waste of your life ...ain t no one gonna live a decent life ...definitely will never ever even dream of getting a decent life where a human being can afford having a family ..... f...k their 5 $ or even their 20$ for the amount of miles and time....not for me ....tried it...it s below the lowest of the lowest paying jobs on all levels ....if there are any true Americans here ....u can do better and u can make a decent living ....start by searching and believe in urself and the world is urz....those app companies are there to suck ur blood , make u believe u r making money , while in reality u r just chasing a fantasy or making urself believe otherwise instead of believing in urself , believing dat u can do better ....good luck to all of u....one life ...remember there is one life ....u will live it up to ur own choices .

[@slavikben1481]

@@ChimeraReviews2023 but still 12mile for 12$ that’s fuktup

[@chrisrhinehart45]

But how do you know the exact total I never know the exact total until completed

[@msv.poindexter3762]

Hey, I'm not waiting in line, I walk up to the window where I can, plus, that order is probably ready for pick up.

[@howieewalt1322]

Does anyone know what 'busy' actually means? I have a theory that it just means there isn't enough dashers for the orders being placed, not necessarily that there are a lot of orders.

[@S.Lethrud]

I have thought so. I also think it's in a specific location it's busy not the whole area.

[@esrealwilleatit8574]

I think it’s a combination of the 2. Lots of orders + not enough Dashers. Then “very busy” definitely not enough dashers

[@evilemoji420]

i am a graveyard shift dasher (12-4am) and yes it is the ratio- not the amount

[@KevinMphotography]

I ask this question whenever I go to this one +5 peaks zone. +5 is very luring, but then I only get two hours per hour and I sit a lot. And that is when I ask, what do they think very busy means lol

[@unknownastroid_2240]

I work midnights I think it means that there are not a lot of dashers and the app it self is dead … no one placing orders it happens a lot around 11:30 where I live ..

[@yacovlevi]

I earn $100 per day form 2 orders. Both from PetsMart. I park up outside at their opening time at 9am. Sometimes I wait 1 hour, sometimes 4 hours but I do always get the jobs as I am right there.

[@ancienttempleofma]

Oooooo that's a good idea

[@chrisrhinehart45]

Do what? How are you getting that off 2 orders everyday?

[@HeavyMetal45]

Waiting 4 hours??? 😂

[@thriftypsgr]

Because of gas prices I lost top dasher. I can’t accept the low orders anymore. I hope this months turns out okay.

[@siegkien]

I worry about losing the top dasher so I have a strategy that keeps me over 70% acceptance. I live in a smaller town. Most deliveries here are 3 miles max. 4 days a week I travel to a larger area which tips better and has lots more orders. So I dash a couple days a week local and take those skinny orders (still over a buck per mile) which keeps my acceptance rate higher so that I can be more selective when I make my money runs to the larger area. I'll be at 82% or so and drop to 74%...then raise it back up in the small area.

[@coasternut3091]

Our problem in my city is distance. It will say it's 9 miles, but that's as the crow flies. It will select restaurants that are close, but not take into account that there is a river with no bridge between the two locations. So what it says should be a 15 minute, 9 mile drive turns into a 45 minute 20 mile drive. Not including having to drive back to your zone afterward

[@Yourengineeringstandpt]

You need to show everyone how to do it and or how far you have to travel if far, you have to travel back so 13 miles would be 26 miles traveling back is alot of time .. Depends on if you want this if you could have a order waiting for you that's awesome and coming back get paid comes back to zone where your working...

[@mortmcfly397]

One cool thing about dash upon arrival is that sometimes you don't have to be in the zone to dash upon arrival. They'll let you start dashing a few miles outside the zone. For some zone. Not all of them just some

[@CrankingItWithJeffToobin]

I live just outside of my zone and I always hit Dash now and wait for a good order to get my dash started

[@chrisrhinehart45]

@@CrankingItWithJeffToobin how do you know your zone

[@RichardRobson93]

So much of these tips I see doesn't apply to my marketplace just cause I'm in such a rural area that everything is pretty far mileage and we just don't have as many people ordering. I do it as a side gig because I've gone days without orders before

[@vicky4291]

I have had 7 orders at once but it was all from petco and drop off to 7 different people it was crazy lol

[@chrisrhinehart45]

Wtf 😂

[@josephcampbell2215]

I've been doing doordash for about a year and I have found out something. I am not a personal shopper! I have never used the red card nor will I ever use it.

[@user-sh9gj6mw7n]

$2 or more per mile,plus tips,I prefer to decline until a good offer comes in or I just shut it off

[@tabletoploft]

You can right off all your mileage if you are online with any app intending to do Business .. your self employed and if you up cycle items and sell them then all your mileage is deductible when you are out doing dash and spark

[@therodecclesshow2070]

I learned the hard way...I no longer accept ANY shop and deliver nor do I ever accept a Walmart order. Both will ruin your dollar per hour rate and Walmart is notorious in my area for taking 40 min or more for a single order pick up. Shop and Deliver are never high enough to make any sense. You actually will make more with Intacart or Shipt if you want to shop and deliver...a LOT more. But be careful with declining too many orders you will get dinged and a warning message from Doordash about your acceptance rate and they have kicked people off the app for falling below certain thresholds. Ive been at this gig driving thing for over 5 years. Almost 2 years with doordash.

[@ancienttempleofma]

Agree!

[@Boobtubeus]

I’ve done decent with Walmart orders. Just did one today for a $20 tip

[@calvinmack7124]

I get $6-9 McDonald's orders all day... 2-4 miles Accept!! Pedal to the Metal.... Running red lights and stop signs

[@cavemanstechgaming9811]

For shopping deliver orders it depends on where I would be doing the shopping at whether I take it or not because some places in my market in particular you just never get what the customer wants so in my market I stay away from places like Walmart any fast food restaurant but I will take ones to places like Dollar general Walgreens and CVS

[@JZ41523]

on my first day doing doordash i got a 5 order $43.50 tip for Walmart. i didnt accept it though because i was new and didnt want to do that. but they do exist

[@msrocgirl]

Good basic info. However you need to talk about markets. Not all markets are the same. So at times we are forced to drive further for work or delivery

[@tishela1134]

If you use your car for 100% for business. Going to get gas, maintenance, etc is a business expense. We are "contractors". There isn't a commute.

[@richeyrich2203]

Depends on the company. For GH you are a W-9. For DD you are a 1099. But yes, if it’s strictly a work vehicle, then other than offline commute to the work area, it’s all work expenses and miles.

[@bobgrabowski2232]

Thank you for the valuable information, you definitely helped me out.

[@soniaelias4940]

Hi, I have a question. So when is a stacked order, does the customer know that their order is part of a two order for the driver? Are they expecting their food sooner than when they get it?

[@S.Lethrud]

I have wondered the same thing. I know that while you are dashing you can look at thier information and it may have times next stacked orders I get I'm going to take a picture of a few things

[@BeerCigarsAndTexas]

I had one tonight and neither of them knew they were on a stacked order

[@CrankingItWithJeffToobin]

It tells them that you're completing another order. But text them and let them know right before you leave the restaurant that their food is in a hotbag and you are completing another order first anyway

[@boogeymanw9643]

Do DD or any of these apps know which mile is commuting? Like I’m using Gridwise, so does DD know miles? Or how does the IRS know which miles is eligible which is not?

[@ZodacTarot]

I just started but I already noticed if I go to the next zone over which is +3.00 but the deliveries are further since its a more rural area(the map always says very busy thats a lie) . I feel its a waste of time.

[@aai343]

I could get away with being picky in 2021 but so far it might just be the early months of the year I had to drop my standards. Now anything that is 1-1.25 a mile is good for me. So if it's 4 miles for 6 ill take it because things have gotten super slow in my area. Some places like MCD and other fast-food places I don't go to because of the drive-thru and no open lobbies for pickup. When it's super busy I can afford to cherry-pick but when it's slow gotta take the lower-paying orders to make money 5. Nothing below that tho for me. I had to adapt to the slowness of the market otherwise I would be making no money at all.

[@hannahlarue488]

What is cherry pick?

[@aai343]

@@hannahlarue488 Taking orders that are really good mile/money. For ex- Declining anything under $7 and taking $7 + is realistic when it's super busy on the weekend and not so during the week.

[@alvinalexander9868]

What I dislike is; Doordash will deactivate your Dasher Account, should a certain percentage of orders are declined. It's almost like forcing the Dasher to accept less pay to a certain extent.

[@whosautumn3469]

maybe i haven’t dashed enough or my specific market is just slower (it is) but my acceptance rate has sat right around 20% for the longest time so.. idk. do we know what the percentage is?

[@claytonjames4779]

Anyone who is not riding off all of their mileage and omitting commuting miles when calculating their mileage right off is stupid! There is absolutely no way the IRS would ever be interested in auditing your tax return for those small nickels and dimes. They are interested in big fish that have multi hundred thousand dollar deductions that they are taking and trying to find the lie for a huge payout. That is efficiency in regards to the IRS. This coming from someone who has been self-employed for 14 years

[@robertallison9653]

I never go by deliver by times. I almost always have it there 20 minutes beforehand

[@devaughneagleson6464]

i had 3 orders at the same time when the snow got bad in Pittsburgh and Westmoreland

[@samnyce]

Wrong with the dead miles not being able to write off as you drive to another zone. U can aslong as u have an office in your house. All it has to be is a table and chair. Nothing fancy. Then you can turn on your mile tracker as soon as you leave your house!!

[@Marie-jh7vk]

Hi, thanks for the Informative video. Does DoorDash keep track of the miles we drive for our DoorDash Deliveries?

[@dafnecruz6542]

Hi I just started doordash last month so far by watching ur videos have gave me so much input thank u. I have a question what’s the best app to keep track of ur miles

[@Boobtubeus]

I use Everlance

[@KevinMphotography]

One thing I hate is going to a Peak pay area where it says very busy. And then I only get like two orders per hour. I have sat more in this one peak pay zone near me than I have anywhere else. Normally it’s pretty much one order to another order without parking and waiting. But in this peak pay zone, I park and wait. I don’t see how it can be very busy and have me not get orders. It’s very strange. And I have tested this zone 10 times.

[@ranthony1556]

I don't see" Upon arrival" in 2022. All I see is" dash now" a 30-minute delivery for one lipstick for $25. Seems worth it because for 1 hours however I could not work in the are or on my way back to my zone.

[@ks_hunter7327]

I love the dash mart orders they are typically larger

[@stephenjohnson5589]

I usually pass on stop & shop orders

[@YourDriverMike]

Thanks for watching Stephen

[@ariestrucker7832]

Di you drag out your words to add length to your videos? Just curious

[@mo_rhec6293]

sometimes i take bad orders just because orders stop coming in and i make no money

[@darciejones7271]

@Your Driver Mike- quite a while back, attached to one of your videos, you had an excell sheet to keep track of everything like how many orders you accepted, how many had tips, how much you made in shift, etc..... Could you attach that to another video? I don't remember which one it was attached to & my hard drive crashed. I could use acquiring that tool again!

[@jimsalmon5158]

Regarding any questionable delivery, if it’s a little bit no, it’s all the way no.

[@acm1pt102]

Hey Mike. Question: If I am doing an order where I have to shop for the customers items (CVS or Walgreens), and the store doesn’t have an item on the shelf, I call and text the customer, wait 5 mins and don’t get a reply, should I substitute or issue refund? The only reason I ask is because the customer enters the tip amount before I start shopping so if I issue a refund for several items and the customer only gets 2 items out of 10 for example, they tipped a lot and didn’t get much. Hopefully I explained it well, thanks.

[@LizBJ0urney]

If you don't get a response then u should issue a refund... Most times if the customer want to substitute they would already have chosen just in case before u get the order... Money is time so if you wait 5 mins and no response checkout and deliver

[@CrankingItWithJeffToobin]

Call them

[@acm1pt102]

@@LizBJ0urney sir yes sir

[@adventureswithmimi]

If I don’t get an immediate response I just refund it. But I will always let the customer know that the item is unavailable.

[@mikegallegos6934]

So my question is "Why did you sign up to Drive in any app? " I signed up to give rides and deliveries and if you decline too many order's and trips do you get deactivated?

[@shanedebruge]

Good info straight to the point

[@dks-v6n]

We need this for Uber Eats.

[@YourDriverMike]

Hi Danielle, very similar principles for UE but I do have different strategies for surge and stackable bonuses

[@v.4900]

lately, the app has been saying busy and then not busy within about 10 seconds. i've actually watched it change up very quickly. from "not busy" to "very busy" and back to "not busy" within less than a minute. for example, i will check the app and it will tell me it's busy in my area but by the time i put on my shoes, it will no longer be busy. it doesn't take long to put on shoes, so i don't even know what that's about. i've just started waiting until i get an order worth accepting before leaving the house...but even still, sometimes i'll complete that one order and then all of a sudden, it's not busy anymore. how is it going to be "busy" for only 30 seconds or only 10 minutes?!

[@doreenm7769]

😂😂🤣🤣 I go through the same crap

[@v.4900]

@@doreenm7769 it's annoying! lol

[@suzanne1816]

Great video - so you have pointed out these longer delivery "ending" times to see if the money/gas expense is worth the time - makes sense. But is there any way of adding an additional pickup/delivery during that time (on the way, etc) where you could have it alert you and now show the new total time for all deliveries - say your two delivery example which would take 40 min. to the end, now the app says, one hour total time. OR, is that time you showed of that 40 min. say, the "real" time it takes to drive there to pick up both?

[@suzanne1816]

Also, I live in a really nice large town with lots of restaurants, etc. with a few different zip codes - When signing up, will the app let us enter just our "town" name (without zip code)for choice of delivery, so that it will pick up ALL of my town vs picking up on a couple other directions outside the town where I don't want to be (but are considered close in mileage) I just want to make sure I fill out registration the right way to make this happen - thanks!

[@ididitnowsocanyou2135]

I get more $3 or 6 miles $8 for 11 miles. I hardly ever get a dollar a mile with door dash, so my rate is always 40% never be able to get top dasher

[@richeyrich2203]

Do you ever have consistent peak periods?

[@ididitnowsocanyou2135]

@@richeyrich2203 not really, more under dollar miles then anything, Wilmington n.c not that great for uber eats or doordash

[@fanyu3164]

***** Mike must read**** Mike something really weird happened. Tonight Pittsburgh. Uber eat. The orders shows up with out any information. No money amount. No miles. No restaurant show. Only show the first pick up restaurant at the map. No restaurant name. U can off line then go online. Or turn off the app at ur phone, then re-turn on the Uber eat delivery app. But after u rejected 1 ,2 or 3 orders shows the informations, same problem will happen again. I tried to finished a non-info order. It was like 2.5 - 3 miles total at my guess. Once i finish the order. The money amount only shows the base pay first, no estimate tip show. But after a hour the tip did add on. What do you think about this? System issues? I never see this b4.

[@sissiroxie]

Never do chic fil a their lines too long.

[@becca34746]

Chuc fil a in my area is ok NOT THE WEEKEND NIGHTS THOUGH 😜

[@YourDriverMike]

Do they have the designated pick up spots and are still slow?

[@georgefehr624]

Chic fil a does get very busy. Nothing against them I want to get the customer their food order on time. I doordash.

[@scottyj6023]

Chick Fil A in my area are very good We go inside and they have a shelf for the orders

[@alladreamwedreamed]

2 of the Chickfila's in my market are fast and efficient, I'll go there anytime. The third is inside a shopping mall, long walk then up a huge staircase😅

[@wandanieves4227]

I'm new at this..which is better: decline orders or let the time run out?

[@Bobin10101]

Decline

[@kimberlywinters8945]

I let them run out keeps your Acceptance rate up

[@garysharp8871]

I live in Mississippi and when I used to dash I got orders much worse than this. I quit after a few days because there was no profit

[@chilangoforever2381]

How does affect your rate? if you keep decline orders?

[@Thecraftinggirlboutique]

Can we have all three apps on then take the first order that comes in then close down the others

[@420maniaYt]

This man literally has camera man following him around while he work legend

[@controversykeyes227]

Very helpful insightful thank you

[@OoThereSheGo]

Are you positioning your bag to specifically have it in the picture ?

[@karenmoss1605]

I don’t know if he did but I do it. Want to show I’m using bag in case of customer complaints 👍🏻

[@devaughneagleson6464]

3min mark i just drop off there lol great video

[@mirjanabdul7108]

Dashing company got so strict right now I didn't accept few orders because they were worse one like 5$ for 11 miles they stopped giving me order because I didn't accept those worse orders I waited for about 30 minutes or more after that I just came home.after that they keep giving me the same order as same as the one I didn't accept.

[@petertenay1785]

Is the tip included in the price we're seeing?

[@jaimeguzman6261]

Great video man! Do you drive a tesla while dashing?

[@kkhendricks73]

How come it doesn’t show what id be paid for the order I accept until after I deliver it

[@toucansam4587]

What if im delivering on an electric scooter, 10 cents to charge, 40 mile range, how much $ per mile should i be aiming for?

[@keithcarey9372]

If you're not getting the orders that meet your desired needs, arent you turning down a lot of orders? Doesnt that hurt your acceptance numbers? Is that even important?

[@TheEvan890]

I run with a solid 10 percent acceptance rate. Acceptance rate means nothing unless you want to be a "preffered" dasher (you really don't gain anything from that). Focus on just keeping your completion rate above 80 percent. They can remove you from the platform if you fall below 80 percent due to fraud reasons! Happy Dashing 😂!

[@richeyrich2203]

@@TheEvan890 it’s funny. If you become preferred, you get priority on runs compared to non preferred. So, that could be good in that you get the good orders first, but bad because you get the bad orders first too. And you gotta take the Kobe orders to get the priority… it’s a crap feedback cycle.

[@S.Lethrud]

@@TheEvan890 that made my day I didn't realize it didn't matter 🙃

[@lorilynnrieseberg7316]

Thanx for your sharing!!!😀

[@QueenNemesis327]

What happens when your acceptance rate goes down?

[@viajerozz]

You mention payment per miles but is that mileage including your drive to the restaurant?

[@missvegas96]

Just started a few days ago and have yet to get an order. I have tried different areas and times, but still nothing. Do you have any tips?

[@tanemahgray7865]

Same here

[@Boobtubeus]

I’m my first three days I’ve done 68 deliveries

[@jessed6379]

I thought I was supposed to accept them blindfolded

[@slomohiker]

Thanks for all the helpful information! My phone doesn't show the map when offering dashes. Do you know if it's because I have an Android or is there a setting I can change?

[@patflaherty307]

I have an Android myself,, but it does show a map to where it's going in the background?

[@S.Lethrud]

You can go into a setting and check why am I not getting dashes. Could be timing too. More dashers than orders

[@marisolbermudez9817]

@@patflaherty307 I have android and I see map

[@BH-lp1vk]

Wait-where did you find the “Dash Upon Arrival” button? I just started driving for DD today.

[@urirknme4172]

I haven't seen it. I just started a week ago. I have a Dash along the way option.

[@JamesWilson-sb9iq]

I would accept it. It's about 2.00 a mile and 14.50. Not bad. I make 20-25 an hour in the Dallas market. Is that ok in your opinion?

[@lokimoya]

Can you do a video on using DD in suburbs?

[@Nick-Nasty]

So if I'm scheduled, and do "dash along the way" or whatever, can i start tracking miles as soon as i leave home? And if it matters, i live 20 min from the zone, sucks but whatever. I'm just not sure when i should start tracking.

[@lorielaegreen439]

Will you be able to see how Faris the customer location before accepting orders? Because I got screwed twice i picked a mile restaurant location after picked up the customers location were 8 miles away from restaurants

[@marisolbermudez9817]

It shows on map

[@bigmikedetroit8370]

Hey 👋 big mike in Detroit rock city we call a stacked order a double dash lol 😂

[@yasminerashed2242]

Love it Mike 😂

[@odeswx]

What do you mean $1 per 40 miles driven? It says 58.5 cents or mile though

[@danielrutland353]

i was looking for this comment lol.. i caught that too lol