EARN BY TIME On DoorDash!? | Is It Worth It For Drivers?!

DoorDash is testing out a new pay method called "earn by time" where you will be paid a per hour rate ONLY during active time, the time when you accept an order to when you drop it off. Join RSG contributor Pedro as he breaks down this new DoorDash pay test feature and if it's worth it or not. Do YOU think "earn by time" is going to be a good option to get paid? Share your thoughts and let us know 👇
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[@Therideshareguy]

Do YOU think "earn by time" is going to be a good option to get paid? Share your thoughts and let us know 👇

[@zjbell700]

Curious if the decline 2 orders rule can be circumvented by pausing your dash? Accept an order then pause for 34 minutes, decline one, accept one, pause again? I don't know

[@patrickstagner724]

No doordash is looking to cut pay not make it easier

[@mercedesd236]

I normally dash by the hour because It's easier because you don't need to worry about getting stuck in drive thru lines, etc

[@johnnelson8207]

I like it because I don't stress about wait times, and ever delivery takes at least 15 minutes so I'm making more in base pay each delivery.

[@09akayr]

In ohio we are only earning $10.25 for pay by time

[@drewfelix4630]

What door dash needs to do is pay people $2 extra for 20 minutes waits because if we decline we get a bad rating & don’t get pay all that waiting . They need to make it make sense .

[@bigc2626]

That’s seriously lowballing. $2 extra for 20 minutes waiting? So if you waited 1 hour, you’d only get $6 extra. That’s what your time is worth to you? $6 for an hour

[@Powerofnow_]

No if you wait for 10 or more minutes at any order you can cancel and it won’t mess up your order

[@user-fr2yd4fb7h]

Yesterday I did by the order and kept getting 5 dollar orders for 10 miles and 3 dollar orders for 7 miles. Kept declining and I watched my acceptance rate go from 74 to 69 in a little over 30 minutes. I often find it insulting to most of our intelligence that Door Dash believes that we buy into the whole, "your higher acceptance rate will ensure you are getting priority on higher paying orders". So I think Door Dash sees this as an opportunity to steal customer tips while getting us to take double deliveries at the same time because I find it extremely hard to believe that there were no tips on the orders I was taking during the hourly pay shift I did especially when I have received tip orders from the same customers in the past.

[@user-fr2yd4fb7h]

I tested Door Dash Dave's theory that Door Dash hides tips and fortunately for their reputation, my driver received their 20.00 tip as I did ask when they arrived.

[@seanseay6506]

So 14/hr and still have to cover gas, maintenance, etc. And they know if you click that its time to assign every no tip order. Anyone opting in should just throw in the towel and apply at Wendy's. Would literally be more profitable.

[@theterryshow1735]

My market is $8 a hour 🤣🤣a Job at subway would be way better than doing doordash

[@brandypilcher846]

@The Terry show mine is 8 as well😂 I tried it for 1 hour earlier and I made $27 with 3 trips

[@chrish1695]

@@theterryshow1735 it’s 12.00 here in missouri

[@andrewsomebody844]

Yeah but you get to keep tips look at how much you make after your doordash pay an hour right now I bet it's less than 1350 or whatever people are really stupid

[@alexandercarranza2792]

Yeah definitely not worth it.. doordash is trying to pin ppl down for a very low salary

[@ajy0301]

Basically getting punished for being a fast delivery driver

[@xeviurh2078]

Learned this the hard way tonight, should’ve just saved gas and made more cash

[@newagestreams4008]

Exactly I found out the hard way people don’t tip a lot in my area and order the $2.50 deliveries a lot

[@zxr_i9661]

@@xeviurh2078 what did you learned?

[@TheAnonTrucker]

Just drive the speed limit everywhere and let everyone go in front of you in the restaurant.

[@jadepowell5178]

This is the slow lazy way, and you don't even know if you're gonna get tipped.

[@skysmusic__7666]

I think the hourly pay would be better if it had10 minutes of buffer time. example: you complete an order, you still get paid for the next ten minutes while waiting for an order or while you travel back into your market if you had to travel some distance from it.

[@unknownplayer7667]

I agree

[@Zeuzdelaluz]

Yes

[@andrewmalysz8193]

Especially if you have to deliver outside of your zone, I know you can still get orders sometimes that’ll bring you back to the zone, but it’s kinda rare.

[@lexuslaportiayelush]

I see what you’re saying right there definitely because there’s times where I’ve had to drive over 10, 15, even 20mins just to get back in my market area just to get a delivery again. So, that definitely makes sense. !!!

[@leticiaherrera9800]

I once waited 25 minutes waiting for an order and still had to drive 15 minutes to deliver. That’s 40 minutes I could’ve been getting paid had I chose this option. Sometimes it may be beneficial I think. I’ll have to try it out. Thanks for explaining it so clearly!

[@mels1921]

Thank u for explaining. I’m in the Philly area and I just started dashing again and this earn my time was new to me. This is the first video that clearly explained the pros and cons. Thank u!

[@mikevanreeth6902]

Ty for the explanation because me and my wife where a little confused on the subject.....you just got a new subscriber

[@LtPrezUhoo]

I appreciate it for explaining from both categories.....thanks 🙏 be safe!

[@thegigbelltoles]

I tried the by time feature in Dallas Texas. Not worth it. First it's only $8 an hour. And what you're saying makes sense because all the orders I took this morning were god-awful. One didn't even tip at all! It definitely seems that this is what the pay by time feature was designed for, to basically get dashers to take orders they would normally turn away.

[@Dianaswrldd]

Well the per hour depends in your area

[@tamatharountree]

I travel with my full time job and use Door dash all over the country to supplement my salary. Just saw this in Charlotte NC for $8 an hour thanks for the tips!

[@13branden]

I make more money doing earn by time than earn by pay. I usually make $100 in 4 or 4 and half hrs and my tips are usually $5-$12. I’ll always go with earn by time

[@JenRoxGuitar]

They are offering 20/hr in your area?

[@lunacielo7680]

I make at 80-90 in 3 hrs

[@dingleberry1631]

I agreed earn by time for me was a better experience made 4 dollars in about 40 minutes one night compared to 45 in about 2 hours

[@leonardwashington5773]

They stopped it in pittsburgh

[@benchavez2056]

Pedro nailed the earn-by-hour reasoning, to get dashers to deliver subpar orders from places that are slow and dashers don't want to do. I tried it yesterday for a couple of hours on the advice of another local dasher. It was just okay. Definitely going to try again, I did not have a single shop and deliver which is rare, I do not like to do them like I have been getting latlely.

[@nighthawk8412]

Dashers who decide to earn by time should milk their time. They should position themselves so that they get the orders from places that take awhile to give Dashers the order, avoid parking right outside the pickup location (so maybe the second or third row back), double check the orders even when they don't need to, take the slowest routes to both the pickup and drop-off locations, take the elevator instead of the stairs, and walk at a comfortable speed (no speed walking or running).

[@erictittle3495]

Just go out or in restaurant and sit for a few before u hit confirm pick up lol. Milk that shit like u said tons of ways to do that. But I’ll stick with normal way for now.

[@Ashh9]

I’m so dumb why didn’t I think of that

[@alyssacartwright3300]

I tried it yesterday. I made $80 bucks In 6 hours. But im going back to the original way today.

[@Singlerose55]

I was thinking the same thing!! Lol

[@Ashh9]

people tip so low in my area most of the time the original way is wayy better

[@ideasonscribe]

The Earn-by-Time feature recently hit here in Middle TN at $11.75/hr Tried it for a few hours and I think I prefer it since I'm in a smaller town where a lot of orders will be a long distance away, so being paid by the hour is a benefit. The base pay in the Earn-by-Order option was way too low for the distance.

[@shanehunt3019]

I think this is basically the design. If you have an area with slower deliveries or longer drives this is probably a good idea. Though in a city setting it's probably not a good idea.

[@kingjoseph5901]

$15 an hour here

[@andrewmalysz8193]

I’m still using the pay per order, but it seems like ever since they introduced the hourly pay in my area, I’m making less than I usually would. I feel like it’s less busy than usual, so maybe that’s the case. I’d like to go before 5PM but it seems like that’s the only time it gets busy now.

[@MB-cd8rg]

We live in a smaller town,things are slower and more spread out.We barley have a "peak" time what last for hours,so I'm actually happy they give you the option. I think for people like us living in areas like that,it's definitely a good thing.Unless it shows Peak time,then of course I would chose per order. But reading some comments,I definitely shouldn't stress myself while on time to get delivery there,I always forget about it and try to hurry 😂 just a habit lol

[@Brissieskater1]

Thank you for explaining the nitty gritty details - Door Dash is just a temporary stop-gap until I return to my regular line of work.

[@Ash-lf6to]

The problem is this option is almost more tip dependent. Yes you’ll get a guaranteed pay but I’d rather end my dash early cause I’m not getting good orders rather than earn an guaranteed 10-15$ while wasting my gas and not getting great tips because like what was stated earlier, these fast food places and restaurants don’t get picked often so most people aren’t gonna tip on it or tip well.

[@vmt151]

Just hit Arizona. I personal didn't think it was worth it. Sure if u wanna milk it, but I'm out here to hustle and make money. Thanks for the break down. Love your videos.

[@nicko1980]

Thanks for the break down

[@poptheweasel87]

Never earn by time. I’m in a relatively slow market in the suburbs and I still make around 23/hour.

[@groyper6567]

Fire outlook on this. Before I came into this video I assumed hourly was better (never used hourly btw just curious.) well done I was going to try it out but I’d rather not now..

[@EastTennKats]

It's not a bad thing in slower markets like where I deliver. I've used it one day and actually I made an average of almost $20/hr but then went cold on orders. I would imagine the market was flooded with more drivers because of this. I'm just outside Knoxville Tennessee.

[@SabreVellerium]

I live there, I wonder if I should do earn by time or do the earn by order, I usually make 21 an hour in my area

[@MrTheanimekiller]

Also in knoxville and i notice i have to accept a lot of trash orders when doing the earn by time. The tips are usually $1-3 so not what I would normally take. Every now and then they would be 4-6 but its not as much as when I'm picky. The plus side is I dont have to stress about cherry picking the orders and route I take every order if I want to be lazy. Downside is when doing this you make much less money and drive more miles thus your profit after expenses is greatly reduced.

[@jedadiahsmith1082]

I live there to order are usually decently steady for me

[@MrTheanimekiller]

@@jedadiahsmith1082 its noticeably slower than it was last year by a lot. I think that is what they meant maybe? There is also a huge influx of new drivers here in knoxville making this gig not that great after expenses compared to just working a normal job.

[@chadkeener1005]

My app states "tips will be lower on these orders, so the hourly rate will factor that in." So they will literally be funneling all the No/Lo Tips to hourly drivers. You'd be lucky to cash out $5/an order while the earn by order drivers get a larger pool to cherry-pick the bigger tippers.

[@leonardwashington5773]

No.... I got paid a lot more for pay by time

[@ThatGuy.75]

Where I live we have 2 very different markets. The first is a rural town that is literally feast or famine. Sometimes the runs are decent and you stay around, other times you go far enough out of town where it's not worth it. So, doing hourly is not worth it. The second is a rather large area. 1/3 of it is routinely very busy and can be very good income wise (profitable is a different story). The problem with the area is that they take all the drivers and send them out to markets that become saturated. I typically stay in the other 2/3's of the market because the slow restaurants are on the other 1/3 of the market, you keep moving once you start, and traffic does not suffer with major choke points. I also think that this is not a good area for hourly pay. That being said. If DD paid hourly (which is $15-17/hr),it was UNCONDITIONAL and you get paid for the whole time your logged in AND available then I would do it. Being left with the uncertainty of how DD is going to pay & change pay is an issue and seems like it always be.

[@TT-zy3lx]

So I only do pay by hour around 11:30 to 2 am. Where Im located, by 11pm, most restaurants are closed and it’s really just fast food restaurants open, meaning extremely long lines. Easily a 25-30 min wait plus the time it takes to get to the drop off location. If I’m going to be able to do one MAYBE two deliveries in an hour, might as well get the most from it 😇 I definitely take my sweet time and always let the customer know as soon as I get to the spot that the line is super long and it’s moving very slow to avoid bad ratings. Thats the only time I see that it’s beneficial. Also we all know people who order from fast food chains very rarely tip 😖 Once the traffic dies down, I end the dash and jump right back to the original pay by order.

[@avatar009.23]

Saw this in Dallas tonight. It says $8 an hour.

[@bigc2626]

I knew something was up. This program just released in my market today 12/14/22. But yesterday it was oddly slow. In my area I work, there’s 50 different restaurants and stores to deliver from and yesterday I received 27 offers in 7 hours on DoorDash. That NEVER happens. But then I log this morning and see this new program notification in my app. I knew something was up.

[@xena8883]

I use the earn by hour feature late at night when nothing but those slow restaurants are open. The rate in my area was as high as $23/hr and it was as high as $26/hr the weekend prior through to July 5th. Also note: if you don’t decline but just allow the clock to run out on your would-be 2nd decline. DD will put you in pause status and it will count as a decline within that hour. The other catch whether you’re earn per or by hour, you can get dinged on acceptance rate because if you decline an order (1st), they will send the same order to you again within seconds if no one else accepts. You decline same order again and your rate is decreased again. It’s a game of hot potato. If I know my delivery puts me in a not so good delivery options, I will go into home screen to set it to auto pause after order is delivered. Then I hustle my way back to where I want to be and then hit resume. It’s insane how much people buy ($20+) but cannot even tip $1. Leave at door to have them open as I’m walking away and say, “thank you”. While I’m glad their grateful but I did just drive 17 minutes to deliver to you. 😳 Another thing….a lot of fast food seal their bags. Dashers ask if everything is in bag. FF says yes. Dasher delivers. Customer realizes food items missing. They will immediately rate the Dasher citing their order was incomplete. The Dasher gets penalized for what the FF place failed in their due diligence. I called DD and explained. They were no help and would not remove that rating or complaint. I went from a solid 5 to a 4.64 rating in a course of 2 hours because of that one customer. DD really needs to set it up where the customer must answer if their bag was sealed by restaurant or not. Then it would not be held against the Dasher. DD is falling behind fast on the current inconsistencies of how places present orders to go.

[@vct454]

It seems "almost" worth it in my area if it actually was per hour and not only after you receive an order. Some of the deliveries that I'm on the fence about are like 5-10 mile drives that I'll take if it's a good tip, but some of them take me out to the rural boonies and it's bullshit if I'm basically forced to accept everything and not getting paid for the 5-10 mile drive back to where I can get more orders.

[@RideshareGenius]

Lol, contractors who earn by time? Those are actually called employees. They’ll come up with anything to not call drivers employees “We’ll pay you less than minimum wage (only for active hours, of course). Oh, and you’re responsible for all expenses and there are zero benefits or protections” Now is a great time for dashers to deliver for a bunch of services at once! Pick up a Doordash order, then keep it in your car for a couple hours while doing Uber eats. Deliver the cold Doordash order and boom, that $3.50 delivery now pays $28.00. The later you deliver it, the more you make! 😂

[@captainamericaandcaptainma3337]

I see it as improvement and it's coming close to do it as a full time job. Maybe within the next few years it will be. I definitely can combine this with my other gig work jobs

[@robertram242]

For myself where I’m at I make $20-25 an hour using hourly. Plus I don’t have to speed and worry about the next order. Like you said it’s a hit and miss. You do get 100% of tips. I live in an area where 75% of places always run you late.

[@thesmallcitydriver6049]

This came up in my state (Kentucky) but not my market for $10 an hour. Some drivers from small markets say yes because they may only get one or two offers an hour period. In my market $10 is a hard no. There are just too many no tip possibilities (even speaking as a Top Dasher) to consider that. For me I don't think I would consider it unless it was a minimum of $15.

[@AceDramaBeats]

Im across the river in Ohio lol, it's $10 here too. Hard NO for me as well, a dasher friend of mine said it's pro rated and they only made $6 that hour. Doordash should raise the base pay to $5 or make the minimum pay per order $5-$6

[@shaunavannorman1925]

I'm in NC outside of Charlotte. It came up as 8/hr. It's definitely a hard no..

[@BluePalmetto]

Yeah it works better in rural areas where you have to travel far and opportunities are few and far between.

[@franksaint84]

@@shaunavannorman1925 it's 8 in Charlotte? It's 8 in Fayetteville nc

[@WinterSolstice144]

I'm also a top dasher in KY and my base hourly pay is $8 🤣 I just stick with my per order.

[@stevenlittle4947]

My area in southern Illinois they have 15.75 an hour. Most restaurants at least takes me between 10 to 15 minutes to grab cause they aren’t done by the time I arrive so it makes sense and mostly truckers (usually tip generously) and businesses are here. And a lot of houses i deliver to are about 5 to 10 miles out the zone.

[@LadyMisfit__]

It's only $10.25 where I'm at in Ohio . Getting a minimum wage job would be just about the same as the hourly pay rate for doordash . I'll never do it 😒

[@keshaboo1]

Thanks for explaining it I will be sticking to pay by orders mode my area is awful on tipping and I refuse to make a delivery for 2.50 and to be forced to do so ain't happening

[@leonardwashington5773]

Very dumb move.. do pay by time your wallet will thank you

[@chdearley]

I make $29-35/hr in the one market I work. They just started offering $10/hr, and there is zero chance I will even try it. There are so many no tippers now and that is all this is. They are trying to get the no tippers orders delivered.

[@bellegraves]

It’s only 10/hr in the Metro Detroit area… pretty ridiculous. Especially considering in this area being able to decline isn’t just about the money, there‘s also street smarts. You gotta know which neighborhoods are unsafe to go to. Not being able to decline when the ending point is somewhere dangerous isn’t going to work here.

[@joshuaruffin1924]

You ain’t lying the ppl in the city barely tip too

[@daviddasnabedian1124]

I’ve been using earn by time late night and raking in the 💰. My market has been bulking it up with 5/6$ peak pay on top of a 15/hr base. 4&5 mile orders are paying out $18-22 with tips. Being stuck in DT lines and driving the speed limit are 👌🏼 in this mode. Just communicate w the customer and let them know what’s going on, they’re generally just happy someone is bringing them food that late at night.

[@kevboogie1]

I'm in Orlando Florida and it sucks. I completely misunderstood it, so thank you for the breakdown. Out of about 40 of these orders I've done so far I've gotten about $25 in tips, so this is their way of subtly cheating their employees. These companies are just demonic.

[@jamesa.w.parisho8189]

It seems good if you know the drive thru will be a long wait. I drive late nite and i hate sitting in a drive thru 45-60 minutes sometimes and this will make it worth it. Paying $14-22.50 in the SW.

[@joshuafink3329]

It's here in montana only paying $10.61/hrs Thank you for clarifying what paid by the hour means

[@andrewmcbride2679]

I’ve been doing dash by time for 3 days in Cameron NC. The pay per hour is 14.25 but I’m not sure if I like it just yet. I think I’ll do it another day or 2 and switch back to pay per order to compare the 2.

[@jtgmarket4627]

Most of my area restaurants have at least 5 min wait, so I would never do paid by hour.

[@rrodriguez3236]

It’s a pass for me… I’m always getting chipotle, WingStop and McDonalds and those always have the longest wait time. So I’ll just stick with doing it the way I’ve been doing it. Plus I’m in San Antonio and mine says 8 bucks

[@aaroneasley1115]

My Jacksonville fl market is paying only $11 per hr. I’m gonna try it out will give update

[@xxk4rilsxx]

Y’all getting scammed. Your loosing money.

[@rapinncapin123]

Good explanation

[@elainejames9275]

This hit my market yesterday in Atlanta. I’m funny about but who with any change.

[@ToastedFox]

Used to deliver pizza. One of the main reasons I started doing doordash over pizza was because doordash will tell you what you’re getting up front or more. I hate the earn by hour since I don’t know what the tip is until it’s delivered.

[@thebestlmt1048]

I'm here in Cobb county (Kennesaw or North Marietta) I like pay per time. In this area it's always $16.75 and I'm also around a lot of college students (Kennesaw State University) when I get a lot of those I chose per time I get $5 per order and I'm literally driving 3 minutes down the street. When I deliver to families or adults that aren't young and broke I get double digit numbers. In 3-4 hours I can get upwards of $100

[@zjbell700]

Pedro, will you experiment and do at least an hour of earn by time for your channel?

[@AdolfoSchael]

In My market, Atlanta GA, they are offering $11/h not very attractive, in Texas there is a local service call Flavor, delivering for places like HEB and they pay $14

[@deyontahopkinsofficial9040]

Thanks for explaining! It just hit my market today. I declined doing the the base pay per hour. I make at least $20 an hour in my area the normal way. It was only saying I’ll make 11 an hour if I did it hourly. Plus my area does not tip well. So I guess it depends on your area. That new hourly option may be good for a booming area and one that tips well.

[@SabreVellerium]

Bruh, mine says 10 dollars an hour :(

[@donater9254]

So, how is it now? Once it happened to my area the good orders disappeared. I used to do 20 per hour but now it is not possible.

[@pokabuxi31]

Am planning on going Earn by order when the map is very busy and earn by when it isn’t thing I wouldn’t when it is busy or not 😂

[@adamhout4271]

I will never do pay by hour. I wanna know what each order is paying and being in control over that

[@dark12ain]

I've been doing both in Houston and there is some gripes I have with pay by time but it's small. I ended up makings the same amount doing pay by time or pay by the order. I'm not seeing a significant change in pay.

[@murrayj7619]

$8 an hour here in Sanford,Nc. I used it for the past week and managed $100 a day but i also went on some 10-20 min drives for like $3. Its killing me on gas.

[@nathanmccollum930]

Just got it today I'm going to try it when its busy,but late night with no traffic I'm definitely doing it per order because I can get places way faster with no traffic in the way

[@nathanmccollum930]

I didn't get any orders so I went back to per order

[@hugabug22]

I've tried it again without the incentives. I usually only do it with incentives. I feel like depending on your area it's beneficial. For my area I had orders coming in EBT and I didn't have to sit long vs EBO you do have to Wait.

[@justinbelk2759]

This is good for rural areas were typically restaurants are further away

[@tamechavelazquez6404]

This just popped up in my market today and I immediately knew it was trash. As soon as the first order popped up and did not show the tip I knew they were being sneaky lol… I have my area pretty much figured out so I’d rather just keep doing it how I been doin it so it’s a hard pass for me.

[@jasminejones3398]

They always trying to trick us

[@righteousservant1867]

You answered the question I just posted. It would be ok if they showed customer's tip. But if they showed customer tips it raises the chances of declined lowball orders....

[@OGPicazzothegr8]

What I don’t get is why door dash 5.00!and under orders cheap mofus not even worth it. At the end of the day That decline button is quick at my draw 😅

[@tamechavelazquez6404]

@@OGPicazzothegr8 well it depends. Don’t sleep on the small orders. In my market I get a lot of 5$ orders for less than 2 miles even 1 mile and they do add up. I make 140-150 every day. Made 210$ yesterday and there’s a lot of those small orders in there. Just got to do it the right way.

[@jadepowell5178]

Yea, once the distance is under 2 miles or under, $5-6 is okay

[@ADVIII]

It just arrived in my area today. In Central Georgia

[@gloriaebanks8301]

That's crazy!! I live in miami dade and they offer 11 per hour!! I was gonna try it but when I saw that 11 an hour I had to give it a hard no!!

[@joli1969girl]

I live in California so I get prop 22 which is awesome. I'm on vacation in Minnesota and decided to try dashing. I've never seen the pay by hour option because they don't offer that where I live. I tried the paid by hour and it's a terrible choice. The only way the pay by hour would be worth it is if they paid mileage as well. I can't believe that this is even legal for them to not pay mileage on top of the hourly pay. I switched over to pay by offer and I did much better. I don't recommend doing the paid by hour unless it's during rush hour and you take your sweet ass time.

[@cheflee8376]

This pilot program wouldn't work for me. My active hourly average is $24-26 during slow season. $28-30 during active tourist season.

[@napatyourfuneral4994]

They have it here in atl, it’s only worth it if I drive after 11pm cuz that’s when the waits really turn into hours, but here there’s a risk another driver stole the food so I’d wait just to not deliver aka NOT GETTING PAID for the food or that wait time. So this hourly thing is a bit touch and go, it’s in our best interest to stick to the old way, completely ignore this way, so they find a new way to make it better. I am not an ant

[@nathanmullenix3460]

Saw the notification for my area. $8 an hour, no thank you when I average $20 an hour doing by delivery.

[@elmerpleitez3445]

I feel it depends on the area because sometimes I do by hour by it takes me like 8-15 miles away from my zone lol so sometimes is not worth it

[@wanderingheart2023]

It has hit us in Portland OR and it has now fully screwed either option for ppl. I used to get things of orders and now I get 1 per hour on the earn by hour and 2 the other way. Horrible!

[@factsmatter1172]

How you figure 15 minutes? Wait at rest then delivery. Gotta go through security gates and or building codes or both. Lots of times people don't answer the system till the timer is off or jhust about. I'm in miami and most orders take 45 plus minutes.

[@jdub2378]

What! I was thinking of dashing in Miami. But I’d rather be using and electric Bike. I’m not deal with all that car traffic

[@elizabethhall9215]

It just hit St. Louis they only offer 12 an hour and I haven't tried it out but I feel we are losing out on money tbh. To much of a gamble to rely on tips plus 12 an hour. It also is trying to get drivers to deliver more deliveries per hour offering to make less per delivery.

[@kylegrant6365]

So I work in Maine, which has a very large market area, pay by hour is $15, but I get a good amount of orders that take like 45 minutes to complete, so it does make sense for me. I think it really depends on your community, I’d guess it’s probably not as worthwhile in like Boston.

[@dark12ain]

Damn 45 mins to complete an order? Even with traffic in Houston it never takes me that king for nothing. It just been a huge order

[@newagestreams4008]

Don’t do it guys , just did 4 orders for $18 , usually if I did 4 orders I would make $35-$50 If you only like doing high paying orders then this new pay is not for you .

[@Blizzhobbs]

Tried this today and second order never appeared on the app so it registered as a “decline”, the next one was to pickup 4 car tires from a tire store and then drive 60 minutes out into the country to complete it and another 60 minutes back to my area with no guarantee tip and $11 for only that first hour lol. Definitely felt like they put the really long orders with bad tips that you can’t see beforehand on the earn by hour mode.

[@righteousservant1867]

Does the app show the customer tip before you accept on the hourly pat option?

[@TomTom-gn9mp]

The per hour rate is worse than minimum wage. I would need to get paid at least $18 per hour while logged into the App from start to finish. Less than 30% of customers tip well in my market.

[@leonardwashington5773]

In my area, the restaurants take their sweet time making orders. I sit quietly play games and earn more because the restaurant is slow.

[@user-fr2yd4fb7h]

Honestly when I do opt for by the hour, Door Dash will send you on 3 to 4 deliveries an hour which is a lot of wear and tear plus mileage on the vehicle. Now a lot of times the orders are close together but only after they see you turn down a high mileage order. I switched the other day to per order. First order 2 miles 14.00$. The hourly here is 14.00 an hour. Now I think this is a way for Door Dash to get more deliveries done and steal tips in the process because on hourly you will not get tips. I have never gotten. Be aware that you will be going nonstop. When you figure up the mileage and gas your spending during that 14.00 an hour pay rate, you have to decide if it's worth it. I plan to do a video today to see if it's worth it here in the Houston inner loop market. We will see.

[@trellegion1997]

I live in Tulsa Oklahoma, I do by hour and make $110 to $130 a day doing it. I haven’t tried by order yet. Now when I do by hour and get a notification it just says accept and I have 45 seconds to accept, it doesn’t show me how far the drive is which is kinda crap as some of these are miles upon miles out.

[@drewgoff2146]

When I did by the hour I was getting a ton of orders that sucked and were little to no tip

[@tripnasty4838]

Just tried it its only $8 hour in dallas and dallas is usually popping so it make no sense only in a case like doing it super late-night and no orders coming through at least you can make time

[@yoda3641]

They just started testing it in Chicago suburbs.... I only do by order and it's fucking with how many orders I get about 30% less orders per day ..... I have over 11 thousand deliveries.....im about to bail ...

[@allaround200]

In Pennsylvania last night there was added Peek paypay of four dollars per order or $18 an hour around 1 AM, normally it’s $13 an hour for hourly pay in my area

[@groyper6567]

Im from Massachusetts I run with my twin double Apps and come out with almost 30 an hour with it

[@allaround200]

@@groyper6567 That great! what other app do you use?

[@duggie88]

It’s $8/hr here in Charlotte and the math ain’t mathing for me too want to try it since you really are just working off tips and those are not guaranteed

[@JKR-vf1jg]

I’ve tried it in Connecticut and it’s 100% not worth it 95% of them are zero tips and long distance I definitely agree it’s geared towards drivers who take all and don’t care about making money or tips

[@lidiaochoa4193]

Wow, I was getting advised to start doing Door Dash because it was paying better than Uber eats. So now they are changing it to screw the delivery people 😒 not nice!

[@tikoakinney6644]

I agree

[@donater9254]

They all bad, made to exploite people.

[@victorgaines5186]

I do it after 12am because UE shuts down. Hasn’t been that bad because of late night places like Denny’s Taco Bell and BK

[@LuisTheHitman47]

Paid by time is NOT paid by hour. This option is for when you want to hold a customers order hostage for an hr while you smoke a joint and want to make a certain amount an hr. Also remember to make sure you hit that hr mark, otherwise the money wont be good. A 57 minute order on a Paid by time ($16), can come out to $10-$12. I would keep doing pay by order.

[@Romeokonggo]

I live right by MOA, but I like going from 6-9 for a little extra cash on the weekdays, and i hate traffic. I tested it yesterday and the day before. 1st time is by hours. I made $80, with 7 deliveries. 2nd day is by order. I made $65 with 6 deliveries. It's a bit challenging sometimes because sometimes it tricks you to go into MOA to get foods and that shyt takes forever.

[@zShooK]

Bro I feel you, I hate going to MOA for orders fr

[@zShooK]

Especially on the weekends 🙄

[@Romeokonggo]

@@zShooK right! i think the area code for MOA is 3** lol when i see that, i'm like nope. lol

[@RockingRod78]

Hey Pedro. I need help knowing when to accept a shopping order from DoorDash. Orders are 30 items seems to take 2 hours. How do I calculate that

[@danashrable9699]

I did the earn by time & they didn’t pay me for it so I called DD & was told there’s a know issue on getting us our hourly pay SO HOPING I GET MY HOURLY PAY THEY PROMISED

[@gwutv4371]

Ima stock to earning per order sometimes to the tips or base doesn't equate to the amount of the gas I'll be spending it has to be worth for me

[@albertwesker363]

The earn by time incentivizes the drivers to take their time since if an order takes 15 minutes it’s just not worth it.

[@Anthony-qg3qo]

I live in Vancouver, Gov just made into law that dash pays us 21 an hour plus mileage, km. I don't know which way to go.

[@katz4dancing]

I wonder if DD is charging the consumer more to make this work- but in the long run less tips for us??

[@user-vn3cg7po3r]

Still making $20 or better even on shitty days out here in O’Fallon,Mo I thought about trying it but why? If I have a slow hour it makes up for it the next hour. I normally do seasonal work and think I’ll be able to get by on this gig till the wet season is over

[@EastTennKats]

My very first order I got from the new "pay by hour" of $10/hr was for a 16.5 mile trip🤣. So my mind is trained to say HELL NAW...so immediately I was down to one refusal right off the bat. They knew exactly what offer to send me

[@AceDramaBeats]

Hell to the naw naw naw 😂 I would've declined it too! 😂

[@arielcaldwell1116]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DOLCEKAYEXOTICAL]

I would do a dash by order in places like downtown Dallas during peak times, then outside of peak hours like 3-5 pm dash by time in an affluent area

[@christinalove1309]

Oh so they are selecting what orders to send you?

[@EastTennKats]

@@christinalove1309 yes! The long distance orders that nobody accepts except those that are new to the delivery game. I've done it twice and it's not worth it in my area. Now if you were doing late night shifts then it might be beneficial

[@natethegreat3124]

In NY 1 HOUR 2.5 DELIVERIES SOMETIMES 2 HEAVY TRAFFIC