Is Driving WALMART SPARK Worth It?! Spark Driver Pay

[@Therideshareguy]

❓ What else do you want to know about driving Walmart Spark? Have you signed up or started yet? Let us know 👇

[@johnmorey8107]

I find it hardly worth doing at all especially if a bunch more people jump on the app. You want the right balance of orders and drivers so drivers stay busy and customers get their orders fast. But not so many drivers that they are waiting all day in the parking lot for orders.

[@shannonharris]

@@johnmorey8107 thank you captain obvious 😁

[@jusgie]

I just started 2 weeks ago and it's going ok so far. It's my side hustle

[@daveh7137]

Signed up, but haven’t started. Interpreting an offer screen in- depth along with seeing the pick up and delivery might help get me started. Thanks.

[@user-knhgvg454g]

​@@shannonharrisironic considering you couldn't even come up with one useful thing to say....

[@ElbonyNC]

I worked from 1pm to 4pm made $67.50 since I did 3 orders I had a $30 incentive which put me at $97.50 in 3 hours I say that's pretty good. I would've been sitting at home watching tiny houses on HGTV.

[@JimWooddell]

How much did it cost you?

[@robertg2397]

What about gas

[@ElbonyNC]

@@robertg2397 you don't really use that much gas I can put 40 for a tank it would last me about 4 or 5 days by then I would have made hundreds off a $40 tank

[@mctraveller8539]

I spark and doordash because it the only 2 delivery services available in my area. When I get spark order I pause my dash when I arrive at walmart. I restart once the order is in my car . Leaving walmart. If doordash order is close or in same direction im going I accept it adding even more earnings to delivery

[@Jsterling1001]

My first 4 Walmart spark delivery, were my last 4 deliveries. 3 flights of stairs with gallons of liquid with a $5 tip bait. Get your order yourself!

[@artspark7697]

I am in Eastern PA and Spark is now trying to use Spark Drivers as employees. All the orders I got today, and it was my first time were huge like 19 orders for 27 miles. What the heck is that? It was $56 but 19 stops and 27 miles?? I did not take them. It's not worth it. All the orders were like this I waited outside my Walmart for over an hour. So just turned-on Grub Hub and I don't think I'm doing Spark again.

[@Jsterling1001]

@@artspark7697 They basically exploit you, your time and your vehicle!

[@EverythingSportsStop]

​@@artspark7697 well you gotta be strategic focus on taking trips from one store preferably shop and deliver. I've tried it in the past your trips are shorter and pays better. Once you master product locations in that store you'll be a pro. I was averaging 75miles daily making +$250

[@DarkArtsDeepDive]

@eleeniadaviswhere would you find one?

[@johnseb5856]

​@@EverythingSportsStopu wasn't making no 250 daily. Maybe 1 day you earned close to 250 only. Stop lying

[@Gigislaps]

I get really overwhelmed and overstimulated when shopping at Walmart. Just want to say that you guys have really taken a major load off of me ❤❤❤

[@randomtube8226]

As of 2023 it not worth the time or effort. Believe me it's gotten bad. At least in my area.

[@crsed]

Just started yesterday. Was gonna skip it but figured I'd at least try it out. Went 6:30pm-9:30pm and got 2 orders. First was a batch order with 3 deliveries. Second was an express shop and delivery order. Base pay I got $29.01. No tips, RIP. 😂 The incentive program, when I learned about it and looked, I got another $20 for it as stage one of 3 stages of the offer; $20 per stage of # of orders done. Now this was my first day experience and even then I only did it for a little bit. 2 hours really (that second order was also a different town so a bit of drive) and I wasn't doing anything last night anyways. Figure for me at least this is a decent way to make extra cash on the side whenever I'm bored at home or out and about but don't want to go home just yet. That said my friend / former coworker (the one who got me into this) does this for his mainstay income now. He averages $220 a day and does this 5-7 days a week plus taking care of his kids so it's doable for sure if you're committed I suppose.

[@gseric4721]

From my experience, if you ever see a DOTCOM order that goes beyond 20 miles, do not take it unless it's more than $35. But if you see something like an ASAP for 25 miles worth $48, I would take something like that. Especially if it's going towards an incentive you know that you can meet.

[@gseric4721]

@Eleenia Davis nah.

[@cryptoj1073]

​​@eleeniadavisthey are about to deactivate every one of them. Hope they prosecute them all for stealing orders. Cyber theft is very real. For every $500 total stolen is 7 years.

[@shockawha9]

12batch orders driving all over town for $36 takes about 2 hours

[@patrickjack2943]

Good show.

[@kuladoma3]

It's perfect for me before my main job in the morning I get 4 round robins before my main job Monday thru Friday I get paid $70 to $120 I still do Grubhub and ubereats or Doordash but mainly on weekends here and there. Sparks has been really good for me doing it for 6 months. I gotten really good at always getting round robins the key is be at the store at do not turn your sparks on till 19.5 min mark and have a high accepted ratings to beat out the other drivers.

[@iop900u7]

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[@action903]

Incentives are not guaranteed to be given daily or weekly in some markets. Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of incentives since November/thanksgiving time til currently but before that there was a 2-3 month period where there were barely any and most times non! So depending on your state, city, and most importantly “Walmart zone” u could do really well or really poorly. Also how fast a store is or if the wait times are extra long. Lately one of the stores in my zone have been canceling orders if u check in anytime before :45 of the hour on a round Robin curbside order. Even 5 mins early and they cancel your order so it doesn’t hurt their store metrics and wait times smh total bs

[@artspark7697]

***I am in Eastern PA and Spark is now trying to use Spark Drivers as employees. All the orders I got today and it was my first time were huge like 19 orders for 27 miles. What the heck is that? It was $56 but 19 stops and 27 miles?? I did not take them.

[@JimWooddell]

People very much under estimate how much it costs to run a vehicle. When you add gas, insurance, wear and tear, depreciation, fuel, maintenance PLUS your time, you are loosing your arse and they know it. Quit fooling yourselves.

[@stiteam8788]

The current IRS write off per mile for 2023, is 65.5 cents. How do they arrive at that? Gasoline and wear and tear... that's what it costs you to run the average vehicle per mile.

[@JimWooddell]

@@stiteam8788 Generally, the expense of operating a vehicle is more than the IRS rate. It is generally far better to deduct the actual expenses rather than the per mile rate the IRS gives. That said, there is no such thing as "dead miles" in a transport job like this and costs associated with a return trip must be accounted for.....as is for any driving job. The fact you must be near a hotspot to get a trip or gig means you must return to that point, or you will seldom get a trip or gig. Someone closer will get it. There was recently a trip offer for $60 for a 103 mile trip. People would have to be out of their minds to accept such an offer, unless they needed to go there anyway. It was less than what the IRS would allow on the per mile rate. What makes these trips barely pay the expenses of the vehicle are the tips given by the customer, not what the Spark or Roadie pays.

[@stiteam8788]

@@JimWooddell great comments, Jim!

[@sonic73bowie]

Customers are not tipping as much so these gig companies need to start paying more or their going down like all the rest of these apps door dash ,grub hub ,Uber

[@SLM-hf1cr]

@@stiteam8788 It is important to remember that the IRS allowance comes off of your adjusted INCOME not off of your tax bill. It's not like you are getting that much money back per mile. Most people in this space will only get back about 15 to 20 percent (effective tax rate) of their car expenses through mileage deductions. The difficulty is in the conceptualization of future costs and expenses for most people. Gas is only 30-50% of the expense depending on vehicle and that's the only factor most people consider and often only if they just bought it lol. (rant incoming) It is difficult to sufficiently game the various aps to make a delivery job worth it and effective. It requires personal research, trial and error and the ability to multitask and know where you are and where you are going even without a map. It requires ACTUAL driving/math/interpersonal/logistics/navigation/problem solving skill and not just the ability to drive. These 1-5% are the outliers that entice people when watching youtube videos :-) You can bet that if there are regular unskilled folks making good money on a particular ap in a particular area, someone (the ap companies) is going to put a stop to it at some point. Their entire existence as a parasite is to extract/divert as much money to themselves as possible at the expense of drivers (greatest), shops (2nd place) and customers (least affected). You have to know the game if you expect to win and it really is a hustle most aren't cut out for. Ultimately the problem is that the luxury of personal delivery has been democratized to include vast swathes of people who can't afford to pay for the service. If you live paycheck to paycheck, you can't afford delivery. That's ok. This includes people deep in to six figure income. The issue is one of entitlement and ignorance. They feel they deserve the service for what they are willing/able to pay, which is not how it should work and they are completely ignorant of the costs involved (but so are many drivers). All deliveries should be based on time, distance and difficulty- period, and it should not be possible for a driver to lose money on any delivery, ever. If a tip is involved it should be EXTRA, not something relied on. Under this proper model 70% of the delivery market would disappear, as it should. Funny, I don't see maids coming to clean my apartment for $5 base pay and a hope I tip them another $5 for an hour of work. No one should be taken advantage of while doing a service and we as human beings need to do better. We all exist in this central banking nightmare for now so how about we not take it out on our fellow citizens but on the ones responsible? Pay someone what it costs and not what you can afford. Your finances are irrelevant to the driver. Just because an ap suggests a level of tip/pay doesn't mean it's enough (usually not) and the minimum tip allowed is never enough. You can always go get it yourself, like I do. There's no shame certainly and you're protecting all involved from parasites ;-)

[@shockawha9]

Why do they give out orders curbside that aren’t even ready!

[@simond7564]

Geez.... Another big box company trying to capitalize on people still afraid to leave their house and wanting to have people wasting time and money making little to no money.

[@gseric4721]

I know a guy that makes $1300 on average per week on this app, and our market isn't even the best. So you're wrong, at least in that regard.

[@levis569]

​@@gseric4721How many hours is he working?

[@gseric4721]

@@levis569 I really don't know, but I think he tries to work 8 hours a day. I don't see him once it gets dark.

[@abbyhunker3956]

Trying to avoid the rude Walmart employees I had one when I finished my first shopping for spark last week, I had spark customer tonight that had 70 items n the curbside is better for me n spark is worth it in my area😮😊

[@da7heaven]

This kind of confirms that Spark pay is below that of Uber/Lyft. My one experience with Spark was terrible, the time estimate was way way low. It took me an hour to do a $9 pay order.

[@jacobkrahenbill4822]

Do you have to get a buisness license to do this since you are self employed?

[@edsullivan344]

it all sounds good but shopping for other people dont excite me i hate to shopping for myself let alone other people i be ok with curbside as long it was not tons of bags on one order i think ill just stick with food orders sure your have to hussell more but i like it better but if works for someone else go for it just not for me plus iam 70 year man a retire over the road truck driver doing food delivery to help earn extra dollars to help with social security you all have great day and earn some good money

[@jjblove671]

A lot has changed in my area in the 10 months since this was posted and not for the better.

[@yojimboflm]

Thing is every time I try and look at the order, someone else already accepts it, so it's like it makes you hurry up and accept everything before you lose it, also where should you be when accepting orders? Right in the parking lot or like in between two Walmarts?

[@carlaferrier2652]

Are shopping jobs timed? If you don't get the shopping done within the time limit do they take away the order? I worked for another similar company, and received two orders at once. Almost had the first one done except for a few items, they had really odd things on their list, and the company grabbed the order back. I wasted over an hour trying to find this person's groceries and they grabbed the order back and I made zero for my time.

[@gtmddn]

All these people misrepresent there money made with spark. In my area of okc. Spark pays 6.50 for a single. 3.5 per customer for a double. And 2.66 per customer for there new 3 customer orders. It normally takes the entire hour from start to finish to do the 2 and 3 customer orders the wat walmart has it set up in this area. So all these people saying they are making 60 dollars in 3 hours. Thats not a standard pay scale. That would be like some one at mcdonalds saying they make 20 dollars an hour because one week they got alot of overtime. Also that is gross money. So the 6.5, 7, and 8 dollar payout from walmart has to at the most basic business model be divided into thirds. 1/3 to taxes1/3 to expenses 1/3 to salary. So at the end of it all you are making around 2 to 3 dollars per hour from walmart. And just praying to god that theor customers tip you well

[@thomasmathis2370]

In 8hrs I have made $369 in my market. But also in 8 hours I’ve made $145 weekends are the best for me.

[@GuyVLouis]

Where do you live? In my market I make $67 in 8 hours.

[@cryptoj1073]

Know people making nearly $500 in 5 hours legit. Gotta hit rich college towns

[@Advertisingchannels-l7z]

He's a bot!!

[@Advertisingchannels-l7z]

​@@cryptoj1073 your another bot

[@cryptoj1073]

@@Advertisingchannels-l7z Live in a small town in the middle of nowhere while being in the top 10 for poorest counties. Have done this for 13 months now. I average $740 a week & on real good weeks I hit 1,000 to 1,400. You don't put the time in. This isn't for everybody

[@HolisticHabits88]

Should i let the time run out & never decline

[@JimWooddell]

Your acceptance rate is part of the algorithm that is used to get orders. If you do not take the trips they offer you, you are punished. If there is one order, and one driver has a 96% acceptance rate and the other driver has an 88% acceptance rate and they are standing right next to each other, the driver with the better acceptance rate will get the offer.

[@danthedrivingman6415]

I had to wait up to 42 minutes only to be told they, WALMART didn't have? Or couldn't EVEN FIND THE ORDERS.! total waste of time and waste of energy

[@sanassa21]

yea you make that but wear and tare of car, possible tickets, insurance, mainly gas.... i wanna say you get to keep maybe to 70 percent of you chech pfffff

[@GuyVLouis]

Walmart Spark Suck! They send you crazy batches paying g $6.50. I delivered for 6 hours and make less then $40. Definitely not worth the time.

[@tayloredon2527]

The clicky noise is soooo annoying and not needed at all

[@RideshareRodeo]

KiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMMM RULES!!! 😉

[@user-knhgvg454g]

The only time wasted was watching part of this video...lol

[@SuzNbhollenberry]

Save tax money peeps! 💰 don't forget. 😊

[@shannonharris]

How do I order a side of Kim? Wassup baby 😘

[@theguyonutube6928]

There’s tons of kim’s out there , u want one get one come on bro u can do it!

[@shannonharris]

@@theguyonutube6928 oh she Def cute, but I was also making a play on words of her YT name. Gotta be clever these days

[@johnmorey8107]

Sugar cube

[@blakmomba7923]

She reminds me of a mouse cheddar cheese the seven dwarfs and gryffindor.

[@Juice421fs]

On your weekly pay screenshot, how many hours are you putting in per day? Also, how are you figuring how much to set aside for taxes?

[@JimWooddell]

I asked other drivers and they are not setting aside money for taxes nor are they setting aside money for vehicle maintenance. Not setting aside money WILL bite a driver in the butt at some point and they will learn this is not a wise career choice.

[@colbie04]

This comment! Since you are technically an independent contractor, you will be paying your own taxes! At least 20% of what you make should be held back to pay for your own expenses and taxes. Good question