TOP 7 DoorDash Dasher Orders To AVOID (2023)

[@YourDriverMike]

⚡What about Dash type? Earn By Time or Earn Per Offer? I dashed to find out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmi8gIWXeJZglaM

[@melodylawrence4373]

Did you get the email about updates to earnings modes? I don't see any difference. Am I missing something?

[@23irontusks4]

I did the pay by hour for $15 + TIPS the other day and got a grouped order w 4 deliveries that were in 4 different cities/towns... 2 were from a liquor store and 2 were Sephora, after delivering all 4 I went to check my pay for the orders individually and was shocked to see next to the 2 Sephora orders it said ineligible with a circle around an exclamation point, if you click on that it said something along the line of the merchant does not allow the customer to tip! Tl;dr did pay by hr, got 4 jobs lumped together all in different towns. After delivering all 4 I was told 2 were ineligible for tips because the merchant doesn't allow the customer.

[@jeffreynelson4149]

Cash on delivery not safe in my opinion.

[@BCWoodworks1]

Just signed up for DD and my first offer was $6.50 for 8.5 miles that would have put me out of my current zone, passed it up for the next offer $14.75 for 6 miles. That still kept me in a busy area.

[@Rensorek]

After the grace period you will get a true feel of your market.

[@BlasterMaster80]

Been a top dasher for at least 6 months now, I avoid certain areas when dashing for sure. I don't even go down the street with the majority of the fast food places here. Also, if you go near the fast food strip you get sucked into delivering to the university campus, and it's awful. I've found if I stay near the center of downtown or near the nice restaurants, I make way better money. Also pizza, I make pretty good money on pizza sometimes. My town is split up into a few different sections, sometimes I just stay on my side of town and do well, it often just depends if it's busy enough. Traffic and parking are major issues here as well and that's something I think about when I go out. Do I want to go downtown at 5 pm and get stuck doing 1 or 2 deliveries an hour, probably not if I can stay on my side of town and make 3-4 deliveries an hour. Also with the shopping orders I prefer 7 or less, I just hate shopping, but if it pays well, I'll do it. I also don't mind the bulk grocery orders that's just a pick up, those pay pretty well sometimes. Oh, and the food bank deliveries, those always pay well here, I usually make like 40+ an hour when I get those.

[@devynyates1929]

I got banned a year ago cause 2 customers in one day lied and said I never delivered it. of course both of them were upfront no tips. Shouldn't have taken them, but it's ridiculous how little the company you work for protects you from scammers.

[@doctoranderson2009]

The problem is that you don't work for anyone of these companies like doordash thats the problem

[@donnacross8468]

I have had 2 "did not deliver reported' both were under $5. Now I have started taking pictures of every Hand it to me & text the pic to the customer and thank them. The second report DD sent to me did not allow to submit any pictures. ?? Gross injustice to the folks on the front line working to make DD a good experience for the end user.

[@brendasmerechniak2074]

That happened to me where I used to live I got a violation was not happy

[@jackieroberts6963]

Can you dash now

[@theepimountainbiker6551]

Always take a photo

[@motleyassortment5512]

Some shop and delivery customers are really entitled breed, you carry groceries up several flights of steps to their doorstep but that's not enough. You have to carry it inside their home, for everybody's safety, never enter a stranger's home. You are vulnerable for attacks from all directions and rude awakening if enter a stranger's home. You get the ones that badmouth you and insults you verbally because you refused to take groceries straight into house. Leave at their doorstep, your safety is more important don't let anyone make you feel awful. Taking people 's delivery into the customer's dwelling is not part of the job description. Don't feel obligated to do so.

[@krisleal5350]

I never take anything under 8, I sit around and just say it’s a bad day if I can’t get anything. But they’ll come. I never take anything out 4 miles out the hot spot zone. Nothing under 8, nothing past 4 miles. I make 100$ in three hours

[@HaikesXO]

keep in mind for grocery deliveries, if you can shop 10-20 items in 10 minutes, those orders will always pay better than waiting inside a restaurant for 5-10 minutes anyways

[@jasondratman5584]

Hi Mike I've been dashing for a year almost 2k orders here is a tip that works for me almost once a week I get an added tip, I thank the person and add have a great day/weekend ... Using red card CVS ect usually great orders more $ and better tip, not always. Thanks 👍

[@GINZO4849]

When accepting low pay, consider the lost opportunity cost. Also at some point you have to factor in $$/hr. If you take a $3.75 order and it takes you 20 minutes, you are making 11.25/hr. (actually less because of lag time between orders)

[@zaxx3305]

+gas/wear and tear. Realistically making 3$ for that 3.75$ order.

[@DavidDiCorpo-kg3ft]

Recommend learning 2-3 zones if you end up getting sent out of zones and then you don’t have to drive back to the zone you started in if busy or if top dasher.

[@billpii6314]

Hot spots are BS. I my area a single order will make that place a hotspot and that single order is already gone so a hot spot isn't hot. It took my an hour to figure that out. DON'T CHASE HOTSPOTS

[@Sunshinelove11100]

That happens where I am too.

[@robinhoodhustsle1356]

You must not be near a city

[@RavagezGaming]

Personally, hotspots are dependent on time of day. Evening for my area, hotspots are generally worth while. While early in the morning they're not.

[@redseven0079]

When I was deciding on gig work , hearing these horror stories or types of orders heavily persuaded me to never do DD, Instacart, etc. I'm happy in my driving bubble for gig work 🚙

[@YourDriverMike]

I would definitely try DoorDash, it's generally a solid side hustle. And there's no hard and fast "decline ALL of these" because it really does vary. Just a few things to be mindful of in this video so you can take the best orders and not waste your time.

[@earlinejennings5633]

I’m from Pittsburgh and new to DoorDash and instacart and did my first dash today! This helped a lot😊

[@noseefood1943]

Petco repeat delivery is the worst $3 per delivery no matter how far and 30lb+ dog food to 3rd flr apts and DD sends batch of 7 or more so if u decline AR goes down 7 points

[@richie0099]

I would never take cash in delivery is too much of a responsibility and could be a problem at times but I do take cash tips all the time no problem with that.

[@YourDriverMike]

How often do you get cash tips? Used to be here and there years ago, as of late it's basically non existent in my experience.

[@richie0099]

@@YourDriverMike Only on Sundays and mostly from pizza deliveries but yes they’re very rare I might get 3 or 4 a month. Last month I got 3 and a $10 cash tip from a large pizza delivery I think there were like 12 pizzas for a birthday party

[@vickitaylor680]

My best orders generally come from Pizza places and shopping. My biggest complaint is places that don’t keep the food hot. Many customers don’t like getting cold food. I don’t like mall orders. You have to find a place to park and then try to find a busy food court.

[@theepimountainbiker6551]

I'll dash 2 hours brunch, go home have a nap then 2 hours dinner if I can. Maybe 3 days a week if Im in need of cash

[@francisrich2319]

DoorDash was trying to get me to Shop and Pay for 41 items for $7.75 (and labeled it as a high paying/high priority offer!!) during a dinner rush LOL...like I don't care if I have to deliver it nextdoor, it would not be worth it....I think it was 3 or 4 miles to the customer's house though, which is even worse.

[@presage23]

Shop and deliver is generally pretty good. Depending obviously. You know what stores to avoid (like Aldi, they don't give you bags for instance). But my strategy with them is keep my completion rating high and when I accept a shop and deliver order, I'll look at whats on the order. If its something ridiculous (like 7 cases of 24pack of water going to the third floor of an apartment) I'll take myself off. Also it can be misleading. You can see 30 items and think oh crap but then you look at the order and 10 of those items are noodles for instance. But ya, I just look at whats on the order before 100 percent comitting to it.

[@BlasterMaster80]

50 items from pet mart, it's going to be one bag crickets or 20 different types/flavors of canned cat food. Only once pet smart, never again shall I shop for 30 different cans of cat food.

[@presage23]

@@BlasterMaster80 Petsmart, Aldi, Party City and Dollar General are the ones I'm most hesitant with. It can either be the easiest run or a waste of 40 minutes.

[@markg7540]

I love shopping Aldi's. The stores are small and compact. Less walking than Meijer's. Aldi's are speedruns

[@presage23]

@@markg7540 Ya, shopping wise they are much easier then windixxie or target. My only gripe is I have to make sure I have my own bags for them. And a 20 item order for them is easier then most 6 item orders for Target.

[@DavidDiCorpo-kg3ft]

Exception to the low dollar is Dunkin Donuts in the Northeast. Very common for it be $4-$5 and my “feel” is that you end up getting a stacked delivery when you accept, maybe 30-40% of the time during the week and a lot higher on the weekends. I have accepted a $4 1.5 mile and often walk out with 2-3 orders worth $12 for a total of 5 miles.

[@java4steve]

"Customers can't access restaurants too far away" I've seen DD orders in excess of 15 miles between restaurant and customer in my market which makes me think the radius may be market-specific or much larger than Mike thinks. Uber Eats definitely allows customers to order much further away and I've seen ridiculous 20 and 30 mile deliveries with it (always a big Nope from me). Wish I'd see DD alcohol deliveries, it's available in my market but I've never seen an order for alcohol with DD. I've done UE alcohol deliveries and they are usually good pay. Never heard of package returns or dashmart orders, must not be in my market.

[@shockawha9]

I had a beer order the other night and a year ago had a liquor order. That’s it.

[@misswendyjane4992]

I had myself approved to accept alcohol deliveries and was really excited......worst non tippers ever. They also want to have you deliver like 10.2 miles away. I avoid the area of one Liquor store because I have to decline so many offers from them that it lowers my acceptance rate.

[@lkrause74]

I don't do cash on delivery orders. I feel it's a higher chance of getting robbed by carrying cash. I have this feature disabled.

[@riggsvsoliver]

After having done many of these, I have turned it off, I never realized how miserable of a tipper they tend to be. Usually it’s just a round up or a dollar or two, PLUS, your next X $ are now garnished until you pay back that amount

[@RobertEskew]

I love shop-and-orders, Mike, provided they're priced right. In fact, I handle these types of orders for DoorDash, Uber Eats, Walmart Spark, and Instacart. I would NOT recommend that anyone take a cash-on-delivery order. I took several on DoorDash, ran into different kinds of problems, and decided to pull the plug on them. I agree with your list, in general.

[@YourDriverMike]

If the price is right on most any of these apps I'll do it, but Amazon Flex needs to pay more 😂 Gopuff is by far the lowest, worst paying driving platform imo

[@gregoryfoster8179]

I generally avoid accepting orders out of zone because I typically only get return orders less than 25% of the time. Last night I got real lucky. I took one that paid very good and got one coming back that paid even better, plus the lady added an additional tip after delivery. And it landed me right in the middle of my zone with more orders coming immediately.

[@billpii6314]

Just so you know DD is completeely different if you don't live in a city but a small to med size town. MOst of what you are saying doesn't work in slower smaller towns.

[@kenfrench279]

Exactly right, you have to tailor your game plan to your market. The 6 or less items for shopping orders I do agree with in any market.

[@CandycaneBeyond]

I have been given a Wendy's in another town even though I was sitting right next to a Wendy's. They said they wanted me to drive 5 mi to get this Wendy's to orders and then drive 2 mi to give it to the customers and then I'd have to drive 7 mi and get back to the area that I was dashing in AI will give you anything. It doesn't matter where you're at

[@donnacross8468]

same

[@rebachick94]

I don’t recommend cash orders. I’ve shown up for too many orders where the customers don’t have cash.

[@irishspagetti6565]

or they forgot to change their delivery instructions that was saying they have a cash tip, that's happened to me

[@RoseHillsFrenchies]

I got one cash on delivery, $46 + tip for pizzas! Didn’t have to give any change 🎉 City of industry, Ca

[@trishelliott2401]

If I avoided orders under 7$ I wouldn’t make any money period lol. My market is terrible and lately been lucky to make a solid 12-15$ an hour. I never accept no tips but my market, the average is 5$ for an order. It kinda sucks

[@EE-zf1lw]

How can you tell if it’s a no tip order before you accept the order.

[@Amy-sm9dt]

By backing out what dd is going to pay you and the mileage you can make a good enough guesstimation to decide if its enough pay for you to take the dash. ​@EE-zf1lw

[@verothomas1524]

If you move out of your center by more than 12 miles, you’re wasting your limited time. It takes 20 minutes in each direction plus pickup time.

[@brandonmartin7260]

I spend about 5 to 8 hours a day dashing

[@TheDoordashRevolution]

Great presentation on these EBT zones.

[@MysteryPonyFiction]

I've been a bicycle uber eats/Dasher for 5 years and one thing I've never understood is why restaurants feel the need to remind you to confirm the order as picked up and watch to make sure you do. It wastes my time because it's more efficient for me to verify and confirm the order on the way out of the store or back to my bike. Is there some epidemic of delivery people just taking the orders for themselves for lunch. Good way to get fired i'd think. Oh and of course, I don't get told where I'm going until I confirm pickup, so I can't leave until I do anyway.

[@bullcitydasher]

I’m dash for 8 hours a day minimum

[@stephenjohnson5589]

I dash for 6 to 8 hours a day

[@YourDriverMike]

Thanks for sharing Stephen!

[@sl5946]

If a shop and pay order has more that 1 item I decline it

[@Elusivenaomii]

I use to work in fast food . Sometimes they dont start your order until you hit arrive at store . I find it helpful when i am 2-4 min Away i click arrived at store and normally all my orders are ready to pickup no wait UNLESS low staff or only 1 cashier . Always in and out ! Like dash mart makes more $ and less items. Single orders would take forever depending to reach a certain $ amount but make a quick $89 bucks in a hour or less worth it to me . Plus non profit will have holiday food delivery drop off for around $100 or so ( did a bread for the city order once ) but some address were hard to find and i did not like it but money was good. You win some you lose some ! Never decline orders just let the timer run out also. Sometimes if my acceptance rate drop too low i accept small BS orders thats close just to raise it to avoid being kicked out

[@shockawha9]

I took an 11mile $3 and it took me in town to an empty parking lot. But praise God guy answered phone, he wrote wrong number and had a cash tip making it work while along with grabbed orders on way back to my market.

[@ciberkid22]

The only exception I took for the $7 floor so far is a $5.50 order that was like a 0.65mi drive lol. Honestly if it were a lot further I would've declined, though a part of me feels guilty each time I decline

[@dimitriberozny3729]

AVOID supermarkets,pet food stores,department stores,automotive stores and sporting goods stores AT ALL COSTS!!! TIME COMSUMING and difficult drop offs result from these mayhems!!

[@laurenceholmes5290]

I just recently got suggested to switch zones and I did. BUT I was about to exit the zone. I had to make a u-turn. I returned to my original zone before I could u-turn and got offered (no more than a minute later) to switch zones (right back to the original zone).

[@Shannonnielsen585]

New subscriber. Very informative video. I won’t be taking more than 10 items for shop and deliver and if the pay is right. I prefer just to pick up from restaurants.

[@SueStophel]

I will take those orders that go out of zone and doordash back to zone they are pretty good at getting orders back to my zone and sometimes I will make a change to a new zone but then we can go and work 4 primary zones witch helps when are main zone is dead

[@Cat_festation]

Hallows Eve, Business is dying down so I foolishly took an order that dragged me into the boonies. It was to deliver alcohol and I lost my WIFI and wouldn’t upload DL barcode. 😫Thankfully, the cx was super nice and typed in his WiFi code so I could complete the order, but I wasted 20-30 minutes.

[@christopherpcreation]

Dont do it should be a tshirt. I skip dinner because traffic takes forever restaurants are slammed it's never ready

[@2012DVHSWolverines]

I saw a video you had regarding orders under review. I recieved my first order under review I got no answers except a safety or fraud or violations. I dropped it off and even called customer to make sure he came out as it was raining cats and dogs

[@jasonficcone2605]

I've only been dashing for 2 weeks and I've already decided not to take Sonic orders if I'm getting paid per order. The Sonic in my area does not start the order until you arrive. If they're busy you will be waiting forever.

[@arresthillary9502]

UE navigation continued tonight INSIDE THE STORE😳 Pretty cool cause I get jammed in Target Walmart has a great system with aisle/section/module

[@ciscokid8866]

Mike cash orders DONT INCLUDE A TIP that's why I stopped taking them Doordash didn't educate customers handling soft money isn't a freebie

[@danielspann2106]

I run into this frequently as a dasher, my app may show a drink and the retraunt doesnt, i get the grief from the customer because the restraunts here in Albuquerque dont give u a drink ,it happens vice versa to

[@Jayydee227]

Hey Mike what do u think about my minimum $7 1.50 per mile and no more then 5 miles what do u think ?

[@joecartwright9760]

I was hoping there was a way to post a screenshot of a order. I'll just $2.00 for 3.7 miles. No we didn't take it, next was $3.50 for 1.7 miles didn't take that either. We've done instacart so we are able to watch item vs time and miles. We are in a small market, but one I think a lot of people like. There's a parking lot right close to everything, always cars sitting. We have a area that in some cases you have to go 10 plus miles but we make sure its worth it. Today was bad, we did two shop and delivery at a dollar general, literally less then a mile from drop. One was six items, one was twenty three, they paid good. Restaurant fast food today, we packed up went home.

[@calvinmack7124]

People should be ashamed of themselves and door dash. I get orders to 7-11 for Skittles and Red Bull....: Base pay $2 and no tip/5 miles away. WTF

[@triumphroofmanagementservi610]

Hi Mike My name is Rene and I DoorDash in Saskatchewan Canada. I enjoy watching your videos and listening to your topics on the gig business if I can call it that. I joined DoorDash about 2 months ago. My question is “why does DoorDash not indicate the drop off location until after you have accepted the order”? They only tell me the Kilometres to the drop off locations.

[@hairyhairyme]

College towns during game days are so good for uber left, you make so much money

[@Mr.XJ.96]

I'm dashing in Armstong County Kittanning Very very rural area. It's treating me well. Hello Neighbor😂. I'm a country Boy I'll stick here in the woods😂. I won't even do Butler because it's to congested. Here up river it's nice.....I've done well.

[@briander102]

Yea cash on delivery is available in Texas, but i keep mine off, do u have a video explaining the circles and being able to try to stick to the green area and find the middle area on my dash app???

[@sar_1993]

I had a long shop order from Target last week. It was about 30-35 items mainly grocery and high end feminine hygiene products. Bill came to about $80 and it was an embarrassment for me that my red card declined numerous times. I contact support they say try as debit. Nothing works. I told them the total so they add funds to the card. Does not work at all. Like 30 min for me shop the items and then another 10min in the checkout lane trying to get the card to work. So I had to unassign the order. But guess what? The next shop order from Dollar General for one item under $3 the red card works.

[@keepright5232]

You took $3 order worse for shopping and delivery.

[@Casper55]

Anyplace I have to make drinks

[@kramer911]

I work after midnight to 4 or 5am so I always get worried that if I decline anything (4-$5 orders) I may not be lucky to get any more orders for too long.. I just checked my orders from last night and like only 1 of the 6 orders tipped ANYTHING at all.. people are pathetic. $0 tip and then they are demanding too.. I try to hit $60 in 4 hours or so on sat and sunday nights midnight to 4am.

[@MOB_JD]

Ouch that's ROUGH

[@damonm.]

I turned off cash on delivery & shop and deliver. I wish there was an option to turn off liquor store pick ups.

[@tusharpaikara8906]

Jeremihtechz

[@tusharpaikara8906]

On instagram

[@hotdon1]

Some markets like mine have very few orders that pay over five dollars.

[@martymuse5891]

You always got to drive back

[@JELMAHUSAY]

I like do door dash than grocery shopping

[@stephenjohnson5589]

In my market the zones are not next to each other. There is a drive.

[@mochan1357]

Have you camped near a Dash Mart? I’d be interested to see a video where you tried to just pick up Dash Mart orders. I have found them to be fast and easy pick ups…

[@TheBaltherion]

I have a slow McDonalds and i go by time. All my orders are $7 🤣

[@miket8336]

Are you saying you are able to tell where you're delivering before you accept the delivery? I have been pulled to different towns to deliver...It takes me out of deliveries for 30 mins...

[@rcdude86]

So i have done that staying in power strips but for my market is a weird setup and most orders are 15 minutes to 10 minutes away in my market so it just doesn’t work as well and if i don’t take the order it keeps sending me the same order and continues to reduce my acceptance rate. So that strat doesn’t work well for all.

[@larryporter5035]

AS A CUSTOMER, DD ONLY GIVES ME THEIR CHOICE OF RESTAURANT LOCATION

[@danielspann2106]

Making drinks at restraunts for customers i dont understand, im a delivery driver but i have to help a place make and take a customers order not cool,i actually say things to places over this

[@mackattackgameclips4648]

I live in a medium sized town and we have about 7 Taco Bell’s in town that I can think of. Everyone says not to accept orders from ANY of them because you will be waiting 30+ minutes for the order. Same goes for the 2 Paneras we have.

[@jeffreynelson4149]

Red Card instant decline for me even 1 item. It is not worth it.

[@vikings7683]

Go to red card in DD settings and mark " Lost Card" no more shop and pay orders.

[@theresaharrell9043]

Thanks Mike

[@YourDriverMike]

Thanks for watching!

[@liubovarista8133]

Please 🙏 someone start delivery workers union and educate them not to accept non paying orders so they ceased to exist 😢 who the hell accepts those

[@tonyaridingwitrobin3244]

Yes Ihop takes forever

[@tusharpaikara8906]

Jeremihtechz

[@tusharpaikara8906]

On instagram

[@stephenjohnson5589]

I like shop & deliver

[@cyclonetransportation3915]

I do only weekends so it's from 9am to 7pm

[@stephenjohnson5589]

Usually my shop and deliver are 19 items and it take me about 30 minutes

[@YourDriverMike]

How's the pay for a 30 minute run on average?

[@maryhodges6883]

In the market I am in, I get offers for $5.25 for a round trip delivery of 30 plus miles...not worth it.9:18

[@YourDriverMike]

Yep! Not worth it

[@schulj97]

They ALWAYS send u out the zone!!

[@goldenstate2192]

🤣YEA, I bet you do well on Sundays out there in STEELERS LAND😂👍. DOORDASH and game days go good together, apparently. I can attest to that on some level in my market! Sundays during Football season are pretty much busy ALL DAY, of course you'll get the dreadful low paying, high mileage orders, but those are easier to avoid on Sunday, cuz a more worthwhile order is likely right around the corner 😁. When the DUBS play it also increases commerce in this market, just as the Penguins playing in your Market likely does the same 👍.. It's beneficial to live in a good sports market if you are Dashing, just can't watch the damn game 🤷😀💯

[@Rumpleds]

Why does my dd not look like this lol

[@enriquecastro1790]

8 to 10 hours per day

[@jeremybreedlove2176]

We call power strip kill box

[@christine_lovelace]

I drive like 3 hours and make zilch. Also,the hotspots are fake

[@HusamSimaan]

COD is a spectacularly bad idea.

[@StayPositive-sd8op]

O just started yrying this out but the navigation sucks..

[@stimpy_thecat]

The door dash app on my phone doesn't provide voice navigation anymore, it makes navigation a huge problem especially after sunset

[@StayPositive-sd8op]

@@stimpy_thecatI wonder since we can't be on the phone while driving then if I was to get pulled over after dark what could they do since I was working dd

[@stuartmcalpine9468]

Where’s your spirit of adventure? Mine was almost completely destroyed by Grubhub three years ago……blown out of the water…..obliterated…..all the kings horses and all the kings men have not yet out it back together again.

[@stuartmcalpine9468]

Put it back together again.

[@brandonlee508]

8 + hrs

[@thecan2846]

I love shop and delivers! Even a 30+ Item shop I can shop in 15 - 20 minutes.

[@YourDriverMike]

I feel like S&D pros can excel with those order types me, I'm not a pro but if I got the reps in I think I could be pretty quick on shop time

[@thecan2846]

@@YourDriverMike Yes, the more you do the easier it is. When you go to the same stores an get used to the layout of the store it gets really easy.

[@nathansunnaa7222]

I waste their time as they waste mine .

[@theresaharrell9043]

I agree

[@YourDriverMike]

[@ThrifterPicker]

This could be called “7 Reasons Why Uber Eats is Better”

[@theresaharrell9043]

Don't like shop and deliver

[@YourDriverMike]

They can be okay under the right circumstances! Just remember your time is valuable - lots of options out there

[@richie0099]

I usually take it if it’s 12 items or less and I know the store well I could possibly take 15 items if it’s close to $20 like $18 and the miles are short 3 miles or less more than that you waste to much time shopping and delivering the order that is not worth it.

[@vikings7683]

I went into DD settings and marked "Lost Red card" Presto ,no more shop and pays come to my phone.😉