The sad thing is many dashers think they're being smart by maximizing their miles or justify it as "it takes money to make money". The IRS is many things but they aren't stupid or generous, dashers didn't outsmart them or find a glitch in the system with the mileage deduction that's the IRS saying hey we aren't going to TAX you (their only job), because your costs to operate were $x so that's money you lost. Like you said every dasher eventually pays the price, gig work is nothing more than a payday loan against your car.
Other than repairs if your car is not new and has fairly high mileage and is paid off, it’s a tossup I know, but many people, drive far and long distances to commute to work and get nothing for that. That’s her mentioned stuck in traffic which we can famously avoid and not work during high traffic times. You can also run errands or try to pick up a dash to where you were headed which always helps pay for the trip Lol.
@gooddogtrainingservices5351 Choosing a trip for pay is never a toss-up. It will be positive, neutral, or negative. If neutral, you're selling your time for free. If negative, you are performing charity. If positive, you have a viable business. Vehicles don't factor in to trip decision making. Paid off or not doesn't matter. A vehicle is not a physical "thing" for a driver; it is better understood as a container of miles. If you owned a fleet of vehicles, it would be easier to understand, because this is how cab companies and car rental companies do it... Fleet buyers don't buy vehicles. They buy miles. And then sell those miles at a profit. The actual car is just a medium of exchange to buy and sell miles.
This video has taught me that I need to find another job and stop this DoorDash Uber Eats bullshit. I've been doing this job for 6 years and it's a completely different experience than it used to be. It makes me sad cuz I really enjoy doing it but the money just isn't there anymore and we're way too oversaturated with drivers my market. Sending love from Los Angeles 💜💛
This is why you should never ever do low ball offers to keep your A/R up. You work for minimum wage and your high mileage car will be worth pennies on the dollar after 2 years. Good luck when its time to replace your car while earning minimum wage.
I have a pretty good full time job already and door dash was just away that I could make some extra money on my days off. As expensive it is to live, I don't care who you are everyone can use extra money nowadays. I realized quick that I was running my car into the ground and it wasn't worth it. Thanks for talking about this topic cause them miles add up quick.
Same boat here I make pretty good money on my Monday thru Friday but of course at the moment need more cash but my car waste too much gas and I’m not trying to put a lot of mileage on my beautiful vehicle.I see people saying the drive 30 to 40k a year I can’t do that to my car they better be ready for the maintenance
I'm driving a Chevrolet Bolt and the list at 3:36 had me balling. If you're not in an EV you're doing it wrong. 😂 I bought mine used with 125K miles then purchased 6 (2 as spares) 16" steel rims, manual tire changer + balancer. Learn your area where free chargers are and take advantage. In my area 3 dealerships have their DC fast chargers free to use and it's definitely a nice thing to fall back upon in those slow months like January and is now picking up with first holiday Valentine's.
I have a good paying job as well and make this my side hustle only. I work about 20hrs/week with a goal to hit Gross $. I have a paid for used car, and unless there is major repair needed, I do all my own maintenance and minor repairs. I definitely would never do this full time. Just not worth it
Why would people DD?? You have to use your own car, pay for maintenance, fuel, basically your Door Dashes cheap server!! Your better off waiting tables
You are 100 percent correct! DD is abusing our rights as IC. Have been since day one. They use the phrase to skirt employer/employee taxes. They also are gauging the drivers out of there pay. DD is charging the customer for delivery from $6 to $10 dollars per delivery. But all they want to pay you is $2.00 per delivery. Additionally due to the current inflation, tips are few and far between as people really can’t afford to tip like they should. I have spent the past few years developing a spreadsheet system that calculates all expenses and pay link with a cost per mile sheet. It also calculates your quarterly taxes. So yes a lot of dashers think they are making bank but like you spelled out they really are not.
My relationship with DD ended for good at 9.10pm today. Never again and i advise every one of you to also quit. Ill be explaining in a video this weekend. Blessing to each of you-
Hello. I started Doordashing for the first time 2 weeks ago. I’m glad I’m watching all these community videos and getting familiar with all the other drivers and their perspectives. I started to get a little bit of money and I’m thinking about doing it a bit more just to be able to actually pay for basic needs like food, water, clothes, and even bills. Hopefully I get a better paying job into the future.
You truly clarified and covered all angles on this one.This is the most informative video on DoorDash I've ever came across and is epic in more ways than one.I can guarantee %80 of Dashers didn't know the information you just relinquished.You did your thing on this one Baby Boy and thank you for it!!!
They also don’t tell you that you probably won’t be getting orders if you’re parked and you need to keep moving around to get orders. This will use more mileage and mileage that is not paid for.
I dunno. A lot of the youtubers i follow who do food delivery on scooters aren’t always moving around. Sometimes they just chill by a group of restaurants until orders come in. So i don’t think you need to be moving necessarily to get more orders. Altho i would argue that riding around on a scooter 🛵 is a lot more fun than riding around in a car. And easier on the gas consumption too! 😉 👍🏼
We are glorified employees not independent contractors. Setting our own schedule is only a perk of the job. We want work vehicles and health insurance!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁😁😁
Don’t even do it in a car! Only do food delivery on a scooter that gets 100mpg. It’s the only way to make real money doing it. Save a ton on gas. Pay next to nothing for insurance & maintenance. It’s easier to park & get in & out of restaurants. I really don’t know why anyone would do it in a car. Rideshare yes. Of course. But food delivery? Scooters are so much better than cars.
@@Regantdarcy That’s only if you’re in a big city. All of your deliveries are going to be close together. Also, I’m in the upper Midwest. Why don’t you do that in 20 degree weather and get back to me.
@@Regantdarcyseriously! I was making $800 a week with ~25h of active time last summer on an e-scooter! The best thing about it was that it was so easy to move around, didn’t have to worry about parking, etc. The scooter was pretty affordable (cost me $850 CAD in total on Amazon), and still works great! I got myself an electric bike with fat tires for the winter for roughly $1k CAD: definitely worth the investment. However, I’m much more of a scooter guy because of how much lighter they are to carry around. Looking to profit from my scooter again this summer!
@@bencarter8423 Well, that’s what I’m saying. If you live in an environment like that, which is really spread out far from an urban environment…Food delivery probably isn’t the best choice in any vehicle. As far as the cold on a scooter? That depends on the person. I do long bike trips all over the world, and actually know how to ride in the most frigid of temps. Others cringe at the thought. Here in NY, it gets pretty cold. But if you dress warmly & have heated gloves, food delivery on a scooter ain’t bad at all. Plus again, the money you save over a car is HUGE.
The window of opportunity for profit is slowly diminishing in all sectors. You’re headed towards more breaking,even and smaller profits. Tech industry laying off ,entertainment industry laying off. Nowhere to run nowhere to hide just keep hustle and grind.
This was an excellent video. I've been at it full time for 3 years now and did not realize that I am really an employee but you have opened my eyes. You would be a good to start this class action lawsuit. I'm in! Let us know how to go about starting it.
Great video. Doordash and Uber are both under pressure to finally turn a profit by shareholders. DD hasn't turned profit in 10 years. Their bottom line sucks. Do you think the executives are going to take a pay cut??😃 No way! The biggest expense DD has in paying drivers. That is where both of these companies are trimming budget. DD simply doesn't make enough per unit to turn a profit. Don't let them exploit you anymore.
I went out tonight and they had a $3 promo in my area for every delivery and they sent me to every single restaurant. 15 minutes before the order was ready. And on a normal, day I can walk in and walk out with an a minute.
@@josenegrete3694 But that just doesn't make any sense. That a very busy night when there is a surplus of orders that you would send me to a restaurant 15 minutes before the order is even scheduled to be done. I'm saying I was walking into a restaurant At six o'clock in the order wasn't supposed to be done until six fifteen, and the order didn't even get finished until six thirty seven because of how busy it was.
@@josenegrete3694 I think they did that to slow us down because they gave us the promo. But don't want us making more money. So instead of me normally taking 4 to 5 orders in an hour. I was only able to take two.
Driving to deliver food on gig apps just doesn’t make any sense in the post-pandemic era. I don’t get why people don’t invest in electric bikes instead of depreciating cars to deliver food. At least in my market, you get the same payout whether you’re driving or riding a bike (I use mainly UberEats). A decent electric bike (with fat tires for winter use) will cost easily about $1k in Canada (bought mine for around that price on Amazon). I’m basically working on food delivery at most 3 hours a day (ideally 7 days a week) and riding the bike downtown (Montreal), I’m averaging between $20 (on a slow day) to $30 an hour. I already have an electric scooter (cost in total $850) that I use in the summer time. If you invest in at least two bikes and/or scooters, that’s a lot less than $5k, and these assets will last you at least 3-4 years if properly maintained (tire change, brake and battery replacements will cost a lot less than annual car maintenance). And before you guys say anything about adjusting to riding these vehicles, the learning curve is pretty flat: I learned how to ride an e-scooter in less than two hours (I had never ridden one before summer (2023). I would make the same amount with a car, but the expenses and depreciation associated to generating that revenue just doesn’t make economic sense.
Honda makes a nice 125cc scooter for 4k. I'm planning on getting one come summer for delivery. Australia post office used to use this model to deliver mail, so they're almost purpose built for delivery. Light, 90 mpg, bullet proof with just normal maintenance, and probably a ton of fun on a warm summer evening.
I’ve been planning on getting one before summer. I’m 30 minutes from the city, and I have two vehicles with one being a cash Chevy Malibu getting a 4 cylinder engine replaced. That’s the one I plan use for deliveries on bad weather or cold days, but I’m keeping the scooter In the car for summer.
@shakebackj9362 It might be better to get a bike that requires a license plate. The delivery apps restrict the trips they allow to be delivered by e-bikes, but generally consider cars and motor bikes to be the same for trip offers. That's why I'm going with a Honda Trail 125. It has a flat platform behind the seat, perfect for a large delivery bag and is street legal, requiring a license plate and insurance, but also highly improving delivery opportunities. Plus, it's a trail bike for weekend adventures. It'll do 50mph on the street without straining, and carry 150 pounds of camping equipment plus me on an off-road trail. And there are 1970's versions of same bike with 400-500k on the odometer... in Australia, so kilometers, but still... that's a ton of miles too. These things are change oil regularly, add gas and go almost forever.
But when you drive 80-300miles a day for work, your car will really depreciate 😅. Wanna buy my 2022 car that has 200k miles for the same price of a 80k mile?
I’d say it’s only viable to use as a steppingstone for maybe like six months or a year at max. If you only do it for that long, then you can take a hit on the depreciation as you find another job, but any longer than that, and it isn’t sustainable.
Door dash, instacart, and rideshare are all shortchanging us. I used to drive for Uber back in 2014 I made 3x of what I could make today. It’s 2024 and in most industries are paying less. You also have to factor in the cost of living today with such a pay cut.
If you are only doing this work occasionally to make a little extra money, the depreciation is negligible on all vehicles. What he’s talking about is doing this full time to make a living. If you’re doing this to make a living, it doesn’t matter what vehicle you are driving now. With every delivery you are causing wear on your vehicle and it will have to be replaced. In addition to the expenses he mentions, you need to be setting aside $1000 every month so that you can replace your vehicle when needed. (If you’re driving an older vehicle you should probably double or triple that amount because you’re already behind.) When you add it all up, gig work is not a viable business model for drivers. You will discover that no matter what you do, you will always be losing money. If you want to do it for fun and make a few bucks, great! Just don’t trap yourself into thinking you can actually make a living doing this. The numbers don’t lie.
@@brianwiirre5110 Woah! Your numbers are off by an unpaid mile... And I do make a living doing this; have for 5 years. First, it absolutely DOES matter what vehicle is being driven. Toyota Corolla or Camry (hybrid) for absolute max efficiency, or Mazda 3 sedan or CX-5 for more luxury. Buy new and treat them well and you'll get 300k+ miles easily. At 50k miles a year, 1k per week; that's 6 years per vehicle, or 72 months. If you're selling miles at $1.50 per and up and driving 1k miles a week, you'll be grossing 6k per month... how hard is it to put aside $500 out of 6k a month for eventual vehicle replacement? "But taxes and gas and maintenance and repairs..." Oh, I get it. The vehicle costs 30k out the door. Already that's 10 cents a mile IF you get 300k miles, which is why it matters which vehicle. If you drive a vehicle that breaks at 150k, you spent 20 cents a mile just to buy it. Another 10-15 cents per mile for gas. And another 5-10 cents per mile for basic maintenance. Choose the right car and properly maintain it, and you'll be buying miles for 30-35 cents and selling them for $1.50 each. If you choose proper paying business. Choose the wrong car, and you might pay anywhere from 50-100+ cents per mile... a desperate person might still make that work, but it'd be pretty hard. It's easily possible to earn a living doing this; almost anyone can. It's just a matter of making the right decisions. We Buy miles and then we Sell miles... that's it. I buy miles at 35 cents per and sell them at an average 200 cents per, all day long.
@@ericwolfe8119 I’ve owned 2 Prius and 1 Corolla. Bought them all new and they are all excellent cars. Extremely reliable and cost efficient. Toyota is a great company but unfortunately there is a lot of corruption in their dealerships. I’m glad you’re able to make the kind of living you want doing this work. I like the work but the money for my time and expenses just isn’t there. I wish you well.
Not to be a negative Nancy but, the expenses you estimate are way off. $500 for brakes is insane! and 1000 for tires is also insane! Why buy the best of the best if you're gonna replace then every year (assuming you drive over 40k miles) just my 2 cents!
I agree about the tires. Brakes however could cost you 500 or more to have someone else put them on. For me, I can do it myself. It's not hard and it's a good skill for a gig worker to learn in order to lower cost.
I like what you are saying about us not really being independent contractors. Very good point. However I don’t really agree with your proposal for how it would work. Customers are not going to sit there and put all of this mental thought into picking out a driver. They just want their food. Also, it would prevent the driver who is slightly picky from making any money at all, it would be a lowball driver festival
I started doing deliveries on an E bike because I wanted to bike around to get exercise anyways and it keeps me from having to use my vehicle and spend any money on gas
I thought Door Dash was going to be really good today, and there is even a $3.00 promo but it was terrible. The stores were busy with people getting their own candy and flowers. Last year was much better.
You really need to do you research if you think a Chevy cruizzzzz is a reliable car that’s a first step Toyota Corolla. This is with any job you get taxed any business you own.
I’ve also been driving over 6 years it will be 7 years in April. I’m in my 2nd new car! My first one was totaled at 100,000 miles, 90 miles was DD miles. It was totaled pulling into a customers driveway, blinker was on and not sure where that guy came from. Anyway 2 cars my 2nd new car has 75,000 miles and I’m soon to trade it in just to have a no worry vehicle. I change the oil at $99 every other month, bought 800.00 worth of tires last year because new cars put on 1/2 tires and at 30,000 tires are done! I buy the good tires with 90,000 mile warranty. DD has become trash for real 😢
If you’re doing door dash full time please just buy a used car maybe like 6 years old with 100k miles . I don’t know what to say about Uber I know you need a nicer car for that
For my Door Dashing, I got a $2,000 car (2012 Toyota Camry) on Craigslist. I have driven the car over 20K miles and not a single issue. I put $500 tires on it that are rated for 60K miles. When it dies, buy another. New subscriber, really enjoy your content.
I'm new to dashing.. 3 weeks in.. I had a sudden need for additional cash flow and dashing allowed me to instantly receive it! I crossed off soooo much on my list that needed immediate attention and was so thankful for it.. I do recommend it for various needs.. One in school can grab some needed money to get them through/put up for saving or heck for a new car/insurance.. pay off loans, Quick money for upcoming events/vacations, renovations, surgery, dental work heck the list goes on.. or just to make ends meet.. Track those miles/expenses and account for taxes and all will be well - Happy Dashing xoxo
I'm trying to figure out how giving my experience makes me a spy? This is my true experience.. Why does everyone have to always jump to conclusions.. I gave my input on how I felt about it.. The points made definitely had me thinking and this and other videos gives me great insight.. I totally understood it and glad I ran across it.. And I'm sure others will do their math and do the same.. We need more teachable moments like this.. And it's the same working a W2 meaning expenses/costs are involved . I worked them but I've done IC (independent contracting) last 12 years.. And even with W2 jobs I put wear and tearfrom my home not driving and as a W2 employee I had to drive 60 miles a day to get to the job.. So I clearly understood his point.. But let's not judge every comment that sees light in the work they do or helpful income that's available after all we choose to do it... xoxo
7:36 is a lie. LA Cars have to be 2008 or newer. Not 5 years or newer. 7:38 is also a lie. I live in NY. Car has to be 2007 or newer. Whoever told you that is a lie
From the vehicle aspect, I am so blessed. I have been driving my 2014 Jeep Wrangler and it's just come down with the famous engine tick they are famous for. My husband works on vehicles and can fix about anything. We have had an old beater with less than 100k on it and a good running engine. We had thought the transmission went on it and eere going to junk it. The husband's son came over and said "are you sure it's not just such and such" can't remember what the actual problem was. Anyways, now it's fixed, I can use it for my deliveries and it doesn't matter when it breaks for good and now my husband and stepson can tear apart my Jeep and replace the rocker arm that is ticking. I only ever have to pay parts on repairs and maintenance.
I totally agree with you. I operated for just a month and already spent on replacing my brakes, frequent oil change, and recent increase in price of gas is outrageous. I have been spending more than earning.
I have a full time job at Sam’s club and started door dashing again after work on my ebike. Every night I open the app and hope to find an order heading home. My stats for this past month have shown in my area, junk! 9 out of ten are junk! I am glad I don’t door dash in a car. An ebike is an entirely different math, no car repairs, no insurance, no car payment and no depreciation. Ideally, I would like to assemble my side by side ebike velomobile/RV like creation to rest and wait for orders at a busy location. And where ever door dash takes me and where ever I end up is where I lay my head and rest, waiting for orders to let door dash take me again. I am not giving up my day job.
The thing is, you can drive your car past that zero value point. That lowers the average yearly depreciation cost. The better way to calculate it is to calculate an overall lifetime average per mile cost. Include an estimate of mileage you can get out of the car, all the oil changes, an amount for repairs, tires, and anything else, even the increase in insurance. Any vehicle expense. This is effectively the same idea as the 67 cents per mile we get to write off, except it’s your own number. If you can do your own repairs and drive the car to 300,000+ miles, you can get your costs down per mile quite a bit. I agree there needs to be a legal requirement of a disclosure to explain that doing something like this will have you incur all of these costs. Almost nobody seems to understand it. They think it’s just gas.
Well said, I researched and planned my movement into the gigs. I bought a hybrid with 48k on it, they were known to last 200-300k miles as long as they are maintained. I estimated Id need to make 1000-1300 a week to live and be able to buy another hybrid in 3yrs or so. Just by taxes alone vs a w2 worker i figured out the difference. Say a w2 worker pays 22k in taxes that yr and a contractor pumping the miles pays 9k. That 13k is enough to slap down on another hybrid with low miles in 1yr.
The biggest problem is THEY REQUIRE US TO TEXT WHILE DRIVING. That is my only concern. We are in danger and are endangering others. They want us to even take pictures of our pizza bag knowing full well we are racing to the client. Once while driving on a busy highway they asked me to take my own picture to make sure it was me!! What?? Who else would it be from my number?? Hello. So, I'm Ying down the highway after fireworks went off for holiday...traffic everywhere and moving fast. I was stuck taking photos and submitted them until they were satisfied. Now that's some crazy stuff too. BTW, it's now illegal to text and drive in Missouri yet you can't dash and NOT text.
I like the bidding system you suggested where are we put out what we want for the job and the customer gets to choose that would be awesome. It would weed out the bad actors that don't do a good job. It would be more reputation based and encourage people to do a really good job.
I do between 2 to 6 deliveries per week, it gives me a break from Uber. I recently quit Lyft, again.. when they decided to not pay me a cancelation fee. I do Uber usually about 6 hours a day. I think putting the experience of a Dasher in the app for a selection might keep newbies from getting orders. That would be a bit unfair. I think the base pay needs to be per miles and weather condition. If its freezing, raining or burning hot, pay more, as its harder to do, if its a huge order going up 3 flights of stairs or into a tall office building, pay more..etc.. the pay should be according to the effort. Recently I did a delivery during our Gem show here in Tucson, it was a huge order, heavy bags of food. I did ok with that order but I feel that an extra $5 would have made it more worth doing.
Doordash will never be "autonomous." There is much more to this than simple driving from point A to point B. How is an autonomous car going to enter a building, wait, pick up, and then deliver to someone on the 4th floor of an apartment building or hotel? It can't be done.
@@cjosephmandolin6341 Autonomous vehicles may replace rideshare drivers someday …but not food delivery drivers. perhaps when they have androids that can get out of the autonomous vehicles and walk the food up to the customer… but yeah, that is many decades away and is it even feasible? They’d have to have tens of thousands of autonomous cars with fully functioning android robots 🤖. That ain’t happening. Perhaps drone deliveries? But that too is problematic. They’re just gonna have to pay their human drivers better 👍 😂
@@Regantdarcy Yeah, perhaps rideshare, but even that is questionable given the current state of technology needed for autonomous vehicles to function properly. (Specifically, I am speaking of the 5G plus and more advanced systems needed for these things to function properly.) The Chinese are currently attempting it in their largest cities and it's not going too well for them, especially now that their economy is in a free fall and unemployment is skyrocketing. The only way I see this working is if the "powers that be" manage to cull the population and force the survivors into UN 15-minute "smart cities" that have 5G transmitters scattered every 100 feet, as envisioned by the likes of Santa Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates, etc. There is already a massive pushback by Americans against EVs due to their limited range and cost. Couple that with the poor internet infrastructure found throughout rural areas in the United States and I do not think they can pull it off.
@@Regantdarcy Yeah, rideshare perhaps, but even that is questionable given the lack of 5G plus infrastructure in place which serves as the actual roadmap for the autonomous vehicles to function properly. The Chinese are attempting this very thing and it's going quite badly for them. The only way I see the "powers that be" pulling it off is if they manage to drastically cull the population and drive the survivors into UN 15-minute "smart cities" that have 5G transmitters every 100 feet as envisioned by the likes of Santa Klaus 'you will own nothing and be happy' Schwab. I suspect the best they can do will be 'Johnny Cabs' as seen in the movie Total Recall. And those simply don't cut it for long-distance, fast-paced travel.
@@cjosephmandolin6341 True, some people say that DD see's drivers as the biggest expense which is funny because we get 2 dollars out of there 12 dollar order? DD doesnt pay for our gas, maintenance and food. If DD has machines to do it all, Id think the machines would be the ''biggest expense''. Robotics are not cheap. Imagine the technicians needed all the time to fix them and the energy to power them. Cost through the roof.
I see what you're saying. But im confused on why you only mention door dash here. Wouldn't this apply to all delivery/driving apps? Like uber eats, grub hub, sauce etc etc
Did you notice you are doing all this math and visualizing the profit and expenses while you haven’t even talked about any electrical, gas, and water bills, and food, and clothes, and phone, emergency funds, home repairs, and especially rent and/or mortgage?! What is happening with this world. We are being scammed worldwide.
He could also do the exact same breakdown on anybody's hourly wages at their traditional job thousand dollars a week $200 out for taxes 20 miles to work 45 minutes in traffic
Nah the absolute best way would be to drive an older car. With renting you’re paying the cost upfront to maintain a newer car, a rental company isn’t gonna take a loss.
I have a 2008 Mercedes C300 that was given to me by my grandma when I was 16. It had about 90,000 miles on it when I first got it. 4 years later, it has 131,000 miles on it and about 970 deliveries under it's belt. My car repairs are pretty expensive because it is a Mercedes and I have to use premium gas. The good thing is that the car has been paid for, so there is no payment, and with a car that is from 2008 the value is probably pretty low anyways. I am in college and do Uber Eats and Doordash, and I will say it is a great job for college students, but I would not make it your primary job.
I get orders from my work heading towards my house 90% of each work day. These orders might be 2 extra miles driven out of my way, but are very profitable for me as I have to drive these miles regardless. I think food delivery can be very profitable if done correctly.
I hate debt. I have 3 cars. One for my day-time job which I need to drive clients around, one for doordash and one for personal use. All my cars and everything is paid off.
Hey thanks for talking about this. This is 100% facts we can’t keep up with our cars. Even for $2 a mile it’s not enough!! And no gig tubers are talking about this. Im doing this full time and what a big mistake. Still looking for a full time w2 and then just doing this part time but still….this is bullshit we need to be being payed for our cars/miles. And yes I multi app so all the apps just take advantage of drivers.
This video is for the lucky people that can do this full time. I'll be lucky if I can do 12 hours of active time a week 😂 that's how saturated my area is.
The only way to make any of this profitable is to buy a 5+ year old EV, Hybrid, HPEV and learn what hours of the day are the highest paying. I have a Leaf EV and a Ford Fusion PHEV and I only accept Uber Eats over $1.50 per mile and I stay above 80% on Door Dash and cherry pick between 80-85% in the Top Dasher Program ($25 per hour before costs). You NEED to run this like a business now, if you just wing it you're going to get crushed!!!
Agreed, my stratagies are similar, I have the same rules as you. I drive a 2013 fusion hybrid and now have 62k miles on it, but its paid for. I dont do the top dasher thingy anymore, I made more in my market with an AR at 40, here having 20 vs 80 is the same exact thing. The most I ever made on a night shift was 260 with an AR of 37. Just the other day I made 30 an hr for the first 2hrs, and it slowed down after 1pm, opened up uber and made 60 dollars in 1hr and 8mins. I just multi app more. Like one day I opened up DD, GH, and UE, made 45 that hr on the start of the shift.
And if you make $15 an hour at a job after taxes and all the other crap they take out of your paycheck you’re only really making like $10 an hour. That’s the other part that you have to remember plus your drive to and from work every day which could be 15 to 45+ minutes does not count for anything and that’s time wasted in miles on your car that you will not get reimbursed for. Some people commute like an hour plus each way every day or even walk to work or take the bus, etc..
6 year driver. It’s over, this is the beginning of the end. In the last 9 months it’s gone to shit. Used to average $35 an hour after learning all the ins and outs. Those days are long gone. Too many drivers, less orders, oh and here in CA the $20 fast food worker wage increase is gonna make it even worse
I dash all summer on my motorcycle pretty much eliminates gas expenses and use a beater Honda civic in the winter they are cheap and reliable my 05 civic has 250k and never lets me down I drive 100+ miles a day plus know how to take care of your own vehicles and doordash and is a very profitable job I can’t believe I see people dashing in cars they pay on especially people in suvs
I have a 99 Mitsubishi Montero sport and do all my own work. Preventative maintenance is the key. Treating your car like a fleet vehicle will save you in the long run. But having a personal vehicle will be a better option.
Not sure how you can hold the taxes against DoorDash?? I do it for a side hustle but I made a little over $100k with my primary job and paid over $20k in taxes I can’t hold that against my employer lol 😂 I mean everyone pays taxes and everyone commutes to work. Some people drive from Sacramento to San Francisco everyday and cannot write the mileage off. Every job has give and take. I think a lot of dashers got spoiled during Covid and are just whining now. It’s a delivery job, and anyone can do it you don’t even have to interview for it. I think it’s cool for what it is. It’s not a career or anything. Gig work is just that, it’s a side hustle. Now if you had to interview or do something like be certified or licensed with a special license then I could see the complaining being justified.
That’s why I bought a good ole trusty chevy impala to use as my work car lol. My 2020 traverse had almost 20k miles put on it in the first year I had it because of me using it for doordash. I still owe around 30k on it but it’s only worth like 25k now because of the miles I put on it. So I got the impala to use for work
What year? I have a 2012 Impala. It’s trash. It averages 23 mpg but worse when dashing due to constant stop and go. I’ve gone through 2 drivetrains, 3 engine rework. Good thing it was covered under warranty.
Man you are so right about them it's not even funny,they are scamming us , the customers are the Restaurants what a joke,we should all get together and form our own food delivery service,and make the money we should be making.
In my gig work income/tax tracking spreadsheet I have three income columns. Taxable income, net wealth income, and cash flow income. Taxable is revenue minus the 67 cents per mile. Net wealth is revenue minus my estimated 30 cents per mile cost. Cash flow is weekly revenue minus weekly incurred cost.
Door dash is a business like any other. You have to understand this. Ok Blake, you are a business owner. You have overhead, costs. You want to maximize your profitability as a business. It's the same for door dash. They have drivers. They found a way to deliver food from once place using these drivers. If our pay increases their customers have to pay more. If customers have to pay more then door dash loses costumers and get less profitability. All businesses are like this. It's why they fire employees that damage goods. That don't work hard. Door dash doesn't have to worry about this cause they cover the whole United States. Not just one factory producing goods. You know why Walmart is able to charge less. Cause they don't advertise with stuff other places do. Advertising costs money and impacts prices. Look at Aldi. They don't advertise. They make you pay for your cart and pay for your bags. This lowers overhead and makes prices cheaper.
I’m Officially throwing in towels on food delivery. Switch to rideshare. I’m in Washington state and we have guaranteed pay and sick time benefits on rideshare. But not food delivery. The guaranteed ride share pay equates to almost $2/mile per ride between the per mile and per minute rate
I feel like the only way doordash is remotely worth it is if you’re using a dirt cheap, fuel efficient vehicle like a Honda Navi Motorcycle ($1,807 brand new) or a dirt cheap fuel efficient car like a used Mitsubishi mirage (my friend spent $7,000 on a 2018 model)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Your car is not worth $12,000. That’s what you owe on it. Look up the value of your car in the Kelley blue book and you will find out that the true value of your car is more like five or $6000if the value of your car was $12,000 the dealer would have sold it to you for around 18,000
What’s great is getting randomly banned from DashMart with no contract violation and 9.95 rating, 4,500 deliveries. Cut my income bad at first but Uber has come through and saved me big time! I took a break from Uber and now I’m doing it primarily now while DD is just back up at night.
Yes, but the point of the video is that, DD claims avg pay is around 20-25/hr, which is false. A lot of drivers don’t realize the cost of doing the gig. If DD stated an avg. of 8-12/hr after cost of operating, that would be more reasonable and then people would have a better understanding to gig or not.
@@ChickenThug55 Must depend on the market, I run 3 apps while out and about. I get good shopping orders and ussually a good catering order a day with an avg AR of 40. I dont really look at things as hourly, I take breaks through out the day, my goal is 1000 a week and I always break that goal. I experiment with different zones. Each week Im planted in 3 zones and they all generate money differently.
Ive been doing it full time for two years but i do also have a small part time income but this is about 80% of my income and i just moved to save $800 a month on my rent but the market in my new area is so bad that im making about $800 less per month with the gig work so i am looking into going back to W2 as soon as possible. I just had to replace my two front tires, again, because they had bubbles from the bumpy pothole roads
I will just say this and let it alone for now. Look at how much money they tossed away in a few seconds of Doordash Superbowl commercials...Millions of dollars 💸💸💸💸💸💸
We are definitely not independent contractors DD is misclassifying and I’m pretty sure one day this classification will end after enough lawsuits come in!
You can do doordash with a 2000 dollar car. But you have to be handy. Be able to change simple things like spark plugs, belts, water pumps and even gaskets. Just youtube how.
Thank GOD I have a car that doesn't use much gas. I was a top dasher south of Atlanta and it was good but recently dropped due to not hitting my 100 deliveries it sux now I can barely get on dash screw you Doordash I am a a great asset
We need a class action lawsuit against Doordash
It will happen, mark my words...but you're only going to get like 35$ 😂 or something.
California pays way better for dashers if you could afford to live in California there's always a catch
Yes we do.....we need to unite and get a good lawyer on these guys
The sad thing is many dashers think they're being smart by maximizing their miles or justify it as "it takes money to make money". The IRS is many things but they aren't stupid or generous, dashers didn't outsmart them or find a glitch in the system with the mileage deduction that's the IRS saying hey we aren't going to TAX you (their only job), because your costs to operate were $x so that's money you lost. Like you said every dasher eventually pays the price, gig work is nothing more than a payday loan against your car.
Other than repairs if your car is not new and has fairly high mileage and is paid off, it’s a tossup I know, but many people, drive far and long distances to commute to work and get nothing for that. That’s her mentioned stuck in traffic which we can famously avoid and not work during high traffic times. You can also run errands or try to pick up a dash to where you were headed which always helps pay for the trip Lol.
@@gooddogtrainingservices5351 this is why i bought a $800 car from a old lady with 120k miles it has 150k now and so far no repairs besides 40$brakes
@gooddogtrainingservices5351
Choosing a trip for pay is never a toss-up. It will be positive, neutral, or negative. If neutral, you're selling your time for free. If negative, you are performing charity. If positive, you have a viable business.
Vehicles don't factor in to trip decision making. Paid off or not doesn't matter. A vehicle is not a physical "thing" for a driver; it is better understood as a container of miles. If you owned a fleet of vehicles, it would be easier to understand, because this is how cab companies and car rental companies do it...
Fleet buyers don't buy vehicles. They buy miles. And then sell those miles at a profit. The actual car is just a medium of exchange to buy and sell miles.
@@ericwolfe8119 Very true and deep of what you said, the avg top dasher doesnt understand that untill its to late!!!
Learn to do your own maintenance or major repairs.
This video has taught me that I need to find another job and stop this DoorDash Uber Eats bullshit. I've been doing this job for 6 years and it's a completely different experience than it used to be. It makes me sad cuz I really enjoy doing it but the money just isn't there anymore and we're way too oversaturated with drivers my market. Sending love from Los Angeles 💜💛
Doordash and the rest must suffer the consequences of taking advantage of drivers. It’s time drive these apps out of business. No drivers no business!
I stg I say this daily 😢
Sounds like you need to get a CDL and drive a truck professionally .
So basically $1/mile is not enough in 2024
$1/mile was never enough. Idk why people set that as their rate. $2/mile at the absolute bare minimum.
I'm watching this video with you "exposing" DD and what do I see??? An ad for signing up to drive for DD! Incredible!
Ur sooo right😂😂😂
This is why you should never ever do low ball offers to keep your A/R up.
You work for minimum wage and your high mileage car will be worth pennies on the dollar after 2 years.
Good luck when its time to replace your car while earning minimum wage.
Yes yes yes brother
You have to lie to taxes and use multiple apps so you make lot of money
Exactly
I have a pretty good full time job already and door dash was just away that I could make some extra money on my days off. As expensive it is to live, I don't care who you are everyone can use extra money nowadays. I realized quick that I was running my car into the ground and it wasn't worth it. Thanks for talking about this topic cause them miles add up quick.
Same boat here I make pretty good money on my Monday thru Friday but of course at the moment need more cash but my car waste too much gas and I’m not trying to put a lot of mileage on my beautiful vehicle.I see people saying the drive 30 to 40k a year I can’t do that to my car they better be ready for the maintenance
I'm driving a Chevrolet Bolt and the list at 3:36 had me balling. If you're not in an EV you're doing it wrong. 😂 I bought mine used with 125K miles then purchased 6 (2 as spares) 16" steel rims, manual tire changer + balancer. Learn your area where free chargers are and take advantage. In my area 3 dealerships have their DC fast chargers free to use and it's definitely a nice thing to fall back upon in those slow months like January and is now picking up with first holiday Valentine's.
I have a good paying job as well and make this my side hustle only. I work about 20hrs/week with a goal to hit Gross $. I have a paid for used car, and unless there is major repair needed, I do all my own maintenance and minor repairs. I definitely would never do this full time. Just not worth it
We put 38k miles on our brand new Tiguan last year, but that was solely vacations. I dont think about resale value, we bought it to drive it 🤷♂️
Why would people DD?? You have to use your own car, pay for maintenance, fuel, basically your Door Dashes cheap server!! Your better off waiting tables
We need some lawyers on this.
You are 100 percent correct! DD is abusing our rights as IC. Have been since day one. They use the phrase to skirt employer/employee taxes. They also are gauging the drivers out of there pay. DD is charging the customer for delivery from $6 to $10 dollars per delivery. But all they want to pay you is $2.00 per delivery. Additionally due to the current inflation, tips are few and far between as people really can’t afford to tip like they should.
I have spent the past few years developing a spreadsheet system that calculates all expenses and pay link with a cost per mile sheet. It also calculates your quarterly taxes. So yes a lot of dashers think they are making bank but like you spelled out they really are not.
My relationship with DD ended for good at 9.10pm today. Never again and i advise every one of you to also quit. Ill be explaining in a video this weekend. Blessing to each of you-
Looking forward to seeing the video. Wish you well.
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But your channel has zero videos
Hello. I started Doordashing for the first time 2 weeks ago. I’m glad I’m watching all these community videos and getting familiar with all the other drivers and their perspectives. I started to get a little bit of money and I’m thinking about doing it a bit more just to be able to actually pay for basic needs like food, water, clothes, and even bills. Hopefully I get a better paying job into the future.
@@dantedelgadillo7090 A normal job you could obtain more, unless you are like me and burnt out of big corp.
You truly clarified and covered all angles on this one.This is the most informative video on DoorDash I've ever came across and is epic in more ways than one.I can guarantee %80 of Dashers didn't know the information you just relinquished.You did your thing on this one Baby Boy and thank you for it!!!
You will soon see a class action lawsuit and a nice amount of money being deposited into your account, just like Lyft !
Some CEO's been robbing employees over the yrs. I think once the big arrest happens humanity is going to get a big pay check.
& we’ll all be waiting 💯😂
I’m fed up with this crap. I’ve only been dashing since last June. Time to look for something else.
They also don’t tell you that you probably won’t be getting orders if you’re parked and you need to keep moving around to get orders. This will use more mileage and mileage that is not paid for.
Or driving back into a hot zone. It basically doubles the miles.
I dunno. A lot of the youtubers i follow who do food delivery on scooters aren’t always moving around. Sometimes they just chill by a group of restaurants until orders come in. So i don’t think you need to be moving necessarily to get more orders. Altho i would argue that riding around on a scooter 🛵 is a lot more fun than riding around in a car. And easier on the gas consumption too! 😉 👍🏼
I mean sometimes it’s so busy that I don’t have time to park 😂 but that’s just my area
You def don’t gotta drive around all day. You can park up in a hot spot.
@-BRICKZ but after dropping off you then need to drive back to hot spot. That's added miles.
We are glorified employees not independent contractors.
Setting our own schedule is only a perk of the job.
We want work vehicles and health insurance!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁😁😁
Yes as you should they are crooked as he said upkeep on your car is very expensive and so when it breaks down you’re stuck with the bill🙏
DO NOT DO GIG WORK, unless you have a car that is PAID OFF. I didn’t realize people are actually doing that.
Word I don't see the logic of doing gig work with a car you're leasing
Don’t even do it in a car! Only do food delivery on a scooter that gets 100mpg. It’s the only way to make real money doing it. Save a ton on gas. Pay next to nothing for insurance & maintenance. It’s easier to park & get in & out of restaurants. I really don’t know why anyone would do it in a car. Rideshare yes. Of course. But food delivery? Scooters are so much better than cars.
@@Regantdarcy That’s only if you’re in a big city. All of your deliveries are going to be close together. Also, I’m in the upper Midwest. Why don’t you do that in 20 degree weather and get back to me.
@@Regantdarcyseriously! I was making $800 a week with ~25h of active time last summer on an e-scooter! The best thing about it was that it was so easy to move around, didn’t have to worry about parking, etc.
The scooter was pretty affordable (cost me $850 CAD in total on Amazon), and still works great!
I got myself an electric bike with fat tires for the winter for roughly $1k CAD: definitely worth the investment. However, I’m much more of a scooter guy because of how much lighter they are to carry around.
Looking to profit from my scooter again this summer!
@@bencarter8423 Well, that’s what I’m saying. If you live in an environment like that, which is really spread out far from an urban environment…Food delivery probably isn’t the best choice in any vehicle. As far as the cold on a scooter? That depends on the person. I do long bike trips all over the world, and actually know how to ride in the most frigid of temps. Others cringe at the thought. Here in NY, it gets pretty cold. But if you dress warmly & have heated gloves, food delivery on a scooter ain’t bad at all. Plus again, the money you save over a car is HUGE.
The window of opportunity for profit is slowly diminishing in all sectors. You’re headed towards more breaking,even and smaller profits. Tech industry laying off ,entertainment industry laying off. Nowhere to run nowhere to hide just keep hustle and grind.
You are so smart. A lot of people never bother to crunch all the numbers calculate all of their expenses.
This was an excellent video. I've been at it full time for 3 years now and did not realize that I am really an employee but you have opened my eyes. You would be a good to start this class action lawsuit. I'm in! Let us know how to go about starting it.
Great video. Doordash and Uber are both under pressure to finally turn a profit by shareholders. DD hasn't turned profit in 10 years. Their bottom line sucks. Do you think the executives are going to take a pay cut??😃 No way! The biggest expense DD has in paying drivers. That is where both of these companies are trimming budget. DD simply doesn't make enough per unit to turn a profit. Don't let them exploit you anymore.
I went out tonight and they had a $3 promo in my area for every delivery and they sent me to every single restaurant. 15 minutes before the order was ready. And on a normal, day I can walk in and walk out with an a minute.
Probably because it was Vday
@@josenegrete3694 But that just doesn't make any sense. That a very busy night when there is a surplus of orders that you would send me to a restaurant 15 minutes before the order is even scheduled to be done.
I'm saying I was walking into a restaurant At six o'clock in the order wasn't supposed to be done until six fifteen, and the order didn't even get finished until six thirty seven because of how busy it was.
@@josenegrete3694 I think they did that to slow us down because they gave us the promo. But don't want us making more money. So instead of me normally taking 4 to 5 orders in an hour. I was only able to take two.
Driving to deliver food on gig apps just doesn’t make any sense in the post-pandemic era.
I don’t get why people don’t invest in electric bikes instead of depreciating cars to deliver food.
At least in my market, you get the same payout whether you’re driving or riding a bike (I use mainly UberEats).
A decent electric bike (with fat tires for winter use) will cost easily about $1k in Canada (bought mine for around that price on Amazon). I’m basically working on food delivery at most 3 hours a day (ideally 7 days a week) and riding the bike downtown (Montreal), I’m averaging between $20 (on a slow day) to $30 an hour. I already have an electric scooter (cost in total $850) that I use in the summer time.
If you invest in at least two bikes and/or scooters, that’s a lot less than $5k, and these assets will last you at least 3-4 years if properly maintained (tire change, brake and battery replacements will cost a lot less than annual car maintenance).
And before you guys say anything about adjusting to riding these vehicles, the learning curve is pretty flat: I learned how to ride an e-scooter in less than two hours (I had never ridden one before summer (2023).
I would make the same amount with a car, but the expenses and depreciation associated to generating that revenue just doesn’t make economic sense.
In a big city that’s maybe doable, but not My small town you can’t get around like that, you need a car
Doesn’t it rain a lot up there?
Honda makes a nice 125cc scooter for 4k. I'm planning on getting one come summer for delivery. Australia post office used to use this model to deliver mail, so they're almost purpose built for delivery. Light, 90 mpg, bullet proof with just normal maintenance, and probably a ton of fun on a warm summer evening.
I’ve been planning on getting one before summer. I’m 30 minutes from the city, and I have two vehicles with one being a cash Chevy Malibu getting a 4 cylinder engine replaced. That’s the one I plan use for deliveries on bad weather or cold days, but I’m keeping the scooter In the car for summer.
@shakebackj9362
It might be better to get a bike that requires a license plate. The delivery apps restrict the trips they allow to be delivered by e-bikes, but generally consider cars and motor bikes to be the same for trip offers. That's why I'm going with a Honda Trail 125. It has a flat platform behind the seat, perfect for a large delivery bag and is street legal, requiring a license plate and insurance, but also highly improving delivery opportunities.
Plus, it's a trail bike for weekend adventures. It'll do 50mph on the street without straining, and carry 150 pounds of camping equipment plus me on an off-road trail. And there are 1970's versions of same bike with 400-500k on the odometer... in Australia, so kilometers, but still... that's a ton of miles too. These things are change oil regularly, add gas and go almost forever.
You’re going to have depreciation whether you do gig work or not.
But never at this pace!
But when you drive 80-300miles a day for work, your car will really depreciate 😅. Wanna buy my 2022 car that has 200k miles for the same price of a 80k mile?
I think the government gives an average for all commercial vehicles. I’ve calculated that the cost of my vehicle is around 40 cents per mile
I’d say it’s only viable to use as a steppingstone for maybe like six months or a year at max. If you only do it for that long, then you can take a hit on the depreciation as you find another job, but any longer than that, and it isn’t sustainable.
I called it an emergency job only
Door dash, instacart, and rideshare are all shortchanging us. I used to drive for Uber back in 2014 I made 3x of what I could make today. It’s 2024 and in most industries are paying less. You also have to factor in the cost of living today with such a pay cut.
if you just use an old toyota for doordash depreciation is negligible
I use a 2011 Toyota Camry
If you are only doing this work occasionally to make a little extra money, the depreciation is negligible on all vehicles. What he’s talking about is doing this full time to make a living.
If you’re doing this to make a living, it doesn’t matter what vehicle you are driving now. With every delivery you are causing wear on your vehicle and it will have to be replaced. In addition to the expenses he mentions, you need to be setting aside $1000 every month so that you can replace your vehicle when needed. (If you’re driving an older vehicle you should probably double or triple that amount because you’re already behind.) When you add it all up, gig work is not a viable business model for drivers. You will discover that no matter what you do, you will always be losing money. If you want to do it for fun and make a few bucks, great! Just don’t trap yourself into thinking you can actually make a living doing this. The numbers don’t lie.
@@brianwiirre5110
Woah! Your numbers are off by an unpaid mile... And I do make a living doing this; have for 5 years.
First, it absolutely DOES matter what vehicle is being driven. Toyota Corolla or Camry (hybrid) for absolute max efficiency, or Mazda 3 sedan or CX-5 for more luxury. Buy new and treat them well and you'll get 300k+ miles easily.
At 50k miles a year, 1k per week; that's 6 years per vehicle, or 72 months. If you're selling miles at $1.50 per and up and driving 1k miles a week, you'll be grossing 6k per month... how hard is it to put aside $500 out of 6k a month for eventual vehicle replacement?
"But taxes and gas and maintenance and repairs..."
Oh, I get it. The vehicle costs 30k out the door. Already that's 10 cents a mile IF you get 300k miles, which is why it matters which vehicle. If you drive a vehicle that breaks at 150k, you spent 20 cents a mile just to buy it. Another 10-15 cents per mile for gas. And another 5-10 cents per mile for basic maintenance.
Choose the right car and properly maintain it, and you'll be buying miles for 30-35 cents and selling them for $1.50 each. If you choose proper paying business. Choose the wrong car, and you might pay anywhere from 50-100+ cents per mile... a desperate person might still make that work, but it'd be pretty hard.
It's easily possible to earn a living doing this; almost anyone can. It's just a matter of making the right decisions. We Buy miles and then we Sell miles... that's it. I buy miles at 35 cents per and sell them at an average 200 cents per, all day long.
@@ericwolfe8119 I’ve owned 2 Prius and 1 Corolla. Bought them all new and they are all excellent cars. Extremely reliable and cost efficient. Toyota is a great company but unfortunately there is a lot of corruption in their dealerships.
I’m glad you’re able to make the kind of living you want doing this work. I like the work but the money for my time and expenses just isn’t there. I wish you well.
I do the same, i sell cars so my cost for a car is minimal
I got deactivated from DoorDash idc anyways it’s not worth it anymore
Great video sir!!!!! You are so right about this. We are not really independent contractors at all!
Thanks!
Not to be a negative Nancy but, the expenses you estimate are way off. $500 for brakes is insane! and 1000 for tires is also insane! Why buy the best of the best if you're gonna replace then every year (assuming you drive over 40k miles) just my 2 cents!
I agree about the tires. Brakes however could cost you 500 or more to have someone else put them on. For me, I can do it myself. It's not hard and it's a good skill for a gig worker to learn in order to lower cost.
@@michaelfox8802 agreed! Being able to do things yourself will save you so much money! And like you said, a great skill to have in your arsenal!
I like what you are saying about us not really being independent contractors. Very good point. However I don’t really agree with your proposal for how it would work. Customers are not going to sit there and put all of this mental thought into picking out a driver. They just want their food. Also, it would prevent the driver who is slightly picky from making any money at all, it would be a lowball driver festival
my thoughts exactly
Not sure what your point is. Do you dash? If so, in reality, you’re essentially making 8-12/hr. Are you still going to run your car down for that?
I started doing deliveries on an E bike because I wanted to bike around to get exercise anyways and it keeps me from having to use my vehicle and spend any money on gas
Well said sir. I’m glad how much info you have brought to light and how well you explained everything. I appreciate your effort
Probably the most truthful video you have made, this is why my acceptance rate is constantly at 0 or 1%
This is so true this is why I only do it a few hours a week
You’re better off trying to get OT on your day job for the time and half pay.
@@ChickenThug55OT is fine but not every job gives it and or offers a lot
$25 an hour isnt even that good let alone having to use your own car and take out money for taxes. It doesnt seem worth it to me.
I work for $25 an hour 40 hours a week that doesn't pay any bills that doesn't cover my needs
I thought Door Dash was going to be really good today, and there is even a $3.00 promo but it was terrible. The stores were busy with people getting their own candy and flowers. Last year was much better.
It makes no sense to pay the high fees plus a tip when you can go get it yourself.
Customers are sick dash trash
You really need to do you research if you think a Chevy cruizzzzz is a reliable car that’s a first step Toyota Corolla. This is with any job you get taxed any business you own.
I’ve also been driving over 6 years it will be 7 years in April. I’m in my 2nd new car! My first one was totaled at 100,000 miles, 90 miles was DD miles. It was totaled pulling into a customers driveway, blinker was on and not sure where that guy came from. Anyway 2 cars my 2nd new car has 75,000 miles and I’m soon to trade it in just to have a no worry vehicle. I change the oil at $99 every other month, bought 800.00 worth of tires last year because new cars put on 1/2 tires and at 30,000 tires are done! I buy the good tires with 90,000 mile warranty. DD has become trash for real 😢
If you’re doing door dash full time please just buy a used car maybe like 6 years old with 100k miles .
I don’t know what to say about Uber I know you need a nicer car for that
For my Door Dashing, I got a $2,000 car (2012 Toyota Camry) on Craigslist. I have driven the car over 20K miles and not a single issue. I put $500 tires on it that are rated for 60K miles. When it dies, buy another. New subscriber, really enjoy your content.
I'm new to dashing.. 3 weeks in.. I had a sudden need for additional cash flow and dashing allowed me to instantly receive it! I crossed off soooo much on my list that needed immediate attention and was so thankful for it.. I do recommend it for various needs.. One in school can grab some needed money to get them through/put up for saving or heck for a new car/insurance.. pay off loans, Quick money for upcoming events/vacations, renovations, surgery, dental work heck the list goes on.. or just to make ends meet.. Track those miles/expenses and account for taxes and all will be well - Happy Dashing xoxo
You sound like a doordash social media spy. Yes they have a special department that monitors their PR in social media.
At the expense of your vehicle
I'm trying to figure out how giving my experience makes me a spy? This is my true experience.. Why does everyone have to always jump to conclusions.. I gave my input on how I felt about it.. The points made definitely had me thinking and this and other videos gives me great insight.. I totally understood it and glad I ran across it.. And I'm sure others will do their math and do the same.. We need more teachable moments like this.. And it's the same working a W2 meaning expenses/costs are involved
. I worked them but I've done IC (independent contracting) last 12 years.. And even with W2 jobs I put wear and tearfrom my home not driving and as a W2 employee I had to drive 60 miles a day to get to the job.. So I clearly understood his point.. But let's not judge every comment that sees light in the work they do or helpful income that's available after all we choose to do it... xoxo
7:36 is a lie. LA Cars have to be 2008 or newer. Not 5 years or newer. 7:38 is also a lie. I live in NY. Car has to be 2007 or newer. Whoever told you that is a lie
From the vehicle aspect, I am so blessed. I have been driving my 2014 Jeep Wrangler and it's just come down with the famous engine tick they are famous for.
My husband works on vehicles and can fix about anything. We have had an old beater with less than 100k on it and a good running engine. We had thought the transmission went on it and eere going to junk it. The husband's son came over and said "are you sure it's not just such and such" can't remember what the actual problem was. Anyways, now it's fixed, I can use it for my deliveries and it doesn't matter when it breaks for good and now my husband and stepson can tear apart my Jeep and replace the rocker arm that is ticking. I only ever have to pay parts on repairs and maintenance.
I totally agree with you. I operated for just a month and already spent on replacing my brakes, frequent oil change, and recent increase in price of gas is outrageous. I have been spending more than earning.
I have a full time job at Sam’s club and started door dashing again after work on my ebike. Every night I open the app and hope to find an order heading home. My stats for this past month have shown in my area, junk! 9 out of ten are junk! I am glad I don’t door dash in a car. An ebike is an entirely different math, no car repairs, no insurance, no car payment and no depreciation. Ideally, I would like to assemble my side by side ebike velomobile/RV like creation to rest and wait for orders at a busy location. And where ever door dash takes me and where ever I end up is where I lay my head and rest, waiting for orders to let door dash take me again. I am not giving up my day job.
The thing is, you can drive your car past that zero value point. That lowers the average yearly depreciation cost. The better way to calculate it is to calculate an overall lifetime average per mile cost. Include an estimate of mileage you can get out of the car, all the oil changes, an amount for repairs, tires, and anything else, even the increase in insurance. Any vehicle expense. This is effectively the same idea as the 67 cents per mile we get to write off, except it’s your own number. If you can do your own repairs and drive the car to 300,000+ miles, you can get your costs down per mile quite a bit.
I agree there needs to be a legal requirement of a disclosure to explain that doing something like this will have you incur all of these costs. Almost nobody seems to understand it. They think it’s just gas.
Well said, I researched and planned my movement into the gigs. I bought a hybrid with 48k on it, they were known to last 200-300k miles as long as they are maintained. I estimated Id need to make 1000-1300 a week to live and be able to buy another hybrid in 3yrs or so. Just by taxes alone vs a w2 worker i figured out the difference. Say a w2 worker pays 22k in taxes that yr and a contractor pumping the miles pays 9k. That 13k is enough to slap down on another hybrid with low miles in 1yr.
I remember Lyft false advertising stating save up for down payment for a home within a year .
The biggest problem is THEY REQUIRE US TO TEXT WHILE DRIVING. That is my only concern. We are in danger and are endangering others.
They want us to even take pictures of our pizza bag knowing full well we are racing to the client.
Once while driving on a busy highway they asked me to take my own picture to make sure it was me!! What?? Who else would it be from my number?? Hello. So, I'm Ying down the highway after fireworks went off for holiday...traffic everywhere and moving fast. I was stuck taking photos and submitted them until they were satisfied.
Now that's some crazy stuff too.
BTW, it's now illegal to text and drive in Missouri yet you can't dash and NOT text.
I like the bidding system you suggested where are we put out what we want for the job and the customer gets to choose that would be awesome. It would weed out the bad actors that don't do a good job. It would be more reputation based and encourage people to do a really good job.
I do between 2 to 6 deliveries per week, it gives me a break from Uber. I recently quit Lyft, again.. when they decided to not pay me a cancelation fee. I do Uber usually about 6 hours a day. I think putting the experience of a Dasher in the app for a selection might keep newbies from getting orders. That would be a bit unfair. I think the base pay needs to be per miles and weather condition. If its freezing, raining or burning hot, pay more, as its harder to do, if its a huge order going up 3 flights of stairs or into a tall office building, pay more..etc.. the pay should be according to the effort. Recently I did a delivery during our Gem show here in Tucson, it was a huge order, heavy bags of food. I did ok with that order but I feel that an extra $5 would have made it more worth doing.
Doordash should have had mileage tracking and gas calculations built in.
If they did they wouldn't have any drivers
Guaranteed $19 per hour would be good
Now when doordash becomes autonomous aren't they going to have to pick up all these expenses instead of the driver
Doordash will never be "autonomous." There is much more to this than simple driving from point A to point B. How is an autonomous car going to enter a building, wait, pick up, and then deliver to someone on the 4th floor of an apartment building or hotel? It can't be done.
@@cjosephmandolin6341 Autonomous vehicles may replace rideshare drivers someday …but not food delivery drivers. perhaps when they have androids that can get out of the autonomous vehicles and walk the food up to the customer… but yeah, that is many decades away and is it even feasible? They’d have to have tens of thousands of autonomous cars with fully functioning android robots 🤖. That ain’t happening. Perhaps drone deliveries? But that too is problematic. They’re just gonna have to pay their human drivers better 👍 😂
@@Regantdarcy Yeah, perhaps rideshare, but even that is questionable given the current state of technology needed for autonomous vehicles to function properly. (Specifically, I am speaking of the 5G plus and more advanced systems needed for these things to function properly.)
The Chinese are currently attempting it in their largest cities and it's not going too well for them, especially now that their economy is in a free fall and unemployment is skyrocketing.
The only way I see this working is if the "powers that be" manage to cull the population and force the survivors into UN 15-minute "smart cities" that have 5G transmitters scattered every 100 feet, as envisioned by the likes of Santa Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates, etc.
There is already a massive pushback by Americans against EVs due to their limited range and cost. Couple that with the poor internet infrastructure found throughout rural areas in the United States and I do not think they can pull it off.
@@Regantdarcy Yeah, rideshare perhaps, but even that is questionable given the lack of 5G plus infrastructure in place which serves as the actual roadmap for the autonomous vehicles to function properly. The Chinese are attempting this very thing and it's going quite badly for them. The only way I see the "powers that be" pulling it off is if they manage to drastically cull the population and drive the survivors into UN 15-minute "smart cities" that have 5G transmitters every 100 feet as envisioned by the likes of Santa Klaus 'you will own nothing and be happy' Schwab. I suspect the best they can do will be 'Johnny Cabs' as seen in the movie Total Recall. And those simply don't cut it for long-distance, fast-paced travel.
@@cjosephmandolin6341 True, some people say that DD see's drivers as the biggest expense which is funny because we get 2 dollars out of there 12 dollar order? DD doesnt pay for our gas, maintenance and food. If DD has machines to do it all, Id think the machines would be the ''biggest expense''. Robotics are not cheap. Imagine the technicians needed all the time to fix them and the energy to power them. Cost through the roof.
I see what you're saying. But im confused on why you only mention door dash here. Wouldn't this apply to all delivery/driving apps? Like uber eats, grub hub, sauce etc etc
Thankfully i only need to do door dash for a couple of more weeks until my new job starts
Did you notice you are doing all this math and visualizing the profit and expenses while you haven’t even talked about any electrical, gas, and water bills, and food, and clothes, and phone, emergency funds, home repairs, and especially rent and/or mortgage?! What is happening with this world. We are being scammed worldwide.
He could also do the exact same breakdown on anybody's hourly wages at their traditional job thousand dollars a week $200 out for taxes 20 miles to work 45 minutes in traffic
Would a rental car be close to the same total in the end? Never have to worry about the cost of maintenance, major repairs, or depreciation.
Nah the absolute best way would be to drive an older car. With renting you’re paying the cost upfront to maintain a newer car, a rental company isn’t gonna take a loss.
I have a 2008 Mercedes C300 that was given to me by my grandma when I was 16. It had about 90,000 miles on it when I first got it. 4 years later, it has 131,000 miles on it and about 970 deliveries under it's belt. My car repairs are pretty expensive because it is a Mercedes and I have to use premium gas. The good thing is that the car has been paid for, so there is no payment, and with a car that is from 2008 the value is probably pretty low anyways. I am in college and do Uber Eats and Doordash, and I will say it is a great job for college students, but I would not make it your primary job.
Anyone else make a good money on Valentine’s Day? They need to do these strikes more often 😂
$72 in 2.5 hours.
Nice video thank for explaining with to much detail
Really helpful video
I get orders from my work heading towards my house 90% of each work day. These orders might be 2 extra miles driven out of my way, but are very profitable for me as I have to drive these miles regardless. I think food delivery can be very profitable if done correctly.
I hate debt. I have 3 cars. One for my day-time job which I need to drive clients around, one for doordash and one for personal use. All my cars and everything is paid off.
Hey thanks for talking about this. This is 100% facts we can’t keep up with our cars. Even for $2 a mile it’s not enough!! And no gig tubers are talking about this. Im doing this full time and what a big mistake. Still looking for a full time w2 and then just doing this part time but still….this is bullshit we need to be being payed for our cars/miles. And yes I multi app so all the apps just take advantage of drivers.
This video is for the lucky people that can do this full time. I'll be lucky if I can do 12 hours of active time a week 😂 that's how saturated my area is.
The only way to make any of this profitable is to buy a 5+ year old EV, Hybrid, HPEV and learn what hours of the day are the highest paying. I have a Leaf EV and a Ford Fusion PHEV and I only accept Uber Eats over $1.50 per mile and I stay above 80% on Door Dash and cherry pick between 80-85% in the Top Dasher Program ($25 per hour before costs). You NEED to run this like a business now, if you just wing it you're going to get crushed!!!
Agreed, my stratagies are similar, I have the same rules as you. I drive a 2013 fusion hybrid and now have 62k miles on it, but its paid for. I dont do the top dasher thingy anymore, I made more in my market with an AR at 40, here having 20 vs 80 is the same exact thing. The most I ever made on a night shift was 260 with an AR of 37. Just the other day I made 30 an hr for the first 2hrs, and it slowed down after 1pm, opened up uber and made 60 dollars in 1hr and 8mins. I just multi app more. Like one day I opened up DD, GH, and UE, made 45 that hr on the start of the shift.
Great eye-opening video. There are other ways to make money. Seek and find them. It’s time to put the gig apps out of business.
And if you make $15 an hour at a job after taxes and all the other crap they take out of your paycheck you’re only really making like $10 an hour. That’s the other part that you have to remember plus your drive to and from work every day which could be 15 to 45+ minutes does not count for anything and that’s time wasted in miles on your car that you will not get reimbursed for. Some people commute like an hour plus each way every day or even walk to work or take the bus, etc..
6 year driver. It’s over, this is the beginning of the end. In the last 9 months it’s gone to shit. Used to average $35 an hour after learning all the ins and outs. Those days are long gone. Too many drivers, less orders, oh and here in CA the $20 fast food worker wage increase is gonna make it even worse
I dash all summer on my motorcycle pretty much eliminates gas expenses and use a beater Honda civic in the winter they are cheap and reliable my 05 civic has 250k and never lets me down I drive 100+ miles a day plus know how to take care of your own vehicles and doordash and is a very profitable job I can’t believe I see people dashing in cars they pay on especially people in suvs
You know its the hype of working at your own pace and not giving you a schedule
I have a 99 Mitsubishi Montero sport and do all my own work. Preventative maintenance is the key. Treating your car like a fleet vehicle will save you in the long run. But having a personal vehicle will be a better option.
Not sure how you can hold the taxes against DoorDash?? I do it for a side hustle but I made a little over $100k with my primary job and paid over $20k in taxes I can’t hold that against my employer lol 😂 I mean everyone pays taxes and everyone commutes to work. Some people drive from Sacramento to San Francisco everyday and cannot write the mileage off. Every job has give and take. I think a lot of dashers got spoiled during Covid and are just whining now. It’s a delivery job, and anyone can do it you don’t even have to interview for it. I think it’s cool for what it is. It’s not a career or anything. Gig work is just that, it’s a side hustle. Now if you had to interview or do something like be certified or licensed with a special license then I could see the complaining being justified.
Correct you have to give something to get something
That’s why I bought a good ole trusty chevy impala to use as my work car lol. My 2020 traverse had almost 20k miles put on it in the first year I had it because of me using it for doordash. I still owe around 30k on it but it’s only worth like 25k now because of the miles I put on it. So I got the impala to use for work
What year? I have a 2012 Impala. It’s trash. It averages 23 mpg but worse when dashing due to constant stop and go. I’ve gone through 2 drivetrains, 3 engine rework. Good thing it was covered under warranty.
Thank you my friend,for exposing these apps.I'm in LA .
Let’s do a class action lawsuit against this people
Man you are so right about them it's not even funny,they are scamming us , the customers are the Restaurants what a joke,we should all get together and form our own food delivery service,and make the money we should be making.
In my gig work income/tax tracking spreadsheet I have three income columns. Taxable income, net wealth income, and cash flow income. Taxable is revenue minus the 67 cents per mile. Net wealth is revenue minus my estimated 30 cents per mile cost. Cash flow is weekly revenue minus weekly incurred cost.
Door dash is a business like any other. You have to understand this. Ok Blake, you are a business owner. You have overhead, costs. You want to maximize your profitability as a business. It's the same for door dash. They have drivers. They found a way to deliver food from once place using these drivers. If our pay increases their customers have to pay more. If customers have to pay more then door dash loses costumers and get less profitability. All businesses are like this. It's why they fire employees that damage goods. That don't work hard. Door dash doesn't have to worry about this cause they cover the whole United States. Not just one factory producing goods.
You know why Walmart is able to charge less. Cause they don't advertise with stuff other places do. Advertising costs money and impacts prices. Look at Aldi. They don't advertise. They make you pay for your cart and pay for your bags. This lowers overhead and makes prices cheaper.
DDs response was the new TOS that limits dashers to individual law suits settled by arbitration. Preach on brother.
I’m Officially throwing in towels on food delivery. Switch to rideshare. I’m in Washington state and we have guaranteed pay and sick time benefits on rideshare. But not food delivery. The guaranteed ride share pay equates to almost $2/mile per ride between the per mile and per minute rate
2$ base then double is still 2$ base . That’s messed up
I feel like the only way doordash is remotely worth it is if you’re using a dirt cheap, fuel efficient vehicle like a Honda Navi Motorcycle ($1,807 brand new) or a dirt cheap fuel efficient car like a used Mitsubishi mirage (my friend spent $7,000 on a 2018 model)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Your car is not worth $12,000. That’s what you owe on it. Look up the value of your car in the Kelley blue book and you will find out that the true value of your car is more like five or $6000if the value of your car was $12,000 the dealer would have sold it to you for around 18,000
Agreed.
All of that is true for ANY job!
I’m just curious as to why you’re calling out DD alone. Does this not also completely apply to Uber eats?
What’s great is getting randomly banned from DashMart with no contract violation and 9.95 rating, 4,500 deliveries.
Cut my income bad at first but Uber has come through and saved me big time!
I took a break from Uber and now I’m doing it primarily now while DD is just back up at night.
I agree with you on all points..but at the end of the day, scam or not, we all have the choice to do gig work or not.
Yes, but the point of the video is that, DD claims avg pay is around 20-25/hr, which is false. A lot of drivers don’t realize the cost of doing the gig. If DD stated an avg. of 8-12/hr after cost of operating, that would be more reasonable and then people would have a better understanding to gig or not.
@@ChickenThug55 Must depend on the market, I run 3 apps while out and about. I get good shopping orders and ussually a good catering order a day with an avg AR of 40. I dont really look at things as hourly, I take breaks through out the day, my goal is 1000 a week and I always break that goal. I experiment with different zones. Each week Im planted in 3 zones and they all generate money differently.
DoorDash commercial 😅 i found out my friend is making so much money on DoorDash 😂
I literally spent $1000 bought a scooter and now six dollars gas a day is my only expense
There’s other people in the comments saying they pay $150-$200 for gas each month for their vehicle and you’re spending $180 for a scooter so…
Ive been doing it full time for two years but i do also have a small part time income but this is about 80% of my income and i just moved to save $800 a month on my rent but the market in my new area is so bad that im making about $800 less per month with the gig work so i am looking into going back to W2 as soon as possible. I just had to replace my two front tires, again, because they had bubbles from the bumpy pothole roads
I will just say this and let it alone for now. Look at how much money they tossed away in a few seconds of Doordash Superbowl commercials...Millions of dollars 💸💸💸💸💸💸
We are definitely not independent contractors DD is misclassifying and I’m pretty sure one day this classification will end after enough lawsuits come in!
I started 3 days ago in a 2015 Chevy Cruze. I only paid $2000 for it.
So,you're done with Doordash? You're not gonna do delivery for them anymore?
You can do doordash with a 2000 dollar car. But you have to be handy. Be able to change simple things like spark plugs, belts, water pumps and even gaskets. Just youtube how.
Yes I agree task rabbit offers more of an independent contract, control what you get paid somewhat and time
Thank GOD I have a car that doesn't use much gas. I was a top dasher south of Atlanta and it was good but recently dropped due to not hitting my 100 deliveries it sux now I can barely get on dash screw you Doordash I am a a great asset
I'm retired and love it but not working for free
oh yeah I am retired thank GOD I don't relie on Doordash
8:30 What? That's not how that works man, your vehicle will not be worth 0. Your vehicle will NEVER have zero value...