5 Problems “Dash Along the Way” Creates | Doordash Driver
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i dont use hotspots and chose to be spots that I feel that will give me the kind of deliveries I want. 1. Hotspots are not where deliveries are but where they were. 2. I am not interested in getting fast food ( I will take them but I dont feel we need to seek them out) 3. Feel its like where DD wants me instead of where the good restaurants are. Simply what orders do you want? Those are the types of places you should be around. Again Fast food and coffee will find you so look for cluster of restaurants you want to get orders from and be by them. I have several spots that i can move to with minimal mileage. Making quality decisions is what makes us money and controls our expenses
That is the best and obvious advice there is about this whole gig economy food delivery thing.
Great comment man. Thanks I have been doing DD for 3 weeks now and every week I make more money because I change my style and don't fall into the traps DD sets you. First week I was accepting all orders. No more. Also shopping for people is a nightmare and takes all your time away for crappy tips. I don't even want the red cards anymore. Thanks for your advice
@@NicknLex i agree the shop and deliver are not the main goal. my feeling for them is use them during not busy times they can be a way to get the dollars per delivery average up so that when you get the big orders it really makes up for the slow times. I do this full time so they really do help make non prime time more profitable
@@robbman2007 that does make sense. Thank you !!
I live near McDonald’s. I hit Dash Now before I leave home. Stupid idea. Then I eek my way towards Panera bread, the Spanish restaurant or the sushi spot. Big money
I love your professional approach to the gig economy world. People don’t realize that this isn’t just about food delivery. It’s about integrity in your own business and how to maximize your income with reasonable and logical thinking. #LetsGetThisMoney.
I started "dashing" yesterday and I was shocked! I don't live in a huge city area, maybe 50k people. Being a college town I figured the market would be over saturated with doordashers because of that but boy was I wrong! I've been watching your videos and a lot of others before I decided to do it, so between everyone's tips and my remembering of the spots in town that were consistently decent tippers from my domino's delivery days 12ish years ago, I made over $100 in about 3 hours. I was shocked! The orders just kept coming, one after the other, and with all the tips you've put out there I didn't fall in the trap of accepting the shitty orders just because it was offered. Stayed with the over $5 range and low miles trips. Only mistake I made was going to this one particular McDonald's who's lobby was closed while the sun was still out and a drive through line that was absolutely ridiculous. Anyways, just wanted to say thanks for the videos! They really are helping people out!
I put myself through 4 years of college door dashing and providing for my son.
You'll learn which orders to take and ones to avoid soon, and make even more money. Waiting kills your profit, so keep that in mind as to which restaurants you want to deliver from.
Do you still make the same amount of money now, $100 in 3hrs? I know you can't in my area w the under $5 offers and high miles they send me.
Random question. Any idea why Door Dash doesn’t have the ability to have the customer indicate that the delivery is to a business or hotel and be able to indicate that? I find a lot of lunch deliveries are to businesses and it would be ultra helpful if you knew the business name, not just the address. You could spot it so much quicker.
Same, that is annoying. Just did one yesterday, Google map was on crack! Took me in circles. Just list the business name under the customer name.
Hospitals are the worst!!!
Had that issue yesterday. Told customer...if you put business name...I'm there. Just the street # can be confusing.
For real with the name of the business title or Apartment complex name. It’s frustrating as all get out when gps says turn left and it’s all blind faith. Wish they just say MAKE ANDAMNED U TURN instead of a long right hand turn sequence around the neighborhood (city or rural). Ugg. Kinda why I took a break. Also. Tell me the house number before I passed it. Is 😂✌️💗
@@angelsworld1733 do you like dashing? I just started one week ago
Dashers like myself cherry pick the neighborhoods and restaurants they want, this new "Dash along the way" is designed to force a dasher into an area or restaurant that they don't want
I’ve been noticing I’ve been getting orders lately not from the closest restaurant to the customer that they ordered from. I really hope this doesn’t continue to happen. It seems wasteful, hurtful to customers, and hurtful to dashers
I had a bdubs order that took me 12 minutes to get to when I know there was one 2 minutes from customer. Been seeing a lot of this. Makes no sense
@@mooreorless31 it really doesn’t!
So I'm not certain this applies to you, but it does to me. I live near a certain pizza place, I have NEVER had a single successful delivery out of that pizza place, but I've made quite a few from the one 4 miles away from where I live. I have literally gotten an order to pick up a pizza from the main area I deliver from and to deliver to a home near mine, although there is the same pizza place just 5 minutes away.
I think this has a lot to do with the fact that there are no drivers near the closer pizza place. In fact on my way home, I'll get an order from there, attempt to deliver it, but when I ask for the wait time, they say "20-30 minutes" at which point I cancel the order and go home "takes 5 minutes".
I truly believe that when you get an order from a store that is further away from the customer, it's because no drivers operate near the closer place. Probably because 3 merchants vs 50 merchants. I would rather be near the 50 merchants, not the 3.
I have actually stopped taking order from the Santinos that is 5 minutes away from where I live. Every time I take them it just turns into a completion rate decrease of no fault of my own. I'm not waiting 30 minutes for $5. It was supposed to be a 5 minute delivery for $5 right before I go home, not a 30 minute delivery job for $5.
@@jfast8256 you know, thinking about it now, normally when I do get orders from a restaurant that is not the closest one to the customer, it’s typically from a larger hot zone than the restaurant closer to them. But these restaurants, in my experience, have always been fast restaurants like Chic-fil-a and Sonic. But still, you might be on to something. Driver density or maybe even driver acceptance rate around a particular restaurant might be weighing which restaurant of the chain the code might send dashers to
The pick-up store is probably a lot faster than the closer-in store. Save time and snag it from the outskirts!
I have had a customer ask why I'm coming from a restaurant 8 miles away when there is the same restaurant a couple of blocks away from his house. I agree with everything you've said in this video.. good job!
That drives me crazy they order in my area and send me all the way across town
I don’t know how to look to see where the houses are until I except the order then it’ll be in a real bad neighborhood then I never know what to do after receiving the order.. can I cancel the delivery?
Believe it or not They planed on you taking that last order ! An being in That area to be the Closest Dasher So you can Pickup That Order , Now the Customer See That Their Order has Been Picked up Before the Time it was Supposed to be and The Food is on it Way to Them DD is a Very Smart Company ! THAT'S WHY That First Order Paid So Well , Glich My A$$. 😆🤣😂
@@kellyhodges7421 I don't think you can cancel the order after you've already picked it up, but im not 100% sure. I also don't like not knowing the delivery address before accepting an order...I know you get a map of the general vicinity, but that doesn't mean it's a great neighborhood.
Sir, you increased my dash profits by 50%! Lower gas, higher income... Thank you! 😁
I like Dash Along the Way, because it allows me to track miles starting in my driveway instead of driving to my zone.
I have a suggestion that would help with hot zones. They need to give us stats in that hot spot. How many orders & how many drivers are there. They have the Data.
I plan to start dashing this week. It’s Tuesday and I’ve found your channel and I so appreciate your help and knowledge. I’ve watched about 8 vids so far. Feeling very motivated! Thank you and God bless you.
How is it in your area?
Bentley, you need to start your own food delivery company, your videos are so well done that they make good training tutorials & you have this business figured out like the back of your hand. I don't like DATW, as well. I try to stay within my own set boundaries. Thanks for the tips!!!
Funny thing about that is, I was testing this theory out yesterday along with the tip theory. I ordered Wendy's for lunch yesterday using a promotion I had. I selected my Wendy's which is 4 miles away from me. I then got the map as to where my order was actually coming from which was 7-8 miles away in the next city rather than what I already selected (in my town that we are both located in). I still speculate that Tony Xu has it in with a few energy companies and is getting a big chunk of money via stocks and the oil industry and reward apps like get upside. I also noticed another thing. The rating system is very poor and simple.
I also have a theory that the app tracks the dash along the way feature to see how far people actually drive to dash and they end up sending tons of orders to those individuals that would constantly push them further out of the area or constantly give them 10 mile orders for $4.00-$6.00. I have been seeing that much more since I started the dash along the way going towards my safer areas that I like to dash in. I would receive orders from the safe spot but the orders would always try to bring me back into the bad areas so I would just decline them. Whoever designed the algorithm did not design it with the dashers in mind.
DAMN THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!
Yeah since my market got the dash along the way option I notice it's been trying to send me back home or a few miles from there with bogus orders. We just got the cash on delivery option so let's see how that goes.
I remember once I went to a Del Taco. The customer was over 10 miles away. When I was about a mile away from their 🏠, I saw another Del Taco. I was in shock. 😲
It common sense that most people order by advertisers. I drive home from work I see a del taco on my home and think, well when I get home I’m going to take a shower, order del taco and sleep. This new system will make customers not order and just go through the drive thru themselves especially after covid
These are facts! I sat in a hot spot for Dashmart and I got an order for McDonald’s which was 1.5 miles away. My pet peeve is when I’m on the freeway and I get ping for an order and they expect me to turn around. SMDH. Keep educating us because I’ve learned a lot from you! 💯✊🏾
My areas are over saturated (mainly the lunch & dinner hours). I’ve figured out that I have to get out earlier than everyone else. And work the later hours than everyone else is willing to work. I also love the Sunday dinner hours because a majority of dashers don’t work Sundays & I love when it’s pouring down raining. I make a killing when it’s raining. Especially if it’s a storm ⛈ lol
I like "Dash along the way". I use it when I'm returning home from an event or an appointment that happens to be outside of my home zone or when I'm headed to a neighboring zone that has peak pay. That way my return trip is tax deductible. I'd never use it on the way to an event because DD has a way of tempting me with a good offer that something out of the way or that will take me over my time.
I have received a few orders where I passed stores that were closer to the customer.
I agree 100% with what you’re saying. Dash Along the way is never worked for me. It never gives me an order along the way and I only start getting orders once I’m in the zone. It creates way more problems than it solves IMO
Doordash support informed me that Doordash prioritizes dashers based on their GPS signal strength. The stronger your GPS signal, the more likely you are to get orders.
That makes sense! Thank you for posting this 👍🙏🏼😊
They should just make it part of the guidlines to have to mobileorder shelf at restaurants that use these apps, and mandatory that the order is finished and rdy to be picked up from the counter (before they send you a notification to click on to pick it up) to avoid problems with staff members. Most staff members simply don’t like doordash users and this would fix a lot of problems with staff making it near impossible it get orders/ or pick them up from restaurants.
I had the same issue. I never understood why DD sends orders for a vendor who has a location closer to the customer. It is extremely annoying, a waste of time and gas. I have notice sometimes DD either puts me on pause or simply discontinued the scheduled Dash.
I totally understands you pain andannoyance.
As a Dasher I completely understand what you’re saying but as a DoorDash customer I Only order at certain restaurants, I have a McDonald’s that’s a half a block away from me that I do not order from, the McDonald’s I do order from is 5 miles away because the service and the food is better.
Me and my brother talk about this everyday. There is a closer restaurant than where this order is located. Why is the order happening?????
Yes I experienced this when I took a further away order, got a nice tip, and then it asked me if I wanted to dash thete and I excepted and received like 3 other deliveries, during lunch, so it worked for me. Thank you for your tips!
I have always wanted DD to route me back to my zone after an order has taken me out of it. DATW helps minimize those dead miles. I'm all for it!
I think the fact that I drove for a courier service several years, then almost 10 years delivering pizzas, then a few years being a taxi for the railroad gave me a huge advantage. The flexibility is what I love the most. I lost 16 ppl in 18 months and there are days I can barely get outta bed and not having a boss on my back helps me breath. I've been dashing since June and besides a few car mishaps, ball joints, lower control arms, sway bar linkage, brakes, all motor and transmission mounts, power steering belt, and thermostat. BUT through door dashing I was able to gradually get all these repairs done. And next week I'll be getting an oil change and transmission fluid as well. I only wish I'd found you sooner Bentley. Your tips are invaluable. I love your upbeat, positive, motivational, and, educational videos. Thanks from a dasher in the south who enjoys this job immensely
I once got an order for Dunkin Donuts by me, to drive 17+miles north up the highway. I still scratch my head at that one. There must be 30 Dunkin’s between me and that customer
I believe this is because not all locations, of a given merchant, participate with DoorDash.
I Dash along the way when leaving my full time job. My home zone is only a few miles away from work. Most times I'm able to pick up orders near my work that take me into my zone and i go from there. Just last night I picked up an order where the restaurant was in the opposite direction, but the delivery was in an acceptable area in my zone and it was a $19.25 delivery. When I received the food I texted the customer with my estimated eta even though I know he can see that in the app. When I arrived he met me outside and handed me a $20 tip "for gas money". He already tipped $9+ on the order! We got to chatting and he said I was his second driver. The first one was coming from even further away but I guess they unassigned themselves. He appreciated me taking his order and bringing it to him. It was a 10 mile delivery and it got me in my zone. I'll take that every day!
I think with fast food places the customer can pick specific locations for their order. I know I would if I knew the closest one was nasty!
I love dash along the way. If I’m not able to “dash now” in my area, I use it to be able to dash in my area. I won’t head to the area I’m supposed to go to, but wait in the area I’m in and get orders that way.
GREAT points! It's STILL happening 6 months later...smh
My zone went grey as I pulled up to a hot spot only to see a few other DD waiting for orders by Applebees, so I moved to a different hotspot a few miles away only to receive a APPLEBEES order with people sitting in that parking lot. That happened a few times that night once I left a hotspot just to receive a order from there just to turn around and go back.
Just don’t make sense.
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Ello Dasher Bill here! It's not just you good sir! I'm seeing the same thing in my area also I just started last Monday an already been putting in the work an everything you said in this video I'm experiencing as well, also some of my customers have been asking bout choosing their drivers or atleast have it alil better when sending orders to dashers as some are coming from miles away like you stated in video all I know is we need a better dasher community to build this platform better I thrive on customer service an surprise an delighting my customers along my dashes as this is all I got as the contract I had for work ended I became jobless. So this is perfect as we don't work! We dash or pass! With that red bag!
From my experience with it so far I do see the bugs that you mentioned as far as passing merchants that can provide the delivery quicker and (dare I say) cheaper I think this is more of an overall move to increase revenue.
Most dashers, especially during busier time periods, will not taken orders leaving their zone therefore a lot of orders sit and go cold or undelivered. If a dasher can grab the order outside of their zone and head back to their initial zone, they make money, can claim miles and for doordash increase merchants customer’s reach.
My experience has been 50/50 though as some orders in the drop off zone end up being trying to get me to accept lowball orders.
I've noticed this in my market, Panama city, FL. I think if the customer doesn't select the closest location when they order, dd doesn't care it's a higher delivery fee for them.
I worked in panama city beach a few days last summer I got the wrong condo address twice had to cancel an ihop order after spilling coffee and orange juice at a speed bump other than that the region is nice but I stick with pensacola and destin when I come to florida (from louisiana)
I usually dash in the outer-most suburban zone of my city. I live 1/4 mile outside the zone I usually dash in, so when I launch my app at home, it wants me to dash along the way to a small city 20 miles away, rather than my home zone, so I have to drive to cross the line before it'll sign me on in my chosen zone. And probably close to half my offers go outside the zone, usually into no-man's land, but sometimes to another zone (but never the small city they think I should dash along the way to.) There is something one needs to be very careful about when going outside your zone. If you leave your order screen, or the in-app navigation for the order while outside your zone, the order you're working on will disappear, and your return to dash button may show a different area. You won't be able to get the current order screen back until you return to your home zone, so you won't be able to check the address, and you won't be able to complete the order. This also happens if you find yourself in no-man's land, lose cell service, and try to take a picture with your regular camera because the Dasher app can't connect. If you have cell service, and the app can connect, you can complete the order, and dash along the way back to your zone. But if you lose cell service at the delivery location, you won't be able to complete the order, and use a photo from your gallery until you get back into your zone. No dashing along the way. If, heaven forbid, your dash times-out while you're in no-man's land, you won't be able to sign back into the app until support manually completes the order you were on when your dash ends. So be very careful about going outside your zone near the end of your dash. Before you leave your zone, extend your dash long enough to drive back to the zone after you make delivery. (Yeah, turning down orders going out into no-man's land works, too, but $25 for an 8-mile order before tips is hard to turn down. And the scenery is nice in the foothills of the mountains, too.)
Based on the dozens of videos that I have watched from various food delivery gig economy people and based on my own experience of delivering at 20 different places over 24 years in two different states it has become obvious to me that these companies are not doing that well. They come up with bait.....blatant lies to get you to go certain places at certain times. The peanuts they offer you seem to be worthless. Peak pay......hot spots......all garbage. I would always stay in an area that I am already familiar with because they certainly are not familiar with any of it. It is important to remember that you are self-employed and that you call the shots of course you have a contract with them and they are providing you with contacts but you do not have to deal with their lies and you do not have to deal with certain places just because they threaten you. This whole thing just seems to be getting worse and worse and worse and I do not see it getting any better.
I start my day at 9am in Walmart's parking lot. It's always a $50-80 order. They kick them out at 9:15.
Whaaaaat… all my Walmart order are like $10, that’s awesome. Wonder if I’ve just been unlucky.
@@joshuabanner9920 it's usually 4-5 orders.
@@riprpmike1433 alright alright. I’ll be hanging near some Walmarts and see what’s up.
@@joshuabanner9920 between 9-10 am is when they all come in. They told me 9:15.
I've had this happen multiple times. What always gets me is that, If I'm getting a $16.75 order to drive 11 miles to said merchant, that's not even in my zone but I know there's 20 other Dashers that could have picked up that order, why me? Why not give the order to another Dasher that is much closer? A lot of things come to mind. Maybe Top Dasher perk, ratings, experience etc. 🤔 I'm not sure but if it takes me into another zone that is just as good as the one I left then, I'm okay with it but your point is valid.
Oh my goodness I was thinking the exact same thing. Here, before top dasher there’s no work to schedule if you don’t catch it by 3am. So when I’m out there now, why ask me to drive 5 miles to pick up food then 6 more to drop it off. Where is everyone else?? On lunch?
"Dash Along The Way" in my area always points me back to the military bases which I hate going to..so I pause the Dash until I'm back in my own area.
Hey. Doordash is most likely just showing customers the closest location to a dasher, hence the order from the further Chic Filet location. The dashers in the other zones probably had orders already at that moment or just weren't near those chic filets. Dash Along the Way is Amazing when properly utilized. I commute 30 minutes home from work and sometimes get 3 or 4 orders pointed straight at my home zone. It's great being able to maximize my commute that way. Dash Along the Way makes it possible.
And this is still a problem today. Took one Taco from Taco Bell like 14 miles away and passed a open Taco Bell like 3 mins from the customers house 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Yes! I noticed this with Panda also.
i agree with not agreeing about dash along the way. im always getting orders for like 10 miles away that i know the next city has the same restaurant. i never understood why? is it a over flow order from the restraunts? did the customer choose to have their food delivered 10 miles away instead of the restaurant that's only 3miles away?
anyway this was my first week going full time and i am not disappointed, i set a goal and hit it every day. im on track to a 1000 this week, currently sitting at 700, 200 of that was from valentines days.
Thanks for your motivation. really means alot for us to carry it and pass it on.
They did this to me today. Took me away from my area that was +$3 and sent me 13 miles away for a delivery that paid $2 and no tip so today I drove 81 Miles and made only $57.27 meaning I only made $0.70 cents a mile and did 13 orders.
I will often choose to “dash along the way” to the next zone but not actually go to it. I get better orders more often and if one is eventually worth it - I will drive to that zone (it’s a downtown area) and just finish my dash there or do the same (end dash there and dash along the way back to my original zone)
Seems to work swimmingly for me
My highest paying orders have been from the dash along the way. Here's how it plays out for me. I live in an extremely rural area. I have to drive 20 miles from my house to the town I dash in. Sometimes I'll decide to go in earlier than I scheduled for, which is anywhere from 9 and 10 depending on what I have going on. So, say I'm scheduled for 10. I will decide to go in at 930. It takes me about 20 minutes to get into the zone (there's only one Hotspot zone in my whole area. It's a very small town with one McD, 1 Wendy, 1 Taco Bell, a Walmart, DG, Walgreen, Meijer, hungry Howie, and several mom and pop restaurants). So I'll start the dash when I get into my car and usually there is a shopping order waiting. So the dash along the way will pop up. This has happened twice in my 2 weeks of dashing and once it was $9.25, and the other wS $11.25. Whenever I get these shopping orders in town they are between $5 and $7. So, for some reason they pay more when I have to drive to them from my house. I'm assuming they are basing their rate on how far I have to drive. It doesn't make any sense. I've only been doing this for 2 weeks. Some days I've only made $6 an hour or $30 total for the day. Yesterday, a Thursday, was my best day yet with $63. Yesterday was also the first time I have crossed paths with another DD driver. I worked from 4 until 9:15 last night. The other DD must have quit at 7:00 because it was then I got 6 orders back to back non stop with no breaks. I'm saying this because I'm confused on how they assign orders. Are they assigning the other guy the majority of orders because he has more experience and higher numbers? Because most of the time I get very few orders except for say right at the lunch hour. Or between 11 and 1 or so. Because after that guy quit it was bangin. Does anyone know how they assign orders? Or how I can improve my order numbers? I think the other guy must know someone else is dashing because I get alot of orders that are no tip, or even worse, a 10 cent tip for like between $2.25 and $3.50.....pretty much all the crappy ones. And I'm thinking these must be ones he is either passing on or letting time out. I've let a couple time out and I didn't seem to get penalized. I declined only one order for $2.25 and it took my acceptance rating from %100 to %97. But the ones I've missed that timed out I did not get penalized for at all with my acceptance rating staying at %100. So I think I'm getting played. Any suggestions? Anyone? I really like doing this but if I'm making less than minimum wage and paying my own gas......I regrettably am not going to be able to do it. The other option is to drive 70 minutes to the nearest big city and dashing there a little. This is my 2nd week. I worked 3 days the first week and made like $88, 3 to 5 hours a day. I've worked 4 days this week between 6 and 8 hours a day and I'm at just over $170 for the week. Anyway....this turned Into a long comment. Any tips would be appreciated.
In Kansas City I got a double that was going in completely opposite directions.
Can you do an updated video about the cash on delivery orders being rolled out and your feelings on opting out. I 100 percent opted out when i got the notification today because i have already been coned by a cash tipper asking me to make change so he could tip me more. Dealing with cash is 100 percent a bad idea.
The pick-up store is probably a lot faster than the closer in store. Save time and snag it from the outskirts!
I believe I have the answer to this but I could be wrong. When the customer goes onto the app to find a restaurant to order from, it shows the closest restaurant to them. McDonald's is the closest and it is .8 miles away and it goes to the next restaurant and that one is .9 miles and as they scroll through the restaurants, and lets say McDonald's pops up again and they decide to order, well now they are ordering from the furthest McDonald's from them and not the closest cause they needed to go back to that first McDonald's they saw. I get orders like that a couple of times a day and I just inform the customer to look at the mileage under the restaurant to make sure they order from the closest restaurant to them. Again, this is what I believe is happening.
I take orders out of my zone all the time and bring them back into my zones from other zones never had a problem
SO FAR, it’s low-key working for me 👀
Not long after they started this I got an order way out of my zone for $22.50. Took it, as soon as I finished got another order $22.50 coming right back. Since then I haven't got a single return order Lol. I like that feature as it reduces down time which is always my goal and often why I don't take those longer orders. But it hasn't worked for me since.
I’ve been dashing for 2 whole weeks now and completed 100 deliveries and this out of zone issue your talking about is a 100% real issue. Why does DD route the order to the closest dasher. I did 8 orders way out of my zone this week and they wait until I cross that zone line before they give me an order.
Dash along the way kept me out of my area and I lost my schedule by not being there on time.
I used to get orders from merchants and then pass the same merchants on my way to drop off for years. It actually happens alot. And i know for sure those other merchants are taking dd orders. I've had customers notice too. Example : "Why did Doordash send you to that farther Chipotle"
I always assumed that the customer chooses which location to order from. Is that that not the case?
@@bunnyg2331 I've tried to order myself from a the same merchant than dd had listed for me to order from. It wouldn't let me. It tried to make me order from a Mexican food restaurant 5 miles away instead of the one 1.5 miles away. I know that one was still taking orders because i had picked up DD orders from there that evening.
@@bunnyg2331 no because I order from dd to pick up Mars bar, big gulp and 7’11 pizza as I live 2 blocks from 7’11 knowing it a hot spot as I’ve seen other dasher pick up orders there. The dasher went to another located 7’11 as it took longer. I thought damn I could of walk to the store instead…. But I like as soon as the dasher confirm pick up I know we’re there are and when they take a picture I can see they have dropped off the order as I see the same picture they took.
Well said.
I definitely think the orders being given to restaurants with other locations closer to the customer is a problem. I doesn’t help that some places have longer ranges than others. I’ve gotten multiple cfa orders that bring me close to my house, which is nowhere near where I dash. And this is not the case for other places. The base pay is higher but it’s still crazy.
I've used the new "dash along the way" I like it. I have used it on the front range in Colorado and in Kansas City.
A lot of the downfalls that I've heard you speak on in several different videos are avoided when you're a top dasher. Being a top Dasher is easy when you're a full-time driver, when you clean up your numbers at the end of the month. You only have to have the Dasher requirements on the last day of the month going in by midnight. So throughout the month you can drive how you want with all the benefits. And then on the last 5 days of the month you basically have to take every order they send you but it balances out because for 25 days of the month you have all the benefits to easily make $300 $400 a day on good days
Last days of the month taking every order why?
@@DukeMundi To get their acceptance rate back up above 70% on last day of the month to qualify for top dasher.
I’ve experimented and done this a couple times in my 2-1/2 years of being a top dasher. But you’re stressed out that last week and don’t make a lot of money. I prefer to stay above 70% all month taking most orders but not all and I make very good money. I don’t take trash. I dash smart. I’ll take a few $5.50 or so Taco Bell or subway orders during slow hours 10-11:30 am n 2-4 pm. Also small shopping orders. Only travel like a mile. I make $300+ a day pretty easily in 9 or 10 hours. It’s a strategy that works for me. I don’t do long distance orders unless I just delivered a nice paying order to an area n I want to return to a better one. I’ll take most anything to travel back to a better zone with an order in my car. The app leaves you alone as you travel. I call it my get out of jail free card n laugh as I drive. 😃
I also don’t chase big orders, they come to me throughout the day. I view it as a reward for taking most orders offered me n working all day, not just lunch n dinner rush. It’s a trade off. Doordash has been very very good to me. It’s the best job I’ve ever had! I wouldn’t do anything else. It’s fun n easy. Whoever created Doordash is a genius. It’s so simple yet so complex. I love Doordash!
@@laureens4357 Enjoyed reading your comments. I just started DD 4 days ago and been averaging $20-$25/hr so far and I work very close to where I live. When I finish a shift, I seriously feel like I’m stealing money, it’s so damn easy! But, i know I’m capable of doing even better as I get more experienced. I worked for Postmates in San Diego in 2015 and it was horrible compared to DD. But, I didn’t even realize how bad it was till now doing DD. It’s a 1000 times better. I’m curious what the perks of being a top dasher are and how many orders at 70% acceptance rate do you qualify? I’m currently around 67%.
I hate cash on delivery. OPT out everyone!!!
great video. Thank you
You are the best my brother. Thank you for all of your very well informative videos.
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So glad that I'm not the only one experiencing this..this happens to me daily...I've traveled so many times out the way, first only to get a good dash but a closer one..my average dash has been 7.50 and if I get anything over that it's usually taking me 10-15 mins out the way and out of the zone, with no hit to come out of it. It's so amazing my first 3 weeks that I dashed it was amazing now the orders are few, tips are minimal but the drive is horrendous. SHARE THE WEALTH, quite sure those techs sitting in their homes or cubicles making 6 figs are not worried about the dasher.
Dash along the way has been taking me out of my starting zone, and keeping me out, in a lower bonus pay area. without my starting location bonus
I love dash along the way. I live in a dd zone. But I work in a zone 15 miles away. At first I wasn't able to claim those 30 miles because they were commute miles. Now with the dash along the way feature every mile along the way to my favorite zone is valid because I intend to take all of the orders that come to me of they are prosperous. With that being said... I understand your concern. Fortunately when it was busy and I am online outside my zone I have always had the ability to pick up an order with the zone I am currently in or heading back to the zone I am assigned to. So that is not a huge concern for me. But claiming as many miles as possible to reduce my tax liability is awesome
dash along the way is hit or miss. sometimes when ur idle you don’t get many offers rather than driving around
It makes absolutely no sense to receive orders from McDonald's, Chik Fil A, Duncan, Wendy's or Taco Bell and you drive to the delivery address and find there's a restaurant around the corner or down the street. My area has a greater issue, we receive orders that require tolls or additional miles to make delivery when literally there's a restaurant closer on the same street. The app doesn't clearly identify these areas in some cases.
There's probably more behind the scenes going on. Like the way they try to spread orders between drivers, they might be spreading them between restaurants. Maybe that closer McDonald's is constantly late with their orders, which is costing DD money. Maybe their food is subpar. Everyone here knows we go to the McD's on the east side of town because their fries are always fresh, whereas the west side McD's always has soggy fries. Food for thought.
Hey Bentley you looking good. I don't like- along the way. I have my spot held with my schedule because around that zone is no bueno. I drive 7 miles to my zone and I do not - along the way. Be safe out there and can't wait for the next one😜😜😜
I’ve been doing this for a month now. I get more orders like that, then anything else. The payout is usually never worth it. $4.50 grocery order. Past two other Hyvees on the way. It’s over 10 miles away and no tip.
We have two Tsing Tsao in my area. South side and east side. People on the east keep ordering from the south side one and it’s never worth the drive. Always take you outta your zone, while you wave while you past the closest Tsing Tsao to them. I’m to the point, I’m telling restaurants what town it’s going to.
I’d take more orders if they fixed this glitch. But it’s bad in my area. I was trying to figure out if it was doordash or people not realizing where they ordered from.
Off topic but. Last night I accepted an order from Applebees. I go pick it up, confirm pickup. I’m about to get directions for the guy’s house and I hear “ding ding”. But I don’t see anything for accept or decline. Then I click “directions” and it gives me an address for another restaurant. I was confused but didn’t know how to get out of it. Plus didn’t want to deal with cancelling or whatever. It looked to be in the same shipping center so I was like whatever I’ll just do it. I get to the second restaurant and it’s closed. Ughh.
But isn’t that odd that they just dumped an order on me, AFTER I’d already confirmed pickup for the order I was doing?
This happens to me sometimes too. Not often but every now & then
They can send you a stack order. Which is why important to pay attention to all the information before confirming it. Sometimes they might try to send you a second order after the first if it's heading the general direction your going once again pay attention before accepting
My city is 1 zone, thats it. Nothing else nearby. I just wish DD would let you sign on whenever like Uber. I quit DD after 4 months of not being able to schedule a single shift.
Next time you’re in SC look at Columbia and Lexington zones……. Their huge so just being in the zone means nothing because I can be in West Columbia, Redbank, Cayce, Lexington, Irmo, Chapin, St. Andrews, Gilbert, South Congaree and even part of Gaston where I live and it’s all in the same zone. You’d even think West Columbia would be in the Columbia zone but it’s not. It’s around 35-40 miles wide of a zone. This means if you pick the wrong area for the day you could be competing with hundreds of other dashers for orders. Dash along the way doesn’t mean squat if you have to choose between 15 towns and 40 miles lol
Yesterday l had schedule start time of 4. At 3:42 it popped up dash along the way. So l hit it my area is kinda rural. There was also a block that popped up saying because of my acceptance rate l would have priority to better paying orders. I don't remember seeing that pop up before but l am still pretty new to doordashing.
I live in a town with all the restaurants. I rarely get dashes in my own town because they don't list it as a zone. Not sure why? So I get dashes sending me 5-10 miles away. Not very profitable. It tends to be only 4 dashes per hour. Sucks.
I have no problem with them not showing everything I do have a problem with them sneaking in $2 orders on a stack .
My only issue with this is,is that I only have one Zone covering 2 cities and any other 3 cities and another state and when I'm out of my zone it sends me this bs orders for $2.75 for 11 miles 😩 ugh!! Lol
I haven't liked that feature yet. And in have chronic fatigue so driving longer distances hurts anyway
The orders that get me back into my zone have been a big help because my zone is very commercial and long range. So I get sent out of it often.
Dash along the way only works so long as your driving from zone to zone. So if you go out of your area (dead zone) all the dash along the way does it will keep your spot for which zone you came from. I tried it the one night to see what it was all about and all it says was oh you have a certain amount of time to head back to the zone you came from. Nothing worth jumping up and down for.
Ubereats does this like crazy. I'll get orders for a McDonald's right next to me to be delivered 8 miles away passing literally 5 McDonald's to get there. I refuse them every time. Doordash in my area is usually pretty good about not doing this.
QUESTION FOR FELLOW DASHERS! I am trying to figure out how to do taxes for door dash this year (my first time) and trying to figure out a way to see what exact days I have actually dashed this past year. Is there a way to see this info in the app? THANKS FAM!
I am not a dasher, but I do work in a gig job and sell online. If I make $600 in a year on my online store now. I do taxes, along with my gig job.
I am sent a 1099 for both. Depends if you reach a certain amount. In my case $600.
As of 2022, these changes happened for me.
It works in my area there are 3 small towns right next to each other the town I live in doesn’t have great dash places. The town in the middles has all the restaurants and stores so I get sent north and south a lot. Dashing along the way helps keep the orders coming in. I don’t take an order less then $2 a mile and use Uber eats. It helps to not be slow.
Good video, I just had an Order tonight that was 15.5 miles for 5.50 and it was from a McDonald’s. We are in a smaller county but we have 3 McDonald’s and it wanted us to pickup from furthered McDonald’s then drive to far side of the county. One, I could not have been the only one out and 2 why wouldn’t they have me pick up at the closest one if I was the only one
I took a Chick Fil A order to a hospital. Which took me out of my zone. Drove about 10 miles. There was a Chick Fil A across the street from the hospital!!!!
Kicks me off my dash everytime!
I get orders where I’m 39 mins away from the restaurants and the order is already done just waiting for me to arrived. While there are many dashers close by but it was a big order. That always happens to me when it’s a big catering order.
Thank you for this, I was unhappy with dash along the way also. It brought me so far away from where I was scheduled to dash that I ended up being very late for my scheduled dash. I guess I just won’t choose that option anymore.
Where I live I can pick and choose. Stay in my area and wait
How do we organize and stop the legislature from abandoning tips visibility?
I really hope you read this because I think I have some real insights to this and it weighs on so much.. I've done dash along the way and spent more than 3 hours outside my grid because the orders were good, I've also come across restaurants stopping orders from the app (hence driving past ones that might not be accepting orders) also the apps show restaurants that might be more profitable and you have to actually look up and choose your more local restaurant which is cheaper but not all ppl realize this 🤔
I don’t think the customer experience will degrade if a Dasher has to pass 2-3 same restaurants for a delivery. Customer are given a projected time of delivery before they elect service. I find the issue is more when the restaurant doesn’t not communicate actuate “longer than normal” wait times with Dashers. For example, last night at Buffalo Wild Wings, there was 9 Dashers waiting for orders and after 12 mins of waiting, asked to speak to the manager. The manager said that there was an 1 waiting time for online orders. The least she can do is make sure the pickup station communicates this information with us (Dashers and customers) so we can adjust accordingly.
I do dash along the way when I need to get home it’s moneyyyyy
I made the suggestion because I work in a market now where 80% of my orders that are $10+ will send me out of my starting point. So if i drive 12 miles for $15, 12 miles is like 17 minutes. Then i would drive 34 miles before i got another order. At least taking an order from another starting point that is delivered to my starting point is better because i can make money on the way back. Its about maximizing our time.
Would be dope if you were a DDCEO or OP Director
Started by my house ended in queens accepted the worn orders
and to add on to what you said which your 100% corrrect! 9/10 doordash doesnt have any orders for you to take back along the way which is why ricky ordered dennys to zone A to zone B. because theres nothing out there! therefore you end up making what we call a double trip. you have to think about the return trip otherwise you get burned
I just started dashing couple weeks ago but I noticed i get dunkin donuts orders and on my way pass 3 dunkins that were closer haha
I did a two part order being delivered to the same house the other day. The first part (farthest away) was a local restaurant and the second part of the order was for Dairy Queen. There is a Dairy Queen located RIGHT NEXT DOOR to the other restaurant and also one located 3 blocks away from the customer's house. Instead of having me pick it up from either of those two locations, Door Dash had me pick it up from another location that was WAY off the route to the customer's house. Why? This didn't make any sense to me.