Less time to make more money with more miles all day, I do this extremely PT now after the tiers being added on DD. All of my vehicles are paid off and the depreciation on these vehicles is negligible, so the more miles I add to the vehicles I don't see that impacting me as much as someone with a new vehicle and a loan of 6%+ on the vehicle. When I'm at home I'll leave the apps on and sometimes take orders that deliver in my neighborhood or close to my neighborhood that pay $1.00-$1.25/mile and the delivery is basically a full circle. Taking 4-5 of these a week is a win in my mind. Typically I run $2+/mile on orders when I'm out, so doing a few at $1.00-$1.25/mile is more about cash flow. With one of my vehicles and how old it is, if someone said I will pay you $5,000+ to drive that 4500-5000 miles with little to no stress, I think that is an overall win. I also get $1 off/gallon of gas almost every fill, so that also impacts and makes taking higher miles and higher pay offers more logical at times.
Not sure if there is a right or wrong answer with dollars to miles or not but the bottom line is that you can't make any money on an order that you don't have or take.
For the month of July I made $2660 and drove 3125 miles. My zone is absolute trash.. very large covering one city and two smaller towns on separate ends (15 miles apart) with a centralized area containing most of the restaurants. I'm happy to see $1/mi. orders. On the plus side, I'll be paying very little in taxes as I'm writing so much off using the mileage deduction.
One other thing that happened today, had a stacked Pizza Hut Papa John’s order. Arrived to deliver Pizza Hut order and no one there ordered it. Left to deliver the Papa order called the Pizza Hut customer and he said that not the right address. Told him I can’t deliver to a different address and he was yelling at me that he calling Pizza Hut blah blah blah and hung up on me. Called support and told them the story while delivering the other order and they said I would be paid I would be paid per time to return the order to Pizza Hut. My screen changed to deliver at Pizza Hut and I was paid. When I went in to the store I said do you really want this back, the lady said yes I have to take a picture of you handing it to me. I said I can’t just take it since I’ve had it for over 20 minutes and she said no I have to put it in the cooler. What!
I have averaged about $1 to $1.20 a mile counting the miles from my house back to my home, not per order. Was much better a couple years ago but not now. I have said before I do EBT almost exclusively and end up with the same ratio making what I want much faster. Don’t worry about dollars and miles because it all comes out the same. Would I rather make $6 to go 5 miles or decline and do nothing. Only so many out there!
It all averages out at the end of the month. The $5/mi orders balance out $1/mi orders. If your $/mi ratio is higher you pay more taxes, less fuel & maintenance. If your $/mi is lower more fuel & maintenance, but less taxes due to the mileage deduction. Six to 1, half dozen to the other.
I never drive over 5 miles unless someone goes bonkers on a tip..I do the 5 to 8 dollars and 2 miles all day long. Think long term ..mileage kills cars..have a.mileage budget..miles per day..
I factor in as well how much time I have between orders. If I cherry pick only $2/mi I'll have 30 minutes between orders sometimes, when I could take an order that's $1.5/mi and only have 5 mins of downtime between orders. It's all about knowing what works where you live in your market.
I mean it really comes down to knowing your expenses. Sure more miles means more maintenance and depreciation, but it also means more write offs. Ultimately there is an optimal miles to money per hour ratio for each person that will maximize their profits depending on their vehicle and what their market allows. Everyone should crunch their numbers to find it and adjust their strategy to take advantage of it because some of us are probably leaving money on the table because of some arbitrary rule
I haven't dashed in a few months, but this video reminded me of my own experiences. Lots of $5 for 2 mile runs, you do not appear to be online errors, and the we tried to send you an order message but it didn't reach your phone. Of course lots of crap orders too. Looking forward to your further adventures!
I had that same screen this weekend with Germany and Poland. For weeks now when I start it up it just shows me the whole U.S. like it can’t figure out where I am.
I think about how long an order will take versus the miles. Ill take a $17 12 mile run if its all interstate and I can get it done in 30 minutes. One higher mile order isn't going to break the whole day, it averages out.
I feelnyah Kim on the shop store u don't like to go to but in my market that store is big. Lots of shops. So I do them u get used to the layout and the people are helpful. The only issue I have is the wifi is bad but I can find the items get all to the front and then scan. Yeah the stores are bad and junky
We were talking about your poll on Discord, and it was a fun thought experiment because each person had a much different interpretation of the question.
Ha you was wrong on me being in the 17%. I went with the first one $100 75 miles 2 hours. Simply put that day it was 100 degrees 95% hummity. Totally put me wanting to be in the AC and not get out lol.
In my market for like a month it picks and chooses when to tell me when it's a high paying offer, it makes me wonder if the tier program is coming here
Love the new closing video! Those waterfalls are amazing.
I want 2$ a mile but I agree that the whole shift average per mile matters more so yeah you have to sometimes take a less desirable order
It's okay that you went to a dead end. I do it all the time when I'm trying to "multitask". Lol
Less time to make more money with more miles all day, I do this extremely PT now after the tiers being added on DD. All of my vehicles are paid off and the depreciation on these vehicles is negligible, so the more miles I add to the vehicles I don't see that impacting me as much as someone with a new vehicle and a loan of 6%+ on the vehicle. When I'm at home I'll leave the apps on and sometimes take orders that deliver in my neighborhood or close to my neighborhood that pay $1.00-$1.25/mile and the delivery is basically a full circle. Taking 4-5 of these a week is a win in my mind. Typically I run $2+/mile on orders when I'm out, so doing a few at $1.00-$1.25/mile is more about cash flow. With one of my vehicles and how old it is, if someone said I will pay you $5,000+ to drive that 4500-5000 miles with little to no stress, I think that is an overall win. I also get $1 off/gallon of gas almost every fill, so that also impacts and makes taking higher miles and higher pay offers more logical at times.
Not sure if there is a right or wrong answer with dollars to miles or not but the bottom line is that you can't make any money on an order that you don't have or take.
Love this!
I get a lot of 5-6$ for 1 or 2 miles I love them I'll take em all day
For the month of July I made $2660 and drove 3125 miles. My zone is absolute trash.. very large covering one city and two smaller towns on separate ends (15 miles apart) with a centralized area containing most of the restaurants. I'm happy to see $1/mi. orders. On the plus side, I'll be paying very little in taxes as I'm writing so much off using the mileage deduction.
One other thing that happened today, had a stacked Pizza Hut Papa John’s order. Arrived to deliver Pizza Hut order and no one there ordered it. Left to deliver the Papa order called the Pizza Hut customer and he said that not the right address. Told him I can’t deliver to a different address and he was yelling at me that he calling Pizza Hut blah blah blah and hung up on me. Called support and told them the story while delivering the other order and they said I would be paid I would be paid per time to return the order to Pizza Hut. My screen changed to deliver at Pizza Hut and I was paid. When I went in to the store I said do you really want this back, the lady said yes I have to take a picture of you handing it to me. I said I can’t just take it since I’ve had it for over 20 minutes and she said no I have to put it in the cooler. What!
Lololol the cooler??!
Love your videos man thank you for sharing, I respect the honesty
I have averaged about $1 to $1.20 a mile counting the miles from my house back to my home, not per order. Was much better a couple years ago but not now. I have said before I do EBT almost exclusively and end up with the same ratio making what I want much faster. Don’t worry about dollars and miles because it all comes out the same. Would I rather make $6 to go 5 miles or decline and do nothing. Only so many out there!
It all averages out at the end of the month. The $5/mi orders balance out $1/mi orders. If your $/mi ratio is higher you pay more taxes, less fuel & maintenance. If your $/mi is lower more fuel & maintenance, but less taxes due to the mileage deduction. Six to 1, half dozen to the other.
I never drive over 5 miles unless someone goes bonkers on a tip..I do the 5 to 8 dollars and 2 miles all day long. Think long term ..mileage kills cars..have a.mileage budget..miles per day..
I wish they would put isle and section numbers in the Canadian stores?
I factor in as well how much time I have between orders. If I cherry pick only $2/mi I'll have 30 minutes between orders sometimes, when I could take an order that's $1.5/mi and only have 5 mins of downtime between orders. It's all about knowing what works where you live in your market.
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I mean it really comes down to knowing your expenses. Sure more miles means more maintenance and depreciation, but it also means more write offs. Ultimately there is an optimal miles to money per hour ratio for each person that will maximize their profits depending on their vehicle and what their market allows.
Everyone should crunch their numbers to find it and adjust their strategy to take advantage of it because some of us are probably leaving money on the table because of some arbitrary rule
I haven't dashed in a few months, but this video reminded me of my own experiences. Lots of $5 for 2 mile runs, you do not appear to be online errors, and the we tried to send you an order message but it didn't reach your phone. Of course lots of crap orders too. Looking forward to your further adventures!
I had that same screen this weekend with Germany and Poland. For weeks now when I start it up it just shows me the whole U.S. like it can’t figure out where I am.
I think about how long an order will take versus the miles. Ill take a $17 12 mile run if its all interstate and I can get it done in 30 minutes. One higher mile order isn't going to break the whole day, it averages out.
It really does average out! I just see comments all over RUclips about keeping an insanely high dollar to mile and they are miserable doing it.
Hey bro. Glad you’re settling in your new area well. Keep putting these vids out and I will keep watching. ✌️ 😃
Great video
I feelnyah Kim on the shop store u don't like to go to but in my market that store is big. Lots of shops. So I do them u get used to the layout and the people are helpful. The only issue I have is the wifi is bad but I can find the items get all to the front and then scan. Yeah the stores are bad and junky
We were talking about your poll on Discord, and it was a fun thought experiment because each person had a much different interpretation of the question.
That was my goal of it. We have so many different factors of how, when, why, and where we do gig work. Hope the discussion on discord was a good one!
Your face looks a lot clearer. No more redness
Ha you was wrong on me being in the 17%. I went with the first one $100 75 miles 2 hours. Simply put that day it was 100 degrees 95% hummity. Totally put me wanting to be in the AC and not get out lol.
I wish door dash in my area gave me grocery shops. It's all dollar general and walgreens
I hate the red button for alcohol. Sometimes I have to wait forever.
I wish I could only do shopping orders. I hate waiting at restaurants for other people's food.
Ya. Shopping is great when you know a store well and can knock out like 4 or more items a minute
Agreed!
That would be so nice. 10 shops $150-$200 a day in a few hours.
Instacart?
@B_Bodziak I've been on the wait list for almost 3 yrs
In my market for like a month it picks and chooses when to tell me when it's a high paying offer, it makes me wonder if the tier program is coming here
hows the temperature out there compared to around here
the new doordash summary screen is so annoying
Wilco
Stop the pineapple hate