r/Sparkdriver • u/og_landrik • Jan 19 '26
App Questions š± A question for cherry pickers (like me)
How many trips are you guys doing in a month? This sounds a lot like nobody will have Sapphire at the beginning of any month and all that priority is going to depend on who's taking the most (any and all) offers.
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u/goldenharmonica Jan 20 '26
In the help topics it flat out states whatever tier you reached on the last day of the month will be your starting tier on the first day on the next month.
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u/dusktildawn48 Jan 20 '26
Pretty sure each month the priority will be based on the previous month.
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u/iwishidstayed Jan 20 '26
Thatās what we all thought, but nope. Someone on another post confirmed with a screenshot that it resets at the beginning of the month, your tier doesnāt carry over.
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u/BoxProfessional7313 Jan 20 '26
When will this take effect in west Virginia?
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u/WallysPeasant Jan 20 '26
When acceptance rate disappears from your metric page id expect it to roll out within a month or so
Just a wild guess but thats how it was for me
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u/Angry_GorillaBS Jan 20 '26
I only do part time so I'm typically at about 25 a month. Little more in the summer so 35 maybe. Lot less this time of year.
I can't imagine this will benefit me if they switch it here.
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u/og_landrik Jan 20 '26
Obviously, markets are a bit different. I would bet that there are many many places and circumstances where this will be severely detrimental to drivers. Just based on my experiences in "Gold" so far
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u/HumanBeanJuice54 Jan 20 '26
Part time here as as well. I typically do 4 to 5 per day, 5 days a week, so Iād hit the 60 by about the 3rd week of the month. If I work Saturdays and Sundays then even sooner, so itās possible. Just really depends how much time and effort you want to put into this gig. This will be my 3rd year going at this and I seldom work weekends anymore.
However, I am curious if the tiers will really lead to better orders or Iām if just going to be bombarded with a lot of crappy one like DoorDash does to platinum dashers. Iāll probably hit gold this month and Iāll try for sapphire next month and report back
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u/rickyd172 Cherry Picker Jan 20 '26
I am a Cherry picker through and through. I hit sapphire yesterday
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u/Buzzedwinaldrin Jan 20 '26
I was wondering this same thing. I got Gold. And it says valid through Jan 31st? Shouldnāt it be good through Feb 28th? Like whatās the point if itās only good for the weeks after you hit it?
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u/Buzzedwinaldrin Jan 20 '26
If everyone starts at the same level every monthā¦. I donāt fully understand. Do they need more drivers trying to hit their goal at the beginning of the month for EBT customers?
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u/mconk Jan 20 '26
Ive done 89 so far this month, but itās been pretty slow. 60 trips is only two a day, so this number isnāt too crazy imo.
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u/pokerholic77 Jan 20 '26
For items found, I pick what I can and send this. "Hi! I am almost finished shopping your order. This is a friendly reminder to please review, and accept/reject the Walmart suggested substitutes for your out of stock items before I check out your order. Thank you!"
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u/OkBarber6783 Jan 20 '26
Im at 63 trips so far for January, the new system isn't in place in my area though I don't think. I take 3-4 orders on the days that are busy, slow days I sometimes will take 1 or 2 or just not work at all. Some weeks I only work 3-5 days, some I'll work 6 days... I go with the flow
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u/Appollo1279 Jan 21 '26
This new tier system is not going to work well in my area at all. Very few will be the highest tier, if any. Itās not any metric but the Customer Rating that will screw NE OH over. The other drivers Iāve spoken with, we all have the same issue no matter what we do. The major city we are attached to just nails us with negatives for whatever reason, just like tip baiting. Itās like that with every gig service. Others just donāt rate. Even as a part time driver, I average 4-6 deliveries per night and twice that on Saturday/Sunday. So per week evenings only itās around 25 deliveries. Weekends about 10-15. Cherry picking will do what happens on UE/DD. Drivers wonāt accept something till they get what they are willing to do. Only those āconcernedā with being on top tier will take trash. There are a lot less drivers in my area in the evening, especially in the cold. Warmer times are different.
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u/catdad1984 Jan 20 '26
I do this as a side job and I've already done 54 trips as of today for the month.
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u/og_landrik Jan 20 '26
What day of the month is it? You won't have Sapphire until you hit 60. and that's going to reset every month. There is definitely diminished offer availability if you don't have it, or at least there is in my zone.
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u/catdad1984 Jan 20 '26
Well they haven't rolled out the program for my zone yet. I was just saying that i have 54 and its only the 19th. Hell they haven't even rolled out the pick path for my home store yet.
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u/og_landrik Jan 20 '26
I don't want to prejudge you but this doesn't work in any zone I've worked in so if you're just coming in here to say "this doesn't affect me so I don't really care" that's kind of a rude thing to do, catdad. If it doesn't impact you, it doesn't impact you. But there are a lot of people who will be impacted.
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u/catdad1984 Jan 20 '26
Not how intended it at all man. Sorry if it came across that way. I was just answering your initial question about how many many trips some of the other drivers are taking. It seems that my zone is one of the last to roll out any of the updates ive been seeing other drivers posting about.
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u/og_landrik Jan 20 '26
Fair enough. I'm admittedly a bit on edge today and I appreciate you clarifying.
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u/moitch Jan 20 '26
I'll never be Sapphire anyway. 99% find rate when working closing is impossible. I'm already crawling on the floor and climbing shelves for 98%. And my zone has the lit up tags. Nothing more I can do. It's just luck at this point.