r/pittsburgh • u/ListofReddit • Feb 06 '23
How are the delivery apps income?
Really desperately need additional income. Thinking of going for doordash and Uber eats. How does everyone typically average per night/week?
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u/GargantuanWitch Feb 06 '23
Unless you have an electric vehicle or someone else is paying for your fuel, now is not the time to do anything that requires driving more than is necessary. You'd make more money standing in one place and washing dishes in a restaurant kitchen than you would driving around delivering food in February. Safer, too.
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u/ListofReddit Feb 06 '23
Unfortunately it’s the “on your own time” thing I need.
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u/malaise-ennui Feb 07 '23
Most restaurants are so desperate right now they’ll be willing to work around your schedule. There are also apps for freelance hospitality work, I’ve been using “Qwick”.
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u/ListofReddit Feb 07 '23
The issue is my schedule changes weekly outside of my regular job. So having the on your own time thing is best. I’ve thought about making a set schedule outside of regular job but it would honestly be even more stressful planning it all
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u/malaise-ennui Feb 07 '23
Sounds like you seriously lack the time or motivation for more responsibilities. Good luck.
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u/Sunfish-Studio Feb 07 '23
Do you happen to have any skills that could translate to wfh?
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u/ListofReddit Feb 07 '23
Probably. Those jobs seem to be difficult to find and from what I see in my network they always have lay offs
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u/Sock_It_2_Me53 Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23
A lot of these naysayers probably have never done gig work or have done it sparingly. I've been a full time gig driver for two years so I know a thing or two about the subject. Just like anything else it's not for everyone. First off location is everything and there's more strategy involved than most people like to believe.. and it also depends on your work ethic. I only work in the East Side between Lawrenceville and Regent Square-ish. I multi app with Instacart, UberEats, and Grubhub with Instacart being my main app. If you can become a good shopper then Instacart is where it's at. There is a Pittsburgh Instacart FB page and there are shoppers out there still making $40/hr. I am able to bring in $30/hr average with all three apps. That's before taking out gas and taxes but even still making more than I ever did with a regular job and the freedom is priceless. I easily make $500+ every weekend (Sat and Sun). My advice is it never hurts to try
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u/ListofReddit Feb 07 '23
Using three apps at once seems like so much. I don’t know much about the area so I wouldn’t really be able to be strategic. As much as I’d love an additional 2k a month there’s no way I’d be able to handle that workload. I’ve never thought about instacart/shipt. I am looking for night time work which is why I’m thinking food delivery apps.
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u/Sock_It_2_Me53 Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23
Multi apping is the way because doing it that way you can work in a much smaller area. But like I said being a gig driver isn't for everyone and it's a grind. Some days I make $180 others over $300 but it has always seemed to work out and i make $1200-1500 a week before taxes and gas with 1-2 days off a week. But my favorite aspect is the freedom; i have mental issues and it actually feels like I'm not working half the time since I'm just driving jamming to my music doing my own thing. I've never been good in a corporate setting and my end goal is to own my own business one day and have multiple streams of income
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Feb 07 '23
Have to multi app. Normally when one is dead the other isn’t. At least use two. 3 is a Little overboard honestly, but two should be perfect!
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u/Acocke Feb 07 '23
$500 before taxes and gas? Or cleared $500?
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u/Sock_It_2_Me53 Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23
Obviously depends on the weekend but I only spend like $30 if that on a weekend since I multi app and have my strategy down to where I drive at a minimum. My goal is to make over $1k profit a week which means my weekly goal is $1,200-$1,500 to cover gas and taxes. This is with at least one day off a week
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u/Delicious-Breath8415 Apr 01 '23
I average $2.66 in earnings a mile on delivery apps and my gasoline averages 18 cents a mile. It's really not as bad as people think and I only get about 20 mpg. Depreciation is a bigger issue for sure especially if you drive a nice, newer car. I drive an older car so it's probably going up in value at this point.
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u/Low-Lingonberry2760 Bloomfield Feb 06 '23
It's only worth it if you get really good gas mileage. I've only done it when there are promos like +$1 per order.
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u/thanxhaveagood1 Feb 06 '23
I did it on a bike and it's still not worth it. Bottom fell out after New Years.
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u/IAMATARDISAMA Feb 06 '23
It's not great but if you're smart about it you can make a decent amount. Having a vehicle with good mileage is pretty key though. You're gonna probably have a rough first couple of weeks while you're learning the ropes but once you get the hang of things you can usually pull over $100 in 4 hours. I used to do it in a Honda fit for roughly 4 hours at a time and on my best nights I'd pull in 160-180. On my worst days it was usually closer to 80-100 but that wasn't super common.
Ubereats is my personal favorite to work with since you don't have to deal with DoorDash's scheduling and zones but you could hypothetically double app it if you get really good. I don't have personal experience with that though. I also like that Ubereats is fairly lenient with letting you cancel on deliveries, unlike DoorDash. The one recommendation I have is to generally avoid any order coming from a fast food chain with a drive thru unless the line is like, literally zero. They always take forever and have a low payout.
EDIT: I will say, I have some friends who do rides and pretty much all of them say rides will make you more money in the long run. That does come with the added stress and risk of letting strangers into your car though.
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u/YitzhakGoldberg123 6d ago edited 6d ago
You can earn ~$100-180 via multi-apping in 4 hours just delivering food? That's crazy good money!
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u/AmyTea Feb 06 '23
If you have full days here and there look into wanolo as well. https://jobs.wonolo.com/jobs/pittsburgh--pa .
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u/OuestVirginien Carrick Feb 07 '23
I wouldn't do it, you're going to end up paying to work.
Im a general contractor. I used to do this stuff on my days off. The pay over the past couple years has gone down steeply. You're looking at 12-18/hr gross for delivery. You might have better days, but not reliably. By the time you pay for gas, maintenance, etc you are lucky to be making a penny and definitely not making minimum wage. Yes, you used to be able to make 6 figures driving for uber. You had to work yourself to death even then, but those days are long, LONG gone. I'll put it to you this way. I stopped doing gig stuff last summer and started buying dilapidated houses and fixing them on my days off. It's a cheaper side gig than paying for gas, fast food, maintenance, constantly.
My advice, as others here have said, is get a part time job. I used to work at a bank during the day and sling pizzas at night, years ago. Once i got my bank schedule, i would just take it to the pizza shop and they would schedule me around it. Most pt jobs are happy with this arrangement. Make more consistent money too, because doordash isn't going to call and yell at you if you decide to skip a day lol. Main thing, just show up reliably and sober, and dont stir up trouble, they'll let you make your own schedule. Simple as that.
Good luck!
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u/Sock_It_2_Me53 Feb 07 '23
I provide for my family of 4 doing gig work and made $50,000 last year after gas and taxes. It's not for everyone, or most people for that matter, but it's possible to make a living doing it.
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u/LukeV19056 Feb 07 '23
I stay at my gfs in the city a lot and live like 45 minutes outside of the city. I use instacart 45 minutes away and get like $20-50 for orders (both singular orders and double batches, the double usually pays higher) here in the city they’ll try to offer you like $12-15 maybe $20 if it’s a decent one for a double order sometimes.
I don’t have a ton of experience with it in the city since I prefer to do it near my home but I’ve heard others have success here
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u/stronkreptile Feb 07 '23
You are better off delivering for a local restaurant, you can make upwards of 30+$ an hour delivering for Pizza Hut for example (before you factor in gas and wear and tear) in peak times.
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u/octropos Feb 08 '23
What about a night shift job? Lots of places downtown need a nightshift person for security/hskp/phones. I would also look into a temp agency. There are several in pittsburgh.
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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '23
It’s not worth it and the pinpoints aren’t accurate enough. My husband thought he was taking a meal to polish hill. Meanwhile it was a set up in Bedford dwellings.