Having your own food delivery business...

That sounds interesting. You are doing good and give me some suggestions too for making a big growth in business. I am planning to start online business of Wristbands.

Gosh discrat, I'd bet there might be a market for some information about how to do this, maybe a short report or a couple of hotsheets. Sprinkle in some stories of your most memorable deliveries, and set up an Automatic Product Vending site. Take a few minutes, and maybe even might be worth a couple of hours of drive time you don't have to do.

Just a thought.

GordonJ

Have you ever considered delivering for one of the local food businesses, like a Pizzeria?

Have you thought about branching out independently and launching your own app ?

My main question was do u find a lot of competition since just eat are on of the biggest, and well known do u get a lot of ordes when u just start out i just wondered

I think you are right on that. There is a local food delivery service that has been in business in the small city near us for a couple years now. Most of their advertising is based on 'we're here, too- use us, we're local' but truth is all the delivery drivers are 'local'. They seem to be struggling to get a share of the market.



The name recognition of doordash and ubereats is worth a lot. Smarter to work for all of them on your terms than to try to create your version of the wheel.


I think your experience/knowledge of how the delivery business works could be a valuable 'info' source. Short ebooks about profit potential, how to organize your time using multiple apps, how to set up delivery for a full time income, how to organize/manage a delivery business, etc. Nothing too expensive but a group of products sold through ads and maybe put together as a kindle book....would bring in additional income without much effort. Your knowledge of the business is valuable - use it.

You mention that you make $25-35 per hour, but out of curiosity, is there enough work spread out throughout the day to, let's say, work a 40 hour full time week? Also, does that $25-35/hr figure account for expenses for things like car repairs that come from the work, or do you take a general mileage rate off your taxes at the end of the year to account for the wear and tear on your car?

I ask for two reasons. One, I work with cult survivors that were denied educational opportunities and something like this could be a viable alternative for some. Two, I have in my head, rightly or wrongly, that a lot of people that do these jobs get screwed because they think they make good money but their expenses (parking, tolls, gas, possibly insurance if there's an extra cost to use the car for this type of work) ends up eating their hourly rate down significantly. I've done various contract work that involved driving in the distant past and I was fortunate to drive an older car that was just as reliable as you could ever hope for with great gas mileage, but I really lucked out there and I don't think many are that lucky.

If I have my own food delivery business, maybe I will use autonomous mobile robots, way cooler

That's impressive! Balancing more than one transport app and maximizing revenue per mile indicates your dedication and strategic approach. Your ride and willingness to share insights can be treasured by those thinking about beginning a transport business. Keep up the precise work.

As I said earlier , Iam running 4 different food delivery apps. at the same time on my phone. Trying to add a 5th one with Grub Hub but there is a waiting list to get on with them. Out of the 4 I run, I have to give Uber Eats the nod as far as profitability. Unlike Doordash, you do not have to see if they have areas available to run. I just log onto my Uber Eats app. and they start throwing me food delivery orders immediately.

I forgot to add that another good reason to have multiple apps. running is that if you in some way get your acct. deactivated from one of them you have another food delivery app. to fall back on. Thank goodness I have not had this problem.

nice that's interesting

Sounds pretty interesting how you organize the earnings per mile. Looks professional!

Now, speaking of experiences in the delivery business, let me tell you a little story. It so happened with me one day while I was working with DoorDash. I was doing deliveries, really diligently, just like you would do, having multiple apps open--DoorDash, Uber Eats, HEB Favor, and Walmart's Spark--all in an effort to optimize my money. That is when an unexpected roadblock emerged in the middle of my shift: my doordash deactivation appeal.

Initially, I was very confused; the sudden stop in my deliveries was depressing, and DoorDash was my main source of income. Contacting their support team, I looked for reasons, but they sent me computerized responses that gave no hint about what was really going on. That was the stressful time: trying to look for another source of income while dealing with the uncertainty if I was ever going to get my account back with DoorDash.

Not giving up, I kept up the flexibility my job with the multiple apps afforded me, keeping my income flowing. Sure enough, weeks later, I did get my DoorDash account back, but without ever finding out why I had been deactivated.

It taught me how diversified your sources of income have to be and to be prepared for the unexpected in the gig economy. Driving can be lucrative, but it needs one to be flexible and resilient in the face of adversity.

If you ever think of getting into the delivery entrepreneurship business, I will be glad to share all that I can from my experiences through the years of going through this dynamic and, at times, unpredictable industry. So please feel free to ask any questions you want, and I will try to share whatever knowledge I have to help you succeed in your endeavors.

An interesting fact. I know a couple of people who do the Uber thing (in big cities). They go for a minimum of 50 cents a minute. The interesting part? They end up with at least $2 per mile at the end of a week, including the driving to hot spots (and any driving they do without passanger, like going to a store to buy lunch).