Updated: 06/23/2021
Alright, you signed up for a food delivery gig. Your thermal bag came in the mail along with the pre-paid debit card. Yay. You have been searching the web for content to help you make more money. However, there are certain principles of food delivery gigs that you need to know. I’ll save you endless hours searching and reading the internet so you can get to hacking food delivery gigs and making money.
1. Drive During Peak Hours
Do not overthink it. People eat during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It would be best if you drive during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
2. Do More Deliveries
If you want to make more money, complete more deliveries. If you want to know when is the best time to drive to do more deliveries, read Principle #1.
3. Earn More In Tips
Tips are free money. Learn what it takes to earn more tips. There is a science behind this.
Then do more deliveries (see Principle #2) for more opportunities to receive more tips.
4. Build Long-Lasting Rapports With Customers
Many platforms have rating systems. If your rating falls below a threshold (usually 4.7 out of 5), you could get deactivated. Avoid this. Be kind to the customers and provide excellent service. Communicate when there is a delay or issues arise during delivery—every time.
Long term, this helps you make more money because the food delivery industry has matured to the point where brands have an established repeat customer base. Most people use on-demand food deliveries because they promote codes for free deliveries, and then never use the platform again.
But now, more people repeatedly use on-demand delivery services. If you are kind to customers, repeat customers will recognize you each time you get assigned to their order. And the rapport you build with them over time can result in more frequent tips.
5. Camp By The Cash Cows
Look at your delivery history. Which restaurants’ names keep popping up? Try to stick close to those restaurants when you are online.
6. Maximize Taxes Deductions
Doing food delivery may sound like you’re doing a random gig that made it seem “beneath you.” Still, technically, couriers are independent business owners.
This distinction involves taxes and business-related tax deductions. So make sure you keep track of mileages and expenses carefully.
Get as many tax deductions as you can, so you owe less in taxes.
7. Reduce The Need To Drive Excessive Hours
Do not drive 80 plus hours a week with food delivery only, for two crucial reasons.
One, it makes no sense.
Why? Because people eat during breakfast, lunch, and dinner (see Principle #1).
Second, it’s not sustainable.
If you don’t take good care of your body, it will eventually give out, and you won’t be able to apply Principle #1 to #6.
I used to drive excessive hours and then take a few days off to recover and miss out on earnings. Long-term consistency is better than short-term intensity.
If you must make more money, find another gig like rideshare or grocery shopping or scooter recharging to fill in the time between breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You’ll make more money per hour overall and work fewer hours long-term this way.
Don’t overthink it. If you abide by these 7 principles of food delivery gigs, you’ll be making a consistent income. Many have done it.
Good luck out there! Happy Delivering!
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