On this channel we recently posted a video titled the 11 best college side
hustles and one of those side hustles was being a food delivery driver
what we've since realized is this is one of the most common college side hustles
because it's so amazing especially in the coronavirus economy a
lot of people are doing it right now that's why we're here today to analyze
which food delivery app is best to drive for
out of ubereats grubhub postmates and doordash
we understand that this can definitely depend on the city you live in and the
different circumstances you're under but there's a lot to analyze here and we
really want to break it down step by step
that's why we're gonna have five different categories in this video in
which we compare all these different delivery service vehicle companies
and then determine a winner for these five categories which are tipping
support flexibility hiring and then overall pay to round this video out i'm
stoked to have you here and let's get started guys
the first category we're gonna dive right into is tipping
and one thing you should know is that you keep 100 of your tips for all four
of these companies across the board so that doesn't change at all but what
does change is when you receive that tip and when the customer decides to leave
it so on apps like grubhub and doordash they choose how much they
want to tape you before you actually make your delivery
this changes for postmates as on postmates they choose how much they want
to tip you after you've dropped off the food and
ubereats is really unique in the sense that they can choose how
much they want to tip you before or after you make the delivery and this
actually has a really big effect on how much you're tipped
for example some people prefer grubhub and doordash
as since they're going to see you and talk to you personally they're more
likely to leave you a tip whereas on postmates they can leave no
tip after you've made the delivery knowing they're never going to meet you
again and this is a really tough one to choose
a winner on because honestly it's kind of just personal preference
but if i were to pick one i think i would pick postmates
i would prefer for the customer to leave a tip afterwards even if it means i
don't get tips sometimes because when i get tipped afterwards it
means my customer service actually has an effect on how much i'm paid
for example if the customer chooses how much to tip me before they even meet me
that means it doesn't really matter how i treat them and as a driver i would
really try to upsell myself providing the best possible customer
service to maximize the amount of tips i get
so like i said the individual winner for this round is going to be postmates
the next category we're going to talk about is support and what i mean by that
is how much the company supports the drivers and assists them
as they're making deliveries and there's a clear loser to this round
and that's actually post mates it's widely known that postmates is not
nearly as good at supporting their drivers and if their
drivers have an issue picking up a delivery
apparently it's very common for postmates to never even get back to them
the next one we'll talk about is doordash
they actually have a live chat feature within their app which you can ask
questions of the support team and apparently this is also a little bit
subpar and they're not very great at actually responding and answering your
questions effectively so they're also not going to be a winner
of this round that leaves us with grepub and ubereats ubereats
does not have a ton of reviews regarding driver support and from what i can tell
it's really hit or miss so there can be a lot of great experiences
but like i said there can also be some pretty bad ones which lands it a pretty
neutral positioning with that said grubhub is
the only food delivery app that actually has really positive reviews on how much
they support their drivers apparently they have a live phone number
that you can call while you're driving so that they can assist you with any
problems you might encounter because of that grubhub is a clear winner in this
category although we will give an honorable
mention to doordash as apparently grubhub and doordash are known for still
paying their drivers if they show up at a restaurant that's
closed because because of coronavirus with everything going on in the world i
think all four companies should be doing this
that's a great great position for their companies our third category is
scheduling and this one's pretty simple it really
comes down to whether or not you have to schedule when you work or you can just
hop in your car and do it whenever you want
and it's a 50 50 split here so postmates and uber eats allow you
to not create a schedule and just hop in and start delivering food whenever you
want but doordash and grubhub are different as
they encourage you to actually schedule when you're going to work
now this isn't always the case as during peak hours they will allow you to just
hop in sometimes and deliver food but for the most part
they do encourage you like i said to schedule when you're going to work
and in my opinion flexibility is super important
especially if you're a college student one of the reasons that these apps have
so much appeal is that you can do it whenever you want
it's not a traditional nine to five job in fact that's just what makes the gig
economy so great in the first place so in my opinion that distinguishes
postmates and ubereats as clear winners of this round as they
allow the most flexibility and you can really deliver and drive
at your convenience i'd like to take a quick pause to talk about the sponsor of
this video which is covert and let me just say i wouldn't agree to
a brand sponsorship unless i really believed in what that company was doing
but i really do believe in cober and the product that they offer they are a
portable benefits company which essentially provides a safety net to gig
economy workers which are a large portion of our working
population right now if you're delivering for any of the major
food service companies which i just mentioned there's a definite and real
possibility that you could get into a car crash
and you need to have a plan when that happens if that happens not only do you
have to pay for the repair of your car but you're also not getting paid while
your car is being repaired that's exactly where covert comes in
they offer a variety of services including paid time off
sick leave complimentary legal consultation health service
help with taxes and also assistance in case of an unfortunate deactivation
a couple of the great things about them is that there's no annual contract and
it works on a monthly subscription which is less than the price of netflix
in addition to that they're independent of every major gig app company
so they're really on your side and what's even better is that their
benefits transfer seamlessly between every major gig economy app
including postmates doordash ubereats instacart
uber and a variety of other ones so even if we weren't sponsored by this company
i still think it's a great resource for gig economy workers
and more people definitely need to know about it so make sure to check them out
so the fourth category that we're gonna rank these companies on is hiring
and there's a pretty even split here between waitlist and no waitlist
postmates and ubereats don't have a list in order to work for their company
but doordash and grubhub do have a waitlist now i'll recognize that that
waitlist is very short i think it only takes a couple days most of the time
but it is a barrier to entry for some people who need to make money very
quickly i think that elevates postmates and eats
to the top of this category but i think there is an individual
winner because ubereats does actually require certain car specifications in
order to work for them and none of the other companies do this
so for example if you're going to be an uber each driver your car has to be
newer than 1998 and a lot of people don't drive cars
that are newer than 1998. because of that i think postmates is the
clear winner in this category and they're the best for hiring
the last category that we're going to determine a winner for is overall pay
and let me just say that this is a very tough one to determine a winner for
as not only are there a ton of variables that are involved but these different
companies have really different payment structures
and even within these different companies they have different payment
structures within different cities for example doordash may offer a base
minimum pay in one city but not another whereas postmates may offer a blitz
multiplying income increaser in one city but not in
another so like i said it gets really confusing
and definitely take what i'm about to say with a grain of salt although i'm
going to try to do my best to analyze them as fairly as possible
so one factor we definitely need to discuss is what percentage of your
delivery fee that the company takes so for grubhub doordash and postmates
that's going to be 20 but ubereats is a little different and a
little higher at 25 now i know five percent may not sound
like a lot but if you're gonna do this even for a summer it's gonna definitely
add up because of that i think ubereats ranks a
little bit lower on the overall pay factor which leaves us these three
remaining companies to really analyze so another
distinguishing factor is that doordash does offer a base minimum pay
at peak hours this is a really nice safety net as there's a ton of variance
in this industry and how much you're going to make on an hourly rate
so that is definitely a positive contributing factor to doordash ranking
highly in this category i think the biggest differentiating
factor is the transparency that these companies have with how much you're
going to make on an order which really helps you decide whether
you want to decline or accept that order for post mates for example you don't
know how much you're gonna get tipped until after the order
so you really are going in a little bit blind and they're also a little bit less
clear and how much you're gonna make per mile
and per weight waiting minute the next one is doordash so doordash will let you
know exactly how much you're going to make in a delivery
but they won't tell you how much your tip is even though the customer has
decided that before you arrive so with them you can
guess pretty well what you're going to make
off the tip but you don't actually know grubhub is the most transparent
so they're going to tell you exactly how much you're going to make per mile how
much per delivery but what really differentiates them is
that you also know exactly how much you're going to make on the tip before
you make your delivery like i said this is actually really
important it helps you decide whether or not you want to accept or decline an
order and can have a big effect on your
overall hourly rate because of this i think there's two
big winners in this category and that's grubhub and doordash
grab up is the most transparent so you can really do the best to increase your
profits like i said but with doordash you do the base
minimum pay at hourly peaks so these two are clear winners in the
overall pay category but like i said please take this with a grain of salt it
depends a ton on how you drive it also depends on where you drive
before we announce a winner i think it's important to announce a loser which
tended to be uber eats they had a tendency to rank the lowest in these
different factors and even though i think they're a great company to deliver
food for from our research they did seem to rank
the lowest between grubhub postmates and doordash
though it's actually really tough to announce a clear winner
postmates ranked the highest the most often but like i said it really depends
on where you live and how you do this and on a side note
most people who have been delivering for a long time will deliver on more than
one app at the same time which makes this even
more complicated with all things said postmates is the official winner of this
video at least as they ranked highly super consistently now i just want to
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