Episode 11: How to Find the Best Areas to Deliver
Deliver on Your Business
English - July 11, 2019 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsCareers Business grubhub doordash postmates uber eats independent contractor gig economy delivery side hustle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We are on episode 11 of the 31 Day Courier MBA series. This is the fourth episode in our section on Operations - the nitty gritty of strategy and doing well. You can see a semi-transcript at DeliverOnYourBusiness.com. Here are show pages for previous episodes.
The Schedule: Episode Schedule for the 31 Day Courier MBA Series
Episode 1: Introducing the 31 Day Courier MBA - Mastering Your Business Attitude
Episode 2: Who Are You? Understanding the Independent Contractor relationship
Episode 3: Why Are You? Creating a Mission Statement
Episode 4: Where Are You? Understanding Your Market
Episode 5: Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket - The Importance of Diversification
Episode 6: Is it Enough? Creating an Hourly Goal For Your Delivery Business
Episode 7: Where do We Go From Here? Crafting an exit plan
Episode 8: How Are You Doing? Measuring Your Performance
Episode 9: Using the 40 Cent Rule to Guide Business Decisions
Episode 10: Choosing Equipment to Save Money and Increase Revenue
Episode 11: How to Choose the Best Places to Deliver
One of the first questions someone will have as a new courier for Grubhub, Postmates, Doordash or Uber Eats is, where should I go?
The answer to that depends very much on your comfort level with your market. You can look at episode 4 on understanding your market to get more on understanding your market.
If you don't know your total area as well, I always recommend starting somewhere you know. Begin in a place where you are comfortable and lean on your confidence in that area. Your deliveries will by nature start spreading you out and you'll grow in your comfort.
You want to focus further on getting to know the areas where restaurants that deliver on your platform are more concentrated. In particular, get to know the areas that have more high end restaurants.
Finally, we dig into a method you can use to get a better picutre of what parts of town are most profitable, by tracking individual deliveries in different parts of your market.