Episode 39: Is Doordash a Good Delivery Option for Independent Contractors?

We have been focusing in some of our episodes on the four dominant food delivery apps. In Episode 33, we talked about Postmates, and Episode 35 talked about Grubhub. This week it's Doordash's turn.As we look at each delivery platform, we'll ask the following questions:

How is the pay? (2:48)How is the app? (12:10)What are deliveries like? (18:04)Do they respect the Independent Contractor relationship? (24:40)How is their support? (27:56)

You can get a semi-transcript of the episode (it's not going to be word for word, but close enough) on the episode page on our website at EntreCourier.com.

Doordash has had a lot of attention due to their old pay model. The old model supplemented lower tip deliveries, but that also meant that a driver was not being paid extra for a lot of deliveries due to the tip. This led to a change in the pay model. I delayed a little putting this episode out in order to allow the change to take effect, and see if anything about the new pay structure changed any of the responses to the questions above.

If you want more information on how Doordash pays, Episode 36 talked about the new pay model, why it was happening and what we can expect.
we had a number of articles at EntreCourier.com that addressed the pay model:

Is Doordash Stealing My Tips? (Responding to the controversy around the old pay model)
This is a Test. Four Takeaways from Doordash Testing Their New Model
My First Impressions of the New Doordash Pay Model

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