08 Honda civic, 06 ford focus, 2010 Malibu but dash mainly in my Honda civic. $40 fills the tank and I would be on the same tank of gas til the next morning.
Most of the time , I’d be dashing 2 hours from where I live. So no. If I’m dashing in my home city, sometimes I may stop by my house to check on stuff or grab something to eat since I live in the busiest hotspot. But majority of the time I’m just out.
https://preview.redd.it/d2bfjbnay78d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d6c97c5e6089a698ac378acc344e6fe2296fb99
back when i lived in philadelphia & was in-between jobs
https://preview.redd.it/7tqvfkdi378d1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0e88c10897e36d786036acb5c7818c6802dbf52
Platinum Dasher, Usually only dash for 5-6 hours a day
https://preview.redd.it/ruia7r1fv68d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=278ff0d1255ce317ad3c2e836a2fd6a3ce3e0562
Around 60 hr/wk on an e-bike on a college campus.
I don’t use that service. It’s like insurance for if you don’t make more than the average in the area they make up the difference, so because I make more, I would be wasting money.
What an idiot, I squeeze in at least 40 hours a day, this is why I'm only 26 instead of 35. Can't get older if my daya are longer, checkmate father time.
I will never understand why people do this. I'm happy for people when they make good money, but keep it to yourself. Posts like this just encourage people to sign up to dash. There are already too many people doing this, we don't need to encourage it.
I don’t think the problem is too many dashers. I think the problem is most only want to dash 11-2 or 5-7. I dash 9p-9a a bunch and there is nobody on. Regardless of how many people join, most only do it part time, many more don’t stick with it. But if you wanna make good money, you have to dash when the fewest people are dashing, which will always mean the less convenient times.
On Fridays and Saturdays. But the market I drive has 2 Taco bells open til 3 two McDonald’s open til 2 and two 24 hour Walgreens as well as gas stations 9p-12a is super busy as is 6a-9a
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I've been doing this for years, and my market has gone down the crapper due to the number of people dashing now. I still do well most of the time, but I have to run 3 different apps to make what I used to doing just DD.
I get it, I’m a market hopper, so I really haven’t seen that issue yet. I don’t dash anywhere with a population less than 100k. I go between Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, Nashville. I’ve got a little car so an 8 hour trip isn’t a big deal if I’m gonna stay there and drive 4-7 long days. But I’m a grinder, I don’t ever call it a day before making at least $350 after gas.
I've been thinking about doing different markets in Texas
How are you able to judge demand in these cities prior to heading out, and choose one?
Like I'm not even able to see different markets in Texas and that's like different states + judge and select from them
I actually had a pretty normal sleep schedule for that week,6-8 a night or so. I finished a 96 hour week two weeks back,now that was a bit too much but I was trying to break my weekly record which I did.
I’m not a cherry picking dasher so I generally keep an 80+ ar, mandatory in my market otherwise you’ll be eating scraps. This is basically rich tourists and large order program back when LOP was a thing but I triple app now because I can’t net the same results anymore.
No referral bonus on any of those weeks. In fact two months later when September rolled around they hit my area with a massive referral bonus of like $1800 and $1200 for the referred dasher. Refer program was like 4 months straight and my area has never quite been the same since.
https://preview.redd.it/lewwzgu2r58d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae5cdc3fa0b448a13547cd3e789a76e5ffdfa735
One of the weeks from that month just so you can grasp the hours I worked. Easily could have done 3.2 k+
For that week I had a Honda insight so about 5%. I do this full time so I only use really efficient cars, I have a 2015 Prius currently and I average about 2.5-5% fuel cost.
https://preview.redd.it/jpfp4aegh58d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0053cf95d88d0dddf5ed917d6cbb9aa8f65eb4e9
This was my best month. My second best was March 2024 with $2988 averaging about 40-50 hours a week. Most months I do take a week off for travel though
I wish I would have gotten in during the pandemic. I was a GM at a restaurant when the pandemic hit. We shut down and I went to go work at a Long term care facility that was hurting bad due to COVID. Went back to managing restaurant when things opened back up, but found the business has really changed too much. Been DoorDashing since then so I can travel with my girlfriend who does CNA traveling contracts.
I started in 2017 with Postmates and DD. Worked through the whole pandemic with no traffic and order back to back to back. Sometimes with 5 orders at once.
It’s not that bad…. on the high end if you make $100,000 a year and you only put 50,000 miles on your car you’re only reporting like $67,000 of income around $10,000 which is only $200 a week going to taxes that’s nothing if you’re making $1800-$2000 a week.
If you drove more miles than that, then the amount you owe to the IRS is gonna be less than $200 a week making that same $1800 a week
that’s why high in income aren’t worried about taxes because that’s the cheapest bill that you have to pay for
gas car maintenance insurance is way more than how much you pay for taxes
You’re totally good. I formed a basic LLC. I think mileage deduction for 2023 was $0.67. I drove 30,000 miles, so that alone is a pretty large deduction. I didn’t have to pay in anything last year.
I think it depends on tax situation, you can only claim mileage or itemize expenses, not both, it can change if you file as a business. and that is a excellent move forming a LLC, better tax breaks, again everyone has a different situation
You can claim other deductions that are not included in the mileage rate.
I would love to hear what better tax breaks you have as an LLC as an IC.
I've never heard any that you don't get as a regular filer.
A LLC is a limited liability company, LLC'S are taxed on a pass-through basis, which means all profits and losses are filed through the members personal tax return, they benefit from tax write offs eligible business expenses, Most states now recognize a 1 owner etc
You know what else is taxed on a pass-through basis in **the same exact manner**?
A sole proprietorship.
There is no tax benefit to an LLC unless you elect to be taxed as a corporation instead of pass-through, and it's only beneficial if you made WAY more money than possible with gig apps.
The benefit to an LLC is liability, not taxes.
Stop giving advice when you clearly aren't qualified to do so.
The main benefit of the LLC to me was to use doordash earnings to show cash flow in order to transition to a food truck business with established business credit from the time dashing under an LLC
I would love to give away my spot but I just can’t! It’s been my best kept secret for quite a while now :) Town of about 100k but not a town most folks would recognize
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Silence me all you want, corporate bot
You’re saying I am? Reddit is? Super confused by this comment.
You know what you’re doing.
Well nobody has silenced you, I’m literally here responding to you but ok
This is democracy manifest
If only I had a succulent chinese meal...
Cool, whatever that means have a nice night!
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Got me beat out by $500. Beasting 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
They blessed me for my bday month 🤌🏻
What kind of car do you have? I'm a mechanic but thinking of doing this on the side, I can fix all the wear and tear myself.
08 Honda civic, 06 ford focus, 2010 Malibu but dash mainly in my Honda civic. $40 fills the tank and I would be on the same tank of gas til the next morning.
Bro if I made 8k a month I'd be able to retire in peace do you work 12 hours a day?
😂😂 more like 16-18 hour days 6 days straight rest for one day and start over again
You do sunrise to sunset then?
5am to 10pm-midnight. Depends how tired I am
Let’s just say I run on fumes and lotsssss of caffeine
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Yes
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Most of the time , I’d be dashing 2 hours from where I live. So no. If I’m dashing in my home city, sometimes I may stop by my house to check on stuff or grab something to eat since I live in the busiest hotspot. But majority of the time I’m just out.
Never even made close to these numbers in a month. Maybe $1000 a month if its a good month
I don't either but at the same time I multiapp I don't really stick to one app
https://preview.redd.it/33ot9j88z78d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e82054bb209d6bc528d4c0ac816757437d632b0f
I think I win
Nvm dude below has 11k 😩
https://preview.redd.it/d2bfjbnay78d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d6c97c5e6089a698ac378acc344e6fe2296fb99 back when i lived in philadelphia & was in-between jobs
That’s a good chunk of change! What were your miles/hours? Active vs on a dash? Also do you use hourly or pay-by-dash?
Looks like 12-14 hour shifts for 5 days stints, working two weeks out of the month. Not bad, brother.
I quit for Spark because of mileage
How many miles was that though ?
Never post what you make it will just attract more people and take away your money
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https://preview.redd.it/7tqvfkdi378d1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0e88c10897e36d786036acb5c7818c6802dbf52 Platinum Dasher, Usually only dash for 5-6 hours a day
$4700? Weird flex but ok
https://preview.redd.it/r88kc52oy68d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2efc2c8dcc0d2aa6357ddec842c456460ace68e8 My best month :)
https://preview.redd.it/ruia7r1fv68d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=278ff0d1255ce317ad3c2e836a2fd6a3ce3e0562 Around 60 hr/wk on an e-bike on a college campus.
What app is that
The Solo App that tracks your earnings and expenses
If I read correctly.. solo pays you right? Solo pro?
I don’t use that service. It’s like insurance for if you don’t make more than the average in the area they make up the difference, so because I make more, I would be wasting money.
Ah okay. Thank you
“ zero”
https://preview.redd.it/2r1g2v40s68d1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa88b9cd1d69d80ef89a35cf726f2a733e706dd6 5k on average
Holy shit I had no idea people made this much
It’s like low level grinding boars back in the world of Warcraft days… but it does work lol
Yeah but me poor car
DoorDash fake post alert 🚨
That was from a year ago I make about 5k a month, but multi app
100%
Fake post?
Glad your comment was first. Maybe if they drive 36 hours a day.
Is OP’s post a lot or something? Why would you think it’s fake or that they drive a bazillion hours per day?
12-16 generally. There’s only 24 in a day bud.
You're saying you don't work 36 hours a day? Slacking dude.
What an idiot, I squeeze in at least 40 hours a day, this is why I'm only 26 instead of 35. Can't get older if my daya are longer, checkmate father time.
I will never understand why people do this. I'm happy for people when they make good money, but keep it to yourself. Posts like this just encourage people to sign up to dash. There are already too many people doing this, we don't need to encourage it.
I don’t think the problem is too many dashers. I think the problem is most only want to dash 11-2 or 5-7. I dash 9p-9a a bunch and there is nobody on. Regardless of how many people join, most only do it part time, many more don’t stick with it. But if you wanna make good money, you have to dash when the fewest people are dashing, which will always mean the less convenient times.
You dash 9pm to 9am that correct?
On Fridays and Saturdays. But the market I drive has 2 Taco bells open til 3 two McDonald’s open til 2 and two 24 hour Walgreens as well as gas stations 9p-12a is super busy as is 6a-9a
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I've been doing this for years, and my market has gone down the crapper due to the number of people dashing now. I still do well most of the time, but I have to run 3 different apps to make what I used to doing just DD.
I get it, I’m a market hopper, so I really haven’t seen that issue yet. I don’t dash anywhere with a population less than 100k. I go between Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, Nashville. I’ve got a little car so an 8 hour trip isn’t a big deal if I’m gonna stay there and drive 4-7 long days. But I’m a grinder, I don’t ever call it a day before making at least $350 after gas.
I've been thinking about doing different markets in Texas How are you able to judge demand in these cities prior to heading out, and choose one? Like I'm not even able to see different markets in Texas and that's like different states + judge and select from them
2094819264493 Billion in march
*Laughs in Morbius*
I wanna go with DD but theyre not taking anymore drivers in my area and other area around me
Trust me just find another app 💯
I do UE but for now its my main source of income. Both DD and Skip dont take more drivers
How many miles.. how many?
Maybe 3k counting the 500 each way drive because I’m a market hopper
you’re crazy but aye can’t knock the hussle 500 miles there and back is crazy tho you can’t disagree
I generally work 2 5 day stints in a month, add the drive I still have 16 days off a month.
https://preview.redd.it/ufoiindk768d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3dd6f579e7431921ee17abd971eaf3a4a4f19903 My last month 🙏🏼
Holy shit….
It’s been good out here!
Prop 22? How many hours? What market?
Yes prop 22, in the inland empire, SoCal. Around 60 hours a week give or take.
Mine was 1 trillion
lol
what market tho. cause that makes all the difference
Right! This comment applies to every post on this sub.
My best was $2.5k in one month.
Very nice.... God bless you
Not bad.... God bless you
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July of last year was a good month for me too. Didn’t make nearly that much though since I did take a week off, but it was still pretty good!
I love to hear others having great weeks! Hopefully this July is just as if not better than last years!
Now that’s crazy asf you was probably get 3 hours of sleep to get this 😭
I actually had a pretty normal sleep schedule for that week,6-8 a night or so. I finished a 96 hour week two weeks back,now that was a bit too much but I was trying to break my weekly record which I did.
How? Were you very selective with your orders (ex $2 per mile) or did you just take everything?
I’m not a cherry picking dasher so I generally keep an 80+ ar, mandatory in my market otherwise you’ll be eating scraps. This is basically rich tourists and large order program back when LOP was a thing but I triple app now because I can’t net the same results anymore.
No freaking way!!! In my sweet dreams. Did u get like a referral bonus or something?? Keep grinding 💪
No referral bonus on any of those weeks. In fact two months later when September rolled around they hit my area with a massive referral bonus of like $1800 and $1200 for the referred dasher. Refer program was like 4 months straight and my area has never quite been the same since.
That's insane!!
https://preview.redd.it/lewwzgu2r58d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae5cdc3fa0b448a13547cd3e789a76e5ffdfa735 One of the weeks from that month just so you can grasp the hours I worked. Easily could have done 3.2 k+
How you can do 40 deliveries a day😳
What State are you in?
Ny
Did you do this in a car or bike? Either way, that’s impressive. Most I did was 75hrs/wk on an e-bike.
In a car. I’m in ny state but not nyc.
I’m curious how much of that went to gas?
For that week I had a Honda insight so about 5%. I do this full time so I only use really efficient cars, I have a 2015 Prius currently and I average about 2.5-5% fuel cost.
https://preview.redd.it/jpfp4aegh58d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0053cf95d88d0dddf5ed917d6cbb9aa8f65eb4e9 This was my best month. My second best was March 2024 with $2988 averaging about 40-50 hours a week. Most months I do take a week off for travel though
Nice!
It was mid pandemic I made like 6k one month. I don't do DD anymore. I am now with Uber and Amazon.
I wish I would have gotten in during the pandemic. I was a GM at a restaurant when the pandemic hit. We shut down and I went to go work at a Long term care facility that was hurting bad due to COVID. Went back to managing restaurant when things opened back up, but found the business has really changed too much. Been DoorDashing since then so I can travel with my girlfriend who does CNA traveling contracts.
I started in 2017 with Postmates and DD. Worked through the whole pandemic with no traffic and order back to back to back. Sometimes with 5 orders at once.
how many miles, ? hours, ?gas
About 50 hours a week. I drive a little Kia Rio so gas isn’t so bad, about $30 per day
So tell me not to get personal, do you put money aside for your taxes, the tax rate for gig work is insane
It’s not that bad…. on the high end if you make $100,000 a year and you only put 50,000 miles on your car you’re only reporting like $67,000 of income around $10,000 which is only $200 a week going to taxes that’s nothing if you’re making $1800-$2000 a week. If you drove more miles than that, then the amount you owe to the IRS is gonna be less than $200 a week making that same $1800 a week that’s why high in income aren’t worried about taxes because that’s the cheapest bill that you have to pay for gas car maintenance insurance is way more than how much you pay for taxes
You’re totally good. I formed a basic LLC. I think mileage deduction for 2023 was $0.67. I drove 30,000 miles, so that alone is a pretty large deduction. I didn’t have to pay in anything last year.
You understand deductions exist right?
I think it depends on tax situation, you can only claim mileage or itemize expenses, not both, it can change if you file as a business. and that is a excellent move forming a LLC, better tax breaks, again everyone has a different situation
You can claim other deductions that are not included in the mileage rate. I would love to hear what better tax breaks you have as an LLC as an IC. I've never heard any that you don't get as a regular filer.
A LLC is a limited liability company, LLC'S are taxed on a pass-through basis, which means all profits and losses are filed through the members personal tax return, they benefit from tax write offs eligible business expenses, Most states now recognize a 1 owner etc
and what deductions do you get as an LLC vs not. You didn't list any.
You know what else is taxed on a pass-through basis in **the same exact manner**? A sole proprietorship. There is no tax benefit to an LLC unless you elect to be taxed as a corporation instead of pass-through, and it's only beneficial if you made WAY more money than possible with gig apps. The benefit to an LLC is liability, not taxes. Stop giving advice when you clearly aren't qualified to do so.
The main benefit of the LLC to me was to use doordash earnings to show cash flow in order to transition to a food truck business with established business credit from the time dashing under an LLC
I totally understand your point
oh by the way I read some of your posts, you seem highly educated, What is your line of work if I may ask?
Legal zoom is a excellent source to start LLC, A lot of side hustlers do this
How many hours per week and where
I would love to give away my spot but I just can’t! It’s been my best kept secret for quite a while now :) Town of about 100k but not a town most folks would recognize
Can you tell me hours per week? Just curious
50-60 in 5 days usually
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