My phone is on its last legs and I'm looking to upgrade/change equipment with some of these Black Friday deals. I'm wondering if anyone uses any connected devices to help manage their workflow.

At one point, I tried running DD off of a tablet using mobile hotspot wifi. I didn't do this for long, but I think it could have worked better if I had gotten a separate mount for the tablet. My new car also has Android Auto that allows me to use Uber right on my car's center console. I can't figure out if there's a way to add other delivery apps there.

What strategies have you found that allow you to be more efficient out there without having to hop back and forth between apps and manage a bunch of cables? I'm considering buying a tablet to go along with the phone purchase. I'm also wondering if anyone has gotten use out of sending notifications to a smartwatch.

Thanks.

Hello 👋🏻 I need independent Contractor work and think deliveries could help a lot. But my phone got shut off Thanksgiving day.

So are there any gigs I can do without data? And if so what is the payment process like?

Thanks for any related info.

They make it impossible to succeed. Their goal is to make you fail, forcing you to buy extra hours while treating you with no respect. They demand full payment upfront and lure you in with low prices, but it’s all a bait-and-switch. I switched instructors and trucks, but nothing improved. I finally left, went to a better school, and got my license easily. Don’t fall for their trap—find a reputable school instead!

With the holidays coming up, I've been researching how different platforms handle holiday pay and talking to some top earners about their strategies. I'm curious about your experiences and wanted to start a discussion.

Some interesting findings so far:

• Some platforms are offering up to 3x normal rates on key dates (anyone seen higher?)
• Experienced drivers are already mapping out their holiday schedule based on historical data
• More obvious finding - combining multiple apps to maximize holiday surges
• Some unexpected times can actually more profitable than obvious peak hours

Questions for y'all:

1. What's been your best holiday earning day ever? (Amount + platform if you're willing to share)
2. Any unexpected times you've found that are surprisingly profitable during holidays?
3. Which platforms typically have the best holiday bonuses in your experience?
4. Are you planning anything different this year compared to previous holiday seasons?

I put together this basic guide with strategies from top earners and historical data, but I'm really curious to hear your personal experiences and strategies.

For platforms like Spark, Instacart, uber eats, DoorDash, and Shipt

I’m not expecting anything crazy, but I need help deciding what’s the best apps out there rn

Hey all,

What is the average going price for someone with their own cargo van business to deliver a load to Manhattan from NJ? Load weight might be 200 lbs. No fork lift necessary. Im asking for my company that needs boxes of auto parts shipped there and wondering if I should use IC or employees. Thank you!!!!!!!

I’m posting this open letter to DoorDash because I believe the public deserves to know what’s happening behind the scenes. Recently, my account was unjustly deactivated for “prolonging pickups and deliveries,” but this claim is false.

Here’s the truth: 1️⃣ I was never given any prior warnings about delays. 2️⃣ Delays were due to restaurant readiness—not me. 3️⃣ GPS tracking logs often placed me incorrectly, showing I wasn’t at delivery locations when I was physically there. 4️⃣ I maintained a perfect 5.0 rating from customers.

I was using Earn by Time in the days leading up to my deactivation, and many Dashers believe DoorDash is exploiting this program to accuse drivers of “milking the clock” and deactivate them unfairly.

DoorDash, I’m calling on you to: 1️⃣ Reopen my case and conduct a transparent review with clear evidence. 2️⃣ Address issues with Earn by Time and faulty GPS tracking that are leading to unjust deactivations. 3️⃣ Improve the deactivation process to allow drivers to correct issues before being deactivated.

If my account is not reactivated, I will pursue arbitration.

To the public and fellow Dashers: If you’ve experienced similar issues, I encourage you to speak out. Let’s bring attention to these unfair practices and demand accountability from DoorDash.

I never take days off, I like to work, I need to work. These past 48 hours have been a royal pain in the butt due to what was described as a bomb cyclone. Don't ask me to try and explain what it is, but when you have heavy winds that blow in an odd direction it caused tremendous amount of tree movement, and caused a bunch of trees to fall over on roads, on houses, on cars, on fences, and yes, power lines.

It left a bunch of tree related stuff all over the roads and knocked out power to somewhere around 600,000 people here in the Pacific Northwest. I've never seen the area so dark with no power, not many traffic lights working, not many businesses open, spotty internet, and people with electric cars scrambling to find chargers for their vehicles. It's just such an unusual sight.

So tomorrow, I'm going to attempt to deliver for the first time since Tuesday, and I'm hoping that enough roads will be cleared, that there will be power to enough businesses, and that there will be enough internet connections that will allow me to do what I'm so used to doing everyday.

Has anyone delivered for Wonder? The company that just brought Grubhub. Do they have a better pay structure? Im wondering how they may beat out Doordash or Uber eats.

i recently signed up with them and the jobs have been great. but there aren’t many at all, you’ll be lucky to get a few a week. you take photos of homes for banks as well as in home inspection photos and floor plan scans.

Hi everyone

UK-based delivery driver here. I’ve been thinking about how delivery drivers (whether you’re on Amazon Flex, Uber Eats, Deliveroo, or similar) often need a variety of gear to do the job comfortably and efficiently. Things like:

• Insulated delivery bags
• Phone mounts
• Weatherproof clothing (jackets, gloves, etc.)
• Lights, reflective gear, or power banks

Right now, most people seem to piece their gear together from different places like Amazon, eBay, or local stores. But I’m curious:

1. Would you find it useful if there was a one-stop shop specifically for delivery drivers where you could get everything in one place?
2. What gear or tools do you think are absolute must-haves for the job?
3. Do you prefer branded gear (e.g., with company logos) or neutral/unbranded items?

I’d love to hear your thoughts, whether this sounds useful or if there’s something that could make delivery work easier that I haven’t thought of yet.

Thanks in advance for sharing your insights

Hi does anyone do jobs for them. I’ve done a few and got 100percent but I’m concerned two customer will give me bad feedback. Worried sick we had issues so couldn’t do the job. Anyone know what happens ? Any advice much appreciated Chloe

Hey, was wondering if you paid when picking up parcels from customers can’t find anything about if you do or not.

Hi couriersofreddit,

I’m from Canada and I am a contract employee of uni uni express, the courrier company. This company has done many things that, in my opinion, I feel are unlawful and wrong, but one of the worst things they do is the unlawful deduction of wages among their drivers. They only employ Chinese drivers that are non-residents or speak broken English to exploit them because they don’t know their rights. We have had deductions worth up to $600 (for which we only make $1.9 per delivery for) from our wages due to simple tasks that we didn’t “follow”. An example of this was an employee was deducted $140 from their paycheque due to the fact they left it outside of a gated home that they had no way of accessing inside and the package did not fit in the mailbox, so they left it by the mailbox. Another was the delivery driver had left it in the lobby when the instructions said to leave it at front door which was $600. I understand that we shouldn’t be making such mistakes but to be penalized this much for something we only make $1.90 seems ridiculous. Keep in mind we have no legitimate training and such but are constantly being flagged and deducted wages at every chance they get. We are even deducted the wages when the customer has given us proof of them receiving the package or no complaint has been made against us. They have a department within the company that purposefully checks our images to make sure it is to their satisfaction and when it is not, the employee from that department gets bonuses paid out to them for dinging the delivery order. The wage they deduct is for the company to keep for itself and they say is an active way to “keep us on our toes”. Furthermore, every time we ask for a copy of the receipt for wages deducted, we are denied it. Our paystubs only have an amount written on it, nothing else, and the paycheques never match up to our delivery orders.

We have decided to make complaints to service Canada but what else can we do to help our case. Please help make this post viral so more people are aware of this exploitive behaviour from this company. They are taking advantage of employees that don’t know English and rights.

I'm trying to talk some sense into him, but maybe he is right and I am wrong. They have 4 kids and there is no work in their area. He has been struggling to find work for 2 years now. I don't know the details yet of his new job, other than they had to have a van so they bought a used one for 15k. He is going to be doing cross country expedited deliveries of machine parts to factories as an independent contractor. He has never been a cross country driver and I feel like he is making a huge mistake buying a van before even trying it. What do you all think? Is there money in cross country van deliveries?

Anyone who has experience sending dry snacks via DHL from UK to PH. how many days will it take and will I pay any more tax in customs? Price is below £50.

Hello! I am a current university student doing a research project about delivery bike drivers. As delivery bike drivers how do you feel about your safety? Could it be better? Is it fair? Any ideas that you as a bike driver would like to have to benefit you? We want to create a delivery bike system where turn signals, dash cams, emergency button, blindspot detectors, etc are all implemented to the bike. We would like to know how you as a delivery bike driver would feel about this and if you would purchase our service (do not take cost into consideration). We want to know how do you feel about the options we have provided and anything you would recommend/ feedback. Thank you!

For those of you who are medical couriers who drive a company vehicle, did your pre-employment drug test consist of a 5-panel or 10-panel drug test?

https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lboro/environmental-impacts-of-buying-selling-and-delivering-clothes This survey is designed specifically for delivery drivers to gather insights into their daily workloads, environmental concerns, and the impact of their deliveries. It explores factors like delivery volume, efficiency, and the environmental footprint of their work.

The Survey will only take around 5 minutes to complete, so if you have the time it would be a great help!

So I need to replace my work boots because with them being cheap AND waterproof, they stink to high heaven after only a few months because my feet can't breathe in them.

So I'm looking for new ones, and I was thinking it would be good to have a solid pair of boots with good ankle support in case I ever roll my ankle coming off the van awkwardly.

What do you guys think on the matter, and what shoes/boots would you recommend?

Should I work in food delivery (I’m 18 and my English is not very good)? And if yes, which company should I work for? How much money can I make?

Take Etsy for example. People can make and sell their crafts and customers can buy them there. The platform, Etsy, essentially allows sellers to build their own businesses and creates the chance for sellers to create client bases. Delivery platforms on the other hand only view drivers as cheap labor. They aren't designed to give drivers a chance to build a proper business and establish their own base of repeat customers. Are there any exceptions to this?

Platforms pretty much only view drivers as commodities, not business owners, right?

Today a teen was raped by a uber driver that was sharing his account. It is our time to shine and protest on Ubers socials to implement ID scans and more verifications to keep people from sharing accounts.

If you are needing help with anything esp your account or even help with signing in, do not count on them to help you. They shut my account down when I needed assistance for my password change, and told me if I make any other attempts to create a new account it’ll be shut down as well. I will not support go puff ever!