Episode 74: Are Doordash Hotspots (or Grubhub/Uber Eats etc) a Good Place to Look for Offers?

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Let's talk a bit about hotspots. Those places the apps tell us are the best places to look for delivery offers? Are they where we should go?
If not, where SHOULD we go?
I'm not going to tell you where to go. I've been told where to go enough, but that's a different matter. Different markets and different personalities and different approaches mean different things work for you than might work for me or vice versa. Instead, I'll walk through how I got a feel for where to go deliver, and maybe that process can help you decide.
A couple of episodes in the beginning of this podcast help with some topics:
Episode 8 Talked about how to measure your performance (particularly profit per hour). Understanding what makes a good delivery is crucial in figuring out WHERE to deliver.
Episode 9 gets into the 40 cent rule. Evaluating what you do based on how at $24 per hour you are making 40 cents per minute. This is a good way to evaluate delivery offers. What area of town will give you the best chance at 40 cent (or whatever your rule is) per minute deliveries?
Episode 11 went into more traditional advice about where to deliver. In this episode I tried to walk through a process for you, but there might be some good tidbits in Episode 11.
And then there's Episode 74 (THIS episode - the associated blog post can be found here.
A couple of other good resources mentioned in the article:
Elijah from the App Lifestyle (once upon a time the Uber Eats Lifestyle) had a great video that helped me when I got started on creating Money Spots
The Master Dasher is a newer blog that's getting off the ground, giving advice on different practical aspects of delivering with Doordash. He had an article on creating your own hotspots that might be helpful for you.
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