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“There’s been a huge shortage of drivers for Domino’s, like Uber and Lyft.” “I get paid based on how many deliveries I have and tipping opportunities,” said Robert. Similar to Uber Eats stacked deliveries, Robert said the only time he wanted to work for Domino’s was when he had multiple deliveries to complete at one time. One thing Robert finds essential is a flashlight so he can find house numbers more easily in the dark. As far as GPS and other necessities for delivery, he’d already had them on hand from his gig economy days. With Domino’s, they provided the pizza bags, and the drivers are expected to use their bags during deliveries. Now he’s up to $6.50 an hour while on the road. At Domino’s, when Robert was on the road, he started out at $4.55 an hour. I’m generally lucky if I get more than a $5 or $7 tip for that.”ĭriving for Domino’s, Robert says he definitely got a lot more tips, but he also said a greater percentage of his pay was based on the tips as well. With Dominos, you get sent to wherever and it might be 15 miles round trip for my delivery. “The biggest difference for me is that I was actually working regular time shifts, or I would tell them that they could call me if they got really busy as opposed to just flip on my app and look at it and ‘Oh, I don’t want to do that one because it’s not going to be profitable’. Need a guide to taxes for delivery and rideshare? Our Guide to Taxes resource: Ultimate Tax Guide for Uber & Lyft Drivers Domino’s Advantage: Regular Shifts! “The biggest difference is with all the gigs I could keep track of my mileage and write off as a tax deduction,” said Robert.Īccording to Robert, Domino’s was paying $1.50 per delivery “for my vehicle”, so he wasn’t able to take the mileage deduction when doing pizza delivery because he was already being paid for that.
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How Does the Pay Compare Between Uber Eats and Domino’s Pizza?Īs far as pay goes, Robert says it was close to the same amount of money when comparing gig apps to pizza delivery. Plus, based on his previous gig app experience, he knew which roads to avoid at what times and was less likely to get lost than the new drivers. He also was more aware of instances where the GPS is wrong. “I had a huge advantage over 95% of the new drivers since I’d been doing the delivery and Uber and Lyft, I knew my area backward and forward,” said Robert.
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“Sometimes it worked out fine,” said Robert. The pay just didn’t compare to ridesharing at that time.
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He had done Uber Eats before the pandemic and didn’t find them to be comparable to driving passengers. In the beginning, Robert was doing about 50 hours a week at Domino’s because they were booming during the pandemic. He’d never done pizza delivery before, but it sounded fun and he’d be working with his son, who was also delivering pizza for Dominos. Robert had been doing Lyft and Uber before the pandemic and within two days “it went to crickets down here.” Robert pivoted to delivering for Domino’s. But below is one of our YouTube subscriber’s experiences comparing the two, interviewed by RSG’s delivery expert Elijah.
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Just like with any gig, it depends on your market and other factors. You won’t really know which is better unless you’ve personally done both. We’re generalizing a bit in this article and video because there’s not an enormous difference between all of the gig apps, so we’re using Uber Eats, but it could really apply to any of the most popular delivery apps.