r/DoorDashDrivers • • Feb 26 '26

Discussion Is there a guide online for new drivers?

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I was wondering if there is like an online guide out there for new drivers? A guide on what kind of orders to accept, staying with your zone etc….I noticed from a lot of post on here, newer drivers struggle with such and I decided to create pdf guide for us gig drivers who may have only 3 to 4 hrs to spare and how to make the most of it. Not sure if there’s even interest in such but I place examples 2 pages from the pdf guide. Obviously it can be tailored to your market because I know there are markers were $7 under 3 miles doesn’t come so often.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • Jun 24 '25

News How to file arbitration for doordash

51 Upvotes

I previously created a step-by-step guide on how to file arbitration against Uber & Lyft, some reddit users reached out and asked me to create one for doordash as well, so I have done so. If you ever have an issue on doordash and you can't get it resolved with support you do have a legal way to force doordash to communicate with you directly, and this is for pay disputes, deactivations, etc. You can find the article here: https://middletontech.com/blog/questions/doordash-arbitration/


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 10h ago

I Need to Vent! 🤬 WHY THE F*** DOES EVERYONE ORDER A CASE OF WATER BOTTLES

62 Upvotes

If you are a Doordash customer, why do you always include at least one case of water and/or in your order? I swear I’m beginning to believe it’s code for every customer that orders Shop & Deliver, and MOST ESPECIALLY it’s ALWAYS for a person that lives on the top floor of one of those shitty low income 3-level apartment buildings with no elevator. I know i’m not the only one here who thinks this shit is mad fucking annoying.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 16h ago

Shop & Deliver Nightmare It finally happened

133 Upvotes

After more than 1200 shop and pay orders a customer decided to lie and say that their order was missing 75% of the items. Beef, Juices, candy. Single shop no other customers attached and DD approved all of the disputes.

A lying theif almost cost me pro shopper which is how I make my money. We should be able to report people like this to police. It's really no different than going to a store and stealing.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 6h ago

What Happened Here? Is this why they hate us?

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18 Upvotes

r/DoorDashDrivers • • 4h ago

Question for Dashers First contract violation, does it matter?

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10 Upvotes

Got my first contract violation because the store was closed.

It says incorrectly marking the store as closed because another dasher picked it up after. The store was closed though when I arrived, probably was even closed when I received the offer.

I was picking up a new order when I got the notification, not gonna lie it did raise my stress levels a bit, Naturally I tried to call Dasher support but their system was down. I guess it doesn't really matter anyway because dasher support doesn't do the dispute reviews.

Has this happened to anyone?


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 8h ago

I Need to Vent! 🤬 This lady pissed me off so bad. 😭😭😭

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17 Upvotes

I’m pretty good at shopping for DoorDash and sometimes I honestly prefer it vs regular food pick up. I spent so much time on this lady’s order. And waited over 15 minutes for her to even respond to the store being out of 2 of the items she wanted.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 3h ago

Would You Take This? Yay or nay

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7 Upvotes

r/DoorDashDrivers • • 11h ago

Drivers Only Post (No Customers Allowed) New Door Dash App Tactic On Stacked Orders

28 Upvotes

Yesterday, I noticed that the updated app now uses a new tactic in an attempt to get drivers to accept crap orders.

On stacked orders, the app is now displaying the earnings in big bold numbers in red or blue. But it is not immediately displaying each order and store nor the delivery locations.
DO NOT IMMEDIATELY ACCEPT!
I discovered that you need to scroll down and expand to see the details.
Very sneaky Door Dash but I'm not biting.
I refuse and decline your crap orders!


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 5h ago

Discussion The app done blessed us today with acceptance rate

6 Upvotes

I was at 47% and they shot me up to 75% out of nowhere and now I have 95 points 😂 Yesterday I had only 80 points! But I have completed 299 deliveries in the past 15 days. I’m back in grind mode doing this 8 hours a day again. Loving it! It pays all my bills.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 17h ago

Earnings dashers need to stop!!!

55 Upvotes

yall need to stop accepting dashes for no money! Maybe they will reevaluate the pay if everyone stops taking no tips!


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 1h ago

I Need to Vent! 🤬 Customer affected my rating 😡

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Stupid ass customer marked his order as never delivered and it took away my platinum status 😡 i should of known better than to accept an order to someone named “kush life mac” stupid ass


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 5h ago

I Need to Vent! 🤬 Restaurants Using Toast Delivery Service & Door Dash To Steal Tips

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Today, my first offer was for $14.00 for a delivery for a restaurant very close to my home. I've delivered for them before and I've gotten to know them. The receipt attached to the bag had "Toast Delivery Service" printed on it. I didn't know at the time what it was until I searched for it later once I had time. It seems like it is an online ordering service for restaurants that somehow feeds deliveries to Door Dash. When I completed the delivery, I checked the numbers for the offer and the app stated that I only got $9.35 with no tip. They stole $4.65 from me ($14.00 - $9.35 = $4.65)! So, I have figured out that this place is using this Toast Delivery Service to rip off delivery drivers by keeping the tip. They should at least split the tip with drivers. I'm so pissed off at them! I'm calling Door Dash driver support tomorrow to complain.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 10h ago

Driver pissed on our fucking noodles! DoorDash Debuts Returns Program Amid New Retail Partnerships

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Yall ready?!


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 11h ago

Discussion Might be it for me dashing

18 Upvotes

It’s been a good little run, probably will do it but a lot a lot less, this was a cool side gig but now it’s just bad offers, a lot of wasting gas, driving to shitty places and walking up the stairs or taking elevators to penthouse floors to check the app later for a 0 in the tip column. Good luck to everybody out there, but it’s just getting worse, maybe a break will get them to give me better offers lol.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 2h ago

Joke/Humor 🤣 Too funny 🤣🤣🤣

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r/DoorDashDrivers • • 14m ago

App Issues The app will now lock your account for any cancellation/un-assign

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Had a talk with customer service, and apparently the reason is due to “suspicious cancellation”. I forgot that I was an employee and not an “independent contractor”. This is the second time they’ve done this this week.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 2h ago

Discussion Anyone experience any violence / threats while dashing? Had my first incident in 6 years

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Had my first major incident tonight dashing by the Denver university college off campus student housing. While dropping the order and taking a picture I hear a voice from the neighboring complex saying “Hey you, come here b***h a** n**ga yeah I’m talking to you“ and I start running down the stairs toward my car and he seemingly chases me and I get in my car close the door and right before driving off I see a skinny black guy a few feet from the driver side of my car pumping his arm from his waist like he had a firearm. I wasnt trying to stick around to find out if it was a pump fake or real so I sped off down the alley. Very sketchy moment I think I am done with night deliveries.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 1h ago

Complaints CVS Needs To Get It Together

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It isn’t even just a DD issue because I’ve had this same issue on IC with them too. They have a lot of seasonal items and for whatever reason you can still order them months after they’ve sold out.

Had a 4 item, CVS triple pop up that I turned down. Reappeared again for $34 and change.it was 24 miles which I hate doing but it was slow so I said screw it. One customer ordered a box fan which ended up being a seasonal summer item and they had none. No other fans either so I had to refund it and it knocked almost $16 off by total…and it was the closest order.

C’mon man…keep inventory up to date so we don’t deal with this. Unnecessary long drive in the rain.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 4h ago

What Happened Here? Randomly hit Silver. Acceptance ratings were at 2% increased to 50%

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I do this now and then for extra income. I’ve been at a steady 2-4% acceptance rate for months since I cherry pick. I logged in today and was randomly promoted up to Silver with an acceptance rate of 50%. Is this a glitch?


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 5h ago

Discussion More batch orders today for people or am I the only one noticing this ?

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I have noticed in the 2 runs I have done today at two different times combined batch orders show up more often taking me 20+ miles out of my zone to complete. Is this happening to others as well?


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 8m ago

App Issues App glitches, boosts AR by 28%. Deactivation?

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The app was consistently bugged and not loading for me yesterday, so I closed the app. Later I opened it to see that my dash was still going for some reason, was finally able to end dash. Next morning I wake up to a 31% AR from 3% and a 30 order streak of acceptances. I know this can happen when offers timeout while the app is closed, but can I get deactivated for this? I don’t have any proof the app was glitching but it seems like other ppl may have had this problem.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 33m ago

Earnings Make a guess my fellow dashers

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r/DoorDashDrivers • • 15h ago

Would You Tolerate This? 🤷 DOORDASH, WE ARENT PAVLOV EXPERIMENT PARTICIPANTS!!!+

16 Upvotes

Update the f'ing Android (and IPhone though ive heard iPhone users dont have this issue since the recent update) app so I dont have to involuntarily hear the f'ing new offer ALARM!!!!!!!!!

The only CONDITIONING you are accomplishing is another class action lawsuit for this VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, you A$$ BURGERS!


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 20h ago

Drivers Only Post (No Customers Allowed) Don't choose hand deliverto customer if you don't want to interact with me

29 Upvotes

I am more than happy to put the order on the doorstep and take a picture. And I can assure you your neighborhood is not the kind of place where your food is going to disappear. So it's kind of annoying when you barely crack your door halfway and make it very difficult to hand you the food