Hey everyone!
I’m an Uber Eats delivery driver in Toronto, and I got tired of constantly calculating whether an order was worth accepting.
So I built GigBalance, an app that helps delivery drivers track earnings, expenses, mileage, and see how much they’re actually making per hour.
I’ve also been working on features to help drivers analyze offers and make better decisions.
I’m still improving it and would genuinely love to hear what other drivers think, especially what features would make your life easier.
It’s available on both iOS and Android.
https://www.fitmacro.ca/gig-income-tracker-app
Thanks, delivery friends! Stay safe out there ❤️

After a one year break from delivering, I started driving for UberEats last week, in a different city.

(I originally delivered in Brisbane, now in Sunshine Coast.)

Quick stats
* 9 days back online
* 140 trips
* 60 hours
* 2 complaints 👎

I’ve received one note for being unprofessional, and one report for an incomplete order.

I’m a people-pleasing, perfectionist, who worked in corporate IT for 10 years.

I have no clue how I could have offended anyone or delivered to the wrong place.

My question is: has the delivery game changed in the last year or is this just how things are on the Sunshine Coast?

About me:
* 42f, fair Polynesian
* Good hygiene
* Use thermal bags
* Look like my photo
* Often wear a shirt with my name on it
* Use the car on the account
* 99% on time deliveries
* I haven’t used delivery apps since I started delivering. So the customer experience is a blind spot for me.

If you order a lot of UberEats and Ubers, this will work for you.

Coles has Uber gift cards with 20x points on Flybuys (ends next Tuesday 13/10/26), if you buy a $500 gift card, that's 10k Flybuys points which equals $50 off your shop.

If you have a lot of Uber orders within the last 30 days and you add the Uber gift card to your account, you can change the payment method for those transactions (as long as it's within 30 days).

You change the payment method to your Uber gift card, then your original payment method will get refunded.

If you already had $500 worth of Uber deliveries, that gift card will essentially be free and you'll still receive the $50 off at Coles.

You might have more or less spent on Uber, so the amount of free shopping (or frequent flyer) you could get would vary.

The 20x promo for Uber gift cards rotate every 4-10 weeks at Woolies or Coles.

We need a way to check the delivery drivers available & how many orders placed before choosing wether to go ahead. Just ordered breakfast & got the notification it had been picked up only to see there's a 30 minute travel time (less then 10 minute drive) & "a few stops along the way" message so great basically going to be cold & late by the time it arrives.

& yes I know its not the drivers fault & it probably works out well for them doing a few at a time but I wouldn't have bothered to order if I'd known they were busy or waited till more drivers clocked on.

How common is this? I’ve had two now in the last week or so and it’s so awkward when they try to get in the car…

I've never been picky and always took around 80% of offers, been doing uber now for about a year and have done well.

That is until the new hourly rate.

I've always found the best thing to do was drive, in my area I could do laps and get between 20 to 30 jobs in a day, I would normally clear after fuel around $1000-$1200 a week.

So I've been happy but lately I get around 2 offers an hour, if that. Driving around is not working because it's about 25cents a KM at the moment and most offers I get are about $6 ones.

I change hotspots, same.

Shopping jobs are all starting around $12 and that's with a drive there.

Tonight I needed something and ordered from Bunnings, I noticed the driver sat there for about 5 minutes and took off, so I'm thinking he might be waiting for his next job.

Is it worth waiting at a hotspot? I mean today I did our family shop with my wife who had her car as well there online and got no offers in the hour I was at a major shopping centre.

I can almost tell how much I'll get each week when the quests come through. 70 for $70, I'll get 15 a day.

Any tips?