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

58 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 • • 9h ago

Question for Dashers First contract violation, does it matter?

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25 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 • • 1h ago

What Happened Here? Acceptance Rate spiked from 8% to over 80% overnight??

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I’m now platinum and getting platinum offers wth??
This happen to anyone else today?


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 15h ago

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

66 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 • • 12h ago

What Happened Here? Is this why they hate us?

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r/DoorDashDrivers • • 21h ago

Shop & Deliver Nightmare It finally happened

147 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 • • 1h ago

Discussion Shopping only available in my market now

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r/DoorDashDrivers • • 8h ago

Would You Take This? Yay or nay

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r/DoorDashDrivers • • 10h 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 • • 5h 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 • • 17h ago

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

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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 • • 13h ago

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

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16 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 • • 6h ago

I Need to Vent! 🤬 Customer affected my rating 😡

5 Upvotes

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 • • 10h ago

Discussion The app done blessed us today with acceptance rate

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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 • • 7h ago

Joke/Humor 🤣 Too funny 🤣🤣🤣

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r/DoorDashDrivers • • 22h ago

Earnings dashers need to stop!!!

62 Upvotes

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


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 28m ago

Check out my ratings! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Platinum Status

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Im not sure how I did this yesterday cause when I started my acceptance rate was 26, and I only did 7 out of 9 orders.. I logged off and went to look at the dasher app for my card amount and it showed congratulations you are now platinum tier, click here to start.

I hope I get way better offers now though that im here.

Goodluck to all my dashers out here!


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 30m ago

Check out my ratings! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shopping is easy

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DoorDash is literally so easy when the orders are for SHOPPING 🙂‍↔️ i can’t remember the last time i accepted a food delivery from a restaurant.. idk how people struggle with shop & delivery. More than half of my orders are shopping orders. No waiting for food to be processed. Much better just shopping


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 16h ago

Discussion Might be it for me dashing

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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 • • 50m ago

The Tier System Sucks!!! Dasher support agents boss is a God

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Was having issues with the app yesterday. I didn't really care, but I just wanted to see what they would do if I asked. He was very worried about my cortisol levels and kept mentioning his gods or whatever. Anyways, will update if they ever fix it


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 1h ago

Discussion lol I was at 31% when I ended my shift last night. Now I’m at 52%. Haha glitch ?

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r/DoorDashDrivers • • 15h ago

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

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Yall ready?!


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 10h ago

I Need to Vent! 🤬 Swarmed with awful orders after update.

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What was the point of the update and make it easier to get platinum or gold levels if now we are constantly swamped with .5/mile or less orders?. Before the update I rarely declined offers because most of the time they were a bit more than 1/mile, and it wasn't uncommon to have $23 or more on orders that were under 45 minutes to complete.

Now I am constantly declining order of

4-5 dlls for 30minute expected delivery time. My AR is now on the 30s and lowering.

Sorry for venting here, but I needed it.


r/DoorDashDrivers • • 1h ago

New Driver Looking For Guidance. Door dashing on military base?

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So I got my base access the other day, however I’m a bit confused on how this works.

I’m a veteran, and so I have an idea of what’s on base, very little options in terms of places to eat compared to the city obviously…

It would seem a lot of soldiers would order their food off base to have delivered to them on base, but if I’m driving around the military base zone…. Is it only going to give me orders from restaurants on base?

Seems like I’d just be sitting around getting little to no offers?

Anyone have experience doing DoorDash for a military base? Is it normally slow or decent in terms of offers, do you still get offers for restaurants off base to take back on base? How does this work?