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It has been quite the last few weeks because of Easter holidays. Hopefully it should pick up over the next week as the students return to uni.
I’ve heard in some zones Deliveroo have started doing a minimum order incentive per hour. If you don’t average 2 deliveries an hour for your time online they “top up” your pay.
It’s always worth waiting near the busy restaurants. In my city Wagamama, yo-sushi, Byron, kfc are really popular.
Also try to chat with other riders in your zones, the best way to get info.
Most cities have (unofficial) whatsapp groups started by the riders. Usually have to ask around other riders to get someone to add you.
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Yeah, not bad at all. A lot more waiting than I anticipated. I would wait around for 30 minutes, get a delivery, ride there in 5 minutes, wait 10 minutes for them to prepare stuff, ride 5 minutes to the person, deliver it and then start over. So only managed 4 deliveries in 3 hours and about 15km of cycling.
I think I'd be better off in one of the other zones, that one was nice in that I was never more than 5 minutes from my flat but I think there'd have been way more deliveries in the other ones. There are vastly more restaurants and people living in them. (It was Edinburgh West.)
Not sure how the pay is going to work, if I'm paid per delivery that's going to be a pretty shocking rate per hour. But on the other hand it was a 50% tip rate so that's nice.
Seems to me that the best way for me to improve the time for each delivery would be to become faster at removing my lights and lock. Might get some cheapie lights that I can leave on without worrying about them getting nicked. Not sure what to do about the lock.