What are Doordash add order to route orders? Shoud you accept on your route orders?

If you have been a dasher for a while, you have certainly at one time or another received an "On your Route" offer. Do not mistaken this for regular stacked orders. In order to receive an "On your Route" order, you will already have an order that you are working on, and them you will receive a second order that clearly says "On your route." Seems great that Doordash is offering you a second order that is on your route anyways, but is it always smart to accept these add order to route offers?

This is a typical "On your Route" offer from Doordash. It will clearly state "On your Route" and have a + in front of the guaranteed amount of pay.

The benefits of Doordash on your route orders

Many times, these "On your Route" offers are terrific and will benefit you since you are already traveling a particular way. Why wouldn't you pick up another order and make that second delivery? Since the order is on your route, you will save from wasting money on your biggest expense which is gas. I remember the first couple of times I received the "On your Route" offers and things worked out great. The restaurants were close to each other, and the second customer was located really close to the first customer. When "On your Route" orders are like this there is nothing to complaining about. Good job Doordash!

Be careful with Doordash on your route orders

Even though you may think that Doordash "On your Route" orders will always make sense to do, that is not always the case. Personally, I had to learn this the hard way. When you receive "On your Route" orders, make sure that you pay attention to the location of the customer. Even though things can work out great with these type of orders, sometimes, things don't really add up, and the second customer is no where near the first customer. Sure, maybe the restaurants are near each other, but customer one will be five miles east while customer two will be five miles west. They will have nearly identical delivery times, and it will be impossible for you to deliver both orders on time. One of the customers is guaranteed to receive their order late. Always look at the "On your Route" offers location. If it is not convenient, do not take it and just decline it. This is especially true if the order pays a low amount. I will get to that next.

 

The low pay Doordash on your route offers

With a regular Doordash order, the lowest that you will normally see if  $5.50. I have personally never received a regular offer of less than that. With "On your Route" orders though, it is very common to receive a $4 offer. If the "On your Route" order is really on your route, the $4 offer may not seem so bad since you are going that way anyways so I have accepted many of these $4 offers.

Doordash always finds a way to save themselves money, and as a company that is in business to profit, why wouldn't they? They would rather only pay you $4 by having you add order to your route instead of offering the order to another dasher in which they would have to offer more money to. No dasher (I would hope) would ever accept a regular order for $4. Instead, Doordash will pay you $4 as an add-on. This is great for them and great for the driver that received the on your route order.



Even though "On your Route" orders will more often than not pay only $4, there are times when they pay more. I would say 80 percent of the time, these on your route orders offer the Doordash driver only $4. Since it is an on your route order, it is normally no big deal, but if you accept a $4 on your route order, and the order is completely the opposite direction from the first order, it is a big deal. You will actually end up doing an order that is not on your route for only $4. This is an order that you most likely would not have accepted if it was not an add on order. Always make sure that you look and pay attention to the "On your Route" offer customer location.

 

As I have already mentioned, 80 percent of the time the "On your Route" order will only pay $4, but I have personally received "On your Route" orders that paid $12  or $13 before. It is rare to receive that much, but it does happen. Sometimes, the "On your Route" order will pay $7, $8 or more. It all varies, but when one of these orders does pay a decent amount, I don't care if the "On your Route" order is in the direction of my original order or not,. I am going to accept it even if it is in the opposite direction.  It's those low paying $4 "On your Route" orders that you have to pay attention to.