Thursday, September 20, 2018

I Love Doordash Fast Pay

There are times when a Doordash driver may need their earned money right away. In the past, we had no option but to wait for our regular weekly payday. A few months ago, Doordash fast pay became available to all qualified dashers. Qualifying is very easy. A dasher only needs to have made 25 deliveries done and have two weeks of dashing under their belt. In order to use fast pay a dasher must have a debit card. This will not work with a prepaid card.




Fast Pay is a terrific feature that allows you to have your money in your bank account in less than a minute. Even though all qualified dashers have access to instant pay now, it was not always so. This instant pay feature used to only be available to dashers via the Doordashbeta tester group. To be honest, the fast pay feature was the only real reason that I had joined the tester group. I had been using fast pay for many months before it was released to all dashers.

I wanted to mention that before Doordash fast pay even existed for the beta testers, us dashers actually had to use a third party service for a similar service. The name of that company is Dailypay. When Doordash created their fast pay program, Dailypay immediately deactivated all Doordash accounts that were registered with them. In all honesty there was no longer any need for their service so they did us all a favor by deactivating our accounts themselves. Doordash fast pay is better and more reliable in so many ways.




Why I like Doordash fast pay


Having money in your bank account when you need it is what Doordash fast pay is all about. When this feature rolled out, it gave us dashers the ability to request our earnings any time we wanted. We now had the ability to get paid every day if we choose to do so. There is no need to wait until payday to receive your money. Of course, many people would rather wait until payday to get their whole chunk of money at once, but if you are like me, there are always bills due, and if I have to pay a bill now it is nice knowing that my money is available any time I need it.

 

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What I don't like about Doordash fast pay


There is not much that I can negatively say about Doordash fast pay. Sure, I can complain about the $1.99 fee for each transfer, but that would really be nitpicking. I know, with Uber Eats you can transfer multiple times per day for free, and that is great, but for some reason Doordash charges this $1.99 fee, and I don't know why. I don't know what their expense is or if there is any expense for them to have us use this feature. Maybe they are just using this feature for additional company revenue. I don't know, but I think Doordash fast pay is a terrific option for all of us to have.




Things to remember about Doordash fast pay


You are paid instantly with Doordash fast pay


When I request my money via Doordash quick pay, I know that my money will be in my bank account within seconds. After submitting my request, I always immediately log in to my bank account to make sure that my money is there. By the time I log in, the money is always there.

With Doordash fast pay, you must request all of your money or nothing at all


Yes, you read that right. When using Doordash fast pay you must request all of your available money or nothing at all. For example, if you have $200 earned in your Doordash account and you only want to request $50, you cannot do it. You will need to request the entire $200.

There is a $1.99 fee when using Doordash Fast Pay


This small fee can add up if you are using Doordash fast pay everyday. If you dashed everyday and used fast pay everyday you would pay nearly $56 per month. Of course, when you don't need the money, it is probably best to wait until regular payday.

 


 

You can only request to be paid via Doordash once per day


You will have to be careful when requesting money via Doordash fast pay. The reason is that you can only use it once per day. I have messed up a few times and requested money a little after midnight. Later on that day in the evening, I was not able to request any money when I needed it. This is usually not an issue, but you must remember that with Doordash fast pay you can only make one request per day.

Fast pay by Doordash is a terrific feature that dashers can take advantage of when they need their cash quickly. No longer is there a need to race down to the quick payday loan company and get charged extraordinary fees for a small loan. Fast Pay is here to stay for dashers and although it is not free, it is a very small price to pay when you need your cash!



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