Leveraging your ebike to make money is the perfect fit for gig workers on DoorDash and Uber Eats. At least thats my opinion after trying it for a week or so.
I started by trying to join DoorDash since that is the most popular food delivery app but they put me on a waitlist saying they did not need anyone in my area at this point. So I applied to Uber Eats and was approved in about a day after completing a background check (they just require your social sec #).
Once approved I signed up by choosing “Ebike” as my vehicle (yes thats an option) and went online for my first order.
Below is a video of my first ebike delivery on Uber Eats from start to finish.
My first impressions are that delivering has been fun. Ive done 15 trips in a 10 day period and earned a total of $72.90. Thats an average of $4.86 per delivery. Not much, but these trips were mostly lunch runs which I have found to pay about a dollar less than dinner deliveries. Most trips were 2 miles or less so I did not have to bike far from my local mall which is where i hang out to get orders.
Each delivery takes 15-20 minutes so the most I could do is probably 3 per hour at the max unless I get a double order where I deliver to two customers in one pickup.
The best times to do deliveries to make the most money seems to be Friday and Saturday nights. FOr me this money is just pocket change. I only go out for 1-2 hr shifts so that limits how much I can make, but it adds up. I’ll update you after about a month to see how much that will be.
My ebike of choice is the Lectric Xpedition which has a large rear rack to hold my cooler bag. Lectric is sending me some of their food bags so I will be trying those as well in more videos to come.