Which Dash Offers to Accept or Decline?
- DoorDashPrincess
- Aug 10, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 12, 2022
Wed, 10:23 am. I'm going to work on this Dash Offer to Accept or Decline topic. After Dashing for some time now, I got this formula on which Dash Offer to Accept or Decline. (Little that I know that I still haven't found the best formula yet. I should stick to my business strategy and not merely aim to be the Top Dasher. That's me though!)
Do I Accept all Dash Offers that come my way or 50:50 or 60:40 or 70:30? What is my business strategy for this decision?
The formula that I chose involves the distance and the amount offered. I would not Accept a Dash Offer with more than 7 miles distance with less than a $5 food order. It just won't cover my expense, my gas. Because I still have to calculate my return driving, haven't I? Who's going to pay for that return drive gas, but me?
Sometimes, for some reason, I would Accept a Dash Offer that is not in my formula. Maybe because I want to head back to my home area or just to be able to say "been there, done that". I wouldn't know unless I try it.
I also put into my formula, the type of Dash Offer. Is it food order or grocery order, or wine and more? With my hand condition called Ganglion Cyst, I can't and won't carry or lift heavy groceries. And after doing the grocery shopping, I believed it is not my cup of tea. I'm faster with picking-up food orders than it is with finding groceries in the market.
Note: From the pic below, one can see that there is a lot of information on the Dash Offers. A map of the route a Dasher will do and go once they accept an offer. A decline and accept button. The delivery time. The merchant. The 37 seconds timer before the offer ended. How many items are in order? How many miles total? And the payout of the food order. It says, includes DoorDash pay and customer tip, so the total may be higher.
The payout offers are different every time, although the range is between $2.00 to above $10.00. It can be a $2.25 food offer or a $10 grocery offer. For me, the most offer I get is under $7. Wonder why? Because I am not a Top Dasher or the Dashers in my delivery region are too many or those offers are what in the request at that period? A family member said it may be because the delivery region I am at is not a dynamic area.
For the longest time, I didn't take that $2.25 offer with a long distance or even short distance. But one day, and a couple more times after, I accepted the $2-$5 low amount offer after all even though the distance is twice the amount. Why? Because I was in a been-there-done-that mode, or it was because that offer will take me closer to my home area. (There will be offers that will take a Dasher outside the delivery area they need or want. Or even, like.)
However, there is a penalty when a Dasher Declines an offer. To where their Acceptance Rate will go low. If the minimum 70% on Acceptance Rate falls (or out of 100 deliveries, a Dasher can decline 30 offers), then the Dasher will get a notif of a low acceptance rate. With that, a Dasher is not eligible to be in the Top Dasher program. There is some benefit that comes with being a Top Dasher but honestly, it doesn't matter! By the end of the Dash, it depends on what the Dashers set as their goal of the day.
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