Summary
This video breaks down seven underrated, lesser-known gig economy platforms that can serve as excellent alternatives or filler apps to giants like DoorDash and Uber Eats. The speaker, Mike, draws on his personal experience since 2015 to explain how apps like Expedite, Skipcart, various moving platforms, Amazon Fresh, Roadie, and Grubhub can offer high hourly rates, better tip ratios, and even opportunities that do not require a vehicle.
Key Insights
The Strategy of Using 'Filler Apps' to Boost Income
Lesser-known platforms typically have far lower order volumes than giants like DoorDash, but they serve as invaluable 'filler apps'. By having them running in the background, drivers can accept high-paying, low-competition offers during slow periods on the main platforms.
High-Paying Opportunities Without Needing a Vehicle
Several moving and lifting platforms such as GoShare, Dolly, Bellhop, and Lugg allow workers to sign up as 'helpers'. These positions do not require a vehicle, yet they pay high hourly rates ranging from $18 to $60 per hour just for assisting with physical labor.
The Disproportionate Tip-to-Base Pay Ratio on Grubhub
Despite its declining overall market share compared to DoorDash and Uber Eats, Grubhub stands out because its customers statistically tend to tip much better. This often results in a 2:1 ratio where tips double the base company contribution, representing a more optimized payout per delivery.
Sections
Expedite (Formerly Delivered)
Expedite is expanding beyond food delivery into new retail and general merchandise verticals.
Formerly known as Delivered, Expedite has recently rebranded and announced its expansion into retail and general merchandise. This move broadens their scope significantly beyond their original catering and food delivery services, creating new and diverse offer types for drivers to claim before the platform becomes widely saturated.
Skipcart
Skipcart predominantly handles 7-Eleven orders and occasionally high-paying catering runs.
Skipcart is a unique delivery platform where most orders come directly from 7-Eleven locations, meaning these specific offers are kept internal instead of being outsourced to larger platforms. Additionally, Skipcart sometimes handles catering contracts through partners like Easy Cater, which can act as rare but highly lucrative payouts for active drivers.
No-Vehicle Heavy Lifting and Moving Apps
GoShare offers up to $60 an hour for help with last-mile deliveries.
GoShare coordinates last-mile deliveries where helpers can make up to $60 an hour, with an average rate of around $40 per hour without requiring a personal vehicle. For those with larger vehicles like vans, pickup trucks, refrigerated vans, or box trucks, the payout increases significantly.
Dolly and Bellhop focus on flat-rate moving assistant positions.
Dolly pays helpers an average of $35 per hour to assist with moving projects. Similarly, Bellhop is framed directly in the moving space and pays up to $21 an hour for helper roles, with higher payouts available if you rent or use a box truck for the job.
Lugg offers clear tier-based pay for both helpers and drivers.
Lugg clearly structures its pay rates based on physical roles. Helpers on the platform earn approximately $18 per hour, while individuals who sign up as drivers with their own large utility vehicles earn anywhere from $28 to $42 per hour.
Amazon Fresh (Grocery) vs. Warehouse Deliveries
Amazon Fresh grocery deliveries allow customers to leave tips, unlike standard package routes.
Amazon Flex drivers can choose between warehouse runs and Amazon Fresh/Whole Foods grocery runs. While warehouse package deliveries pay a flat rate with zero potential for tips, Amazon Fresh requires drivers to pick up grocer orders from designated holding coolers and deliver them directly to customers, who can and often do leave substantial tips.
Roadie (Owned by UPS)
Roadie utilizes an interactive map to help drivers visually choose and filter local delivery gigs.
Roadie, which is owned by UPS, operates using an interactive in-app map with pins indicating active deliveries instead of standard pop-up cards. Drivers can click on pins on the map to see precise details, including mileage, pickup location, drop-off destination, and earnings, allowing them to carefully filter for runs that hit target metrics of $1.75 per mile and $20 to $25 per hour.
Grubhub's Resurgence and Higher Tip Values
Grubhub customers tend to tip disproportionately higher relative to standard base pay.
Even though Grubhub holds less market share than DoorDash and Uber Eats, its active customer base tips considerably better. On average, Grubhub payouts can reflect a 2:1 ratio of tips to base company pay, whereas major competitors usually sit closer to a 1:1 ratio, making Grubhub orders highly efficient.
The app structure actively pushes consecutive orders to drivers while en route.
Grubhub has improved its workflow by frequently sending drivers new offers to queue up while they are still in the process of completing their current delivery. This minimizes downtime and keeps drivers earning consistently throughout their shifts.
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