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DoorDash and Uber Eats along with several other food delivery apps have become extremely popular during the coronavirus pandemic. The idea that you can actually get your favorite dishes from restaurants that aren’t offering delivery and you can have them brought to your house. No worries about cash or credit cards, you just have to do everything on an app and wait for the food to arrive at your home. People are jumping on the idea as it offers a chance to earn extra money and some are even making over $20 an hour or more based on when they work.

As great as it is to be able to make decent money on your own schedule, there are tricks to making your time more valuable. The first trick is to understand the demand for orders or the day and time these services will be most needed.

Office Life Pays

Think about office life. Most people Monday thru Wednesday meal prep because it’s healthier and cheaper than going out for lunch every day. So, those days probably aren’t the best for going and running deliveries. However, by Thursday and Fridays, people are ready to order out. Even better, they ask coworkers what they would want for lunch so the orders are actually larger and can pay more money.

At Home Orders Can Be A Big Gain

Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights are the biggest and best earning nights of the week. Of the three, Friday is usually the best. Why? People on Friday nights do not want to cook but they also do not feel like going out as much because they’ve had a busy week and they are tired. On Saturday nights they are more likely to go out to eat. If you can do Friday at lunch time and dinner time, you may make more than working multiple days during the week.

There are tons of tricks that will help you increase your hourly earnings when you are delivering food for extra money. Some apps even offer bonus pay for prime-time delivery schedules because they need more drivers during those times. Monitor the apps, even if you are not working so that you get a better idea of when to go out.