Is Shopping For Instacart Worth It? (2024)
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Күн бұрынIs shopping for Instacart as a full-service shopper a good side in 2024 and beyond? In this complete guide I review pay, shopper bonuses, incentive programs and more.
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0:00 - Perks Of Shopping For Instacart
0:42 - Full Servicing Shopping & Pay Structure
1:01 - Shoppers By The Numbers
1;26 - Home Screen & Batch Offer
2:05 - Zeroed Out Tip Protections
2:27 - Item & Unit Breakdown
3:04 - Going Online & Offer
4:07 - How To Select Orders As An Instacart Shopper
5:42 - Shopper Bonus Pay
6:49 - Heavy Pay
7:12 - Challenges For Shoppers
7:56 - Shop Time Tips
8:47 - Cart Stars (Incentive Program)
9:40 - How Cart Stars Works
10:52 - How To Get More Offers (Eligibility)
12:04 - Verdict
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@celestetheariesdorsey952 Ай бұрын
I get customers from Louisiana and TN a lot of them lie say they didn’t get something 😢 And orders aren’t that good
@Gig_DollarMan Ай бұрын
Definitely worth it if you’re in a decent market. It’s been my main source of income for 4 years. Some people don’t like it because the extra steps involved providing this service and some aren’t patient enough when it comes to waiting for orders. Diamond status is a must if you want to be a successful full timer for sure and you do need to be at the stores waiting or at least within 1-4 miles from the most popular ones. As you shop more and more orders you’ll start gaining priority to get those repeat customers that tip well too. Otherwise, people might say it’s not worth it, because they just don’t know how good it can be if they only waited 20 minutes and feel like they’re wasting their time already
@ShelterDogs 25 күн бұрын
He works the Greenville, South Carolina market. Click on his avatar, he has a popular channel dedicated to InstaCart. Another KZfaqr to follow that dedicates solely to InstaCart is Matt Kirk - he operates in San Diego - one of the most coveted IC markets. Then there is also BellPeppa in Virginia.
@JJC1023_YT 23 күн бұрын
I agree 100% have to hit Diamond status to be worth it. I’m in the Houston market and can usually do around $250 a day for 6-8 hours. Batches usually pay anywhere between $25-$100 and mileage at most for me is around 8-10 miles. All shopping at Kroger,HEB,Petco and some Costco.
@goldbrick2563 23 күн бұрын
@@JJC1023_YT nah Diamond status did absolutely nothing for my earnings. Priority access seems fake, i might get 1 once a week or every 2 weeks. Ive been diamond for 6 months
@goldbrick2563 22 күн бұрын
@@JJC1023_YT nah diamond status had not an effect on my earnings. Priority access i see maybe once a week. Been diamond for 6 months
@evangelosemanueltsarnas6465 15 күн бұрын
I’m in H town too! How long goes it takes to hit diamond?
@GigTax Ай бұрын
Definitely worth it. In my market, 60-75% of income comes from instacart. Love being able to make more money in less miles and having control over how much it takes to complete orders as opposed to waiting for food delivery.
@MikeTalk Ай бұрын
Worth it for me. More time spent shopping, less time spent driving. Ability to block any customer. Repeat customer base. No AR to worry about.
@goldbrick2563 Ай бұрын
How do you block a customer? Thanks
@mclements2 Ай бұрын
I did instacart throughout COVID. I stopped cause I hate the thirty bag orders on the 3rd floor apartment with no elevator orders
@VoltaicVisions Ай бұрын
"Why aren't more people doing this instacart thing?" I've been on a waitlist for over 3 years
@shutdownkev652 Ай бұрын
true
@robertclevenger3402 Ай бұрын
Yup. The waitlist is terrible.
@magellanmax Ай бұрын
I make most of my money on DD doing the shop & deliver orders and I'm prioritized too with my 15% AR. Apparently a lot of gig workers don't like the shop, pay & deliver work.
@YourDriverMike Ай бұрын
Have you reached out to support at all? I know they say it doesn’t do anything but I bugged Grubhub consistently and finally got on years ago.
@VoltaicVisions Ай бұрын
@@YourDriverMike fair point, I'll try that and see if it works!
@cesarepampena7740 Ай бұрын
DoorDash is becoming Wannabee Instacart these days, which doesn't mix with how predatory their algorithms are against Dashers.
@expungerbaby659 9 күн бұрын
Na instacart is dead
@pattybilinovich2741 Ай бұрын
In my market the orders are usually 2 stops, high mileage, large orders and rarely get up to a $1.00 per mile.
@1elasesino Ай бұрын
Instacart at wholesales like Costco, BJ’s and Sam’s have many high paying orders a day. Some ranging from $50 to $100 and some even over $100 and $200 per batch. Of course almost the whole pay is costumers tip.
@goldbrick2563 Ай бұрын
Dang not where i'm at. Seen $60, most are 35 and under
@dritangjonaj3602 23 күн бұрын
I want to open instacart,but I can't .Can someone help me with that.
@JK-mm4wu Ай бұрын
I haven’t done instacart for a couple years. Back when I did it, the customer was able to change the tip amount AFTER the items were delivered. I did a Costco order once that had a $20 tip. I invested 70 minutes into getting to Costco, shopping and delivery. The customer took away the tip after and I only received the $25 normal cost. That was my last instacart I did.
@danguts2844 Ай бұрын
Im sure they can still do that, I been tip baited 3 times on uber eats, kids and 1 old 68 yr old lady that chatted my ears off bringing her wine! I heard worse storys of a guy driving 50 miles for a 100 dollar tip on groceries and they took away the tip!!!
@min_blogs28landing32 Ай бұрын
Tell me about it, I had this happen to me twice and I had to stop myself from going back to their home to avoid being in social media f#$ing something or someone up. I reported both. I want them both to get me again so I can shop the whole time and cancel with something is wrong with my car to take all of their groceries
@peachberryglitch7857 Ай бұрын
Them being able to take away the tip like that is horrible. I haven’t done Instacart yet, but that’s a huge deterrent.
@NinjaAnimations Ай бұрын
yeah of course they can? I don't see the point of a tip BEFORE getting delivered because you can't see if they fucked something up yet. do you tip your waiter before getting your food too?
@goldbrick2563 Ай бұрын
Thats tough
@maxi-me Ай бұрын
These days, Instacart is best used as a right-place-right-price dash tool.... Walgreens, Petsmart, 7-eleven, etc. Those $14, 11 mile triple batches aren't near worth it.
@inthezone491 Ай бұрын
Mike how long did it take for you to get off the dlivrd waitlist? I am multi apping and multi niching like you say and that is the only app i need
@jacobchavez6635 Ай бұрын
in my area there showing double batches and 1/4 pay
@whodat_herb Ай бұрын
How much does it change your opinion including things such as prop 22 in California? Shop time is paid time. Texting/calling customer is paid time.
@edwardchan7720 2 күн бұрын
signed up 2 months ago in Edmonton. Been on waitlist ever since.
@laurafratoni7931 Ай бұрын
I’m on instacart wait list
@kiddoutlaw600 Күн бұрын
Man I did it years back the money was good
@tiffanysteen1845 Ай бұрын
Instacart I find ok but time consuming to do the shopping. Yet I’m close to tourist area so I did some instacart and Uber eats and door dash on Saturday but none Fri. I was told my only manager they could use my help on Friday and I could made a lot bc of holiday weekend. Some batches are small easy but some are huge. Good thing they’ll covering the tip. I won’t do long haul trips going out of my delivery area bc of mileage and not guaranteed a trip on return back
@bradheld7927 Ай бұрын
When looking at bonuses and incentives, it’s important to keep in mind that Instacart considers a batch to be one order even if it’s bundled so if you get a double it’s considered one batch. So a guarantee of 60 dollars for six batches would be 6 that you accept NOT 6 deliveries necessarily
@Stackem901 Ай бұрын
I just 2 batched for 66 dollars wtf you’re talking about
@courtneylee9711 29 күн бұрын
@@Stackem901he talking about promos dawg do 6 orders for a $60 guarantee excluding tips. Each batch you accept counts as 1 order even if that batch had 3 people in it so single orders would make more sense for any promo.
@Beachpositivity Ай бұрын
I've been on a waitlist for a year here in N. County San Diego 🙄 I am a dasher as well as UE. I'm hoping to get in the instacart door via UE 😁 thx for all your videos. Enjoy them. I've been following you since you lived in SD 🌞
@maxi-me Ай бұрын
I get the feeling that after a merger, UE will just redirect IC customer orders to UE drivers as they did with Drizly. With that said..I much more desire the shopping experience on UE as their app interface is far more advanced than IC. They also seem to have much better access to the inventory database of most national stores. IC just ain't the platform it once was 😔
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@aking524 20 күн бұрын
I’m on a waitlist for DoorDash and spark
@jamminj8822 Ай бұрын
Thanks for all your advice Mike. I just recently started DoorDashing, and when it's good, it's GOOD... but also some really bad offers/days as well. As a newbie, at first I was taking everything, but as I'm learning now I'm being more selective. After watching this vid I signed up for Instacart. I do like shopping and am very familiar with most of the stores near me. Hopefully it's profitable. But worried about a possible 4 cases of Costco water up 4 flights of stairs. I'm an old fart. LOL.
@LawPope Ай бұрын
I took 2 cases of 24bottles water 3 floors all at once one time. I was so tired that I sat in my car for a good 10 minutes for my heart rate to go down and out of breath.
@MikeTalk Ай бұрын
You can always easily cancel an Instacart order before starting to shop, if the items don't look hassle-free. Also, you can block customers if the order is too much hassle and you don't want to see their future orders.
@magellanmax Ай бұрын
Shopping for Instacart is worth it if you're quick on the trigger by keeping your app open and looking at it. And opting in for prescription delivery, frozen items & alcohol shop and deliver has good money in it.
@missshroom5512 Ай бұрын
I think there is a lot of people that don’t read well. You ready need to be able to read and problem solve a lot more when your an Instacart worker
@goldbrick2563 Ай бұрын
Read what though? They just list the products to scan. Read addresses and customer messages?
@bribaby4740 29 күн бұрын
What is the dollars to mile ratio? Can you explain it in the comments not wanting to buy the spreadsheet
@mansamusa7927 21 күн бұрын
In New Orleans been doing it since 2021 it’s beginning to be trash and not worth it I feel like summer time slows it down and also I think they have 2 many drivers the options are watered down the few that u do see it’s about to be time for me to switch it up
@SeoulDaebak7 Ай бұрын
I’d love to do Instacart BUT I’ve been waitlisted for a while now. Which sucks.
@narutofan4545 Ай бұрын
Instacarts issue is the customers and ratings, they also me we exactly tell you your route
@stephenjohnson5589 Ай бұрын
I’m diamond status with Instacart. Really the only thing that makes it worth it is the priority offers. That comes in handy on slow days. Although other diamond shoppers still beat me to an offer.
@goldbrick2563 Ай бұрын
Im diamond and might see a 'priority access' once a week.
@voramai6286 Ай бұрын
Yesterday was the worst day on Instacart. Says 9 miles between 2 batch. 2nd back took me 65 miles out to another State! I was furious! Not that ai can just pull over and stop to talk an agent on the highway. They didn't give me an explanation or even compensate me for the unnecessary miles! Had to cancel. No address, no customer..NADA
@goldbrick2563 Ай бұрын
What state?
@whydouneedakno 7 күн бұрын
I just started doing it again after a 3 year hiatus and the 2 or 3 orders in one is the worst. How do they expect one person for that
@ivannavas6295 21 күн бұрын
Only Do Instacart if you are extremely desperate for money. Expect to make about $10 per hour (Washington DC area) But If you live in California where the labor laws are on your side, you can make good money.
@hnancyhoekstra9635 Ай бұрын
I was on in 2020 never got a offer so I chose a w2 job
@joekrause954 Ай бұрын
I do instacart with doordash and stay busy most of my day between the 2 apps
@xtrememaproductions 18 күн бұрын
They must have or using a new system out. Just recently been flagged for having low quality receipt photos so just precaution for those out there that have to take photos of their receipts from the store to make sure that they are good "high quality" photo. I don't know if the system that they have now is overly sensitive but all the ones I have taken were good, in focus, and readable. Has anyone ran into this issue?
@madmurph13 Ай бұрын
8 lbs puts it into heavy pay qualify. You need 48 lb heavy qualifying items for heavy pay
@jshain4117 Ай бұрын
One of the reasons I don't do Instacart more often is because they like to batch 2 or even 3 orders together almost every time. I'm lucky if I see 2 or 3 out of a 100 offers that's a single and not in another city. My minimum I'll even think about accepting on a double is around $20.
@tiffanysteen1845 Ай бұрын
These hurts any promotions too. Plus at lake it’s so spreed out. I did few gig rides tried to stay in specific area vs going back and forth. Hyvee manager said Friday there was boast bc lack drivers but I didn’t shop bc of weather just fixing breaks 😢
@paulsearle4743 Ай бұрын
I did Instacart BEFORE they got caught with their hands in the till .... pay got slashed after that and I never did it again
@user-ow7xy9iv1n 14 күн бұрын
My market is worth it. Lots of rich wasp types. 8-25 items shopped. Typically get $20. I’ve had promo pay $8. Everything is a mile or 4 away. It’s way better than ue and dd here.
@SadCanadian 15 сағат бұрын
I had someone not respond to me and the store I was at had no bags of limes, but the customer approved a replacement of 1 single lime. when I delivered to the location, found out that it was a restaurant... ops
@kamaal50762 Ай бұрын
wich app is similar to walmart spark wich showes aisle and row wich makes graping things easily?
@user-xj4jp2kf7m Ай бұрын
who's doing instacart in tampa area ? is it worth it?
@AlleyBaby Ай бұрын
I just started today doing my first delivery rn i lyk
@Jeronimo2338 Ай бұрын
Try instacarting at Costco in the waterfront
@TinaTina-cf4jn Ай бұрын
I’m not an instacart shopper because I’ve been on the shoppers waiting list for about almost 3 years now.
@danguts2844 Ай бұрын
I been on the waitlist for 8 months almost, yet I see migrants get accepted right away as Ive spoken to them while Im shoppin on DD..
@TinaTina-cf4jn Ай бұрын
@@danguts2844 Well isn’t that’s telling. Thanks for the info.
@NinjaAnimations Ай бұрын
@@danguts2844I got accepted and I'm white
@LawPope Ай бұрын
Wait list over 1 yeat.
@keithwarren6594 Ай бұрын
Spark is killing Instacart in my area.
@datmixednut1254 Ай бұрын
You are aware that no apps currently have openings waiting list is ridiculous
@CODEMANTHEUNDERDARK Ай бұрын
I’ll never do Instacart trying to push around 3 shopping carts at once’s is BS that big of an order should never happen and we are paid to little to do it. Insticart 1 star . + tip baiter central.
@steinyj9075 Ай бұрын
A lot comes down to the area you are in and the financial demographics of the area. the Instacart pay is terrible. The tips are where you make it. I like Instacart but my standards are too high so I do not take a lot of orders.
@HLTrizzay Ай бұрын
I never get 1.75 a mile lol I’m lucky to get 1.
@OGGliZZY707 22 күн бұрын
Made 1900 last week seven days straight 50 hrs
@carribeangoddess1673 22 күн бұрын
You were hustling.. how many trips did you do roughly??
@byte0663 Ай бұрын
Instacart isn't popular in my area. Tried it once for a few weeks. Customer tips were horrible and payout wasn't worth it.
@danguts2844 Ай бұрын
When they need drivers the pay is good on the apps, when they have a million drivers then it sucks. Some apps will pay u good in the start to hook u and then lower and lower and test u of what the limits are that u will accept! But most drivers in my market dont use a red card on DD and told me it sucks. Why shop for 10 items for 5 dollars going 2 miles when u can just deliver a burger for 7 dollars going 2 miles....
@ChrisPlaysIC Ай бұрын
I was only on the waitlist for a few months
@jorgecastrot 26 күн бұрын
its very cheap , you will end up very tired , they order very heavy items like water, and all badges are only 25 to 30 dollars tagged as "heavy pay" for 9 miles 2 customers, very inconvient, the queues are very long at costco, probably the persons that talk good about instacart are hired to do thar 30 dollard for 2 hours of your time is not worth , plus gasoline, no way
@kennystrawnmusic Ай бұрын
Tell me how long you've been waitlisted people - it's been 2 years on my end.
@Yourdrivermike..0 Ай бұрын
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@ericberry6557 Ай бұрын
Mike instacart is not that great anymore. Pay was cut by 2.00 last year. Also diamond status just means those shoppers see all the orders at one time those orders. The good and the crappy. Also 1 shop 1 customer ia rere now. Most batches are 2 or 3 customers in one batch. Its not the best shipt is better
@kev7161 Ай бұрын
Door Dash shop and deliver is doing more and more double batches and/or shop for one customer and pick up a restaurant order for another customer (which is stupid - opportunity for that restaurant order to sit there and get ice cold) and/or shop and restaurant order for the same customer (so potential for less in the tip). These types of offers lets DD save on paying base pay for two different offers.
@danguts2844 Ай бұрын
I have shipt, but I see nothing but routes to drop off to 20 customers, I been lookin at them and would rather just do shop orders
@ericberry6557 Ай бұрын
@@danguts2844 i wish my market was busier with shipt
@scott30452 29 күн бұрын
Mike you said a whole lot of nothing
@min_blogs28landing32 Ай бұрын
No it's not worth it. Get a 9-5.
@danguts2844 Ай бұрын
Yeah, been thinkin that myself if my buddy doesnt hire me. Maybe do sales and sell cars or something etc... Just do some gig work for a little extra side cash
@ChickenThug55 Ай бұрын
If you don’t have a reliable, efficient beater car, you’re better off doing a 9-5 job. I tried using my low milage, mint condition 2016 Honda civic ex-l, now it’s all busted up and will need to put most of my profits just to fix up the car. It drives like crap now.
@ChickenThug55 Ай бұрын
Just do the gig when you’re bored, need to get some gas money or need some cash to buy some food on the side. Def not worth doing FT.
@danguts2844 Ай бұрын
@@ChickenThug55 Tell me about it, I sold a 2019 Ford Ranger to buy a 2013 hybrid so I could afford to do gig work and profit. I had to dump 4,650 dollars into a recall with ford on the axel raq n pinion etc... Plus used tireds for 350 with 80% tread and brake pads for 120 dollars too all with in 6 months!! 44 thousand miles when I bought and now up to 75 thousand miles in almost 8 months!!!!
@min_blogs28landing32 Ай бұрын
I'm glad people are realizing Instacart is slave labor. I've been doing it for 2 years now and recently for about 3 mos since Feb of 2024, it has really been awful. Went from making close to $800/WK to now barely $400/WK. They give awful miles with 2 or 3 customer orders for low pay. Literally have to sit hours to get something good to avoid wasting my gas. I have interviews coming now and I can't wait to work a regular job
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