DoorDash Day 34: Dropped My First Order Still $21/hr 2025 Accepting Everything Per Offer Not By Time

Another day of gig work! Today I'm doing a DoorDash ridealong, while also using Uber Eats and Instacart to maximize my earnings. See how I balance these delivery gigs and follow my doordash diaries as a doordash driver. Learn my doordash tips and how to make money with this side hustle!

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Day 34 of my DoorDash Accept Everything Challenge 2025 🚗 Realistic delivery driver earnings, $21/hr breakdown, Instacart vs DoorDash tips, Pro Shopper strategy, multi app side hustle vlog.

I accepted every order by offer (not by time), show the exact earnings math, and explain why I dropped my first DoorDash order after 34 days to grab a better Instacart batch — while protecting my Pro Shopper metrics. You’ll see base pay vs. tips, idle time reality, freeway-line mileage tricks, dog-gate delivery safety, and how I still averaged $21+/hour over ~6.5 hours across DoorDash + Instacart.

Highlights:
• Late start after car-payment support chaos 😅
• Burger King runs with strict “leave at gate” instructions (dog safety talk)
• Long idle stretch — why I stayed to test if DD would float me back to ~$20/hr
• Big Pizza Hut order ($20 tip) that reset the hourly
• The Safeway shop I unassigned (no replacements, Instacart batch appeared)
• Instacart total around ~$39 despite complications
• $25 double offer done in 49 minutes
• Skipping a $30 Taco Bell double at the end (fatigue, near home)
• Final stats: ~$138 gross, ~6.5 hrs, ~$21/hr, 99% acceptance, 99% completion, 5★ rating; Pro Shopper intact (94% original items found; zero quality issues)

If you want realistic gig-economy earnings, pro-level shopping decisions, and risk-aware multi-app strategy, this one’s for you.

What you’ll learn:
How to balance base pay vs tips, when an unassign makes sense, protecting Pro Shopper (original items found %, substitutions), managing customer instructions (“leave at gate”), dog-safety delivery habits, mileage math on the freeway line, and multi-app timing between DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber Eats.

This episode covers DoorDash accept everything challenge day 34, realistic delivery driver earnings 2025, multi-app strategy DoorDash Instacart Uber Eats, Pro Shopper requirements and stats, base pay vs tips explained, long-distance orders worth it 2025, Safeway shopping orders, Centralia/Chehalis/Rochester/Grand Mound/Olympia WA routes, dropped DoorDash order consequences, completion/acceptance rate tips, mileage tracking for gig work, and customer instruction compliance (“leave at gate” and dog safety).

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Disclaimer: This is my experience/opinion, not financial or legal advice. Markets vary by region, time, promos, and demand.

Chapters:
00:00 Late Start & Setup
01:24 First Orders (Burger King) & Gate Instructions
5:10 Idle Time Experiment (Will DD float me to ~$20/hr?)
06:55 $27.7 Pizza Hut with $20 Tip
9:27 The Safeway Shop I Dropped (why)
11:40 Instacart $39 Outcome & Customer Comms
13:55 Wendy’s Rewards mini-rant
17:15 $25 Double in 49 Minutes
19:22 Skipping $30 Taco Bell Double (fatigue logic)
21:45 Final Earnings, Ratings & Pro Shopper Stats

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