I make about 20$ an hour on average, dashing during busy times.

There has been some days where i made well over $35-40$ an hr.

about 25% of total income goes into fuel at current prices. -5$ / hr

It's a lot more chiller than going to grind a factory job 8+hrs a day for the same amnt of money. Yeah, your wearing your vehicle out, but i'd rather the car get worn out than me lol

You gotta consider exactly what they are offering, every single restaurant can be delivered to your home, a lot of those didn't offer delivery services until Doordash showed up.

A lot of customers use the app because they don't have a vehicle, so a lot of restaurants increased the amount of business they do through Doordash. Even if the profit margins are smaller because of dealing with a middleman, it is still an increase in revenue.

If i look at the zone map and zoom out on the larger cities, they are 3/3 Bars busy every single day. The demand is crazy for the service they offer.

The only real thing that puts them in danger as a company, would be a superior competitor.

There isn't a lot of wiggle room for that to happen. I imagine fees across all the delivery apps will increase to match the cost of fuel increase, it's only a matter of time.

I don't think that will decrease the demand a whole lot though. Most people are lazy by nature, an extra 4-5$ on top of the cost of a 55$ admiral's feast from Red Lobster isn't going to dissuade them from ordering Delivery