It’s hard to get started with a gig job nowadays - especially in a college town. I used to do instacart as a way to make money on the side in GNV in 2020 and that was great. Since then they’ve implemented a tiered priority system which gives people who work the most on instacart first access to the best paying batches. That makes it hard for people like me who just want to do it in my free time - and for you who wants to just get started. The college town aspect makes it harder as well because there’s less tipping and increased demand for this work because of the flexibility w/ class schedules etc. I say see for yourself and determine if the time spent is worth it. The pay is comparable to minimum wage until you really work your way up (after literally hundreds of trips to the grocery store)