What: Shipt pays you to shop for and deliver groceries
Expected pay: $7 – $20 per delivery
Husl$core: $$$
Commissions & fees: Not applicable
Where: Nationwide
Requirements: Be 18 or over; have a valid U.S. driver’s license, auto insurance, a reliable vehicle (1997 or newer); ability to lift 40 pounds; smart phone (iPhone or Android); insulated cooler bags and shopping experience.
Review:
Like many of the delivery platforms, Shipt says you’ll get paid generously — as much as $22 per hour — to shop for and deliver groceries. But these projections factor in tips, which are not guaranteed. The hourly rate also relies on you being able to shop extremely quickly and efficiently. That’s also a long shot because you’re buying someone else’s groceries and must contact them if a particular item isn’t available to see if they want to substitute.
Shoppers complain that they spend half of their time frantically text-messaging customers to ask about viable substitutions. Naturally, that makes it challenging to complete the shop in the allotted hour. In rural areas, shoppers also complain about transportation time. Being late or cranky can get you a bad review. Even marginal reviews can get you booted from the platform.
Officially, the pay formula amounts to $5, plus 7.5% of the order, plus tips. That said, the platform does pay a higher delivery fee for small orders that would otherwise net a minimal commission. And, if you deliver a set number of orders without problems, the platform will allow you to shop two grocery lists at a time, making the pay far more attractive. In some cases, Shipt offers bonuses to new workers, but they’re tough to get.
After accounting for gas, wear and tear on your car and possible parking expenses, the net pay is likely to slightly exceed minimum wage.
If you love shopping and driving, also check out Dumpling and Instacart. Or, for well-paid straight-delivery work, Amazon Flex.
What their users say:
(from Indeed)
This is a job for when you are desperate. Sure, you may have a few good runs, but in the long run you will make no more than $13/hr, if that – before expenses. This is doing single orders. Doing double orders produces higher rate of pay however it is very stressful and not worth the stress and depreciation of your car, period.
“I’ve found that the customers who do tip make the overall monetary experience worth it as they are very generous. Just varies day to day and order to order. Down side is that if you do take too many orders and need to drop one unexpectedly depending on time of day customer service can take a while to speak with a rep. I’ve spent 5 minutes on hold to 4 hours on hold. (Lesson = don’t accept more than you think you can truly accomplish on time!)”
“Shipt pay itself is okay if one hustles and shops a quick high dollar ($100+) job but the tips are what makes it. When I left Shipt, tips were declining precipitously to the point that a perfect, on-time delivery, for a tedious $100 order was generally yielding a $5.00 tip. (Have a pizza guy deliver $100 in pizzas with a $5.00 tip and see how that works…).
“Your role at Shipt is managed through an app which allows you to create your own schedule. They pay you 7.5% of the customer’s receipt, plus $5, so if a customer pays $100 you get $12.50 ($7.5 + $5). But you are not guaranteed orders, so you could be on the schedule and on call, but have nothing to do.”
Substitution woes
Low net pay
* updated 12/14/2020
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Run, they ding you for everything and deactivate you for no reason and give no reason. Thought I was doing really good, not much money from shipt but got great tips. I’m in the Dallas/Plano area. I’m 61 and partial retired trying something different, was in hotel management for 30 years and their kind of business ethics is unacceptable and shady. Read reviews after I was deactivated and they have been doing this to lots of people all over.