For some gig workers, ridesharing gigs just aren’t their cup of tea.
The thought of interacting and chatting it up with customers all day may sound like a nightmare.
Luckily, if you’re in this camp, there’s another job title available to you — on-demand delivery jobs.
On-demand delivery companies provide you with excellent opportunities for flexible employment that enables you to be your own boss and set your own schedule.
By delivering food, groceries, alcohol, and packages, you can secure an additional stream of income and start making some extra cash in a heartbeat.
There are plenty of delivery companies out there for you to choose from.
In this article, we’re going to highlight the 11 most popular delivery jobs so you can decide which one you’d like to work for.
We’ll also provide you with plenty of helpful Gig Worker articles you can use to learn more about each delivery driver job you might be interested in.
You can browse the currently available jobs, then read more about each below the list.
As its name leads on, Caviar is a slice of the good life.
Caviar, which launched in 2012 in San Francisco, is a premium on-demand restaurant delivery service that connects consumers with the best restaurants in town.
As a delivery driver, you’ll be taking orders via the Caviar app, driving to trendy restaurants to pick up orders, and dropping them off to customers in your city.
This delivery option is great for exploring the finest grub your city has to offer while on the clock making money.
Introducing Favor, the Lone Star State’s own on-demand delivery service.
Favor is an all-in-one delivery solution that brings customers groceries, pizzas, clothing, and nearly anything else you can dream up.
What makes Favor different is that they make sure everyone knows how fast they get deliveries to consumers.
On average, Favor deliveries are completed in about 35 minutes.
Oh, and by the way, you can only work for Favor if you live in Texas since this is the only state they operate in.
That’s convenient if you’re in cities like Dallas, Austin, or Houston, but move on if you’re looking for employment in other cities across the U.S., like Denver, Chicago, or Atlanta.
When it comes to convenience store items, GoPuff has this niche locked down.
GoPuff specializes in convenience items like snacks, drinks, cleaning products, personal hygiene items, and anything else you’d find in a typical convenience store like 7-Eleven.
While this might sound like it crosses over into similar services like Postmates — which it does — GoPuff distinguishes itself for having its own warehouses in operating cities.
That means that instead of driving to convenience stores, you’ll drive to a GoPuff warehouse to pick up items.
You won’t need to worry about crazy drives since GoPuff promises that your delivery route will be no more than 30 minutes away from the warehouse.
The leading food delivery platform in the nation, Grubhub processes an astonishing 460,000-plus orders every single day and serves almost 18 million active diners.
This is great news for you as it promises a steady stream hungry diners for you to make money from.
Since it’s the largest on-demand restaurant delivery service, you’ll likely be able to find Grubhub in your city.
Grubhub is a great place to start if you want to get your feet wet in the delivery service space.
Similar to Favor, Postmates is an all-in-one delivery platform.
Think of it as every single service on this list all rolled up into one.
As a Postmates courier, you’ll encounter deliveries of all kinds.
You can expect to frequent restaurants during lunch and dinner rushes, grocery hauls over the weekend, alcohol deliveries on a Friday night, and miscellaneous items like convenience items and office supplies any other time throughout the week.
With the breadth of Postmates’ delivery services and the extensive coverage it has from Los Angeles to New York, you’ll definitely be able to keep busy as a courier.
To make the most of the information we provided above, make sure you head to some of the links we provided to learn more about each service.
For the most part, each service requires that employees are a certain age, have a valid driver’s license, and own an iPhone or Android phone.
Whether you’re new to the game and looking for some entry level delivery positions or you’re a seasoned gig worker looking for full-time hours, you’ll surely find that one of these services is the perfect fit for you.
By Brett Helling
Brett Helling is the founder of Gigworker.com. He has been a rideshare driver since early 2012, having completed hundreds of trips for companies including Uber, Lyft, and Postmates.
Since that time, he has expanded his knowledge into the Gigworker site, as well as writing the book Gigworker: Independent Work and the State of the Gig Economy Paperback, now available on Amazon.
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