How Fast Can I Make 400 Dollars Driving For Uber Eats in Australia?

What's up, guys? How we doing? How are we doing? Welcome back. Welcome back to another [laughter] video. Another Uber Eats video. Today's going to be another big one, actually. Um I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking looking forward to the money at the end of the day. But I'm looking forward to making this video because I've got two quests. Two quests on offer today, and we're going to achieve both of them. If it's the last thing I do. So, they've been pretty generous. Um today from 11:00 till 12:00 till 2:00 during a 3-hour window, we have an opportunity to earn just over $50 extra with nine completed deliveries. So, I think the first three is an extra 15, then 16, then 17 from memory, or I think it's 15, then 17, then 18. Um but we'll run through that. As well as that, we've got a quest from 4:30 to 9:30 tonight offering an extra 90-something dollars for 12 completed deliveries. So, 11:00 till 2:00, 4:30 till 9:30, we will be on the clock. We will be doing our best to complete uh all 21 of those deliveries during those time frames to get the extra money. The extra 100 140, 150 bucks. And I've just put my girls in to a uh school holiday gymnastics program um for 2 days. And uh that cost me uh $160. So, so if I can mow down both of these quests today, that will go most of the way towards paying for that. So, um it's a game. Uber Eats is a big game. It's a big video game, you know? You're just constantly trying to work the system, um get lucky on certain orders, and at the end of the day uh earn money. But, it's it's it's fun. When you're feeling good, when you're in a good mood, when you're optimistic, it's fun. When you're doing it because you really have to, and you know, you're scraping the barrel and and and having to accept bad offers, um then it's not so fun, but it all works itself out in the wash, you could say. So, I'm going to get up soon. It's 10:30. I'm going to have a coffee. I'm going to get my hydration sorted. Uh I'm going to grab my Uber bag and my DoorDash bag, put them in the boot. So, I've got coffee, water, accessories, and uh my phone's fully charged. That's a bonus. I don't have to continually plug it in every time I get in and out of the car. And um it's a nice day. It's always a nice day here in Townsville. It's nice to look at. Very nice to look at. Not so nice to be out in. But, we are coming into winter, and um I'll probably continue doing this this job as a a side gig during winter. And those months will be a lot more enjoyable just because I don't have to have a sun hat on all the time. Um I don't have to continually hydrate because I'm losing you know, I'm sweating all the time. Yeah, anyways, that is my intro clip for today. I will see you guys in the car at about 10:59, and we will log in. And um and begin. So, I'm thinking, will today's video be how fast how fast can I make $400 delivering Uber Eats? How fast can I make $400? And on a good day that would be 10 hours. So, if we start at 11:00 and we finish at 9:00 and we've achieved $400 that'll be a good day. So, there's nothing left to do but to do it and I'll see you there. All right, guys. It is 11:16. I logged in at 11:00. I >> [clears throat] >> declined the first order that came through at about 2:00 past. >> My range drive. >> And then unfortunately, I had to wait for about another 5 minutes for something else to come through, but it was a double order. I'm picking up some Mexican. I'm picking up some sushi. And then I was handed a third order on top of that going to a similar location. >> Right. Then pick up. >> Um and I will be heading to Petbarn, the big pet store. So, between those three orders we will um earn car. I think around $23 base pay plus the first tier of the quest will be complete just like that. So, 45 minutes in and we may have $40 in the account. So, I'll keep you posted. I'll let you know when I've got all three orders. And uh we're off. All right. All right, guys. We are rolling. We are indeed rolling. It is 11:35. It's 11:35. We've got all three orders uh with us. The first of which is going to clear. And it is 5.6 km away. Uh this is what we're looking like. Now, some orders I will make sure to put into either my massive ugly Uber bag or my um my DoorDash bag. Basically, a a thermal a thermal bag to to keep the food either hot or cold. Um neither of these orders are hot or cold. They're room temperature, so I'm putting them on my seat. Um and we have the pet store order in the boot. Two massive bags of kitty litter and some cat food. And um that's what you'll find, you know, from a a pet store, you will most likely pick up large, heavy items that the customer just cannot be bothered picking up themselves. And I'm okay with that. As long as I've got a boot that's big enough to fit these orders in, which is an essential, um then we're good. So, 11:35, let's get going. Time is money, and money we shall make. One down, two to go. 11:45. All right, guys, that's uh two down, one to go. It's 11:55, and we should arrive there in about 3 minutes. 1 hour down. I haven't even felt like I've done anything. Have you ever turned up to work, gotten through the first hour, and thought, "Geez, where did that go?" Well, that's how I'm feeling today. Uh this this has admittedly taken me basically as far away from where I want to be as you can possibly get, but it is what it is. We have a lift-off. We have indeed reached three trips, which means we've got our $18 bonus, not 15. Um as well as our three base pays for the three orders, we have eclipsed um $40. And now we move on to the next three trips and the second hour of the shift. So, I took uh a a a a 19-minute, 9.5-km order paying $8.50, which is going to sandwich shifts or sandwich sandwich hut sandwich makers. I'm not quite sure. Um I'll find it. I don't think I've ever been there before. So, this this will be this will be interesting. And uh yeah, that's it. That's it for me, guys. I'll check in with you once we've reached $100. It's 12:04. We're on our fourth order. Anyone out there who wants to give this a crack, do it. It's easy. Certain places, certain times, certain days are going to create certain differences in earnings and that's just the nature of the beast. But, get out there, man. If you've got some spare time, if you've got a car, if you've got a license, give it a go. I'll see you at $100. I know. I know. I know. I said I'd come back to you when I'd reached $100. Well, I haven't yet. But, I do have a a cool sort of an order. Look at that. A big box. My sixth order of the day is from none other than EB Games. And it's a package, as you can see. So, no food, no spillages, no smells, no nothing involved, which is an order I will almost always take. And it's a bit of, you know, it just changes things up a bit. You go into into the shopping mall or yeah, in this case into the shopping mall. Um you find the store. It's It's a fun store. You know, I think if I was ever going to work retail, I'd want to work in some sort of like collectibles or gaming store. I think that. Cuz it's it's just fun. It's fun, man. The customers come in for a reason. They come in to have fun. They come in to connect with their childhood. They come in to spend their pocket money. I mean, it's it's fun. I love I love EB Games. It's a fantastic store. And in this case, um we have, I believe, a Stitch plushy toy and some kind of cookie jar. So, >> [sighs] >> At the roundabout onto Kern Brothers Drive. who they are for and where they are going to go in the house, your guess is as good as mine. Um let me just check. Is this a This is a leave at door delivery, so I'm not even going to be able to ask, nor should I. The only reason why I know what's in the box is because I was nosy and I read the packing slip. So, anyways, guys, um sixth order of the day, 12:53, we're on track to complete nine trips by 2:00. And by that point, hopefully, you know, $40 an hour being the the sort of benchmark, we will be at something like 120 bucks. But, I will see you when we get there. All right, guys, I got myself into a bit of a predicament here. I I have an appointment at 2:00. I had about 40 minutes to complete two deliveries and get myself to this appointment by 2:00 to achieve the third tier of the quest and earn an extra $22. And that's $22 I wanted and I was going to get come hell or high water. And so, uh I was able to get a a double packing pack and pay order. Um I've dropped the first one off. I've got the second one in the boot. I'm 4 minutes away. It's 1:54. apartment building. I've got to make my way in, find the door, deliver the goods, luckily it's only one bag, get back to the car, punch in the um the address for my appointment, and then get there by 2:00. This is This This is This is basically as stressful as the job gets. And it's only because I've brought my own life admin, my own life appointments, life stress into the job. If it wasn't for this appointment that I had to get to by 2:00, as well as trying to complete a quest, then there would be none of this stress, but it has been stressful. But, it's times like these, man, when they work out, when you do finish your deliveries, when you do get that quest that you wanted, when you do make it to your appointment, and when you do not have a boss telling you what to do. These are the moments. These are the moments that um I'm not going to say it's it's skill-based, but there is there's certainly a level of time management for one, and staying cool, calm, and collected under pressure, uh number two, to create a successful and lifestyle-friendly gig out of Uber Eats. All right, guys, I will see you after my appointment. That's going to happen. I might have to give them a quick call, but uh we have indeed finished nine deliveries in 3 hours. It's 4 minutes to 2:00. And that's a good start. Sweet Street. I knew I'll tell you what. I tell I'll tell you what. I got to rate my performance here. I really do. That order was delivered at 1:59, and we are 3 minutes away from my appointment. >> Street, then turn left onto Bowen Road. >> We are 3 minutes away currently. It is 2:00, and I will get there without even having to make a phone call. I didn't even include the best part. The best part is I was initially going to the supermarket with one order to pack and pay. Um that was going to bring me over this side of town, but it wasn't going to get me the quest. Then I was thrown two extra orders to pack and deliver in the same store. I only needed I needed two for the quest, so now I had three. There was no way I was going to get all three done by 2:00 and make this appointment. Two of them, well, one of them was taking me, like I said, 3 minutes away, so I had to pick and choose between the three orders which two I believed were not only going to be shopped quicker, but bring me closer to my appointment by 2:00. I made the right choice. It's all a game, man. It is a It is a game. It is a algorithm. It is a video game that you just turn up and play each and every day. What a time to be alive as an Uber Eats driver. I'll tell you what. Tell you what, it's times like these. All right, guys. And just like that, we are back back online. It's 10:00 past 2:00. Let's have a look where we're at at the moment. So, um that is actually the the week-long quest. Uh 33 trips through of 65. So, anything I do today is working towards that in the background. But, we did achieve the three um levels of quest. Hopefully, I can see that. Go to earnings for today. We're sitting at $132.71 from 3 hours, 3 hours 1 minute online. Uh nine trips. $72.71 base fare. And $60 worth of promotion. So, there you go. That's making Uber work for you, not the other way around. Either way, 132 bucks. We're on the road to 400. It's 11:00 past 2:00. And we're going back online. So, I'm going to sit here with the camera. $132.71. 3 hours and 1 minute. And now that the quest is finished, hopefully, there will be more orders to share around. Less drivers, more orders. That's what we want. We want to decline, decline, decline until something worthwhile pops up. But, of course, to decline, you need something not worthwhile to pop up. Um the great jewel of India. That's new. That'll be taking me all the way into the city. Do I do it? $8, 6.9 K's. Nah, we can do better than that. And instantly 10 seconds, 20 seconds after declining an order, I feel as if I've made a mistake. But sometimes you just got to back yourself. All right, and we're off. We're off to Mackie Mackie D's, Mackers, McDonald's. Whatever you call it in your corner of the world, that is where we are going. And for our efforts, we shall be paid $9. Actually, um yeah, this is downtown Townsville CBD for anyone wondering. Um I don't necessarily come to the city often. >> Turn right, then turn right. But when I do, when I do, I don't mind a little trip to McDonald's. Yeah, it's been a while. Townsville CBD McDonald's. Let's go and check it out. graduate. I wanted out of there. I know that's right. Cheers, Dave. Yep, as always, listening to Dave Ramsey. I got absolutely stitched up there. Absolutely. Number one, there was a random two hash browns thrown into the order at 2:00 in the afternoon. I'm pretty sure I had to wait for them to cook two hash browns from scratch. That's what it felt like. Number one, the guy who initially saw me, I don't know if he forgot, I don't know what he did. He did absolutely nothing. Number two, I had to wait for two hash browns once someone else came and saw me and got my order number and what have you. So, I spent at least 10 minutes standing inside to pick up a $9 order. And now it's another 6 minutes for me to drop it off. This is going to be a half an hour experience. Maybe 26, 27 minutes. I'll call it 28 minutes. 28 minutes for $9. It's times like these where base fear is all that's on offer, does make you question what the hell you're doing with your life. But anyway, we move. All right, guys. The head is on. It is way too sunny outside for my liking, but it is what it is. Um we've been taking the low-hanging fruit. It's been slim pickings ever since I finished with my appointment, sadly. Um but you you do get that between 2:00, 3:30 to between 2:00 and 4:00 every afternoon is is pretty slow. Um similarly, between 9:00 and 11:00 most mornings is pretty slow. So, obviously, you've got your breakfast rush, your uh your lunch rush, your dinner rush, and then your munchies rush at midnight. The midnight munchies. We've all been there. Uh some more often than others. But um I do have a double order. It's taking me to Noodle Box followed by Burrito Bar. Um they are across the road from one another, so that's handy. And it's going to And it's going to pay $14 for about 7 km, I think. 14 bucks for 7 K's. It's going to take 25 to 30 minutes. But it's two more orders. It's 3:50 currently. The next quest begins at 4:30. So, I shall see you then. All right, my friends. We have both orders on board. Riding in the passenger seat. I'll tell you what, as an Uber Eats driver, there is no better feeling than when whatever you are there to pick up is ready as soon as you get there. Because the hard part, if there is a hard part, is picking things up. Once it's in your car, once you've got the goods, it's all about just dropping it off. Drive to where you need to go and hand over the goods or leave it at the door, take a photo, and you're done. So, regardless of whether the food or the package or anything is is ready or not, once you've got it with you, >> and take the second exit onto Hinchinbrook Drive. once you've got it with you, that is when you can relax. That is when you can enjoy yourself. That is when you can put your podcast back on and know that the work is done. All you've got to do is follow the GPS and drop this thing off. Right now, I may only be getting $14 for two deliveries, but both were ready. I've got them both in the car. >> third exit onto Fern Brothers Drive. And now we're just cruising. Do I do it? Do I make the fateful mistake I have made so many times before and accept a Woolworths offer? Yes, I'm going to. And that's the truth. $10. Hinchinbrook Drive. $10.09 for less than 5 km. I'm on board with that. I'm just not on board with where I'm going to pick it up from. But, I've got 21 minutes until I reach 4:30. And from that point, we put the foot down. And we try and reach $400 as quick as as as quickly as humanly possible. So, I'm going to take this. I'm going to hope for the best when we get to Woolworths, but um all of that and more will be revealed. off off on the right. >> It's all a game. You never know what you're going to get. One thing we do have on our side with this particular trip is that it is going to take us 8 minutes to get there. It's going to take us 8 minutes. That's 8 more minutes they have to pack the order. As well as that, it is >> Continue straight through the roundabout onto Golf Links Drive. >> between one to five shopping bags. So, uh whether that's between one to five bags or one to five crates, the decision I've made still remains the same. From one to five is the lowest amount you're going to get unless it's literally one bag in which case they will itemize everything. But in this case one to five bags eight minutes to get there. That'll take us to 4:30. If it's not ready, I'm still going to wait for it. I've decided that decision. That decision is it's it's helpful to make that that kind of decision before even walking in there, right? If it's not ready, that's okay. I will wait. And wait and wait and wait and hope that we can complete this just before 4:30 so then we can like I said before put our foot down and really make some money. Right guys, it's 4:32. That means we've just ticked over onto our afternoon quest 4:30 to 9:30. We've got an opportunity with 12 completed trips to earn an extra $93 and I will do my absolute very best to do that. I've realized I've got hardly any battery left. So for anyone playing along at home, money wise we are sitting at $224.48. I'm hoping to get to 400. That is the goal. We're going online and hoping to complete 12 trips by I'd I'd say 8:30. If I can get home by 9:00 tonight with $400 in the bank, that will be good. You could say. If this evening goes anything like most other evenings where there are quests available for all drivers around Townsville, the orders you know, they may not be the best, but of course with the premium promotion on offer, they will make a hell of a lot more sense. Now we've got $11.37 for 11.2 km. >> [clears throat] >> I'm just around the corner from this one. So, I jeez, I want to deny it. I'm going to deny it. I have faith. I have faith that something better is going to come through. So, I'm just going to pull over once again and just wait. Wait with baited breath and see what see what happens here. Now, it's these 10 to 15 seconds where you've just declined something. You sit on the side of the road and think, "I should have done that." Okay, we've got a pack and deliver seven items, $14. I'm not I just don't want to go back into Coles, to be honest. I've been in there like five times today. No, not for me. All right, guys. I'm just I'm still sitting here waiting for an order. I This is This is not This is not normal. This is over three times more than any tip I have ever received in my entire life. I just got I just checked my messages an hour ago. I got given a $29.05 tip. What? Who is that from? Did they make a mistake? Coles. Oh, look at that. 29 bucks. What? That is unbelievable. And we have unfortunately the the the customer's details are gone. We have an opportunity to send thanks for the tip, which I will do. 29 bucks. No way. And that is where Jeez, okay. So, total breakdown today so far, $224.48, as I said before. 135.43 base fare, 60 bucks promotion, $29.05 tip. That has to be a mistake. And if it is, I mean, sorry about it, but that's going in my pocket. I didn't even say hello to this customer. Literally dropped it at the door. And that was it. 29 bucks. Jeez, that gives you a bit of a bit of a pep in your step. Tell you what. Sad thing is, we're still sitting on the side of the road and it's 4:38. So, maybe I should have taken that first order. Come on, man. Time is money. All right, I'm going back to Coles. 8:21, two items, 3.8 km. I mean, it's 4:43. We've got to get something underway. Okay, here it is. 10:05. We have our next order. We are off to Coles once again. Unfortunately, that's all that's coming through. And it's a Pack and Pay. So, um what have we got? I think it's only Yeah, three items. Uh some Twiggy sticks, some milk, and two bottles of juice. Let's do it. All right, guys. 5:27. And I'm going to take it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. $5.21 for just under 5 km. We're going back to Noodle Box, and that'll be our first tier of the afternoon's quest complete. We're on here. It's 5:43. Off to McDonald's once again. 9:36 for 9.5 km. There's pre-crime type of thing. I I have to >> what you got to do, don't you? All right, my friends. I got to admit, uh here it Jeez, I thought it was slim pickings before. Certainly is now. It's a quarter past six. I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything yet today. So, I want to get home and eat something. But, I I just Look, there's eight There's There's There's eight more trips to to to go. Eight trips. Can we get it done by 9:00? I'm on gods of the Uber Eats world, send me Uh pack and delivers. Pack and deliver I I Look, at this stage I don't want to pack and deliver. I am going to opt out of that and hope that something somewhere See, I'm all the way over the sort of south. I'm I'm on the southwest side of the city, but there is There's a lot of >> [snorts] >> or there's a lot of houses up here. There's also houses up this way that I can get orders from. I mean, sometimes it sends me all the way down the bottom along the highway. I said no pack and delivers. So, I don't know. I like this area because I know it. Like I I've pretty much I mean, I've probably been to every single restaurant around this area. Um so, I'm going to stay here. I'm going to Yeah. We'll just We'll see what happens. All right, guys. On any other day, I would not recommend this, but I've been tempted into a pack and pack and pay because it's one item. $13.04 for 15.8 km. Head to your pickup at Coles Town Hall. >> never going to be ideal, but it is all the way along a highway and then all the way back. So, I'm going to take it. I need to go and do something. I need to earn some money. I need to get this quest. Let's go. Okay. Okay, I don't mind this. It's not going to focus, but it is $4 extra uh for a a a McDonald's pickup. And I >> [clears throat] >> I closed $4 extra for a McDonald's pickup. >> left lane, keep left toward 93, then keep left. And it says I actually think these might be >> m keep left toward 93. They may be going to the same place. They are going to the same place. Okay, cool. So, both orders are being dropped off at the same location and each both restaurants are actually situated right right next to each other. So, I'll be going getting some um some Mexican uh followed by some McDonald's. We will get a base pay >> [clears throat] >> of uh $13 and a few cents. But >> Left toward 93. That is two out of three trips towards a promotion payment of $24. So, each and every order that I'm taking at this minute actually pays an an additional $8. So, the first one was seven, it's actually 15. The second one was was four, uh which is actually 12. So, overall this order is worth 30 bucks and it's going to take less than half an hour. So, that's not bad. All right. We're in the business of making money. 864 for 7.2 km. I'm just around the corner, which it's actually not a good thing. You'd think You'd think being close to the restaurant or you know, two or three minutes around the corner would would would work in your favor, but it simply doesn't because it doesn't give them time to get it ready. And you'd think that Uber would send you an order once it's nearly ready, but they don't. It's not all the time anyway. Okay. Well, this will be This this uh this will be fourth to last, the fourth to last order. I'm not sure why this isn't focusing. It's really annoying me right now, but Oh, look at that. We've got a double. Another order for another $4, 0.6 km. We're going to take it. Which is only going to uh it put my mind more so at ease if I need to sit there in the restaurant waiting. I actually don't know if I've been to this one before. That's weird. No, no, no. Where is it taking me, bro? No, this can't be right. No, this isn't right. Oh my god. All right, we might have an issue here. Sometimes the restaurants are pinned on the in within the GPS within the Uber GPS at a completely different location. So, I know where this restaurant is, luckily. In fact, it's just over there. So, I'm hoping that I am close enough to the pin that Uber has decided uh indicates where the restaurant is for me to actually have arrived. Then I'll be able to actually pick up the order cuz sometimes if you're not close enough to the restaurant, it recognizes that and it says, "No, well, you mustn't be there." So, you can't pick it up. Well, maybe that's just when you're dropping stuff off. Either way, I mean, I was literally just around the corner. It's right there. We've got two orders to pick up. And time is of the essence, so let's do it. All right, my friends, we are possibly taking an order. Uh pack and deliver, two items, 665. Uh Coles is just there. I've just pulled into the sup to the um I've just pulled in to the car park. I'm going to uh I'm I'm take it. This is my second to last order. What do we What do we What are we buying? Oh, we've got some late night dessert, late night munchies. Actually, M&M minis on top of some vanilla ice cream would go quite well. Uh that's going to be easy. Isle 3 and Isle 11. All right, let's do it. All right, it has taken its sweet time to come through, but this will be the final uh the final delivery of the day. $10.02, 4.9 km, five items. Let's do it. Gladly. Okay, cool. This is the time of each shift that you look forward to. And at times you never think it's going to get here, but it is 8:40. We have indeed delivered that order. And that means we have completed today's quests. What a feeling. What a time to be an Uber driver. Now, that's going to tick over shortly. There we go. $10.02. And the quest disappears because it has been achieved, and we have achieved $400, $407.99. Um I'm going to go offline. And let's see. Actually, we'll look at it at home. But yeah, $407.99. Uh we logged on at 11:00. We had 10 minutes off for my meeting. So, um let's call it 8:30. So, that's 9 and 1/2 hours. We got $407.99 less expenses. All right, see you at home. Okay, guys, we finally made it home. Let's Let's Let's break this down. Let's break down the numbers cuz that's what we're all here for. So, today total earnings total net net or gross Sorry, gross. My mistake. Gross earnings $407.99 9 hours and 27 minutes Let's Let's call it 9 and 1/2 hours. Um 9 and 1/2 hours 28 trips base pay $225.94 promotions $153 and a massive tip which never happens of $29.05. So, $407.99 9 and 1/2 hours as far as kilometers uh driven today kilometers driven from point to point start to finish A to B 197 kilometers. Let's call it 200 K's. And our average liters per 100 was exactly 10. So, 200 K's 10 liters per 100 20 liters of petrol at 225 is $45. So, 400 Let's call it Let's call it $400. Let's call it Let's call it $405 less 45 in petrol 360. So, $360 net uh from 9 and 1/2 hours. Let's call it 10 hours. You know, let's let's let's round it up. So, 10 hours 360 that's $36 an hour including expenses. That's not bad. 36 an hour I'll take it. I've had fun. You know, I've had a lot more fun today driving around doing my own thing listening to podcasts than I would have in a whole bunch of other jobs. This will not be forever. This is when I've got spare time. And this experiment over the last seven or eight videos has been to determine the age-old question is it possible to earn decent money delivering Uber Eats? Well, depending on where you live, depending on what time you do it, yes, it is. 360 through nine and a half hours. Now, nine if we had it done in nine hours, that would have been 40 an hour. Not bad. Not bad at all. And we will do it all again another day. Thanks for watching, guys. It's been a pleasure.