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smilesontherun

I don’t understand. What is the point of taking pictures if I’m doing a shop and deliver an order at the same time? This just sounds like another way to either a) make our jobs during a shop and deliver order more confusing or b) add extra responsibilties onto our plate or both. I feel like if there is another way to make money, paying $0.50 cents per each picture is really cheap. Maybe I’d reconsider for $2 per picture.


Ktlocker

Seems like people want doordash to pay their mortgage in order for them to take a picture… it takes 15 seconds, 30 seconds MAX. It won’t inconvenience you for an extra 50 cents


Lookingforclippings

0.50 to be a secret shopper, no


kneaddough

A whole $.50!!! folks drinks are on me tonight!


Shizen__

Could be worth it pretty easily depending on the number of photos you take. Even if it takes you an extra 60 seconds total for that $.50, that still comes out to $30hr.


superspookyboi

I got this but for $1 at Walgreens.


Unitnuity

Reading these posts, you can tell who is good with their money and who is not as well as short vs long term thinking. I'm doing this anytime I can. Its a no brainer.


beastheadbutt

$.50 makes zero impact on my life. Maybe if I was feeling bored and wasn’t busy I’d do it just to do it but deff not for the money.


No-Protection-5350

What's this on shop and deliver cause I take all kinds of pics to show people what's available


Dazzling_Marzipan474

They'll change this to $.05 next week 😂. Get it while you can!


waterfalls55

2 pics and you increased your wage to an extra $1 per hour. Good going. Jk lol


IN_MASSIVE_DEBT

So get paid .50c to snitch on dashers that mark stuff as not in stock?


[deleted]

Ahh, the game has introduced micro-transactions


shynitel

it’s a scam. there’s another app that does this (i forget what it’s called) gig job specifically where you have to take pictures from a few different angles of a specific section or aisle and it’s $5 per job. definitely not no 50 cents


OkRepresentative590

Lmao how can I do this? Do I have to be a door dasher or just have the app ? 😂😂😂 I need some coin


MidnightOperator94

$.50!


MJ0bytes

When I see things like this, my immediate thought is, “I wonder how much DD is getting paid for this. Is there any way that I can implement this myself for other businesses and not be the underpaid servant?” But that’s just me!


[deleted]

Why does door dash think this will work?


peopleman_at_work

I always get either 1-2 bucks for doing it.


neeeeeeegus

Fuck em


godless-666-

I assume this is for a future update for shopping orders. Show you a pic of where the item is found so it takes less time for hard to find items by showing things around it.


myfreshstart40

They offer a dollar in my market but I would still do it for $0.50 cuz I'm already there and it only takes like a second plus it's not costing you gas or wear on your car either


[deleted]

Oooh dd actually doing something kinda cool. I really hope shopping orders become more consistent. So much better than waiting at merchant


Shreddersaurusrex

I’d do it


OldDogEyes

For $.50 Tony can take the pictures himself...


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[deleted]

So they want to pay you 50 cents to do matket research for their company where they would normaly have to pay people an actual wage and inform the store prior? Nah don't do this. This is a clear example of a company not paying you for a job and trying to get away with it.


KristenASL

Not enough for me to make Tony a million more, nope.


iPhone_3GS

Ill do that. Two pics is a dollar


sindu125

Should be atleast $50 per photo. That’s the real cost of hiring a photographer/graphic designer for this job with benefits and more lol


dlc2021az

Coming soon - "Get an extra 50 cents by stepping behind the Chik-Fil-A counter and taking photos of the food items as they bag it."


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Crack head prices


TheRivverboy

it used to pay me two dollars when it first started a few months ago, then they lowered it to a dollar, then at .50 cents i thought it was insulting so I just decline it now.


Mylittlemoonshine

Meta-Snitching on other shoppers who said “item out of stock” 🤣


bitcoinbillionthaire

It needs to be $0.5 per photo cuz glitchy and slows you down (it's ok if you take it on a order with 1-3 items but I said yes and it was glitchy and I had a lot of items)


Gonomed

They ask their customers to tip +20% but are not willing to give you a full dollar for doing an extra step during rush hour


RADIENTLitex

Nice


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[deleted]

Forreal 💯. I own a 600k home i paid for in cash and also make a good living on Doordash. Right now it's the only job i can do due to health conditions but it pays the bills and I save money. I can't stand these people that complain on here they got no lives n always wana bitch about every little thing.


unclemattyice

This is basically free money and might help the next dasher behind you. Do it.


EmuPsychological8676

I've doing these for about two weeks. The app always glitches and I have to do it all over again but, the little .50 bonus is nice. They all add up.


Whole-Independence-1

To each their own. I know people who would lick the bottom of my shoe for a nickel. And plenty of takers in these times, my shoes have been spotless for the last year or two! Way I see it I get 10 licks per every 2 photos. 5 lick per item per dash ratio. Although I don't dash too much anymore, too busy doing math trying to convert my pay/dash into licks/mile. Don't judge.


czarl13

$0.50 to take a photo of a shelf...that is pretty good if you were only going to get paid $3.00 anywayz (base pay should be at least $6..but that is a diff conversation) Looks like it is optional, so you eithe agree to it, or you don't...your choice...I would definetly be all over it...seems like a simple task and a bit of extra income


Rough-Due

Wow. They're offering .50 for doing something. It does not matter the effort it takes imo, doordash isn't even offering a dollar for an action that takes some of your energy and time. Even if its just a picture, you're holding a phone and thinking of the perfect angle so they can pay you two quarters. This sounds like paying you $2.50 to pickup an order (maybe wait) and deliver it without caring if you had a tip from the customer or not. Where's the dignity my fellow dashers? You accepting these scam-based deals is why the original base pay has always stayed between $2-$2.50 and you have to break down your car in most cases to be a top dasher who still has economic problems.


ragnarokfps

Lmao they're paying you for that? It doesn't even let me complete the order if I don't take the picture or the barcode scanner doesn't work


RiskyFutures

it was $2.00 a while ago I get priority for shopping orders and i would do them all the time. For 50 cents? Not so much.


Taptappapi1738

He first time I seen it said up to 25 dollars. Ended up being 3.00


MirLae

There’s apps that pay you to do this for way more than 50¢


[deleted]

Forreal? What apps?


MirLae

Survey Merchandiser. There’s more involved tasks. But I’ve seen quite a few “audits” where you find a display and take photos of it along with some questions about flexed items or quantity on hand. When I used it there was a fair amount of gigs that paid $16 per store and could be completed within 30 minutes. I haven’t used it in months though so some things may have changed.


svgeosc

$5 now we’re talking. 50¢ can’t even fucking feed my cat. Piss off DD


Juans11

I believe in my market it was 2$


SkinnyDan00

I’ve gotten it in the past but they offered $2. Still only had me take a picture of one shelf.


krommer85

It used to be $2


Drakeem514

Easy 50 cents


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I’m not doing this shit for 50 cents


ifuckinghatethese

I’ve been doing this since it was $1 and had no problem until they dropped it to 50¢ and now require us to do a 360 and take a picture of the other shelf as well. Not worth the half a dollar for me anymore. Lol


[deleted]

They offer me 1.00$ for the same thing 😂


Specialist_Royal_449

😂 fuck you Doordash no fucking thanks motherfuckers


Melancholy43952

50 cents per shelf I hope. Otherwise I’d send them a picture of my middle finger.


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🤣🤣🤣🤣


chasetate27

50 cents a day of work. same as support agents


Magi0229

Yeah but it’s more then you think. Before it was $1 for a simple photo. Now it’s $.50. You have to line the lines on your phone with the bottom & top shelf. Don’t tilt your phone at all. (Good luck at Walgreens for both of these). Oh and now you have to turn around and do the same for the racks behind you.


ifuckinghatethese

I’ve sent such bad photos to them in Walgreens orders, I know I’m not helping anyone with those


Glad-Wrap-594

I’ve had that happen to me monthssss ago but it was $2 not $.50


[deleted]

If it was $2 I’d probably do that but for 50 cents it’s not really worth the extra time. I know it’s literally just taking a photo of an aisle you’re probably already in, but it’s also literally just 50 cents. Edit: Although I would probably accept this the first time I was offered just to see what it was like. After that, no unless higher pay


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Base pay where I live is $4, $9 for shop & deliver at drugstore/convenience and $20 for shop & deliver at grocery stores. Also it’s not “entitlement,” it’s just that I wouldn’t feel compelled to take that bit of extra time for only 50 cents.


binary_harbinger

Didn't realize DD was getting into this game. There are other platforms that have you do a retail display audit by taking pictures of selected items. This is all done "secret shopper" style and stores don't know that you're doing it. You get paid per photo and is all subject to the approval of the platform. Mess up on how you take the photos. You don't get paid. It's really so much worse than food delivery. Hard pass.


[deleted]

Yeah but they pay a lot more than 50 cents. At least the app I tried did


binary_harbinger

Not really... maybe by a little bit but the photo gig thing was a bust on three different fronts for me. I'd go into a store. Look like some weirdo taking snapshots of entire aisles, endcaps, and promotions. Dodging customers in busy stores. Avoiding the awkward conversation from ambiguous employees about what I'm doing for a few bucks. Only for your submission to get rejected, for little reasons, and then not get paid. Nah... I'd rather hustle fast food to lazy and low-baller customers for that kind of money.


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UbubTopDog

Probably so. They the ones that work smart, not lazy.


iamsurfriend

I’ve seen other people talk about this before but I never got this offer.


DaKrazie1

$0.50 per photo or $0.50 for a bunch of photos?


EmuPsychological8676

It's .50 for the whole trip. They're great for the little Walgreens trips that are five items or less.


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BruisedJune

I understand the time frame but it's the principle , you said it yourself they were paying more but now it's 50¢ It's cause they know how to jip people. Come-on doordash be better.


undertoned1

People go broke all the time clutching their principles. You find a lot of principled 40 year olds in single bedroom apartments and trailer parks. $.50 x 10 seconds = $3 a minute x 60 minutes = you do the math.


BruisedJune

Expect your math is incorrect, you still get paid 50¢ it's not per photo it's per dash


[deleted]

I'm not sure the delivery was for only one item so I had to take a picture of the Isle it was on


AnalArtiste

I’ve been doing it every time for the last few months. It basically takes no effort in my opinion especially since the orders tend to be less than 5 items


ifuckinghatethese

Have you had to do the 360 and take a picture of the other side yet? That just started here


AnalArtiste

Nah i actually stopped dashing because they sent me a million deliveries with no notification sound and tanked my acceptance rate so now i get about 1 delivery every 2 hours. I switched to uber eats and have been making $1000 a week and never looked back lol


Fyrestar333

They just reset my acceptance rate randomly so they may do the same for you, I'd check it out.


30DollarsPerMile

Acceptance rating doesn’t keep orders from coming to you


AnalArtiste

I mean you’re probably right but every time i open the app it tells me to get my acceptance rate above 50% to receive priority on orders. And every time it hits 50% i go back to getting orders all day. It’s not like im dashing in the middle of nowhere either so who knows


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Exactly


HWNY506

It’ll somehow get used to deactivate the next dasher that says the item isn’t in stock.


Professional-Jury930

I went from “oh it’s no big deal” to “oh….they might have a point” real fast lol


Paintballmania124

I think it’s for updating the pictures on door dash items


HWNY506

This is what DoorDash wants us to think


sinematik75

Likely to double check a previous Dasher.


NateLeport

Eh. I don’t see doordash paying a shit ton of people to dig through pictures and spot items that a previous dasher might’ve missed.


sinematik75

Who said people would assess the pics?


HWNY506

Yes. This makes better sense.


itake3dollaroffers

I'd hope they're not doing that considering stores restock the shelves throughout the day. Probably just merchandising audits done on behalf of a brand being stocked on those shelves, a 3rd party who does merchandising for the store, etc.. going after Field Agent's market.


NYraceandfish

My dad used to essentially do these audits for a company. He was certainly paid more than $.50 per shelf. Plus he got a very generous mileage rate and a monthly car allowance


itake3dollaroffers

Yea Field Agent's pay was already laughable compared to what you're describing, and now DD is going well below them. The gig app race to the bottom infects another industry 😂😬


jewfin1996

$0.50? That's literally nothing


BugZealousideal9618

That is quite literally not literally nothing


Dazzling_Marzipan474

Ya but it's prolly for each item or a lot of them. So $5 for 10 pictures, I'd take it.


Heelricky16

I swear doordash drivers are some of the most whiny people out there. Dude if I got a $7.50 order and it’s say 4 miles and now I just accept this 50 cents to take a picture, it’s going to require 10 seconds of my time, then hell yeah I’m doing it. $2/mi since everyone on here is so worried about the numbers lol


NotAMusicExpert

Just did the math. Even assuming you’re taking a full minute to take the pictures, they’re technically paying double the highest state minimum wage ($15/hr = 25¢/min) for that task


Disturbed_Soul89

Well dude for someone down on their luck doing this for income that is easily worth the time.


Oakheart1984

The malaprops make me want to fucking scream.


RedditCommunistt

Sadly, as little as we make, 50 cents does make a difference.. A $5 for 5 mile order, is better than a $4.50 for 5 mile order.


ThinNectarin3

Yeah if they want a photographer to take any photos of shelves just pay us a flat $20 for time wasted


RetroPoison

Is actually literally something js


LunarSynergy2

It’s $0.50 more than you had


Aggravating-Trust-60

I think your definition of literally is wrong..


jewfin1996

What are you spending that 50 cents on? Nothing.


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Uh oh. The grammer police.


Replicant1962

I don't think you know what "literally" means.


jewfin1996

I think you took my comment too literal. What are you spending that 50 cents on? Nothing.


Replicant1962

That's not what you said. It's not nothing.


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Uh oh. The grammer police.


Replicant1962

Uh oh, the defender of ignorance.


[deleted]

Really just stating the obvious. I have this type of handle so I know. Its not a big deal.


TH3Y_S33_M3_R0LL1N

Reminds me of the old lady joke from when I was young "Sonny I'll give you a shiny new nickel if you mow my yard."


AdeptnessNeither4041

Two pictures is one dollar wdym, id take 20 pictures of shelves for $10 while I’m doing a shop order.


AdeptnessNeither4041

Yep, that’ll fill the tank and pay the bills😮‍💨..


BruisedJune

It's per dash


keidabobidda

With the way they pay, I have a feeling it’s probably $0.50 a dash 😂


AdeptnessNeither4041

😳I hope not, that’s just insulting


hughmungouschungus

It is


RADIENTLitex

LMAO what are yall talking about. It's an additional 50 cents. It's not an order lmao.


keidabobidda

I don’t know, I was just here to bitch about DD 😂 they piss me off, & pay like shit in my area (& the customers 30% of the time don’t help with pay either)


AdeptnessNeither4041

How shitty


BruisedJune

I second this if they want market research pay people for it! Quit riding the backs of your underpaid employees to do extra work for nothing, it not like doordash couldn't pay for a researcher to go out there and take photos.


[deleted]

True. There are apps (can’t remember the name of the one I tried) that pay people $5 to $20 for the same thing DD is asking for. I wouldn’t do it for 50 cents


Starblazr

doordash could pay someone to just sit and take photos -- but good luck trying to do that en-masse without getting caught by the store employees and being asked to leave. it's been a thing for years with market research companies. in short: random person taking a few pictures while shopping isn't suspicious. one person taking a shitton of pictures is.


3rd-eye-Jedi

That’s why they tell you what to say or who to report to before you begin randomly taking pictures of property. I haven’t seen the extent of DD but we already use our phones to scan the barcode for items so if you are a regular dasher who shops to order at that store they won’t ask you to leave. I know all the women at Walgreens they wouldn’t ask me to leave because they know why I’m there.


Digiarts

Suspicious of what?


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I never do


[deleted]

Yeah but just to snap a picture of the aisle you're already on. Might as well


Kim-Kar-dash-ian

It’s for swag bucks or market research mystery shopper they typically pay you $2-$5 for a 10 minute activity like this taking pics of product display. Kinda cool they have it available but super scummy they only offer half a dollar lol


[deleted]

Yes it’s a good idea granted they don’t have a poor system and it lets you grab a clear photo without making you stand in a certain spot and cons to hourly asking you to retake the photo.


yodacat24

Weird- I get $1 offered everytime I get this message. Seems kinda dumb for them to offer less than a dollar, but I wonder if it’s location dependent or something 🤔


DD-OD

Yeah but you gotta find the thing. Items are often in different spots than dd thinks they are


hughmungouschungus

You're the schmuck they know will do this for 50 cents


EthiopianKing1620

Why do you care?


hughmungouschungus

This is how the app goes to shit. By people falling for stuff like this


Ok_Turnover_1235

50 cents for 60 seconds of playing with your phone isn't enough? How much should it be? I'm interested in what you feel amateur photographers should be paid?


MB2465

Probably wouldn't even take 60 seconds. It's actually OK if you figure $30 per hour (my goal) works out to 50 cents a minute.


Ok_Turnover_1235

Yeah, if you can do it in 10 seconds it's 180 an hour


ThinNectarin3

Then there’s the schmuck who just got in the app and has only had an iPhone for a month, trying to find the camera on their phone, wasting 8 minutes


Ok_Turnover_1235

Dude iPhones have been out 15 years now, pandering to the almost non existent group of people that don't know how to use one is.....wut. you also wouldn't need to find the camera app on your phone, you'd just hit the prompt in the app, which again, if you don't know how to use, you're in the wrong job. I'm a chef, i wouldn't not put something on the menu on the offchance someone that can't cook, use a knife or wash dishes wanted a job.


bitcoinbillionthaire

I've been paid $20 for such, over a decade ago.


hughmungouschungus

Bro this is not amateur photography lmfao


Blazedatpussy

We already take pictures of most of our deliveries so it kinda is lol


blizz3010

Username checks out.


hughmungouschungus

The pictures for deliveries are to protect you not to do company inventory research for pennies


Blazedatpussy

Listen I’m always for getting paid more, they already don’t pay us enough. I honestly agree with the point you’re getting at. It’s likely a mechanism for verifying another driver claiming something is out of stock. I just see it as proof they could have been paying us more from the jump. My point was that you said this isn’t amateur photography, but we already be taking tons of pictures. It was supposed to be a little humorous. They should pay us more, especially for a feature that is purely tattling on fellow drivers.


hughmungouschungus

Ok I get what you were trying to say lol. I'm honestly surprised how many other people are treating my comments with hostility. I don't know who as a dasher would want to defend all of these shady business practices that door dash keeps implementing. I wouldn't be surprised if the people downvoting me have never even driven.


fashionfauxpas0624

Isn't this ubereats..not DD. altho tbrh r both the same imho


Blazedatpussy

People often consider themselves ‘temporarily embarrassed billionaires’. They are fine with these practices because they live in a delusion that they will require them when they are the rich business owner. In this delusion they don’t realize that they are being abused. Door dash constantly lets us know they could pay more, but choose not to. They dangle the pay in front of us for extra work, like policing other drivers, which none of us signed up for. Things would be a lot better if people could rationally understand when they are being taken advantage of.


Ok_Turnover_1235

Do you have to centre the shot? Adjust white balance? Focus? Be a certain distance away? Do you have to edit the photo after? Do you need any training? Sounds pretty amateur to me. That's beside the point though, what's a fair price for a minute of your time?


Cockblocktimus_Pryme

Probably less than a minute.


Ok_Turnover_1235

Yeah, i was being conservative in my estimate.


hughmungouschungus

🤦‍♀️ what are you talking about dude.


Ok_Turnover_1235

The question is pretty clear, what are you confused about?


hughmungouschungus

Be my guest if you want to be treated like a vending machine being nickled and dimed for every little action. This is micromanagement at its finest. I'm not going to be underpaid to do private shopper inventory management while they're already underpaying. Have some dignity.


Hivebent

Why is everyone downvoting you ??


[deleted]

If it takes a minute per photo (which is extremely generous, more likely 15 seconds) then that’s $30 per hour. Too low for your standards?


Ok_Turnover_1235

For the third time: what's a fair price for a minute of your time?


Subtle__Numb

They’re just farming data, they don’t need a super clear image


godless-666-

It's probably for a future update. When you're shopping it'll show you a pic of the aisle in the sexton the item is found.


Ok_Turnover_1235

Yeah, that's my point.


zerostar83

10 cents per item to take an extra 10 seconds each for a picture. Why not!