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How Cancelling More Can Earn you More… Without Risking Deactivation

You may have read Jay Cradeur’s story and video about ride “screening,” the practice of rejecting trips that don’t make financial sense for drivers. You may also be worried that cancelling too much could lead to deactivation. RSG contributor Gabe Ets-Hokin went undercover to find out how Lyft decides which drivers to keep, and which to cancel.

Any Uber or Lyft driver worth his or her salt has felt the pang of anxiety that comes with a deactivation warning. Details vary, but there’s usually some pabulum about “poor passenger experience” and “violation of terms of service,” with a stern (yet chirpy) warning that continued behavior of this sort could lead to deactivation.

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The Best Rideshare Advertising Companies You Can Make Money With

Vugo was one of the first companies on the rideshare advertising scene a few years ago and since that time, we’ve seen a plethora of other advertising companies come and go. Combined, these companies have raised millions of dollars, signed up thousands of drivers and it’s clear that the ‘rideshare advertising’ category has a lot of potential.

The industry is still pretty young though, and it can be hard to tell which companies are legit and which aren’t. Today, we’re going to take you through the top advertising companies that are paying drivers for everything from providing infotainment tablets to passengers to wrapping your car with an ad and putting a digital billboard up top. These companies won’t be for everyone but as you’ll see below, the income you can make is pretty substantial with some of these services. I’m plenty willing to sell out a little to make some extra money – after all, it’s all about working smarter, not harder.

The companies below are at various sizes and stages. Most claim to get drivers a few hundred extra dollars per month by placing ads on their cars.

The Best Rideshare Advertising Companies You Can Make Money With

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What to Do If Uber Won’t Pay You for Flat Rate Surge

What happens when Uber won’t pay you what you’re owed? It’s unfortunately more common than you might think. RSG contributor Paula Gibbins interviewed one driver about his experience – and how he got paid back by Uber.

As drivers we oftentimes have to blindly accept whatever Uber or Lyft tells us when it comes to what we should be earning on our trips, according to their standards and rate cards. But what happens when we catch them in the act of not paying us what is owed?

One driver caught Uber not giving them their flat-rate surge price several times and only got Uber to pay them for 5 instances that he was able to prove thanks to screen shots. The rest were dismissed because of insufficient evidence because, let’s face it, it’s difficult to take screen shots constantly while driving.

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Can DoorDash Drivers Really Make $17.50 an Hour?

In the good old days of rideshare driving and delivery, drivers could make some good money, especially if they coupled their earnings with bonuses and referrals. Not so any longer! By 2019, those opportunities are long gone.

However, recently DoorDash founder Tony Xu claimed DoorDash drivers, aka Dashers, still could make $17.50 an hour. Is this true? Can DoorDash drivers really make $17.50 an hour? Let’s break it down.

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