📍 Bentonville, AR100% yours.
No black box.
No hidden deductions.
Every delivery pays the transparent standard rate — starts at $6, rises with distance — and 100% of it is yours, plus every tip. No algorithms, no secret adjustments. Read the formula below — this is exactly what runs when your delivery completes.
The Formula
The delivery fee is the transparent standard rate — it starts at $6 and rises with distance. The customer pays it and it lands directly in your own Stripe account, shown on the offer before you accept. No timer, no countdown, no decay: the number you see is the number you get. In bad weather the customer pays a weather premium that goes 100% to you. DriverEats takes $0 of your delivery pay; on the Per-Dispatch plan a small clearing fee applies for the dispatch service ($0 on the Membership plan); tips are never touched. Driver-set pricing is rolling out — you can set a preferred rate in Driver Settings; it won't change your pay yet and it never raises the price to customers.
Tip is always 100% yours. It is never used to offset base pay, never pooled, and never subject to any deduction. What the customer tips, you receive.
Tips sit in a 24-hour dispute window before releasing to your balance — they show on your receipt immediately but clear the next day.
The Transparent Standard Rate
Every delivery pays the standard rate below, the same whatever you drive — it's the customer's delivery fee, landing directly in your own Stripe account, and 100% of it is yours. No timer, no decay: the offer shows your exact fare before you accept. Driver-set pricing is rolling out — you can set a preferred rate in Driver Settings; it won't change your pay yet and it never raises the price to customers.
🚴 Pedal Bike / Cargo Bike
⚡ E-Bike / Cargo E-Bike
🛵 Scooter / Moped / EV
🚗 Car
🚐 Van
🚛 Box Truck
Every delivery pays this standard rate today. 100% of tips are added on top, always. Your delivery fee is the customer's payment, landing directly in your own Stripe account — DriverEats takes $0 of it. On Per-Dispatch a small clearing fee applies for the dispatch service ($0 on Membership); tips are never touched.
4 Ways to Earn on One Platform
Most platforms lock you into one job type. DriverEats dispatches all four from a single queue. Accept what fits your vehicle and schedule.
The transparent standard rate ($6.00 for 0–3 mi, $8.50 for 3–5 mi, +$1.50/mi beyond). 100% of it is yours, plus 100% of tips and extra pay on large orders. Lands in your Stripe at drop-off.
Every delivery pays the transparent standard rate ($6 close-in, more on longer runs) — the customer's delivery fee lands directly in your own Stripe account and 100% of it is yours. 100% of tips are always yours, never pooled. On big multi-bag orders you earn a customer-paid large-order fee (see below). DriverEats takes $0 of your delivery pay; on the Per-Dispatch plan a small clearing fee applies for the dispatch service ($0 on the Membership plan) — either way, your delivery pay and tips are never cut. Driver-set pricing is rolling out — you can set a preferred rate in Driver Settings; it won't change your pay yet and it never raises the price to customers.
Published flat fee by parcel size — you're paid the published rate for every parcel, shown before you accept; 100% of tips are always yours.
Published flat fees by size: Envelope $4.99 · Small $6.99 · Med $9.99 · Large $15.00 · XL $35.00, plus $1.50/mi ($2.00/mi for XL) — you're paid the published rate for every parcel, shown on the offer before you accept, and 100% of tips are always yours. No restaurant wait — pickup and go. Includes Parcel Route (scheduled business pickups).
$20.00 base + $2.25/mi — the published rate, shown before you accept
Furniture, appliances, oversized items. You're paid the published haul rate for every job, shown before you accept, and 100% of tips are always yours. Bigger jobs, bigger fees.
Bonuses
Large Order Fee
Big, multi-bag orders pay more — the customer pays extra and 100% of it is yours, on top of your delivery fee. It's sized by bag count (set by each restaurant), never by the food price: a 2-bag order adds +$3, a 3+ bag order adds +$5. Shown on the offer before you accept.
Worked Example
Food delivery, car, during heavy rain · $3.00 tip
On a clear day, the same order pays the $6.00 standard rate + $3.00 tip = $9.00. Weather pay is always shown on the offer before you accept — never a surprise, never taken away.
Weather Pay
No demand surge, no bidding, no games. Every delivery pays the transparent standard rate, plus 100% of every tip — so you never have to wait around for a zone to spike to earn a fair rate. The offer you see is the offer you get.
Weather pay — in bad weather the customer pays a weather premium and 100% of it goes to you: +$3 in heavy rain/heat (Tier 1) or +$6 in a severe storm/snow (Tier 2). Bikes, scooters and mopeds are automatically paused in Tier 1+ weather for your safety; in extreme conditions (Tier 3) the whole zone pauses. If the weather app is wrong, tap "Report bad weather" in the app and support will review and activate the right tier. Weather pay is shown on the offer before you accept and itemized on every receipt.
DriverEats drivers are independent contractors, not employees. DriverEats does not guarantee minimum hours, a minimum number of deliveries, or a minimum level of earnings. Pay is per-delivery only, calculated using the formula above. You choose when and how much you work.
Daily or weekly. Your choice.
Your delivery fee and 100% of tips land directly in your own Stripe account at drop-off — DriverEats never holds your money. Pick your deposit frequency in Driver Settings and Stripe deposits to your bank on your schedule (daily or weekly, automatic). No request needed, no minimum threshold.
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