As a driver for Postmates, it can be quite confusing sometimes as to whether a customer is going to leave us a tip or not. Why? Well, we just never know when our customer's tips are going to show up in our Postmates account. Sometimes the customer's tips can show up later that same very day. Other times the tips will show up the next day, and at other times it can take a whole week or more. We just never know when a batch of tips are going to come in.
Postmates tips usually come in the next day
I would estimate that 75 percent of the time my Postmates tips come in the next day. After waking up from a good nights sleep, you'll usually be able to see all of your Postmates tips. This is great because instead of only having that $100 you thought you had earned; the Postmates app now shows $160 of earnings. I have always liked this part of Postmates. Nothing like a good surprise!
When Postmates customers don't tip
Unfortunately, there are times when Postmates customers don't tip. If a Postmate driver did 10 deliveries one evening, they shouldn't expect 10 tips when they wake up the next morning. There is obviously going to be a few deliveries when the driver gets stiffed out of their tip. If 50 percent of customers are leaving you a tip, you are doing alright. I personally shoot to have 80 percent of Postmates customers tip me. That doesn't always happen, but I always give my best effort to make that happen.
What if by the next day no customers have tipped me?
If you completed 10 deliveries, and the very next day nobody has tipped you, there is a high probability that your tips have not been processed yet. Seriously, you could be the worst Postmates driver in the world, and it would be very difficult to make 10 deliveries and have nobody tip you anything. There's going to at least be one person that will leave at least a one dollar tip.
There are times when tips take days or a week to process
Just because your tips have not showed up the next day don't worry. As I've said earlier, 75 percent of the time my tips show up the next day. The other 25 percent is sporadic and all over the place. That means that the tips for a certain day of work may take 2 or 3 days to show up. There are even times when it can take a week. Again, you just never know.
Does it matter when the customer tips?
It may have an impact, but even if a customer tips right away after you deliver their food, you're not guaranteed to receive it the next day. The tip may still take days to process, although most of the time you will get it the next day. Postmates customers do have a while to tip, and some may take days to leave their tip or even a week. When they do this, these may be the tips coming in a week or two later.
When to realize that certain Postmates customer are not leaving a tip
As I already mentioned, we will always have the late tippers, but in all honesty if four days goes by, I will assume that the customer is not leaving a tip. Usually I am right. Most Postmate's customers that tip are going to tip within four days. With that said, those tips that come in a week or two later are always a nice surprise!
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