By Tyce Dishman
A high school student rushes up to the door, rings the doorbell and scrambles back to his car with his friends waiting.
He dropped something at the front of the door. But this student was not ding dong ditching, they were delivering an order for DoorDash for some extra “bread.”
At least five Delta seniors took on the roads and decided to start delivering for DoorDash.
These seniors are Hayden Brown, Jordan Furney, Jude Linton, Kamryn Wilson and Mariah Schoenlein.
All had very similar reasons on why they wanted to start their road trips.
“I wanted money so I thought about doordashing and once I saw the amount of potential money I could make I decided to stick with it,” Brown said.
Brown makes his DoorDash deliveries for two to three hours in his free time, chasing the orders to maximize the amount of money he can make.
To do this he strategically parks in HotZones. (An area where there are a lot of restaurants to improve your chance at receiving an order.)
“I mainly get a lot of my orders from Bdubs (Buffalo Wild Wings) because I sit in the HotZone there,” Brown said.
In one week trying to maximize the amount of money he could make working on his own schedule and time, Brown made $160.
For many students making that amount of money in one week sounds like a good enough reason to start taking orders.
To drive for DoorDash, students must be at least 18 years old and use any car, scooter or bicycle. Students must have a driver’s license or other form of Identification and must submit a Social Security number for a background check.
Another student who decided to follow these steps to start making money was a fellow senior Jordan Furney.
Furney is new to the delivery scene where he has only been dropping off orders for around a month.
However Furney’s first exchange wasn’t a walk in the park like Brown’s was.
“My first ever DoorDash, I couldn’t find the person,” Furney said.
Furney expressed the reasoning behind not being able to find the person as it was a Ball State University campus order.
With all of the buildings it is hard for someone who doesn’t attend Ball State to know the names and locations of the buildings.
Although there are many challenges with delivering for DoorDash Furney believes that there are some perks.
“My favorite thing is being able to smell the food,” Furney said.
Another perk that Furney likes is being able to DoorDash with his friends. Furney delivers with Brown to help make the time go by faster.
Another two people that deliver together are Kamryn Wilson and Mariah Schoenlein.
Kamryn and Mariah have been delivering together for about a month.
Kamryn’s revenue has averaged anywhere from $30 to $50 a week.
“I like being able to DoorDash. It’s an easy way to make money and it is tax free,” Kamryn said.
Similar to Furney, Kamryn has encountered some troubles in his short time delivering. Kamryn said that when he went on a delivery the person paid in cash and the money got taken out of his account. This made Kamryn upset and questioned delivering for DoorDash.
However, he continues to deliver and has found that it is a quick way for him to make some extra money.
One student that has taken full advantage of being able to make some quick cash is senior Jude Linton.
He said that he makes $40 to $50 per night when he is working a couple of hours with DoorDash. Finding locations can sometimes be a challenge as we have learned from Furney .
“One time there was like 10 apartments at Varsity Houses and the guy didn’t know his building number,” Linton said.
With persisting challenges the students have continued to deliver for DoorDash to make some money.
