DoorDash announced at the moment that it’s increasing its fuel rewards program for supply folks on its platform. This system allows supply folks utilizing their DasherDirect card to obtain 10% money again on their fuel purchases, wherever in the USA. The corporate introduced the rewards program final month with the objective of offsetting rising fuel costs. This system was initially purported to final by April however has now been prolonged till the tip of August.
The corporate says that because the launch of this system, supply folks on the platform have saved a median of $0.42 per gallon on each go to. DoorDash additionally says that each hour, greater than 8,600 supply persons are utilizing their Dasher Direct playing cards to save lots of with 10% money again. As well as, DoorDash notes that supply folks have used the ten% money again profit by DasherDirect in over 8 million transactions throughout fuel stations.
DoorDash says it’ll proceed to observe fuel costs by the summer time months and take heed to suggestions from its neighborhood of supply folks about its packages.
The corporate has been tweaking its platform and including new choices for customers over the previous few months. Most not too long ago, DoorDash launched a brand new subscription plan for school college students referred to as “DashPass for College students” that prices $4.99 per 30 days, which is half the value of an ordinary month-to-month DashPass subscription. The corporate has additionally confirmed that it’s testing a brand new characteristic referred to as “Return a Bundle” that permits prospects to make use of the service to return packages to the closest publish workplace, UPS or FedEx location.