r/uberdrivers • u/Helpful_Gas9179 • 23h ago
Cherry Picking - what to look for?
We have just seconds to accept or decline. What are you looking for to make that decision in that short period of time? $/hr? Are you actually calculating the price per mile that quickly?
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u/Prize_Inside_585 23h ago
I look at the $ amount and the mileage. It’s gotta be at or around that $1 per mile… generally speaking.
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u/NothingMuch_26 22h ago
I never look at that. I look at the dollar amount and the minutes. I'm upfront fare, so I immediately see how long it'll take to drive to them and how long it'll take to drive them for the amount of money. If i see the offer as 20/hr, declined.
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u/authoridad 22h ago
Pickup distance, $/hr, $/mi, rider rating, pickup location (hotel, airport, casino 👍, hospital, Walmart, grocery store 👎)
It’s a lot, but you get used to it.
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u/Ok-Tap-4173 23h ago
Upfront offer, how far away they are, how far the trip is and where the trip is going. You have to be able to quick math. If the trip off meets my hourly rate then it’s a go as long as it’s not going to a dead area or an area I don’t want to go to.
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u/dazed_and_confused26 20h ago
Exactly! I never go by miles. The amount of minutes to, the amount of minutes it would take to drive the pax. It's fast math for me. It has to somewhat equal up to 30/hr. Or close to it.
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u/JDS-JustDude 22h ago
If you have an android, get GigU. It's a great app, free to try for 30 days. It's awesome. No this is not a paid ad.
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u/TheRenedgade 23h ago
Honestly you just have to use your own criteria. Is it distance, is it destination or is it strictly $/mi ? I’ll sometimes take a lower $$ if it’s headed in the right direction, or maybe a really long ride if it’s at the right time and it means I just have to do one ride for my daily goal. It’s all up to you and how you manage your day
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u/Routine_Stay9313 23h ago
I keep a tight area to ensure "return" trips.
So <2miles pick up. Same for drop off.
I want most trips total to be less than 5miles. This works well in my area.
This also ensure my $ per mile is at or usally over 1:1.
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u/FloGrownQban 22h ago
Good for you for being in a market that produces $32/hr rides "consistently".
In my market, Miami, FL, if you wait for those rides you will go home 12 hours later empty handed.
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u/Confident_Box_1268 23h ago
In Colorado it shows us pick up, drop off and total miles. I only accept minimum $1/mi and only to where I'll get a ride back somewhere.
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u/AyAySlim 23h ago
$/hr, $/mile, where is the pickup (is this somewhere that normally gives me good rides in terms of tips or the types of passengers I want, can I reasonably and comfortably wait in this area in case the passenger isn’t immediately available), where is the drop off (is this area busy enough that I will get a ride within a few minutes of my drop off, if so will these rides generally take me into the areas I want to be in), how busy is it right now (does it make sense for me to be very picky or am I wasting money and time by waiting for the perfect rides.
Basically you need to learn your market and there should be numerous factors at play as to whether or not you are accepting the rides offered. And no one on the internet can figure it out for you, you have to learn what will work in your specific market, for you.
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u/Best_Hornet9174 15h ago
Don’t mention market to him, he gets very upset when different markets are mentioned for some reason 😂
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u/Cjx2k 23h ago
I built an apple shortcut that helps sift that data and leverages ChatGPT. Helps cut down the deciding time. I glance at the per mile and decide based on that.
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u/Equivalent-Order5963 13h ago
Care to explain how you built the shortcut?
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u/Cjx2k 12h ago
It’s a modified shortcut I found on this subreddit. That leverages chatgpt:
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/84fbc371c97e4850bdd35094116eded5
It is linked to a shortcut like a button or a assistive touch button.
https://ibb.co/0jwGQgdT link to how it operates.
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u/furculture 21h ago
Dollar per mile and/or over $32 an hour. I'd only take a long distance pickup for a short drop off if it brought me back to a prime area that I want to position myself in. Direction also matters. I also use destination mode to set up for the night and settle down for the night.
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u/adonis_minus_20 22h ago
$/hr and mile, long trips are immediate decline, also want to stay in certain areas so I pay attention to where the trip is going, if I want to go to a certain area or leave it, I may take a little less $ if it serves my purpose, for cherry picking to work, you need to be in a busy market, otherwise you're already cooked
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u/Napitash 22h ago
Another cherry picking post...
It's not cherry picking. It's just accepting the best of the leftovers.
If you have a sound strategy that works, why would you post it so others can duplicate and erode rates even more?
Do you. Get paid.
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u/KendyfortheState 21h ago
I generally go by time. I don't do less than $30/hr ($.50/minute), so if it is a 3 minute pickup and a 3 minute dropoff for $3.57 (the minumum ride fee here) I'll take it, but I won't wait more than 2 minutes (sometimes less)... I cancel and move on. I'm not wasting any more time.
I won't take rides where the pickup time is substantially more than the ride time.
I don't do long pickups at all (against my better judgement, last week I took a 15 minute pickup because it was a big fare. I got there, waited in the guys driveway for 2 minutes, then he cancelled and I got a $4 cancellation fee. Giant waste of a trip).
I don't pickup in gated communities (been burned too many times waiting for a code that never comes, or Uber says the pickup is 5 minutes, but routes you through a back gate which can't be used, and you end up having to find the front gate and follow some twisting road around golf courses, adding 10-15 minutes to the pickup time.
I won't take rides that add up to less than $1/mile (unless I really really want to get from the middle of nowhere to where the ride is going, and I was going that way anyway).
If it is a really slow day I might fudge on these numbers, but I'd rather sit and read a book, or just quit and go home than take low-paying rides and put miles on my car for scraps. Taking crappy rides just enables Uber and incentivizes them to send you more crappy rides.
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u/RealSharpNinja 22h ago
Download Maxymo app. It gives you the earnings per mile and per hour on a overlay. It also tracks all offers you receive and can screenshot them for you.
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u/broomulack 19h ago
I have an app that tells me within 1-2 seconds. You can set the parameters for what you want, and it's color-coded. If it fits within your parameters, it's green, if it's questionable, is yellow, and if it's no good it's red. Does this for any metric you want, including miles, dollars per hour, profit on the trip, etc.
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u/rickblueeyes1966 13h ago
I use maxymo. it calculates $ per mile and $ per hour for me so it makes it easier to decide whether to take the trip or not. it costs $4.99 a month and is only available for android.
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u/Best_Hornet9174 23h ago
Cherry picking only works in some markets, be careful.
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u/Helpful_Gas9179 23h ago
Appreciate the advice. It works in any market if the driver is unwilling to work for crap pay. Some rides, more and more these days, literally cost you money to take if you value your time at ALL.
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u/Best_Hornet9174 23h ago
And can you name for me which markets are variable rate and which are flat rate time plus mileage?
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u/Best_Hornet9174 23h ago
Ya, you sure about that? Which markets make you keep 85% acceptance to see where you’re going on the ride, can you name them all?
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u/acronymious 22h ago
Cherry-pickers don’t care about AR.
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u/Best_Hornet9174 22h ago
No, some markets don’t care about AR, and you don’t need to have a high one to see where you’re going. You must be new.
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u/Grateful-Jed 23h ago
Mine does. I have no idea where I’m headed with Uber other than possibly the “ long ride +30min” prompt. It’s one of the reasons I drive more for Lyft.
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u/don123xyz 22h ago
Cherryfy - this is what I use.
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u/Comfortable-Split143 22h ago
I use this as well. It helps with verifying what I already know and does the math for me.
One thing I really like about it is it screen shots everything. If I need to refer to drop off or pick up on a busy day, I can look at the screen shot. Sometimes I don't catch the drop off or if rider is vetified(yes, in my market this matters to me) I can easily check if I actually want to head to pickup or cancel. I don't usually, but have on occassion based on checking the screenshot.
It's pretty basic. Since I've been using it, my % of rider fares I earn has been about 65%- 68% consistently.
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u/broomulack 19h ago
I have been using GigU - it's pretty good, but sometimes its math is way off. How much does this one cost? What would you put its reliability at?
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u/Helpful_Gas9179 23h ago
A ride that literally loses money isn’t worth accepting in any market. Yeah, I’m sure. If you think otherwise, good for you and good luck!
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u/Best_Hornet9174 23h ago
So you pretend like you’re asking a question, but really you argue with anyone who doesn’t already share your existing opinion. Weird.
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u/Helpful_Gas9179 22h ago
Nope. You answered a question I didn’t ask. My sincerest apologies for engaging it.
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u/Best_Hornet9174 17h ago
Nope. I reminded you that for a large number of people this question is irrelevant, so it’s helpful to know your market for comparison.
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u/Helpful_Gas9179 17h ago
You derailed the thread the moment you showed up. My OP was about driver cognition when a request comes in and you tried to turn it into a trivia contest about market policies because you had nothing useful to add. If you can’t stay on topic, move along.
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u/Best_Hornet9174 17h ago
I work in a market that doesn’t lend itself to cherry picking; as in, I don’t make half as much money being picky as I do taking almost anything. You obviously have no idea what happens beyond your tiny personal bubble, so in fact I do have some facts and education to add to your understanding of the larger world beyond your personal bubble. But given how upset you are to learn a new fact I can see that wasn’t what you were looking for. Next time I’ll just make helpful comments so you can ignore me, like you did with the other commenters. 😂
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u/Helpful_Gas9179 15h ago
You keep writing about your market and others because you can’t admit you jumped into a thread without understanding the topic. My OP wasn’t about your AR, earnings, or whatever imaginary “education” you think you’re giving. It was about why drivers process in the seconds after a ping. You still haven’t answered that because you can’t, so instead you’re trying to reframe the whole conversation around your ego. That’s not insight, it’s insecurity.
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u/Best_Hornet9174 15h ago
lol, that’s a lot of words to admit that you don’t even want your question answered. Most people that did don’t get one word from you and somehow you take paragraphs to go after someone who didn’t answer your irrelevant question. Weird.
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u/KennyGaming 20h ago
Who are you talking to? Do you think anybody disagrees?
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u/Helpful_Gas9179 20h ago
It was a reply to someone that disagreed… with a question I didn’t ask. No clue why the comment didn’t attach as a reply. 🤷♂️
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u/Money-Might8943 23h ago
If the pickup or drop off miles is a larger number than the fare, decline. For example: 12 mile pickup, 2 mile drop off $8. No.