If you are someone that relies on online delivery apps to access your delivery needs, if you prefer online delivery rather than toiling hours physically, shopping for food, then using a door dash may be the perfect option that you can avail yourself of. Door Dash is an online food ordering and delivery company based in San Francisco, California, America. It is a retail intermediate company that acts as a medium between the manufacturers and the prospective consumers who wish to get their products from local merchants delivered at the comfort of their homes. Let us see how to change starting point on door dash.
The procedure customers can practice for using door dash
Door dash, if simply put in words, is nothing but the Uber company that is focused on delivering food or online food service, much like Uber eats. Since it was established in California and is now based on and used by the majority of Americans, Door dash is mainly available in countries like the US, Canada, and Australia. Here are the steps mentioned for the customers to go through to avail of service from door dash-
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- The first step for any customer to use door dash is to download the door dash application available on the play store for android users and the Apple app store if you are an iOS user. The application to download requires basic information to be filled out such as name, address, payment option, and a password.
- After downloading the door dash application, you can start placing your orders by looking at the main page and listing out items of your choice. You have the option to look out for specific food items by customizing the given options and by filtering the ones that you require.
- After placing your order, your order will be delivered to the address that was mentioned initially by you at the time of registering in the application.
- There are various payment options that you can avail of, be it cash on delivery, online payment, or credit.
- The final step would be to double-check the page, double-check the given details such as a delivery address, payment options, and the food items checked, and ensure that the details are accurate. You can also choose to add further cooking and delivery instructions if any.
- Door dash will now provide you the tracking of the order that was placed by you and a progress bar is drawn that shows when your order has been picked by, on its way, and delivered to you. The delivery man can update the address he is in and his tracking either through text or call.
Here, the people who deliver the food are called dashers
The order is finally reached and can be thoroughly enjoyed.
What is a starting point and how to change it on the door dash?
The dashers or the people who take up orders and deliver them to the prospective customers are called dashers. They take out the orders via mobile application and deliver the same to the respective addresses.
The starting point on the door dash is typically referred to from the dasher’s point of view. It typically refers to the starting point of the dashers, i.e., the place where they are starting from and at what place they are going to serve.
For instance, say a dasher resides in Houston, Texas, then he has the option to choose orders of customers and potential merchants based only from Houston and nowhere else. He is not obligated to take up orders outside of Houston simply because his starting point is Houston and he has to change it before expanding his order addresses.
If the dasher belongs to some other place but within the city then he can easily change the starting point on door dash by following the below simple steps
- The first step involves the installation of the door dash application and logging into the application by providing the required credentials.
- If already installed, you will be directed to your login page automatically.
- Navigate to your home page and click on the option of Dash Now, it is also called as schedule a dash option.
- After clicking on the dash now option, a confirmation message pops up, asking if you want to take up further orders. Click yes to the same.
- You will now be allowed orders based on that area and allotted to it.
Usually, the dash now is available only if there are not enough dashers in that area or if there is an urgent requirement for dashers.
If the Dash Now option is not enabled, you can still change the starting point on the door dash by following the simple procedure-
- Navigate and search through various starting points near the current location.
- Choose the most crowded one that is usually indicated by red-colored patches in the application.
- Choose a crowded starting point and click on Dash now option.
- The orders will be automatically directed to you.
You can change the starting point now by –
- Navigating through the home page and clicking on the option to view the map of the city.
- After accessing the map, you can change to your desired location and click on the change option.
- A confirmation message pops up again asking if you want to update the starting point to which you have to click on yes.
This is the required description of the procedure for changing the starting point. If you still cannot access to updating of starting point, it can be due to the following reasons-
- You have shifted to a city that does not require door dash service.
- You are already filled with many orders in your current location.
- You are not entitled to dash outside the country.
- Enough orders and dashers are already available in the updated location.
- Technical glitches in the door dash application.
Conclusion
The conclusion that can be drawn is that there are plenty of options available for the dashers to enhance their service, and updating their starting point is one among them that can be effortlessly availed.
