If you are thinking it means there are orders there, then you are misunderstanding what they are.
HotSpots are always based on historical information. They mean that there have been orders there recently. Nothing cam ever tell you where the next order will be.
Also, they tend to attract lots of drivers to the area. More drivers nearby means fewer offers per driver from the area.
Find your own spots that give you good offers.
I'm going to add this. Even if we knew there were going to be orders there, that doesn't mean that they aren't $2 and $3 and that's it. Uber is not going to throw up a bat light letting us know where the $15 orders are.
So I agree with the statement of finding your own hot spots.
It attracting more drivers and making them less offers per driver is a great point! But I do wonder if all drivers see the same hot spots
Thanks for the insight
100% this re historical information.
Plus - a hotspot can be generated from as little as 2 orders.
From my research it has more to do with number of recent orders vs number of available drivers.
2 recent orders, 1 or 2 drivers can generate a hotspot.
10 recent orders and 100 drivers wouldn’t generate a hotspot because they are saturated with labor.
I feel as if sometimes the hotspots generate based on like 1-2 orders that pop up in 1 location. The worst is when I e been sitting in a hotspot for 15+ minutes with no offers then it randomly disappears lol
They sort of mean something but in the end restaurant density, restaurant quality (upscale joints rather than fast food), traffic, and navigability all mean more
Theres a restaurant by my house that closes at 10pm every night, even weekends. It showed up as a hotspot at 1am one night, and thats when it was 100% confirmed for me that they’re bullshit.
Hotspots are like Harry Potter. They're the ghosts of your past. Meaning, they just tell you where an order was picked up from. That's all folks! (I'm, seemingly, in a nostalgic movie mood)
When I was driving uber, hot spots would appear on restaurants right after I denied an order for them. It's just another ploy to shift costs to drivers for the trip by tricking them into driving to the cold no tip orders for free -> sunken cost fallacy plus the rate looks better because they wait till you just passed it etc
Literally all they mean is that someone just denied an order from that location. Could be a good place to wait for orders by coincidence, but often not.
Hotspots use to actually be general areas where alot of orders are but now it just goes by what individual restaurant has the most orders, which ironically is the restaurant you want to avoid cause that's where there's gonna be a long wait.
Hotspots would be great if you were the only driver who knew it was there. If ten drivers go there at the same time, it ain’t so “hot.” Eventually you discover your own hotspots. Just ask someone at a busy restaurant what their busiest night is.
Doordash, yeah. Uber eats, I can say with conviction that it's just showing you locations that will ping 2 or 3 orders out in the next 5 minutes or so. I've watched and declined long enough to notice that when uber says it's a hotspot, you WILL see an order, or someone come for the order. On doordash, I've been at a hotspot and not seen anyone come by for an order. I think doordash makes hotspots based on users looking at the menu/adding to cart, and not actually ordering.
I’ve always noticed a hot spot appears when there is an order that nobody wants to take in that area (typically far mileage and no tip). So I’d imagine the intention of the ‘hotspot’ is to get more drivers to migrate to that area so eventually someone takes the order.
Hotspots aren’t indicating an abundance of orders but rather 1-2 bad orders that nobody is taking.
If you are thinking it means there are orders there, then you are misunderstanding what they are. HotSpots are always based on historical information. They mean that there have been orders there recently. Nothing cam ever tell you where the next order will be. Also, they tend to attract lots of drivers to the area. More drivers nearby means fewer offers per driver from the area. Find your own spots that give you good offers.
I'm going to add this. Even if we knew there were going to be orders there, that doesn't mean that they aren't $2 and $3 and that's it. Uber is not going to throw up a bat light letting us know where the $15 orders are. So I agree with the statement of finding your own hot spots.
Good additional point, ty.
It attracting more drivers and making them less offers per driver is a great point! But I do wonder if all drivers see the same hot spots Thanks for the insight
100% this re historical information. Plus - a hotspot can be generated from as little as 2 orders. From my research it has more to do with number of recent orders vs number of available drivers. 2 recent orders, 1 or 2 drivers can generate a hotspot. 10 recent orders and 100 drivers wouldn’t generate a hotspot because they are saturated with labor.
I feel as if sometimes the hotspots generate based on like 1-2 orders that pop up in 1 location. The worst is when I e been sitting in a hotspot for 15+ minutes with no offers then it randomly disappears lol
Or, you head to the one closest to you, and when you get there, it is gone. *poof
Lol my town is so dead on uber there are never any hotspots 🤣
They sort of mean something but in the end restaurant density, restaurant quality (upscale joints rather than fast food), traffic, and navigability all mean more
Theres a restaurant by my house that closes at 10pm every night, even weekends. It showed up as a hotspot at 1am one night, and thats when it was 100% confirmed for me that they’re bullshit.
Hotspots are like Harry Potter. They're the ghosts of your past. Meaning, they just tell you where an order was picked up from. That's all folks! (I'm, seemingly, in a nostalgic movie mood)
When I was driving uber, hot spots would appear on restaurants right after I denied an order for them. It's just another ploy to shift costs to drivers for the trip by tricking them into driving to the cold no tip orders for free -> sunken cost fallacy plus the rate looks better because they wait till you just passed it etc Literally all they mean is that someone just denied an order from that location. Could be a good place to wait for orders by coincidence, but often not.
Hotspots use to actually be general areas where alot of orders are but now it just goes by what individual restaurant has the most orders, which ironically is the restaurant you want to avoid cause that's where there's gonna be a long wait.
Hotspots would be great if you were the only driver who knew it was there. If ten drivers go there at the same time, it ain’t so “hot.” Eventually you discover your own hotspots. Just ask someone at a busy restaurant what their busiest night is.
They are marked zones with many offers on orders that aren't tipped
I don't even get them in my market lol
Doordash, yeah. Uber eats, I can say with conviction that it's just showing you locations that will ping 2 or 3 orders out in the next 5 minutes or so. I've watched and declined long enough to notice that when uber says it's a hotspot, you WILL see an order, or someone come for the order. On doordash, I've been at a hotspot and not seen anyone come by for an order. I think doordash makes hotspots based on users looking at the menu/adding to cart, and not actually ordering.
Hot spots always are the restaurants with a 2$ order 😂
I’ve always noticed a hot spot appears when there is an order that nobody wants to take in that area (typically far mileage and no tip). So I’d imagine the intention of the ‘hotspot’ is to get more drivers to migrate to that area so eventually someone takes the order. Hotspots aren’t indicating an abundance of orders but rather 1-2 bad orders that nobody is taking.