Is it rude to not tip Instacart?

Tipping is not required in any scenario, but it is always a nice thing to do. Your Instacart shopper is providing you with a service, and it's customary to show your appreciation of that service with a gratuity. Just like in restaurants or salons, your Instacart shopper gets paid a flat fee for their service.



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Tip baiting is when a customer orders a “shop” on the app and pre tips a very generous tip. Then after the food is delivered, they cancel or greatly reduce the tip for no reason.

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Instacart pays its private contractors (shoppers/delivery people) very little - about $5–7 per order. Even the smallest order usually takes us an hour to receive, shop and deliver and return to the store to hopefully receive another order. A $10 tip or so is an appropriate tip for an average order.

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No, Instacart doesn't reimburse for gas. However, Instacart may adjust the pay you'll receive for a job based on how long it will take you and how far you need to go, or they'll at least calculate how much you earned on top of gas and mileage costs for you.

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