Stay busy and earn more with Hotspots
We built Hotspots to help Dashers find deliveries quickly while on the road. A Hotspot is an area within your Dashing starting point that indicates the busiest areas for orders. You will generally see Hotspots near areas with many restaurants. To increase your chances to receive more orders, simply position yourself closer to a Hotspot. Hotspots are meant to guide you to busy areas and they are consistently refreshed throughout the day, but they do not guarantee orders.
You can only see hotspots on your Dasher map while dashing and they will be displayed as a circle with a flame icon. Please see below for the two different types of Hotspots you may encounter.
Dynamic hotspots
Dynamic hotspots are created when a certain restaurant or area currently has a lot of orders. Dynamic hotspots will have a red area around it highlighting the full area of busy restaurants and will say “Busy hotspot zone” at the bottom of the screen. You do not have to be within the red area to receive an order, but the closer you get the more likely you are to get an order.
Historical Hotspots
Historical hotspots are shown as the flame icon without the red area around them and say “Previously busy Hotspot zone” at the bottom of the screen. You will see historical Hotspots when it isn’t busy enough to create a dynamic Hotspot. These Hotspots are based on recent data and guide you to restaurants that are usually busy at that time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What should I do if I am being told there are no Hotspots available?
A: If the Dasher app is telling you there are no Hotspots available, your app is still working and you can still receive orders. This just means there isn’t any location that is busy enough to create a Hotspot.
During these times, it is best to head to your favorite area to wait for orders.
Q: How often do Hotspots update?
A: Hotspots will update as different restaurants become busy and will refresh every 10 minutes. You can follow them, but areas that have recently been Hotspots often remain good areas to receive orders.
The Dasher app will show you the Hotspot closest to you by default, but you can scroll through other nearby Hotspots at the bottom of the screen.
