Dashboard & Overview

The dataset consists of earnings data covering approximately a year, from late May 2023 to late August 2024. It comprises 949 entries, including 881 bike deliveries and 68 car deliveries, exclusively on Wednesdays. As the number of car orders is quite limited, the study would primarily focus on bike deliveries. It's challenging to retrieve the data from the app, which is why I am choosing a gradual approach to expand the dataset over time. In the meantime, I have requested access to the data from Wolt, and I'm waiting for the reply. For further questions about the dataset, dashboard and/or methodology, please reach out to ridersportalfi@gmail.com.
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According to Brave New Europe, the current Wolt partners contract, effective January 24, 2024, states that the data inputs that influence the algorithmically determined pay rate include, for example, distance, weather conditions, the size of the delivery, the location of the merchant and the time of day. Therefore, it is extremely challenging to accurately track the changes in the payment level without access to such data. I have obtained weather data from Visualcrossing and am working on incorporating that into the research.
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[Update: the request has been denied]

Analysis of Avg. Pay & Distance

Average pay for Wolt deliveries has declined by approximately €0.2 since last May. However, during the same period, the average distance per order has also decreased by about 0.5 km. Considering these trends, it appears that the reduction in pay is offset by the decrease in delivery distance, which could likely be explained with increase in the number of bundle orders. Therefore, based on the available data, it seems that the overall pay remains relatively stable.

Distribution of Deliveries by Pay and Distance

Pay increases as the distance does, but there's a big variation between different orders with the same distance. Unfortunately, this is a big limitation of the project, as Wolt combines both pick-up and drop-off distances in the app, which makes it difficult to make accurate estimations. Couriers are not paid for the pick-up distance (or limited pay), therefore the calculations could be misrepresented for Wolt. However, as there's no distinction for couriers between pick-up and drop-off distance, I think it's still a fair comparison. There're a few interesting outliers for this case, such as an order from McGary's Wing Bar that paid €5.94 for 2.88km (14:22 - February 14th, 2024). In comparison, an order from Bangkok 9 Iso Omena paid €4.43 for 2.91km (11:23 - April 3rd, 2024). It is likely that the first order distance is almost entirely a drop-off distance, while the other one is mostly pick-up. This is a bit unfair from my perspective.

Furthermore, if an order is declined a few times in a row, then Wolt starts to increase the payment, usually by €0.2-0.25, until someone accepts or the order is cancelled. This could also influence the chart above, so please keep that in mind.

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