Referral Incentives for Customers
DoorDash customers can refer other customers and receive a referral commission for doing so.
This is a key method when it comes to how to get free DoorDash.
New Customer Account Credit
The referred customer also receives referral bonus credits for signing up as a new customer.
How Much are DoorDash New Customer Bonuses Worth?
It’s hard to say how much new customer bonuses are worth because DoorDash changes these credit amounts frequently.
One of the latest promotions run by DoorDash worked like this:
- New customers received up to a $30 bonus credit
- The referring customer received up to a $15 bonus credit for each person referred
The new customer bonus credits ranged from $5 to $30 based on where the new customer lived.
The referring customer received $5 to $15 depending on their referred customer’s first order total.
Current DoorDash Promo Codes
- $5 off any order $20 or more: G4E7B3EP
- $6 off any order of $30 or more: COLUGQAB
- $5 off any order from a Greek Restaurant: GOGREEK
- $5 off your order, no minimum: MYBROTHER
- $15 off any order of $30 or more: ENJOY15OFF
- $7 off your first purchase: wL59WQ
- $5 off a pickup order of $10 or more: 5PICKUP
- 15% off a pickup order: PICKUP15OFF
- $5 off orders: Automatically applied to a new customer’s first three orders
How Does It Work?
You’ll find your unique referral link inside your DoorDash account.
Open the app, find the link and use that to share with friends and family.
Only new customers qualify for the bonus structure.
This means they never opened up a DoorDash account before, or they never linked their credit card or phone number to a DoorDash account in the past.
New customers must place their very first DoorDash order right away on the referral signup page to quality for bonus credits.
The referring customer will receive an email that confirms their friend or family member made a qualifying purchase.
Each person should see their credits show up in their
DoorDash accounts within 24 hours after placing the qualifying order.
Referral Program for Riders
DoorDash allows you to refer up to 25 customers who live in the same country you do.
This means a customer in the United States can’t refer a friend or family member who lives in Canada.
Different regions also have different qualifications, such as the required minimum order that the new customer must make to trigger the bonuses.
You can refer more to 25 people, of course, but you’ll only receive bonus credits for the first 25 people you refer to DoorDash.
Similar to the driver referral program, you need to work the DoorDash Customer Friends and Family Referral Program exactly how the name implies.
You should only refer to DoorDash people you know personally.
DoorDash doesn’t allow its customers to advertise the referral program.
You aren’t allowed to post your referral link anywhere that goes out to the general public.
This includes places such as:
- Coupon sites
- Craigslist
- Backpage
- eBay
- Amazon
You’re also prohibited from buying paid ads and promoting the customer referral program that way.
DoorDash reserves the right to deny referral credits for any referred customer and for any referring customer if the company believes that the order came from any restricted advertising method.
The only acceptable way to share your referral link is to text or email it to your friend or family member.
Or, you can use the Share Your Link option that appears inside your DoorDash account.
How Long Does It Take to Get a Customer Referral Bonus?
You’ll receive your customer referral bonus for referring a new customer 24 hours after your referred customer places their qualifying order on the DoorDash app.
As a Customer
Make sure you choose the correct DoorDash app from the Google Play Store or App Store.
- Don’t download the DoorDash Driver app.
- Find the DoorDash Food Delivery app and download it to your smartphone.
- Open the Food Delivery app on your smartphone
- Tap on the “Account” tab
- Find the “Refer Friends, Get $” option and tap it
- Your referral page will pop up next
- Look for your referral code
- Share it via email, text, or social media
As a Customer
You must do the same thing.
Sign up directly from the link your friend or family member gave you.
Click on it from your email, text message, or from the social media platform they shared it on.
How to Earn With the Program as an Existing Driver
Once you’ve started making deliveries, you can start referring people to DoorDash yourself.
Under this program, you can refer your friends from within the DoorDash app using SMS, email, Facebook, Twitter and Facebook Messenger.
You’ll be able to earn $300 for every friend who signs up and makes 50 deliveries within their first 30 days as a DoorDash driver.
To refer a friend, simply go to the “Invite Friends” tab within the Dasher app.
From there, you’ll be able to enter the necessary information to text, email, Tweet, post or message a referral link.
If you’re driving for DoorDash already, make sure to take advantage of this program.
It can be a way to seriously supplement your earnings.
And since the people you refer will also be eligible for a bonus when they sign up using your link, it’s in their interest to sign up using the information you give them.
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Once you’re driving for DoorDash as a Dasher, you can use your referral code to sign up new Dashers and earn a commission after your referral completes their bonus requirements.
Restrictions apply to the DoorDash referral program for drivers that don’t apply when you’re referring people at other platforms like Uber, Lyft, or Postmates.
You can promote a Lyft driver promo code, an Uber driver promo code, and a Postmates driver referral code publicly on your blog or website.
DoorDash doesn’t allow you to promote in this way.
The DoorDash referral terms prohibit you from posting your DoorDash referral code on:
- Blogs
- Websites
- Job boards
- Search engines
If you promote in this manner, then DoorDash can cancel your DoorDash account without paying your referral bonuses.
A limit of 15 referrals per calendar year also exists.
If you refer a 16th person, then you won’t receive your bonus payment.
How Long Does it Take to Get a Driver Referral Bonus?
Any Dasher that you refer to DoorDash has 30 days from their signup date to complete the required number of deliveries that qualify them for their signup bonus.
DoorDash automatically adds your referral bonus to your weekly payment amount.
This happens during the week following the week in which your referral satisfies their bonus requirements.
You can share your DoorDash referral codes via text, email, or social media.
Make sure you share only with people you know.
Don’t promote it in the restricted ways described above.
How to Find Your Referral Code
You can’t refer a new driver or customer to DoorDash if you can’t find your official referral code.
Here’s where to find those links.
You can download the official DoorDash Driver app on the App Store or Google Play Store for free.
- Open your Driver app on your smartphone
- From the home screen, press “Dash”
- Find the “Refer Friends” option and tap it
- You’ll see the current DoorDash bonus promotion on the next screen
- Tap the “Invites” tab
- You’ll find your Dasher referral code on the next page
- You can send it off via text, Facebook, Twitter, or email
Wrapping Up
We hope you now have a better understanding of how the DoorDash referral program works, as well as how you can get in on the action yourself.
For both new and veteran drivers, the referral program can offer substantial monetary benefits, so be sure to take advantage of it.
So what are you waiting for? Sign up now to earn your new driver bonus!
Thank you Brett for all this knowledge. I didn’t know any friends that doing this kind delivery. Now I could plan what to do. I appreciate it. Take care & be safe.