Great way to earn extra cash! - Full Service Shopper Instacart Employee Review

5.0
Apr 30, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

It’s the perfect way too earn extra money doing it part time, but also I’m considering doing it full time. The faster you are the more money you can earn, and you decide your hours so very satisfied with this service.

Cons

The rating system is a bit fragile, given the fact that there is not much room for errors, also I heard that once your below 5 stars you don’t get access at all the bigger batches. It’s kinda worryingly knowing that fact!

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5.0
Jan 21, 2026
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Pros

good place to work just need to figure out navigating politics at times.

Cons

have a little more structure but this was a long time ago

2.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fun going out and talking to people. You will interact with people everyday. You control how much you get paid. Lots of flexibility in the time between accepting an order and traveling to the store and beginning to shop. It isn't pedal to the metal to get to the store like DoorDash is. You can also cancel batches after accepting as long as you keep your rate under 15%. This is different from DoorDash where your rankings will suffer if g.t. 2% cancellation rate.

Cons

There's a learning curve and it takes a while to learn each chain of stores' items. Once you become proficient at one store, the algorithm will lowball your offers relative to other less-experienced Instacart shoppers. Overall, Instacart shoppers likely get paid similar or less than the store's regular employees.

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