Radical transparency

Run the numbers yourself.

No marketing. Just math. Enter what you'd spend on food and see what DoorDash charges versus Golden Hour — line by line.

DoorDash

Golden Hour Eats

DoorDash figures: 15% service fee + ~$3.99 typical delivery fee + $2–3 small-order fee under ~$15. Their fees vary by market and membership. Ours are exact — computed by the same code that runs checkout.

Where your $30 goes

Same $30 order. Follow the money.

DoorDash — you pay $38.49

Restaurant gets
$21–25.50*
Driver gets
~$2–4 base
DoorDash keeps
~$8.49+ in fees

Golden Hour — you pay $37.50

Restaurant gets
$30.00, same day
Driver gets
$4.80 (80%)

The rest is card processing and keeping the lights on — our service fee is 5%, capped at $2.99. Theirs is ~15% with no cap.

*DoorDash restaurant plans take 15–30% commission (their published tiers) — most local spots raise menu prices 15–25% on the app to survive it. We take 0% and pay them the same day.

Same delivery. Two paychecks.

What a driver keeps on that $30 order — before tips (100% theirs on both).

DoorDash driver

Base pay (reported range)$2.00 – $4.00
You see it before accepting?Sometimes
Typical keep~$3.00

Golden Hour driver

80% of the $6.00 delivery fee$4.80
Shown before you accept?Always, exact dollars
You keep$4.80

Level up to Pro (85%) and Elite (90%) — and every grocery run or $12 errand pays more than a DoorDash dinner delivery.

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Restaurants: they take 30%. We take $0.

On $1,000 of weekly delivery sales, DoorDash's top tier keeps $300. We keep nothing — and your $1,000 lands same day, not next week.

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