Business Owner Spotlight
Tips and Stories From Business Owners Like You!
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- Chris & Jennifer Hall Shut the Door on ShiptGuaranteed Pay, No Blackbox Algorithms, & Saving Clients $1,300 Per Year Means This Couple is Shutting the Door on Shipt
- Mike Nigro Switched for 1:1 Connections and Got Higher PayCut Off From Going The Extra Mile, This Shopper Switched to Dumpling for 1:1 Connections and Got Higher Pay with Fewer Orders
- Bittersweet Ending with Shipt Leads to a Glow-Up for Lezley BaileyBittersweet Ending to 5,000 Orders Leads to a Glow-Up Dumpling Business Built Through Relationships and Smart Pricing
- Stay-at-Home Mom to Solopreneur, Val Falls in Love with Running Her Own BusinessStay-at-Home Mom Feared Solopreneur Grocery Delivery Until She Fell in Love with Building Her Own Client Base
- The Grocery Delivery “Vacation” That Turned Into 500+ 5-Star Reviews For Pete Mitchell
- Snazzy Suits & Creative Skills Help CBE Delivery Service Earn More With Fewer OrdersSnazzy Out-of-This-World Suits Added to Creative Chops Help This Delivery Duo Earn More with Fewer Orders
- Deliveries by Dee: Adding More Magic to the Orlando ExperienceAdding More Magic to the Orlando Experience Through a Hands-On Approach to Personal Shopping
- Entrepreneurial Couple Octavia and Jonathon Connects Communities & PartnershipsCouple Who Always Wanted to Be Entrepreneurs Finally Delivers Through Glorious Goods and Services
- Good Old-Fashioned Hard Work and Being a Shining Light is How This Incredible Grocery Delivery Entrepreneur ThrivesHow Emily's positive attitude and hard work drives her success
- Jennifer Slack: Growing Her Business While Mentoring Other ShoppersSpurred by Pandemic Changes, This Rural Grocery Deliverer Grows with a Family-Forward Attitude While Mentoring Other Shoppers
- Tim Sauers Crafts Customer-Focused Grocery Delivery Through Sharp Attention to DetailRetiree Crafts Customer-Focused Grocery Delivery Business by Being “Fastidious about quality” and Sharp Attention to Detail
- Talisha Herald: Refining the Personal Shopping Experience and Standing Up For Fair PayThe Grocery Delivery Business Changing the Feeling of Personal Shopping and Fighting for Fair Gig Worker Pay One Order at a Time
- 8,000 Shipt Shops Completed, but 2.5 Months with Dumpling and This Mom-of-Four is Already Making More Income Per OrderPay changes and pricing discrepancies push the move to Dumpling to reward Cindy Sutter's clients.
- The Grocery Lady DMV: Why Timica King’s Part-Time Personal Shopping Business is Turning Heads in the Washington DC Area
- Niching Down to Vacation Rentals Boomed Business for Antoine, a Former Fortune 500 SalesmanDeveloping More Quality of Life With a Vacation Rental Customer Base
- Dominique Turner: Resourceful Mom of Four Becomes Enterprising EntrepreneurResourceful Mom of Four Leaves Extreme Couponing Behind to Become Enterprising Delivery Entrepreneur
- Utilizing Piggyback Coupons and an Underserved Farmer's Market Helps Emma's Business GrowPioneering Piggyback Coupons and an Underserved Farmer’s Market Helped This Stay-at-Home-Mom Advance to More Money Per Shop
- Erika Martin - Finding Friends, Funds, and Freedom by Switching to Dumpling
- Running His White Glove Dumpling Business Gives This Shopper Negative Interest in Returning to Instacart
- When Instacart Felt Unethical and Unfair, This Grocery Delivery Shopper Found Community, Support, and Client Appreciation on Dumpling
- One Woman’s Drive to Build Bridges and Remove the Guilt of Asking for Help Through Grocery Delivery
- Determined Entrepreneur Makes Rural Grocery Delivery Happen For Her Community When Zero Other Services ExistedHow Lindsey Thomas brought grocery delivery to her community
- Hearts of Gratitude Spur Grocery Delivery Growth for Entrepreneurial Parents of TwinsRyan and Netta Duncan on building relationships for success
- How Good Grassroots Efforts and a Family Atmosphere Helped QDelivery Service BoomSwitching from Shipt to Dumpling, Quentin Moultrie is able to offer a more personal experience for his customers
- The Last Grocery Frontier: Richard Wilkin’s Interior Alaska Shopping Serves Customers by Land and Air
- Long-Time Customer Service Worker Bee Tim Finds Success Switching to Grocery Delivery Entrepreneurship
- Shop with Marifel: Bringing Personality and Professionalism to the Pasadena Personal Shopping Space
- How Serial Entrepreneur and Chef Cindy Pao Grew Her Personal Shopping Business Around a Passion for Helping People
- Q & A with Shannon's DeliveryShannon's record-breaking order, and how she managed it successfully