This article covers information on Store Operations regarding Uber Eats:
- Hours and Store Availability
- Delivery Zones
- Delivery Fees
- Delivery Drivers and Delivery SLA
- Uber Eats Billing & Account Information
Disclaimer
If you have any issues, questions, or concerns regarding Store Operations with your Uber Eats store, please email help@leafly.com. From there, our Leafly Support Team will be able to help you further.
Hours & Store Availability
How do I adjust my Uber Eats Store Hours?
- Your delivery hours in LeaflyBiz determine the hours of your store on Uber Eats. Once adjusted on LeaflyBiz, these changes can take up to 15 minutes to reflect on Uber Eats.
- If changes are not reflected after 15 minutes, please get in touch with help@leafly.com.
- To update your hours in Leafly Biz, please take a look at this article: Can I set different business hours for Leafly delivery?
How do I pause ordering on Uber Eats?
- Retailers in our pilot program do not have access to the Uber Eats Manager Portal. If you need to pause ordering for a few hours or the rest of the day, please reach out to help@leafly.com. From there, our Support Team will take care of this for you.
How do I reactivate ordering on Uber Eats?
- Retailers in our pilot program do not have access to the Uber Eats Manager Portal. If you need to resume ordering, please reach out to help@leafly.com. From there, our Support Team will take care of this for you.
I just went live on Uber Eats, but cannot find my store in the Recreational Cannabis 19+ tile. Where is it?
- After your initial store activation on Uber Eats, there can be a 2-3 hour delay for the title to appear.
- If you are unable to locate your store, or if you are having visibility issues, please reach out to help@leafly.com.
How does the Uber Eats store ranking work?
- On Uber Eats, the Home Feed ranking prioritizes merchants based on several factors such as their search order history, store rating and delivery time.
- On Uber Eats, the search ranking prioritizes the relevance of search results - how appropriate the results are being shown, which is based on the matching of categories, merchant names, catalog items etc.
How does the 'Picked for You' work on Uber Eats?
- The 'Picked for You' option is an Uber user experience that is enabled and provides recommendations to consumers based on previous orders
Delivery Zones
How do delivery zones work on Uber Eats?
- Uber is recommending that we launch with a smaller delivery zone of a 5km radius, and expand from there once we get a better understanding of the volume you can expect.
- We can keep your current delivery zones, minimums, and fees in place on Leafly so that you don’t have to re-do any work you’ve already done and put a totally separate zone in place on Uber.
How do I adjust my delivery zone?
- Retailers in our pilot program do not have access to the Uber Eats Manager Portal. If you need to decrease your delivery zone, please reach out to help@leafly.com. From there, our Support Team will take care of this for you.
Delivery Fees
What should our delivery fee be on Uber Eats?
- Uber recommends a delivery fee between $2.49-$4.99 for orders and has advised not to go above $5 for order fees.
How do I adjust my delivery fee?
- Retailers in our pilot program do not have access to the Uber Eats Manager Portal. If you need to increase or decrease your delivery fees, please reach out to help@leafly.com. From there, our Support Team will take care of this for you.
Delivery Drivers & SLA
Do I need to use my own drivers? Will Uber drivers come to deliver orders?
- You will need to use your own CannSell-certified drivers. There is no guarantee that an Uber driver is CannSell certified and to ensure compliance and minimize risk exposure to your business.
What is the SLA for delivering Uber Eats orders?
- Uber is recommending no more than 2 hours for a maximum delivery ETA.
Uber Eats Phone Codes: What are they? How do I use them? Where do they live?
- Shopper phone numbers are masked when they place orders via Uber Eats. Uber provides a placeholder phone number and an Uber Eats Phone Code that you must enter after dialing the phone number associated with an order to be connected to the shopper.
- These phone codes will appear in the order details on the Leafly order dashboard and on associated receipts printed when an order arrives.
- Note: Drivers should call or text shoppers with the Uber Phone Code prior to adjusting the order status to - arriving at customer.
- The Uber Phone Code remains active while the order is in an active state. Once it is complete, there is no recourse to contact the shopper.
- If you encounter any issues with the Uber Eats phone code, please contact Uber live order support at 1-800-313-9651 for immediate assistance.
Uber Eats Billing & Account Information
How do I update my phone number on Uber Eats or my store address?
- Retailers in our pilot program do not have access to the Uber Eats Manager Portal. If you need to update your Uber Eats store information, please reach out to help@leafly.com. From there, our Support Team will escalate this to the Uber Team to make these updates.
When are funds reflected from Uber Eats?
- Uber Eats distributes payout weekly on Tuesdays.
- This will appear on your banking statements as a payment from Uber or Uber Eats.
- If you don't get your weekly payment, please reach out to help@leafly.com.
What about Tips?
- Tipping is allowed for Uber Eats orders. However, it will not display in order totals shown on the Leafly Order Dashboard or in any order totals passed to Cova.
- Tip visibility will display in column BK on the weekly transaction report sent weekly on Tuesdays/Wednesdays.
Is there a way to reference the funds received from the Uber Eats along with the orders with the breakdown of the charges?
- Reporting for the previous week's payout period is sent weekly on Tuesdays/Wednesdays to align with the Uber payout dates. This reporting includes visibility into tips on orders.
There is an issue with my Uber Eats payment? Who do I reach out to?
- If you have any billing issues, please reach out to help@leafly.com. From there, the Leafly Support Team will escalate this to the Uber Team on your behalf for a resolution.
I need reimbursement for an order or need help with reimbursement on behalf of a customer who ordered on Uber Eats. How do I proceed?
- If you need reimbursement, please email our Leafly Support Team at help@leafly.com with the Uber Eats Order Number and any other information needed. From there, our Support Team will escalate this to Uber on your behalf for a resolution.
For additional assistance, please contact the Leafly Support Team at help@leafly.com.