Guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs for planning, importing and running delivery routes — from your first stop list to a route your drivers can actually drive.
- Guides· 10 min read
How Many Stops Does an Amazon Driver Make a Day? The Real Numbers
Amazon publishes no official number, but drivers do: DSP routes commonly run 170–200+ stops with 250–350 packages in an 8–10 hour shift. Here are the sourced figures, the stops-per-hour math, and how UPS, FedEx and USPS stack up.
- Guides· 10 min read
How to Deliver Amazon Flex Packages Faster: Tactics That End Blocks Early
Flex pays the same whether you finish on time or 45 minutes early. The station, cargo-sorting, and re-routing tactics that end blocks early — with the math on what each one is worth.
- Guides· 8 min read
Does DoorDash Pay for Gas? What Dashers Actually Get in 2026
No — gas is on you, and the $100M relief program that made headlines this spring is over. Here's exactly what ended, what DoorDash still offers, and the mileage deduction that's worth more than any relief payment ever was.
- Guides· 11 min read
How Much Do DoorDash Drivers Spend on Gas? The Real 2026 Math
A typical part-time Dasher burns about $40 of gas a week at August 2026 prices — a full-timer in a 20-MPG SUV closer to $110. Here is the complete math: miles per hour, MPG, pump price, and why gas is still only about a quarter of what each mile really costs.
- Guides· 10 min read
How to Save Gas While DoorDashing in 2026, Ranked by What It Saves
Tire pressure and gas apps are worth a few dollars a week. Driving fewer miles is worth ten times that — because a mile you don't drive saves gas, wear, and time all at once. Here's the 2026 math, lever by lever.
- Guides· 11 min read
Walmart Spark Driver Tips (2026): 10 Ways to Earn More Per Mile
Spark pays a median $21.74/hour in trip pay — but the gap between median and top-10% drivers is almost $9/hour. The difference is decisions: which offers to take, how to treat unconfirmed tips, and how tightly you run the delivery phase. Ten tips, every number attributed.
- Guides· 18 min read
How to Use Apple Maps Offline: Download Maps & Navigate Without Internet
Download an Apple Maps area on iPhone in five taps. Tested with maps forced offline: driving, walking, transit and cycling all work, real file sizes, and why there is no expiry date.
- Guides· 6 min read
Turn a Screenshot of Addresses into an Optimized Route (Tested: 8 Stops in 2 Minutes)
The addresses are already on your screen — in a Flex itinerary, a WhatsApp message, a dispatch app you can't export from. Screenshot it, and Routerra turns it into an optimized route. We tested it with 8 Phoenix stops.
- Guides· 6 min read
Does Waze Work Offline? What Actually Happens Without Internet (Tested)
Waze keeps guiding a route it already calculated — but lose signal before you set a destination and you're stuck. We tested every scenario in airplane mode and built a reliable offline workflow instead.
- Guides· 17 min read
How to Use Google Maps Offline: Download Maps & Navigate Without Internet
Download Google Maps offline on iPhone or Android in six taps. Tested in airplane mode: what works without internet, what breaks, real file sizes, when maps expire.
- Guides· 8 min read
How to Dispatch Routes to Multiple Drivers
Import stops (even from a photo), optimize with zones, time windows and capacity, then send routes to every driver in one click and track them.
- Guides· 18 min read
How to Use Waze for Navigation: Complete Guide for 2026
Master Waze in 10 minutes: first-trip setup, voice commands, traffic alerts, speed cameras — plus what to do when your route has more than one stop.
- Guides· 4 min read
Route Planning for Small Delivery Businesses – How to Save Time & Fuel
Manual route planning eats hours. How optimization cuts fuel costs 20–30% and turns hours of planning into minutes for small delivery businesses.
- Guides· 3 min read
How to Refine Optimized Routes with Routerra
Routerra now lets you manually refine optimized routes by easily adjusting waypoints, ensuring practicality and safety on every route.
- Guides· 4 min read
How to Split Stops Among Multiple Cars with Routerra
Routerra introduces a powerful new way to distribute multiple stops among different vehicles, ensuring optimized routes with the shortest time and distance.
- Guides· 6 min read
How to Add More Than 15 Stops in Apple Maps (2026 Workarounds)
Apple Maps handles turn-by-turn well but not big multi-stop routes. Workarounds for adding more stops, plus how to hand off an optimized route.
- Guides· 10 min read
How to Import a CSV into Google Maps (Without Breaking Your Route)
Google Maps has no native CSV import. The full workflow: format your spreadsheet, import into My Maps, fix geocoding errors, optimize the route.
- Guides· 3 min read
Waze Multi-Stop Routing: Limitations and the Best 2025 Workarounds
Waze is great on traffic but weak on multi-stop routes. Plan 20–200+ stops in a route planner and hand each leg off to Waze with one tap.
- Guides· 14 min read
How to Add More Than 10 Stops in Google Maps
Google Maps caps routes at 10 stops. Three working fixes: the URL hack, My Maps, and a free route optimizer that plans up to 200 stops in one route.
- Guides· 8 min read
Online Web Route Planner for Delivery Drivers
Why web-based route planners beat mobile-only apps: plan multi-stop routes on a full screen, then navigate from your phone.
- Guides· 2 min read
Fine-Tune Your Route: Seamless Stop Reordering in Routerra
Drag and drop to reorder stops in Routerra and watch distance and time update live as you fine-tune your Amazon Flex delivery route.
- Guides· 7 min read
Configuring Curbside Preferences and Traffic-Side Options in Routerra
Set left-hand or right-hand traffic routing in Routerra for safer curbside approaches in Australia, the UK, Japan and other regions.