Do I have to buy ads on DoorDash or Uber Eats?
Updated 14 October 2026
No. DoorDash says extra costs come only if you opt into extras, such as Promotions and Sponsored Listings. Uber Eats offers promotion tools as an option.
- DoorDash: "The only additional costs come if you opt into extras", including optional marketing tools.
- Uber Eats: says you can boost sales with its promotion tools. It does not call them required.
- Ads are extra spend on top of commission, so judge them by what one order costs you.
- A cheaper route: send past customers to your own ordering link.
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- DoorDash pricing: "The only additional costs come if you opt into, DoorDash, read 14 October 2026
- Uber Eats merchant FAQ presents promotion tools as an option: "You, Uber Eats, read 14 October 2026