Pricing questions

Payout Schedule

Payment Cycles

First payment cycle: From the 1st to the 15th of the month → Payout is on the 25th of the same month
Second payment cycle: From the 16th to the 30th/31st of the month → Payout is on the 10th of the following month

Pricing questions

🔍 How Wolt’s Earnings Algorithm Works

At Wolt, we use smart technology to help match you with suitable delivery tasks and ensure you’re paid fairly for the effort required.

📦 Task Matching

Our task algorithm offers deliveries based on:

Availability – You need to be online and ready to receive offers
Location – We check where you are to suggest nearby tasks
Vehicle type – Bikes, mopeds, and cars are all considered differently
Special capabilities – Some deliveries (e.g. pharmacy, cash) go only to trained couriers

Offers are sent to one courier at a time. If not accepted within 30–60 seconds, the offer moves to someone else. There are no penalties for rejecting.

💰 How Earnings Are Calculated

You earn a delivery fee for each completed task. This is based on:

Distance to the pickup location
Delivery distance
Order type and size
Conditions like weather, parking, and traffic

The fee shown in the offer is the minimum you’ll earn — tips are added on top. We aim to make all tasks equally attractive.

Your earnings are not affected by customer promotions or discounts.

⏱️ Delivery Estimates

We use machine learning to estimate delivery times based on real-time data like traffic, venue prep time, and weather. These are shown to customers but do not impact your access to tasks.

🛡️ Safety & Fairness

Wolt does not track your performance or ratings. Task offers are anonymous, and facial verification is used to keep the platform secure and fair.

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Tips

Customers can tip you directly in cash.

Alternatively, customers have the option to leave a tip through the app by specifying the amount they want. 100% of the tips that customers can leave in cash and via the app are available to you!

Customers can leave a tip in the app in two ways:

Before the order
After the order

It’s a simple, convenient, and sincere way for customers to express their gratitude to our dedicated Wolt courier partners!

The main advantage of post-order tips:

Increased earnings: Courier partners will have the opportunity to earn even more income for their excellent service.

How leaving a tip after an order works:

Once the order has been received, customers will be able to leave a tip within 24 hours of delivery.
Tipping is completely voluntary, and the amount is chosen by the customer based on their satisfaction with the service. However, never ask customers to leave a tip after delivery!
Our courier partners will receive 100% of the tips they receive, so their performance will be immediately recognised financially.

We are committed to ensuring that post-order tipping is a fair and transparent system 😊

On-Demand Payment

On-demand payments mean that you can access your earnings earlier than the original payout date after completing a delivery. Key points for this feature:

You can withdraw 70 % of your earnings instantly. For technical reasons, a minimum balance must remain in your account, but we aim to increase the instantly available share in the future. In one week, you can make one transfer. The money you have not withdrawn will be paid out to you in the next weekly payout cycle. Your feedback is crucial. Please share your thoughts to help us refine the program.

☝️ Please note that transfer limits and minimum balance requirements are set for the beginning phase to test all tools. These limits may change at some point in the future.

Important thing: It's 1 transfer per 7 days, not from Monday to Sunday.