If you’re wondering what Roadie Badges are, you’ve come to the right place. Roadie’s documentation barely covers certifications and badges. If another driver tries to tell you badges don’t matter or are merely for decorations on your driver profile, that driver doesn’t know shit about Roadie!
Roadie Badges are displayed on your driver profile. If you have zero badges and another driver has 5, who do you think is going to be chosen for the most gigs? Your driver profile shows the four badges you’ve earned that Roadie feels are the most important. Earn as many badges as you can. Once you understand what all the badges mean, you’ll understand why you weren’t chosen for certain gigs. The drivers who got the gigs most likely had the badges you don’t.
To find your badges, view your profile in the driver app. There’s a link for Certifications & Badges. Most drivers are so intent on checking their earnings, they don’t even notice the link for Certifications & Badges.
Below is a screenshot of the Certifications & Badges screen. Notice that it states GET MORE GIGS. How do you get more gigs? Earn more badges!
Roadie Pharmacy Gig Certification
If you see a pharmacy gig, it will tell you that pharmacy certification is required. Complete the training module and you’ll be Pharmacy Gig certified.
Roadie’s Emphasis on Badges
Although Roadie’s documentation sucks at explaining badges or even mentioning what they are, we assume Roadie considers the most important badges to be Rockstar, High Miler, Road Tripper, and Rapid Roadie. We make our assumption based on the fact that these four badges replace other badges on your driver profile. If you earn the Around Towner or Hugh Hauler badges, they will be replaced once you earn any of the more important badges.
List of Roadie Badges
Rapid Roadie Badge
In most cities this badge is nearly impossible to earn due to traffic, pedestrians, and red lights. To earn the badge you must complete 5 deliveries in less time than Roadie gives you and earn at least a 4-star rating on each delivery. If the delivery time is 2:15 pm, you’d have to arrive at the drop-off location no later than 2:15 pm. Regardless of how many badges you have, Roadie feels this badge is important enough to display on your driver profile.
Roadie Around Towner Badge
To earn the Around Towner Badge, you must deliver at least 25 gigs under 10 miles each and receive at least a 4-star rating for every delivery. If you’re constantly not selected for small gigs going only a few miles, chances are the drivers getting the gigs already have the Around Towner badge.
Roadie High Miler Badges
These are not actually called High Miler badges. The badges are referred to individually such as the 500 Miler badge, 1000 Miler badge, up to the 5000 Miler badge. To earn a High Miler badge you must complete the required number of miles while delivering gigs and earn at least a 4-star rating on every gig.
Not one of us who do Roadie full time have seen a badge for driving over 5,000 miles. It appears to be the highest recognition you can earn even if you’ve logged over 10,000 miles during deliveries. It’s important to note that Roadie displays only four badges on your driver profile, and the High Miler badge is one of them.
Roadie Huge Hauler Badge
Most gig workers will never earn this badge. You’ll need a large SUV or a pickup truck. To earn this badge you must deliver at least 10 gigs listed as HUGE and earn at least a 4-star rating from each delivery. During Roadie’s better years, Huge gigs often paid $6-$8 per mile. Those days are long gone!
Roadie Road Tripper Badge
The Roadie Road Tripper badge is usually earned in conjunction with the 500 Miler badge. To receive this badge you must deliver at least 10 gigs over 50 miles EACH while earning at least a 4-star rating on every delivery. This totals 500 miles, which also qualifies you for the 500 Miler badge.
The Road Tripper badge is one of the four badges Roadie seems to think is important because it’s displayed on your driver profile.
Roadie Rockstar Badge
The Roadie Rockstar badge is one of the easiest badges to earn and also the easiest to lose. To earn this badge you must deliver at least 10 gigs for which you received a 5-star rating on every delivery. You must also maintain an average rating of 4.75 stars.
Why is this badge so easy to lose? Remember, customers can’t leave you ratings. Only the senders or stores can rate you. If a customer calls the store and says they didn’t receive their delivery, BOOM. The store will leave you a 1-star rating. If you return too many deliveries to a store, they might give you a 1-star.
Roadie Trusted Driver Badge
The first badge you must earn with Roadie is the Trusted Driver badge. It won’t show anywhere in your account. It’s one of the few badges mentioned in Roadie’s documentation. You earn the Trusted Driver badge 7 days after completing your 10th delivery. It’s automatically applied to your account. The badge is super important because certain companies like Best Buy require you to be a Trusted Driver. They’re sure as hell not allowing a newbie to drive off with $5,000 worth of electronics!
Roadie Badges Are Probably One Of The Reasons Why You Aren’t Being Chosen For Gigs
In determining who is selected for gigs, Roadie uses an algorithm that they should’ve done away with when Roadie stopped being a trucker gig. No one really understands the algorithm, which is why we rate Roadie one of the worst gigs for transparency. Their document doesn’t explain shit!
In determining who gets a gig, Roadie’s algorithm takes into account several factors including your proximity to the pickup location, the direction in which you are traveling, your history of successfully completing deliveries from the store, the types of gigs you bid on in the past, your badges, your driver rating, and the size of your vehicle. I was once sitting at a Walmart that had 9 deliveries for TVs on Roadie. I wasn’t accepted for any of them even though I was right there at the damned store! Why wasn’t I chosen for any of the gigs? I’d never picked up from the store before. All of my badges didn’t mean shit because I was on someone else’s turf. All of the drivers who got the gigs were local drivers who regularly picked up from that store. In this case, a driver’s history of picking up from a particular store was more important than all other factors combined.
Badges are super important if you regularly pick up from the same stores. You gradually develop a history with that store, which Roadie incorporates into its algorithm. Although I haven’t done many Roadie deliveries since the base pay went to shit, one spring I decided to go wherever the deliveries took me. I’d put in for a gig 60 miles away and be accepted almost instantly. That would take me sometimes 80 miles in a new direction. Remember, this was back when a decent delivery would pay $100+. Once I dropped off I’d find the closest available gig and put it for it. Boom! Accepted within minutes. In some areas I was getting gigs left and right even though the stores were an hour away. For two months I was cranking in $500+ per day, mostly driving and enjoying the scenery.
One day I ran into a brick wall. I delivered to an area where I was suddenly not accepting for the same types of gigs I’d been doing for weeks. I was three hours from home and couldn’t get accepted for a gig if my life depended on it. What happened? I was on someone else’s turf. Even though I’d successfully completed gigs from 7 different Home Depots that day, I was now on someone else’s turf. The area was oversaturated with Roadie drivers who had a lengthy history of picking from the stores I was near. I ended up turning on Uber and picking up passengers along the 3-hour drive home.
