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DoorDash waived all restaurant revenue share for one month during COVID

Gokul Rajaram · Gokul Rajaram: How to Analyse for Durability and Defensibility in a World of AI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Mar 16, 2026 · at 7:04

Gokul Rajaram, former executive at DoorDash and current board director and investor, describes DoorDash's immediate operational and financial response to COVID-19 restaurant shut-downs.

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“And ultimately we decided to not take any revenue share from these restaurants for a month.”

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The claim, plainly

When COVID-19 lockdowns began, DoorDash waived all revenue share fees for partner restaurants for one month.

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Assessment

The claim is partially true. In March 2020, DoorDash did introduce a 100% revenue share / commission waiver for 30 days (one month), but this complete waiver applied specifically to new independent partner restaurants signing up for the platform, as well as to pickup orders for existing partners. For existing partner restaurants' delivery orders, DoorDash reduced fees and later introduced a 50% commission cut rather than waiving revenue share entirely. Thus, while a one-month total waiver existed, it did not apply universally to all partner restaurants across all order types.

On March 17, 2020, DoorDash offered a 0% commission fee (a full waiver) for 30 days to new independent restaurants signing up for the platform.
DoorDash waived 100% of pickup commissions for existing partner restaurants, but only reduced delivery commission fees (cutting them by 50% in April 2020) rather than waiving them completely.

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[1] foodondemand.com [2] nrn.com [3] forbes.com [4] fox43.com [5] engadget.com [6] nrn.com [7] foxbusiness.com [8] nrn.com

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