How do Zone Rates work?

For select visits, there is a fixed Zone Rate calculated by the distance between your home and the store location (ie: your Travel Radius).

ThirdChannel does not pay a standard mileage rate based on the driver's route. 

Your actual driving route to the destination might be different or longer due to geography or traffic. 

Zone Rate Scenario

The red line between your home and the store destination represents the Zone Rate. 
The dotted line could be your potential Driving Route. 

About Zone Rates 

• The Zone Rate per store is added to your hourly base pay for in-store work.
• The Zone Rate will not affect the order you make your visits.
• The Zone Rate will not affect how many visits you make in one particular day.

View the breakdown between hourly pay + zone under the Earnings tab under on your ThirdChannel My Profile or from the Dashboard in the app.

Note: Remember that as a ThirdChannel Brand Rep, you are an independent contractor and are responsible for paying any federal, state and local taxes owed on the compensation paid to you by ThirdChannel. ThirdChannel will issue you a 1099 document at the end of each calendar year to support your reporting to state and federal tax authorities required by the Internal Revenue Service.

As an independent contractor, you may be eligible to deduct expenses you incur while performing your duties for ThirdChannel (such as gas, mileage, tolls, parking, communication costs and other) so be sure to identify and track any business expenses you incur, to the extent you wish to deduct them when filing your taxes.

Information that ThirdChannel provides you is not intended as tax advice and should not be relied upon as such. We recommend you seek advice from a certified tax professional. 

See also:

• What is a Travel Radius?
• When do I get my 1099 Tax Form? 

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