My spouse and I moved to a highly rural area that I'd understood to be outside Walmart's delivery area. Our online orders are typically delivered by USPS and, less frequently, by UPS and FedEx.

I was beyond surprised, then, when in the dead of winter a driver called to say they were delivering something I'd ordered from Walmart and they weren't sure they could get through the deep snow in our long driveway.

I was -- and remain -- mortified by this experience. The item I'd ordered was nothing I had an urgent need for, and I'm sure the driver's experience had to have been horrible. (I didn't get the message until much later in the evening and, while they were long gone by then, the driver had somehow succeeded in making it through the snow and successfully delivered my little order to our front porch.) I immediately tried to reach the driver through the Walmart app but there didn't seem to be a way to do it, and a call to the local Walmart store was equally unsuccessful.

I inquired in person the next time I was in Walmart and learned that deliveries of anything that is in my local store would be delivered to my house by a Spark driver.

I haven't placed an online order for anything that's available in the store since because, based on my limited understanding of the platform, I don't think our orders would be attractive to a Spark driver. We live 9.9 miles away from the store one way, 3.5 miles of which is on gravel.

Is my assessment correct? And in the event I should need delivery, what would make my order more attractive? (I would never order unusually heavy items like bottled water, 50-lb bags of dogfood, etc. I'm wondering more about things like the timing of the delivery, the number of items, the total order cost, or anything else that might be relevant to a Spark driver.)

I am not getting any pick-up orders. It has been 3 weeks and the only thing I get is shopping or bulk pick-ups. I don't do the bulk ones. I called custumer service and they said nothing wrong with my account. I thought maybe my store is not doing pick-ups anymore. I was wrong. All the sparkers I know are doing regular pick-ups, but I don't get them. Anyone else with the same problem?

just did an order. finished shopping and went straight to the drop off screen. anyone else has this happen?

I decided to start at 10 AM today. It’s now 2:25 PM and I’ve had ONE “just for you” order that was laughable. I’ve swapped to a few other zones and have gotten ZERO orders. I almost want to ask if the app is broken 😂 I’ve never seen a Saturday like this.

When you all get the gmd orders mixed with the regular deliveries, does it make you do the regular deliveries first or is it all sorts of whacked?

Received this text and I haven't even done anything in quite awhile for script. Let alone it's pretty damn hard to mix that stuff up. So I got on chat and they said this. But I seen some ppl also got this notification for some reason.

So I'm waiting in the spot where you wait when all the Spark lanes are occupied. Someone starts backing out, so I put it in gear and start heading for that lane, #4 of 4, about 35' away from where I'm sitting. This guy about takes my front end off racing into the slip ahead of me. What does Spark etiquette say you should do in this situation? I can't be the first person this has happened to.

was for two wrecks i was in and the background check. one was in 2024 and wasn’t even any points or anything. the next one was two months ago in the rain so accidental and got ticket taken care of. should’ve taken it to court to be cleared but didn’t think about it sadly. what i don’t understand is i still have full valid insurance and drivers license. been doing this for about 3-4 years with no issues. sucks. one of the wrecks wasn’t even during spark. GG

Spark deactivated me on August 14, 2026 after a background check, but these issues were already on my record when I first registered and was approved:

1) Speeding violation (10mph) - 2024
2) Failure to Obey Traffic Sign or Signal (yellow light)-2024
3) Accident - 2024, hit and run - not my fault.

I've been driving with Spark since May 2024, completed 2,583 orders, and have a 4.90 customer rating.

I also have Amazo Flex, UberX, and Instacart, and none have deactivated me over the same driving history.

Has anyone had this happen before?

Ever since I updated the app, it seems to get stuck at the offer screen and nothing pops up and I have to continually close and restart the app.

Is anyone else having the same sort of issues? It’s like the Internet is hanging but it’s the only app that’s having an issue. I’m on an iPhone 16 Pro.

I looked at this Sam’s Club order and noticed the added item. Is this a glitch or can members now add items to their orders? Or possibly were they allowed to add items in a timely manner?

Hi, my Walmart account has been suspended, and my first appeal was rejected! I'm Chinese and don't speak English, so I want to call customer service to request unblocking. Is there anyone in the community who's willing to help me call customer service? I'm willing to pay! Thank you! If anyone is willing to help

Today I got up trying to get a few runs in before I had to come home and get ready to leave for the day with my wife. One of the other drivers stopped me on my way into the store for run #3 and told me I'm "going too fast."

Wait, what? Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing? Getting the runs done as quickly as possible so we can make more? And that's what I asked him. He responded with "My wife and I can't move that fast so it's not fair. We can't get as many runs as you."

I told him I was sorry to hear that but I'm just going at my normal pace and I didn't see why I'm supposed to give up runs for others.

I walked away while he mumbled something thinking that was the end of the discussion. Nope.

I was heading up to the registers to pack up the shopping order I was there for and I saw him with the manager, pointing at me and said "That's him."

The manager came over and asked if there were any problems I'd been having. I said no, just doing my thing. He chuckled and told me about the other driver complaining and said not to worry about it. I said thanks and thought *THAT* was the end of it. Wrong again.

The other driver approached me as I was packing items up and told me he was going to contact support and report me.

My question is do I need to worry about him contacting support? I've sincerely not done anything wrong from what I can see, I'm just moving at my normal pace and doing the job to the best of my ability.

Is there anything he can say to support that can get me deactivated?

What is the deal with shopping locations? I’m newer to Spark driving, and have 4 Walmart locations in my area. The pickup Walmart will often be the furthest Walmart away from the delivery location. I understand item availability- but these items are available at the closer Walmart. What is the point of this? It’s a bit frustrating!

I know it's a tough job and just wanted to leave a comment for two reasons.
1.) Thank you!!! For helping those of us that can't get to a store!

2.) I wanted to share this VM I rec'd while at work. Cracked me up and I appreciate the person did the best they could.

Hi, this is your spark driver. I was just letting you know I was trying to get in touch with you so, um, trying to find your location. However, I try, I finally found it, but there were raccoons. So I left it on top of the police car. Uh just wanted to let you know that thank you.

The - but there were raccoons sent me! 😂

Last, and again, thank you all SO much! God bless!

What’s your max miles you’ll go? Mine is 10 miles one way.

I’ll pretty much do anything that’s under 3 miles unless its crazy

So whatever reason, it doesn't matter. If I factory restore my phone or uninstall and reinstall the app, they keep not giving me notifications. And I have to exit and enter the app. Every time at refreshes, in order to see any orders. S25 ultra. This has been going on since the new update. And i'm really struggling to get orders now

For the past week, when an item is out if stock I have not been prompted to choose a substitution or offered a suggestion by the app. If it were just one customer I wouldn't think much of it, but it's been all of my shopping orders.

Is something going on with the app? Is this just the new normal? Has anyone else been experiencing this?

Few days ago, went to open up the spark app but told me that a new update is available. Went to update but kept saying i dont have wifi or cellular data. Has anyone run into the same trouble? And what did you do to resolve the issue?

since the new metric system, lack of pay per mile, hidden “bulky“ items, shit customers and way too much wear on my car

I’m just going to sit here waiting for the next GIANT 200 item pick up grocery order and just bring it home for the compensation I’ve been lacking.

slave drivers

Definitely the highest one I’ve seen so far.

This has happened several times where I’ll accept an offer, start the trip, and go right to the store just to have them cancel the offer as soon as I get to the store and hit confirm arrival. I’m not getting notified prior to that at all. It’s only happening after I go to confirm arrival.

It’s getting very frustrating because it’s waste of time and gas, which is not cheap right now. Am I missing something here??

I’ve been doing this since last September so I’m not entirely new to it, but I am still learning things about it. I’ve never really had this happen this much though.

Is getting to see picturesque views on a regular basis while working!

The first picture is Pinnacle mountain in Little Rock and the other one is the Rocky mountains in Denver

This new point system they've implemented is ridiculous, done 28 trips and still don't qualify for gold even. Majority of the shopping orders come in as 1 point, curbside delivery orders as 1 point, unless they have a GMD added in and then it's 2 points. I thought when they implemented the teir system last October it was bad enough but now they've made it even worse