How to Change Your Location in Instacart

Instacart is an amazing and relatively new gem of modern technology. It is an on-demand delivery service that brings groceries to your home, at a reasonable service price. If you are a customer, you just need to make a list of items that you need from the shop, and a shopper will pick them up and deliver them directly to your doorstep.

You can even change your location in Instacart, in case you are planning to move, or if you are visiting some other city in the US or Canada. Read on to find out how to change Instacart locations and more.

How Instacart Works

Instacart has many locations in both the United States and Canada. This service is based on the same-day home delivery of groceries the customer has listed in the app. It is associated with many stores in the US and Canada.

You can check out the list of locations on the official Instacart webpage. Just enter your zip code, choose either Canada or the US, and see if they deliver in your area. You can order food, groceries, and even OTC medications from pharmacies.

When you type out your location in the search bar, you will also see the list of affiliate stores for that area. All the items you list will be handpicked by Instacart shoppers and delivered to your doorstep. Delivery time is in an hour or in most cases, but always within 24 hours.

There are many brands you can choose from, and you can often get coupons and great deals while shopping from home.

Changing Your Location in Instacart

Changing shopping locations in Instacart is really not that difficult. All you need to do is submit a request to the official web page. You can do that at the following link. You need to enter the reason for the request. Submit a Request Form is the one you need if you want to change the shopping location.

You need to enter your valid email address and your full name. Also, you need to submit the phone number you used to register on the app or website, so they can locate your account without hassle.

Then, you should enter the subject of your request, along the lines of “Location change”. Give a full description of your inquiry, and state the city and postal code of the place from which you want to shop moving on.

Once Instacart has reviewed your request, a representative will contact you with the instruction and, hopefully, a resolution to your problem.

Changing Your Personal Info or Role

You can also change your personal info using the same request form mentioned earlier. Again, you will need to fill in your full name, email address, and phone number. Then you can specify the info that you want to be changed.

The same goes for changing roles on Instacart. Submit a request and you can opt for one of the two shopper roles on Instacart – the In-Store Shopper and the Full-Service Shopper. We will cover the distinction between the two in detail in the following section of this article.

Instacart does not guarantee that there will be available positions for the role you choose. When you sign up, you will see the list of roles in your current location. Also, when you submit a role swap request, your signup process will be reset.

Instacart Full-Service Shopper

Instacart is an excellent side gig when you want to earn some extra money. You don’t have to do any hard physical labor and, if you like shopping, this job might be ideal for you. There are two basic shopper roles on Instacart.

You can either become a Full-service Shopper or an In-Store Shopper. A full-service shopper is a person who does it all. They select the groceries at the store and then deliver them to the customers of Instacart. However, some of the full-service shoppers only deliver groceries.

A full-service shopper is not a part-time employee. They have contracts with Instacart, but they make their own schedule and work hours. This job is ideal for people who don’t mind driving and have a personal vehicle.

Instacart In-Store Shopper

In-store shoppers work part-time, only up to 29 hours a week, and even those 29 hours are not guaranteed. All an in-store shopper needs to do is collect, buy, and bag the groceries from a customer’s list. Then they give the groceries to a full-service shopper who delivers the items to the customer’s address.

Also, these shoppers don’t need to run from one store to another. Each of them is assigned a local grocery store where they have a shift and only shop at the selected store, for whatever amount of time they want.

Frequently Asked Questions

There’s always something new to learn with Instacart. If you have more questions, keep reading!

I want to be a shopper in a different zip code from where I live. What can I do?

When you first sign up with Instacart to be a shopper, you may want to input the zip code where you’d like to work. But if you didn’t, follow the instructions above to submit a request. The Instacart support team should be able to help you out.

Final Piece of Advice

Instacart is an amazing app for both customers and shoppers because it is very convenient for both parties. The job is not difficult and it is a good part-time option if the service is available in your area.

When you are using Instacart both as a shopper and as a customer, make sure that your device location services are turned on. This allows the app to batch orders together so you can do the shopping for multiple customers at once.