--- title: Here's How Much it Costs to Sit on Your Butt and Outsource All Your Chores description: SF Gate conducted an experiment about how much it would cost to use on-demand delivery services to accomplish day-to-day tasks. authors: - name: Kerry Close url: https://money.com/author/kerry-close/ at_money_since: 2016 articles: 182 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/kerryclose former_staff: true published: '2016-05-06T21:01:19.000Z' modified: '2024-05-07T10:42:53.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - apps - delivery - pubdesk - San Francisco word_count: 258 canonical: https://money.com/cost-life-delivered-day-outsource-startups/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![It costs nearly $2,000 to have your life delivered to you for a day via apps.](https://img.money.com/2016/05/smartphone-apps-life.jpg) *It costs nearly $2,000 to have your life delivered to you for a day via apps.* Have you ever wondered how much it costs to be lazy? In tech hub of San Francisco, journalists at [SF Gate](http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/What-it-costs-to-use-delivery-services-all-day-in-7393995.php#photo-9941916) find themselves surrounded by startups that make daily chores disappear and will deliver almost anything you desire at the click of a button. So they decided to investigate how much it would cost to sit on their butts and have their lives delivered for an entire day. Their 39 total daily "needs" ranged from food delivery to dog walking to furniture moving. Here are some of the biggest costs they incurred during their lazy day: - Ordering organic cage-free eggs to your doorstep: Health-focused startup [Eggology](http://www.eggology.com/) has a minimum order of four 64-oz. jars of egg whites, priced at **$120.37** total. - Get your plants watered and lawn mowed for the cost of **$47 an hour** by workers via [TaskRabbit](https://www.taskrabbit.com/). - You certainly can't be expected to manage your own business affairs, so hire an assistant from [Magic+](https://getmagicnow.com/plus) at the rate of **$100 an hour** to schedule your meetings and book event spaces. - Call the handymen at [Handy](https://www.handy.com/) to paint two rooms in your house, at a total of **$480**. That doesn't include the cost of primer and paint you'll have to supply. - Need to spruce up your wardrobe? The personal stylists at Trunk Club update your closet for you, and based on the low end of their prices, an outfit of jeans, a casual shirt and a sweater will run you **$370**. The final cost? Nearly **$2,000**. 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