Seems like there should be room for a pickup-only service that doesn’t charge businesses anything. They could make money off of ads to the customer that would highlight certain businesses in the...
Seems like there should be room for a pickup-only service that doesn’t charge businesses anything. They could make money off of ads to the customer that would highlight certain businesses in the area.
Customers probably won’t care as long as it’s low friction, and businesses will love that it’s free.
I've always just called the restaurant? This has the added benefit that they know exactly what is available at that moment, and it doesn't involve any sort of data harvesting or annoying advertising.
Seems like there should be room for a pickup-only service that doesn’t charge businesses anything.
I've always just called the restaurant? This has the added benefit that they know exactly what is available at that moment, and it doesn't involve any sort of data harvesting or annoying advertising.
You'd think, but there are companies (coughGrubhubcough) who publish fake phone numbers and websites so the delivery companies can still take away their portion of the transaction.
You'd think, but there are companies (coughGrubhubcough) who publish fake phone numbers and websites so the delivery companies can still take away their rent portion of the transaction.
That works. I'm more so thinking from the perspective of someone capable of building such a service. People prefer to order from apps. Restaurants can take more orders more quickly when they don't...
This has the added benefit that they know exactly what is available at that moment, and it doesn't involve any sort of data harvesting or annoying advertising.
That works. I'm more so thinking from the perspective of someone capable of building such a service. People prefer to order from apps. Restaurants can take more orders more quickly when they don't need to be on the phone. There has to be a scale at which taking-orders-as-a-service can work without a $3/order fee. The infrastructure requirements don't seem very big.
I don't trust free services. $150/mo is pocket change to a restaurant, and feels like a much more honest transaction than the nebulous "Here's something for FREE*"
I don't trust free services. $150/mo is pocket change to a restaurant, and feels like a much more honest transaction than the nebulous "Here's something for FREE*"
TIL:
Definitely going to order take-out through ChowNow when a restaurant has multiple options available.
Seems like there should be room for a pickup-only service that doesn’t charge businesses anything. They could make money off of ads to the customer that would highlight certain businesses in the area.
Customers probably won’t care as long as it’s low friction, and businesses will love that it’s free.
I've always just called the restaurant? This has the added benefit that they know exactly what is available at that moment, and it doesn't involve any sort of data harvesting or annoying advertising.
You'd think, but there are companies (coughGrubhubcough) who publish fake phone numbers and websites so the delivery companies can still take away their
rentportion of the transaction.That works. I'm more so thinking from the perspective of someone capable of building such a service. People prefer to order from apps. Restaurants can take more orders more quickly when they don't need to be on the phone. There has to be a scale at which taking-orders-as-a-service can work without a $3/order fee. The infrastructure requirements don't seem very big.
I don't trust free services. $150/mo is pocket change to a restaurant, and feels like a much more honest transaction than the nebulous "Here's something for FREE*"
And call when ChowNow isn't available?