Stop paying a third of every order to someone else

Do the sum on your own numbers ​

Take last month’s marketplace orders and multiply by the commission rate. That figure is not marketing — it is a line you already paid. On £8,000 of orders at 25% it is £2,000 a month, £24,000 a year, out of the part of the business that has no food cost attached to it.

There is a calculator on the pricing page that does this with your own numbers. Put in what you actually turn over through the apps and see the annual figure written down.

Nobody expects you to switch overnight ​

The venues that do best with this do not delete their marketplace listings on day one. They keep them, put their own app in front of the customers who already order every week — the flyer in the bag, the QR on the counter, the text to a repeat customer — and let the mix shift over a few months. The marketplace keeps bringing new people; the regulars move across, because ordering direct is cheaper for them too.

The phone is still a sales channel ​

A surprising share of takeaway orders still arrive by phone, and they are the ones most likely to go wrong in a rush. Customer search finds a regular by name or number with their past orders, so their usual is a tap away. On an Android till with caller ID, their name is on the screen before you pick up, and one tap opens a takeaway or delivery order with their details already on it.

See it before you decide ​

The user guide shows what each app does: start with Online Ordering and Yumee Restaurant. To see the screens themselves, book a demo and we will show you on your own menu.

Kebab shops and pizza shops ​

Two kinds of takeaway have a page of their own: kebab shops, where every item comes with a bread, a salad and two sauces, and pizza shops, where every pizza comes in sizes with toppings priced by size.

Guides for takeaways ​

Free guides based on official sources: VAT on takeaway food, the real cost of delivery app commission, questions to ask before you choose an EPOS, opening a takeaway, Natasha’s Law labels, business rates, right to work checks, fire and gas safety and data protection and CCTV. All of them are on the guides page.