Build Food Delivery Platforms Without Commission Cuts
Custom ordering apps, driver dispatch systems, and kitchen display tools that let restaurants own their delivery experience and keep their margins.
Industry: Food Delivery
Pain Points
- Third-Party Commission Fees Are Crushing Margins: DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub charge 15-30% per order. For restaurants operating on 5-10% net margins, these fees are unsustainable.
- No Control Over Customer Relationships: When customers order through aggregators, the restaurant loses access to customer data, reviews, and the ability to run targeted promotions.
- Real-Time Coordination Is Hard: Synchronizing order prep times with driver ETAs requires real-time event systems that most off-the-shelf solutions handle poorly.
Solutions
- White-Label Ordering Platforms: Branded mobile and web ordering apps with menu management, order customization, payment processing, and loyalty programs that restaurants fully own.
- Branded mobile apps (iOS/Android)
- Real-time menu and inventory sync
- Customer loyalty and rewards
- Promotional code engine
- Push notification marketing
- Driver Dispatch and Tracking: Automated driver assignment with proximity-based matching, route optimization, live GPS tracking, and customer-facing delivery ETAs.
- Proximity-based driver matching
- Real-time GPS tracking for customers
- Route optimization per delivery batch
- Driver earnings and payout dashboard
Use Cases
- Restaurant Direct Ordering App — A branded mobile ordering app for a single restaurant or chain with menu browsing, cart, Stripe payments, order status tracking, and push notifications. (120-170, $240-$340, 6-8 weeks)
- Multi-Restaurant Delivery Marketplace — A regional food delivery marketplace with restaurant onboarding, unified search, driver dispatch, real-time tracking, and admin analytics. (180-250, $360-$500, 9-12 weeks)
- Kitchen Display System — A tablet-based KDS showing incoming orders by priority, prep timers, bump functionality, and integration with POS systems. (50-80, $100-$160, 3-4 weeks)
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can you build an app like DoorDash or Uber Eats?
- We build the core features of food delivery platforms: ordering, payments, driver dispatch, and tracking. The scope and timeline depend on whether you need a single-restaurant or multi-restaurant marketplace.
- Do you integrate with POS systems?
- Yes. We integrate with Square, Toast, Clover, and Lightspeed POS systems to push online orders directly into the kitchen ticket queue.
- How does real-time tracking work?
- We use GPS data from driver mobile apps, pushed to the backend via WebSocket connections, and displayed on customer-facing maps using Mapbox or Google Maps.