Commission Free Online Ordering Tool for Restaurants

Last Updated on May 13, 2024
As a reservation system alternative to OpenTable, we built strong relationships with our restaurant clients over the years. When Covid hit, our clients had to stop accepting reservations and pivot quickly to online orders. We have always focused on helping restaurants combat the fees associated with restaurant tech sites that tend to follow the same business model. They build a tool, convince restaurants to put it on their website for free, use the restaurants' websites to build a community of users, and then sell those users to other restaurants at high fees. The end result is a slow siphoning of customer loyalty from the restaurant to the tech site with a slow increase of fees over time.

We do not charge restaurants any fees. We charge customers a $1 - $2 order fee and encourage restaurants to offer discounts to customers to order directly from their website because it builds a stronger relationship between the restaurant and the customer.  Our commission-free online ordering solution features a lot of the same features you get from big brand delivery companies without the big commissions. Customers pay the order fee and our merchant partner Stripe charges restaurants a flat 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction to process the credit card. That means restaurants keep more of their online ordering income and customers get better deals ordering directly from the restaurant. Any order you can process through our system represents one that didn’t come with high commission. Below you can see what the ordering screen looks like and learn more about the different features.

Online Orders Show up in Chronological Order


These are some of the features our online ordering tool offers:

  • Menu Builder: Create and edit an online ordering menu.
  • Menu Modifiers: Easily add options to meals, menu modifiers let customers add bacon and cheese to hamburgers, build their own pizza, pick white or brown rice, and more.
  • Menu Schedules: Offer different menus and prices for lunch, brunch, and dinner.
  • Menu Sorting and Hiding: Rearrange your menu categories easily or hide them to disable sections temporarily and bring them back later with ease.
  • Add Photos for Each Meal: When you get to adding the actual dishes to each menu category you can load an image for each dish.
  • Hours of Operation: Set your hours of operations so customers cannot order after hours (see image below) and block orders on days you’re closed.
  • Ordering Cart: A super easy to use 3 step ordering process for customers that takes less than 30 seconds.
  • Notifications - Email : Receive orders by email.
  • Notifications - SMS : Receive orders by SMS 
  • Notifications - Phone Call: Computerized phone calls notify you of new orders.
  • Notifications - Fax: Send orders directly to your fax machine.
  • Orders Summary Screen: An orders screen that updates in real time with new orders and can also be used to view daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly summarizes with tax and tip totals.
  • Tips Tools: A tips suggestion tool that encourages customers to tip.
  • Delivery Manager: A delivery area manager that let's you build a customer delivery map and requires customers agree to your delivery policy.
  • Integration with Relay Delivery Service: Send orders directly to Relay, an affordable delivery service available in NYC, Washington DC, and Philadelphia.
  • Order Direct Discount: An order direct discount option to offer 10-15% off online orders and incentivize customers to order direct.
  • Order Reports: Show your orders per day and top ordered items.

Below are instructions on how to set up our online ordering system. If you’d like to learn more, simply use the link below to request a 15 minute demo. We can have you up and running in a couple hours.

These are the steps to adding commission-free online ordering to your website:

  1. Request a Demo here. We’ll answer all your questions and show you around the interface to see if it’s a good fit. If so, we’ll create your account using info from your website and do all the heavy lifting.
  2. Sign up for a Stripe merchant account here. Many restaurant services use Stripe so you may already have an account. Stripe charges a flat rate of 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction. They have no set up fees, monthly fees or hidden fees. Plus, it’s really easy to set up an account.
  3. Send us your menu. We’ll have our staff load your first menu to reduce the time it takes you to get started. Once we build your menu, we’ll send you a link to review the content. Afterwards you can adjust your menus easily by adding/editing/deleting menu categories like appetizers and entrees as well as meals inside each category.
  4. We'll set up all Notification Options and do a test order to verify they are all working properly and that the money goes into your Stripe account. We also use that process to show you how to give a refund when necessary.
  5. Once everything is configured, simply add a button to your website for online order to point at your ordering page.
  6. We recommend you also update your Google Profile add our ordering system there and ensure your menu link is pointed at your website or our online ordering. 
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