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Show HN: A free online ordering system for restaurants

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Re: Show HN: A free online ordering system for restaurants

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Post by benlarcey »

Hi HN. I put this together over the last 2-3 weeks to help the many restaurants and retailers currently unable to trade. Whilst many operators in large cities have systems in place to handle a rapid change in operations, there's the very long tail of stores across the country who are very new to online ordering as a concept. So the focus is on simplicity and getting set up as quickly as possible.

Tech stack: Vue.js & tailwind on the frontend, Hapi server.

Re: Show HN: A free online ordering system for restaurants

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Post by benlarcey »

mikro2nd wrote: post #3

Not so good when "Create store" fails to do anything. (Firefox, Linux)

No, definitely not! I couldn't see anything in the logs. So I assume not all required fields were filled out when creating the store. Highlighting those needs some work. Thanks for pointing it out.

Re: Show HN: A free online ordering system for restaurants

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Post by benlarcey »

mkchoi212 wrote: post #6

This is awesome guys. There are a lot of things that could be improved upon but the fact that it's free makes this a no brainer for any small businesses that are tight on money. Keep up the great work :)

Thanks! We've had ~200 odd signups so far, hopefully some will find it useful. If you have specific improvements, would love to hear them.

Re: Show HN: A free online ordering system for restaurants

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Post by benlarcey »

d33lio wrote: post #5

If I created this, I'd be very worried this would be used to create a lot of "trivial" fronts for selling drugs or other illicit items... In an obfuscated manner ofcourse.

I'm not very worried although it's somewhat of a concern. Restaurant-style online ordering matches drug delivery nicely. However, the KYC required for accepting card payments is a pretty good safety net to catch this.
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