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Re: Show HN: I've updated my food delivery repo. Feedback Welcome

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Post by Abee_09 » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 11:05 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #2

Well done on the hard work. I am trying to get my head around why set up one of these businesses when Uber, Doordash exist, and it is a network effects game, where you need the most drivers to be trusted, the drivers need to see you as worthwhile as do the customers and the restaurants. So it is not just chicken/egg but maybe hen/rooster/egg problem. Unless your plan is selling to the well funded startups who reckon…

Uber and Doordash exist yes, but they are not available everywhere around the world. The solution is particularly targeting countries and regions where such solutions have not been employed or to improve upon ones that exist in those regions.

As another commenter pointed out, this solution can also be used for other use cases apart from just food delivery, like wine delivery and at-home hairdressing appointments.

Lastly, we have a one time fee for the backend and we give out the source code as well. Almost every other solution is operating as saas, so this gives companies the choice to have their own food delivery management system like Ubereats without making monthly payments and with full access to the back-end so that they can customize it as much as they like.

Re: Show HN: I've updated my food delivery repo. Feedback Welcome

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Post by Abee_09 » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 11:07 AM UTC

hasty_pudding wrote: post #9

Does this coincide with an app the driver installs on their phone?

I'm not sure i fully grasp what you mean by the question but there is a separate app for riders included with the platform.

Re: Show HN: I've updated my food delivery repo. Feedback Welcome

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Post by dagurp » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 11:09 AM UTC

KomoD wrote: post #21

dagurp wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uber and Doordash don't exist everywhere though

There are other equivalents Foodora, Just Eat, Delivery Hero, Lieferando, Deliveroo, SkipTheDishes, iFood, Zomato and so on

None of them exist in my country but we do have Wolt. I'm sure there are plenty of places around the world that don't have any service like this.

Re: Show HN: I've updated my food delivery repo. Feedback Welcome

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Post by infecto » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 1:39 PM UTC

gumballindie wrote: post #24

infecto wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe as a POS system but are many people really moving away from it in terms of delivery? Seems like the pivot has been the delivery services offer white label experience. For example the same day walmart deliveries are done with one of the major delivery apps but you as the customer never see that. I don't think most local business want to get into or back into delivering themselves.

While it may be convenient for walmart and large chains to leverage delivery companies’ infrastructure, for consumers and small businesses it is not. Nor is it for the economy at large. Whenever i discuss the topic with a small business owner their eyes lit up. I am fortunate to live in an area where community is still a thing and you can sense the strong desire to move away from the status quo.

You must not have spoken to enough business owners then. It makes no sense from an economic perspective for a restaurant to run their own delivery service. It can definitely work in some markets but especially post pandemic the economics would really cut margins thin. I generally don't even like the gig economy because I think so far it has supressed wages from the gig worker but I still think it has merit. I suspect most delivery drivers would financially do better through the larger delivery players than working for a single restaurant too.