Restaurant online ordering guides
Guides for choosing the right direct ordering system
Practical comparison guides for restaurant owners reviewing POS platforms, online ordering systems, branded apps, pricing, and commission-free ordering.
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QR Code Ordering System: Cost and Setup
What Square, Clover, Toast and sunday charge for table QR ordering, what each needs first, a worked month of card fees, and eight setup steps.
Restaurant Credit Card Processing Fees: Cost Per Order
What a $35 order costs on Toast, Square, Clover and Stripe from their own published rates, plus interchange, surcharge and cash discount rules, and how it compares with marketplace commission.
How to Remove DoorDash From Your Google Business Profile
Google's October 28, 2026 switch lets restaurants turn off DoorDash, Uber Eats or any ordering app for pickup, delivery or both. Steps, the Remove link fallback, and what each app costs per order.
Restaurant Profit Margin (2026): Averages by Type
Median margins of 2.8% (full-service) and 4.0% (limited-service) from the NRA, Toast and Restaurant365 ranges by type, the formula, and what a $35 order leaves on each channel.
Uber Direct vs DoorDash Drive: Cost Per Delivery
Uber Direct from $6.99 and DoorDash Drive $6.99 to $10.99 per delivery, the distance and city fees Toast publishes for both, and a $35 order worked out against a 25% marketplace plan.
How Much Does Grubhub Charge Restaurants?
Basic 5%, Plus 15%, and All-access 20% marketing commission, the delivery fee from 10%, $0.30 + 3.05% processing, the contract terms, and what you keep on a $35 order.
How Much Does ezCater Charge Restaurants?
The 15% Marketplace and 7% Online Ordering commission, the 2.99% payment fee, Preferred Partner, Rewards, Dispatch, and what ezCater keeps on a $500 catering order.
How Much Does Uber Eats Charge Restaurants?
Lite, Plus, and Premium Marketplace Fees, the 7% pickup rule, the Uber One surcharge, 15% city rates, Uber Direct, Webshop, and what you keep on a $35 order.
Google Ask Maps Food Ordering: The Owner Guide
Google Maps now takes food orders through Ask Maps — commission-free, live via Toast and Square. What launched August 6 and what to do about it.
Best GloriaFood Alternative for 2026
GloriaFood is shutting down on April 30, 2027. A migration-first guide: what you lose, how to export your menu and customer data, GloriaFood vs Orderitto, a neutral look at the other alternatives, and a step-by-step switch plan.
Free Online Ordering System for Restaurants
What 'free' really means: truly-free DIY tools, free POS add-ons that still take a commission, the GloriaFood shutdown, and where flat commission-free pricing beats free.
Restaurant App Development Cost & Options
Compare custom restaurant app development, no-code app builders, white-label branded apps, and marketplace apps by cost, timeline, POS fit, loyalty, and customer data.
Best Restaurant Loyalty Apps for Independent Restaurants
A curated 2026 buyer guide comparing loyalty apps by direct ordering, branded app ownership, customer data, POS fit, reward design, and restaurant type.
First-Party Delivery vs Third-Party Delivery
A 2026 restaurant operator guide to marketplace discovery, direct ordering, repeat customers, customer data, and the hybrid delivery model.
How to Set Up Online Ordering for Your Restaurant
Step-by-step guide to choosing a platform, building your menu, configuring payments, integrating your POS, and launching direct ordering.
Restaurant AI Ordering in 2026
What restaurant owners should automate first before adding AI phone, voice, or kitchen tools.
Self-Ordering Kiosk vs Mobile Ordering
Compare kiosks and mobile ordering by cost, rollout speed, customer data, repeat orders, and staff workflow — part of the self-ordering kiosk decision hub.
Online Ordering for Catering
A direct-ordering playbook for catering lead times, scheduled orders, deposits, group meals, and repeat accounts.
Toast Pricing Explained
Understand Toast pricing, approved hardware, implementation, online ordering, delivery-service fees, quote questions, and direct-ordering alternatives.
DoorDash Storefront: Fees & How It Works
How DoorDash Storefront works, its real fees, the marketplace-commission trap, and the branded direct-ordering alternative.
How Much Does DoorDash Charge Restaurants?
Current DoorDash Marketplace commission, pickup fees, Online Ordering processing costs, and the direct-ordering path for repeat customers.
Third-Party Delivery Fees for Restaurants
What DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub charge restaurants, why those fees outrun restaurant margins, and how to avoid delivery app fees with direct ordering.