Don’t we just live in the best of times! A few clicks on our smartphone and we can taste whatever kind of cuisine our heart desires right at our doorstep. Let’s face it. We are a fickle people. We like what we like and we work really hard to afford the finer things in life. Being content is just not the game the modern world likes to play.
This is why, lives are getting busier, desires are running stronger and people are becoming more and more ingenious in terms of business acumen. The ability to order food online was no short of path breaking. The best thing about that is that the path has already been lad for anyone else who wishes to enter the industry.
If you too are in the pursuit of building your own food ordering app to be on your way of success, then look no further. This blog post has all the details that you will ever need to set up shop and become the biggest brand in the world of food ordering.
So, How Does Food Ordering Work?
The first thing that you need is a smart phone. Anyone with a smart phone can download the online food ordering app and log in to it using their own Gmail account or other social media accounts. A latest feature is the ability to log in using WhatsApp OTP too. Once that is done, the user can now access a list of all the restaurants, cafés and eateries that are registered in your app.
Based on their craving and, of course, budget, they can then place an order from the menu of their selected restaurant. They then enter the address and the ordered food is delivered to their doorstep in a matter of minutes.
Seamless, hassle free and absolutely enjoyable.
What Are The Parties Involved In The Food Delivery App?
There are 4 major parties that participate in the entire operations of the food delivery apps. They are:
- The end user, customer or the person who orders food.
- The service provider or food delivery agent.
- The store, restaurant or café that offers food over your platform.
- The admin or the app owner that provides the platform.
How Does The App Owner Make Money?
The app works as a market place that allows restaurants to showcase their menu and make it accessible for the customers regardless of where they are physically. Therefore, in order to provide this platform, the app charges a percentage of the price that is charged by the restaurant towards the food.
Let us try to understand this with the help of an example. Say, for instance, a Chinese restaurant, an Italian pizzeria and an Indian restaurant are located within 3 to 4 kilometers of each other. There is a man sitting at home desperately hungry but extremely tired or unable to go out to dine. The can simply pick up his phone and check out what all restaurants are delivering food in his area. Then he chooses a noodle from the Chinese place, a couple of samosas from the Indian place and a pizza from the Italian restaurant. He makes an online payment for these items and then they are delivered to his doorstep. He enjoys his dinner, the restaurants make a good sale, the delivery driver earns money for delivering their order and you, the app owner charges a commission on every single order that went through.
With an app like this, your belly is either full, or you end up making money. Everyone is a winner!
How To Build Your Own Food Delivery App?
The times we live in are super exciting. Everything that used to be a difficult thing to do earlier has now become a piece of cake! If you want your own Food Delivery app, you don’t have to worry about making it yourself!
Today, there are high quality ready made plug and play style Food Delivery apps that are feature rich and have premium designs. These apps are created as a product that app development companies sell. So, if you want it, you can have it without the hassle of ever hiring developers or building it!
How Does The App Become Yours If It Is Pre Made?
This can be a confusing topic, but really the answer is simple. Mobile app development companies with an expertise in developing and create a food delivery app. If you want to enter that business, you get in touch with them and check out their app. You take a trial run of the app in a live scenario from the delivery driver’s side, the customer’s side, the restaurant’s panel and the admin panel. You also check out their website.
After this, once you are content with the flow of the app, you ask them to white label the app for you. Give them your color choices, your logo, brand name, choice of language (s), choice of currency (ies), payment gateway integrations and any other custom changes that you would like to the core app.
The company white labels it with your preferences and then upon your approval goes ahead and launches it on the Google Play store and the iOS app store for you. Remember to make sure that the white label on demand mobile app development company that builds your app is the one making the launch on the app stores because they are familiar with the compliances. Not adhering to the compliances can cause app rejection and you really don’t want that.
Conclusion
Getting started with your own on demand food delivery app based business is not difficult at all. A little bit of market research, marketing acumen and the right app can set you on your way to success. Just contact a reputed on demand mobile app development company that has at least 8 to 10 years of experience in building and launching food delivery type of apps and you should be able to enter the market in a matter of 4 to 5 business days!