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> I’m so confused by DoorDash’s sudden rise. I think I may have used it once. What is separating DoorDash from UberEats, Postmates, Grubhub etc? Network effect
by Marsymars 7y ago
> I’m so confused by DoorDash’s sudden rise. I think I may have used it once. What is separating DoorDash from UberEats, Postmates, Grubhub etc?
Network effects are pretty strong. Locally, I don't know anyone who uses anything other than SkipTheDishes.
- bytematic 7y agoEatStreet or GrubHub here
- tootie 7y agoSo weird. I never even heard of that one. I've been using Seamless forever which was bought by GrubHub years ago but it has a strong brand in NYC.
- aiddun 7y ago+1 for Seamless in the city, at least within my family/close friends. Might be because NYC has a strong fast delivery network within most restaurants and doesn't truly need a decentralized delivery network. The big draw to these apps to most of my friends has been the delivery of previously undeliverable food (Chipotle, McDonalds etc).
- taktoa 7y agoHow are there network effects in delivery apps? It's a bipartite graph, and the number of restaurant companies is tiny compared to the number of users.
- beefalo 7y agoOnce an app reaches critical mass for a location, the restaurants all go where the users are.