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Show HN: A free online ordering system for restaurants
- benlarcey 6y agoHi 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.
- mikro2nd 6y agoNot so good when "Create store" fails to do anything. (Firefox, Linux)
- benlarcey 6y agoNo, 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.
- d33lio 6y agoIf 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.
- benlarcey 6y agoI'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.
- mkchoi212 6y agoThis 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 :)
- benlarcey 6y agoThanks! We've had ~200 odd signups so far, hopefully some will find it useful. If you have specific improvements, would love to hear them.
- lemoncurd 6y agowhite text on white background on the signup page might not be such a good choice brother
- trynewideas 6y agoFree, "but if you want to take card payments there will be per-transaction charges" — not unexpected, but worth pointing out considering the emphasis on "free" in the headline.
- aldoreyes 6y agoExcellent idea. Can I use it for another country? Can the currency be changed? Thank you!
- known 6y agoGood one during the corona crisis
- Kunigaikstis 6y agoI gotta say, I'm really loving all the websites built with Tailwind (assuming this is built with Tailwind UI). It's like going back to 2011 bootstrap everywhere days but so so much better.
- mister_hn 6y agoNice, but I would also expect a package that I can run on my own server or update with my desires
- solarkraft 6y ago> Free Software I think you mean gratis.
- sscarduzio 6y agoHow many restaurants did you get to join? The only missing thing I can see is a global front page with an index of the nearest available restaurant (for me as a customer).
- benlarcey 6y agoWe have around 200 restaurants using the system right now. This would be great, but the problem is you need huge scale for this to be generally useful. I think once/if we hit around 2000, this will be something to think about building.