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what about slice? flat fee ($1.95 as of today) and solid mission: https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystern/2019/08/14/slice-helping-the-local-pizzeria-compete-ag

what about slice? flat fee ($1.95 as of today) and solid mission: https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystern/2019/08/14/slice-helping-the-local-pizzeria-compete-against-the-heavyweight-pizza-chains/#32346fa9704d https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystern/2019/08/14/slice-help...

rootsudo 6y ago
Wow, that is literally right out of Silicon Valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYu-d6y5HRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYu-d6y5HRo
- benatkin 6y ago
  Slice started in 2010 and won an Inc. award in 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_(app) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_(app)
benatkin 6y ago
I think it's ethical! That would take a hundred dollar order for it to meet GP's standard though. I hope Slice wins. Their business model is still vulnerable to credit card chargebacks, but they let the restaurant handle delivery and pickup, which is why they might be able to afford taking less of a cut. I can't say Slice's business model will work, but I can pretty much guarantee that taking a 5% cut won't work. Slice also probably needs to pass on credit card processing fees (at least 3%) for any transaction they handle in addition to their flat fee in order for it to work. They provide an option of paying in cash though. Thanx also seems like it might be good. I interviewed as part of interviewing at five companies in five days at TripleByte. That was a surreal experience. I had lived in SF for three and a half years, and had only been gone from SF for two months when they flew me back to SF and I stayed at Hotel Whitcomb. Never had I stayed so close to City Hall when I lived in SF. At the time Thanx was mostly about rewards. I saw them come up when I ordered from a burger place called PINCHO in Coral Gables, which is adjacent to Miami where I live now. It seems like an ideal pivot. Like Slice, it had very good UX.
- MoBattah_ 6y ago
  How was your TripleByte experience?
calvinbhai 6y ago
Love their mission. But I think Slice is more for helping non-chain pizza shops compete with Dominos/Pizza-Hut/Papa-johns. also $1.95 doesn't include the costs of delivery (delivery is handled by pizza shops' existing delivery drivers)

rootsudo 6y ago

Wow, that is literally right out of Silicon Valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYu-d6y5HRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYu-d6y5HRo

benatkin 6y ago
Slice started in 2010 and won an Inc. award in 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_(app) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_(app)

benatkin 6y ago

I think it's ethical! That would take a hundred dollar order for it to meet GP's standard though. I hope Slice wins. Their business model is still vulnerable to credit card chargebacks, but they let the restaurant handle delivery and pickup, which is why they might be able to afford taking less of a cut. I can't say Slice's business model will work, but I can pretty much guarantee that taking a 5% cut won't work. Slice also probably needs to pass on credit card processing fees (at least 3%) for any transaction they handle in addition to their flat fee in order for it to work. They provide an option of paying in cash though. Thanx also seems like it might be good. I interviewed as part of interviewing at five companies in five days at TripleByte. That was a surreal experience. I had lived in SF for three and a half years, and had only been gone from SF for two months when they flew me back to SF and I stayed at Hotel Whitcomb. Never had I stayed so close to City Hall when I lived in SF. At the time Thanx was mostly about rewards. I saw them come up when I ordered from a burger place called PINCHO in Coral Gables, which is adjacent to Miami where I live now. It seems like an ideal pivot. Like Slice, it had very good UX.

MoBattah_ 6y ago
How was your TripleByte experience?

calvinbhai 6y ago

Love their mission. But I think Slice is more for helping non-chain pizza shops compete with Dominos/Pizza-Hut/Papa-johns. also $1.95 doesn't include the costs of delivery (delivery is handled by pizza shops' existing delivery drivers)