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Not three middlemen in every transaction. At most two. Everyone needs ~30% cut. 1.3 * 1.3 * 1.3 = 2.2

• gamblor956 6y ago
  There is only the one middleman, DoorDash, in two separate but related transactions. The restaurant is the company making the food for the customer, and the delivery person is the person delivering the food for the restaurant. DoorDash doesn't provide any food-related service except being in between the restaurant/customer and the restaurant/delivery person.
  • bigbubba 6y ago
    The credit card processor almost certainly being used by the customer adds another middle man.
    • gamblor956 6y ago
      A middleman refers to someone whose role in the transaction is to bring the actual transacting parties together. While credit card processors are involved in the transaction between the customer and restaurant, they are not a middleman to the transaction because they don't bring the parties together; the parties or a third party does that. Additionally, credit card processors provide services to both sides of the transaction: they provide non-cash payment collection services to restaurants, and they provide customers a means to pay for things without immediately exchanging cash or other assets.