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Now, if only they could talk Zifty (Zifty.com) into merging, Atlanta would have every restaurant available in one service.
by jcutrell 13y ago
Now, if only they could talk Zifty (Zifty.com) into merging, Atlanta would have every restaurant available in one service.
- jseliger 13y agoI wonder about the extent to which the GrubHub/Seamless model will prevail and the extent to which the ChowNow model will. My brother works for the latter, and now that I know what to look for I've seen a fair number of NYC restaurants using "their own" ordering systems.
- parsnips 13y agoI think the market will be able to support both models for quite some time, as Seamless/Grubhub will never leave high population density markets until delivery problem is solved.
- pavel_lishin 13y agoWhat's the difference? At a glance, it looks like Seamhub organizes everything under their brand, whereas ChowNow makes a custom app for every restaurant. The latter seems nice if I already have a restaurant in mind, but if I'm too lazy to cook on monday night, I'm not going to go through the apps one-by-one.
- jeffasinger 13y agoThe Seamhub model is better for the user, the ChowNow mode typically doesn't charge the restaurant per order, as Seamless/Grubhub do.
- rabidonrails 13y agoI'm fairly certain that Grubhub also allows (and powers) restaurant ordering on the "restaurant's website" -- essentially it brings you back to a Grubhub page but it can be directly linked from the restaurant's site.
- jeffasinger 13y agoI almost guarantee that this market will eventually stabilize to one of two outcomes: 1) Standardized ordering API allows restaurants with "their own" ordering system to be listed on GrubHub/Seamless. 2) One company (probably Grubless) serves as an aggregator but also sells a lame iframe-for-your-website/custom-app combo. Restaurants should probably hope for #1.
- cellshade 13y agoWhat about GoWaiter?