SeamlessWeb
SeamlessWeb is one of a prominent example of what a successful online food ordering business can do. It offers customers to conveniently order delivery and takeout meals online.
All you need to do is this: Just enter your street address, apt/suite number and zip code, select a restaurant, order from the menu, and you’re done. Your orders will then be delivered to your address. Better yet, you can pickup your orders, instead and get paid in the process. Smart marketing technique I must say.
SeamlessWeb is now serving 27 cities in US and UK, including New York City, NY, Washington, DC and London, UK (in fact the only location in the UK at the moment.)
Small business benefits presented by SeamlessWeb
By having employees to order online, both the business and the employees can cut costs and increase productivity. Businesses can create a business account with SeamlessWeb to enjoy some of the perks that include group orders, on-site dining and many more – all can help you to save costs.
Even to bring more benefits for businesses, SeamlessWeb has just launched a mobile app, allowing you to order via your smartphones – iPhone, Blackberry and Android (coming soon) – check out the info here.
What makes order food online a great online business idea
As I mentioned above, it offers convenience and to a certain extent, solve business problems. Delivery services have always been friends to businesses and their employees, and adding an online presence that can help you order meals on a list of restaurants can only make a great business idea.
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I had the privilege of meeting the original founders/mgmt team when seemlessweb was just getting started. What a fantastic idea and a great story. Start up success comes in a variety of flavors, but seeing the inefficiencies in a process that has “always been done this way” and improving that process is almost always a recipe for success.
Hi,
Yes, I agree – successful business is all about delivering solution that can solve problems.
SeamlessWeb is definitely a great idea and a great concept. I don’t know how big they are, as I’m not from the states. Here in Europe we have Just-Eat.com, which is a HUGE online food ordering website… As far as I recall they have 7-10.000 restaurants connected throughout europe.
SeamlessWeb or Just-Eat, it doesn’t matter… What does matter is that it’s an AMAZING concept and it can be a great business.
Kasper,
Indeed – Just-Eat.com is huge – perhaps even bigger than SeamlessWeb. Both are great examples of how a simple solution to age-old problems can make great businesses :)
Great concept indeed but poor execution – most of the restaurants are in NYC only, most of the other cities have only very few restaurant to order from. There are younger sites in the market that have been taking this concept to another level see for example eat24hours.com out of the silicon valley probably the fastest growing site today covering most of the US.
Thanks for the tip, Adam – eat24hours.com is indeed covering a wider geo area.
Just checked out Adam`s recommendation about eat24hours.com and it rules!! best food delivery website out there
I used them but I like eat24 better. I get cash back.