How Does On-demand Food Delivery App Work?

The on-demand food delivery is one of the profitable business ventures in recent times. It is similar to the on-demand business model of the Uber-like app, but differing in the business functionality.

Tales of on-demand food delivery

The on-demand food delivery is not a new concept. It started between 2001–2005, where there was a major boom in the pizza food business.

The pizza hut companies offered a new marketing strategy of delivering the pizza in just 1 minute to home after the customer’s order it online or through phones.

After Uber became popular with its successful on-demand taxi business model and rise of sharing economy concepts, new food delivery companies started to establish their service around 2015–2016.

In the present, there are many food-delivery companies around the world like DoorDash, GrubHub, UberEats etc who are successful in their venture.

In addition to food delivery, there are many companies that are coming with the concept of delivering groceries, milk, or medicines to end-customers.

Booking food through App

The present food-delivery companies are technology-enabled startups where the users give orders through their app.

Let’s get an idea of how users book their food through the app.

On-demand food delivery App Flow Sequence

1. A user signs up into the platform.

• If the person is an existing user, they sign in using his email or phone number.
• If the person is a new user, they create their account and sign up using either email or phone number.

2. Search for the favorite dish.

3. Picks up the restaurant.

4. Orders the food.

5. Restaurant owners receive notification of the order and start cooking food for the requested user.

6. The owner delivers the food to the users' address or the platform owner depends upon the business.

7. The user gets the ordered dish.

How to start a food delivery business?

If you are an entrepreneur trying to start a food delivery business, then here’s how you can do it.

1. Have a look at your target market

Jumping right into the business without a clear idea about the target market is a huge mistake. Market research helps you get a clear idea about the market value, competitors in the market, what are their USP? how you can differ from others etc.

2. Create a business plan

List whatever you need to start a business in simple actionable steps in your business plan. The business plan may consist of financial requirements, expenses, the workforce needed, etc.

3. Partner with the restaurants

The next crucial step in starting a food on-demand business is to partner with the restaurants, bakeries, etc. You can provide incentives to attract restaurants towards your business.

4. Build an online platform for your business

The online office food delivery system became a huge success in a short period because of its simple yet powerful platform. The online platform can help users to order food directly from their laptop or mobile phone.

5. Develop a marketing strategy

No matter how good your product maybe, if you are not able to reach the right set of audiences, then your product may fail. To overcome this, you have to make the best marketing strategy to reach your target audience.

Some marketing strategies for promoting your office food delivery app are,

1. Content marketing
2. Social media marketing
3. Creating a unique selling proposition
4. Creative video marketing
5. Blogging
6. Email marketing, etc.

Building an on-demand food delivery app

Startups who are trying to launch an on-demand food delivery business using an app can approach a web development company to build their app or build a food-delivery platform on their own.

If you choose the first option, then we can help you out.

We have developed a ready-made on-demand script - WooberlyEats customizable to any on-demand delivery business idea. The app quality developed to be finest in its performance and user experience and equipped with full-fledged features to set up the business for startups and passion-driven entrepreneurs.

We convert your business idea into action by customizing it with your business requirements that fulfill your business goals.

Technology

WooberlyEats, pre-built on-demand app is apart from others in terms of technology.

We built WooberlyEats using the Flutter technology. Flutter helps to develop applications faster and with the availability of various widgets, giving the option to build unique UI designs. Develop your code once and you can synchronize your platform in both iOS and Android platforms.