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Delivery via your own channel

Got your own couriers? Organize deliveries in one panel

OrderNow's in-house delivery helps manage orders from your own channel: zones, fees, statuses, and courier assignments. This is for venues wanting to grow their own channel alongside marketplaces, but without running deliveries on paper, phones, and team memory.

Delivery process

Address → zone → courier

Guest01

Places an order in your channel

The order goes straight to the restaurant with address, contact info, and chosen fulfillment method.

System02

Checks zone, cost, and minimum

The address is checked against the set delivery zone, fee, and minimum order value.

Kitchen03

Prepares the order for dispatch

The team sees it's a delivery and can work according to the packing and dispatch process.

Staff04

Assigns delivery to courier

The task can be assigned to the driver without searching for the address in multiple places.

In short

What this feature changes in daily work

What it does

delivery zones and fees

Panel for handling a restaurant's own deliveries: zones, fees, order statuses, and courier assignments.

Who it helps

pizzerias, sushi, kebabs, burgers, and venues with frequent deliveries

It works best where the venue has its own drivers, a fixed delivery area, and repeatable local demand.

Works with

Online ordering system, KDS, Reports and analytics

Delivery is part of a process spanning from online order, through the kitchen, to reports and customer retention.

Before / after

Before & After: calling the courier vs delivery panel

In-house delivery isn't free and isn't always cheaper than a marketplace. It only makes sense when the venue controls the area, people, cost, and statuses.

Old process
OrderNow
Address and zone
Staff manually checks if the drive even makes sense.
System uses preset zones, fees, and minimum order values.
Courier assignment
Tasks go via phone, chat, or the memory of the person on shift.
Delivery can be assigned in the panel and tracked via status.
Handling cost
Portal commission and in-house cost are compared by gut feeling.
Owner can compare their own channel against courier, packaging, and payment costs.
Customer relationship
The customer often stays in the middleman's app.
Own channel gives the venue more control over contact, consents, and retention.

Process

How an order goes through in-house delivery

A good delivery process starts with checking the address and cost, and ends with order status and data to compare against marketplaces.

01
Guest

Places an order in your channel

The order goes straight to the restaurant with address, contact info, and chosen fulfillment method.

02
System

Checks zone, cost, and minimum

The address is checked against the set delivery zone, fee, and minimum order value.

03
Kitchen

Prepares the order for dispatch

The team sees it's a delivery and can work according to the packing and dispatch process.

04
Staff

Assigns delivery to courier

The task can be assigned to the driver without searching for the address in multiple places.

05
Team

Sees delivery status

Statuses help distinguish prep, pick-up, en-route, and delivery completion.

06
Owner

Compares own cost with marketplace

Data shows how many orders go through your own channel and what the remaining cost is for the venue.

Fit

Which venues benefit most from in-house delivery

It works best where the venue has its own drivers, a fixed delivery area, and repeatable local demand.

Which venues benefit most from in-house delivery

It works best where the venue has its own drivers, a fixed delivery area, and repeatable local demand.

  • pizzerias, sushi, kebabs, burgers, and venues with frequent deliveries
  • restaurants with their own drivers or dedicated delivery staff
  • venues with traffic from Google, Facebook, or Instagram
  • places with repeatable orders in a close-by area

When in-house delivery isn't the first priority

Your own delivery channel needs people and a process. Without them, it's better to organize online ordering first or stick to marketplaces.

  • venues without their own couriers
  • restaurants lacking a process for packing and dispatching orders
  • a highly scattered delivery area
  • venues without their own ordering channel
  • places where marketplace is still the main source of demand

What to measure

What to measure with in-house delivery

Don't assume in-house delivery always saves money. Compare marketplace commission with the full handling cost on the restaurant's side.

Number of orders in own channel

Shows if the restaurant has enough traffic outside marketplaces to make a delivery process viable.

Average delivery cost

Calculate courier, fuel, packaging, payments, operations, and marketing for your own channel.

Courier cost and fulfillment time

Check if the delivery area overloads the team and hurts service quality.

Value of orders outside marketplace

Separate orders without marketplace commission charged by OrderNow in your own channel from portal orders.

Customer returns from own channel

Measure whether the customer returns directly to the restaurant, not just via the middleman app.

In your own channel, OrderNow does not charge marketplace commission, but you still pay for the courier, fuel, packaging, restaurant-side payment handling, operations, and customer acquisition.

Questions from owners before launching in-house delivery

Do I need my own couriers?

Yes, if you want to handle deliveries yourself. The system helps organize the process, but doesn't replace people or logistics.

Does in-house delivery replace marketplace?

Not necessarily. Many venues grow their own channel alongside marketplaces and use data to adjust the proportions.

Can I set zones and minimum order values?

Yes. Zones, fees, and minimums help restrict deliveries that don't make financial sense.

How do I compare in-house delivery cost with portal commission?

Compare marketplace commission with the cost of courier, fuel, packaging, payments, operations, and customer acquisition.

Do deliveries connect with online orders?

Yes. In-house deliveries mainly make sense when the venue takes orders through its own online channel.

When does in-house delivery make no sense?

When the venue has no couriers, repeatable demand, profitable delivery area, or a process for packing and dispatching orders.

Demo without overpromises

Let's calculate if in-house delivery works for your venue

During the demo, we'll walk through the online channel, zones, courier cost, packaging, and statuses to check if in-house delivery is a good step.