Restaurant ordering and website guides
Plain answers on delivery app fees, direct ordering, restaurant websites and Google Maps, with the sources linked.
How Much Does a Restaurant Website Cost in 2026?
Real 2026 prices for Wix, Squarespace, Square, Toast, Popmenu, ChowNow and Owner.com, plus the per-order fees that decide what a site costs over a year.
Read the postOwner.com Alternatives for Restaurants
What Owner.com charges, and how ChowNow, Popmenu, BentoBox, Toast, Square and Webbit compare on monthly price, order fees and who pays them.
Read the postRestaurant Online Ordering Systems Compared (2026)
Toast, Square, ChowNow, Owner.com, Olo, BentoBox and Popmenu side by side on published monthly prices and per-order fees, plus what 300 orders a month would cost.
Read the postHow to Get Your Restaurant Recommended by ChatGPT and AI Search
Where ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini and Siri get restaurant information, and six steps that help, from consistent listings to a menu written as text.
Read the postGoogle Business Profile for Restaurants: The Setup That Gets Orders
Point the Order online button at your own site, then get the menu, hours, photos, reviews, attributes and posts right. Step by step, from Google's own help pages.
Read the postRestaurant Loyalty Programs That Bring Regulars Back
Points, visits, stamp cards, tiers or a text club: how each one works, why a head start gets more cards finished, and the FCC consent rules before you text a guest.
Read the postWhat DoorDash and Uber Eats Charge Restaurants in 2026
DoorDash takes 15%, 25% or 30% on delivery and 6% on pickup. Uber Eats takes 20%, 25% or 30%. What each plan costs you over a year.
Read the postCommission-Free Online Ordering for Restaurants, Explained
Commission-free means no commission on the food, not zero cost. What you still pay, what to ask any provider, and how to pick a system.
Read the postDoorDash Alternatives: Delivery From Your Own Website
Keep delivery and drop the commission: take the order on your own site and pay a courier per trip. How white-label delivery works and costs.
Read the postHow to Get More Direct Orders for Your Restaurant
Nine practical ways to move regulars from the delivery apps to your own ordering page, from your Google profile to the bag leaving your kitchen.
Read the postRestaurant Website Checklist: 12 Things It Needs
A menu that is a real page, hours that match Google, an order button up top and a site that is fast on a phone. The checklist for owners.
Read the postRestaurant SEO: How to Show Up on Google Maps
Google ranks local results on relevance, distance and prominence. What that means for your restaurant, and the fixes you can make this week.
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