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Online ordering for Omani restaurants and shops: app or site?

Whether an Omani restaurant, café or shop should build its own ordering channel next to delivery marketplaces, and how to start small.

By Globalsoft TeamOctober 25, 20265 min read

Marketplaces bring orders, at a cost

Delivery marketplaces send customers, but commissions reduce your margin and the customer relationship belongs to the platform. An own channel keeps the margin and the customer details.

  • Marketplace: reach and traffic, high commission
  • Own website: lowest cost, found through Google
  • Own app: loyalty and repeat orders for regulars

Start with a site that takes orders

A fast mobile site with menu, basket, Thawani Pay and card payment, and a clear delivery area covers most needs. Link to it from Google Maps, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Move regulars to your channel

Print a QR code on packaging, offer a small discount or free item for ordering direct, and send order updates by WhatsApp.

Add an app only when habits justify it

If a few hundred customers order monthly, loyalty points and push reminders in an app can raise repeat orders. Until then, a site that works well on a phone is the better investment.

Globalsoft TeamGlobalsoft · Erbil · Istanbul

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