How Restaurants Can Save Thousands by Switching to a Commission-Free Online Ordering System
How Restaurants Can Save Thousands by Switching to a Commission-Free Online Ordering System
Running a restaurant in 2025 is tougher than ever — labor costs are up, food costs are unpredictable, and third-party delivery apps take massive cuts of your revenue. Many local restaurants don’t realize just how much money they’re losing to high commission fees every single month.
The good news?
You can take back control of your online ordering, reduce expenses, and increase profitability simply by switching to a commission-free system.
Here’s how it works — and how restaurants save thousands.
1. Third-Party Commissions Add Up Fast
DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub often charge 20%–30% per order, plus added fees. For many restaurants, that wipes out profit margins.
Example:
A restaurant doing $20,000/month in online orders on a major app often pays:
- $4,000–$6,000/month in commissions
- $48,000–$72,000/year straight out of profit
Most restaurants don’t notice the true cost until it’s too late — it’s buried in monthly statements or lost inside the payout structure.
A commission-free system changes everything.
2. Commission-Free Ordering Gives Restaurants Ownership
The biggest advantage of a commission-free system is simple:
You keep more of what you earn.
Instead of sending 20–30% to a delivery app, restaurants using Savvory pay no commissions and only a small, transparent $1.99 convenience/processing fee, which helps cover payment processing and platform features — without draining profit.
This means:
- Higher margins
- More cash flow
- More money for labor
- More money for growth
- Better long-term sustainability
- Even a small restaurant can save tens of thousands per year.
3. Customers Actually Prefer Ordering Direct
Many owners assume customers only want to order through DoorDash or Uber Eats. But the data shows something different:
- Customers prefer lower menu prices
- Customers prefer loyalty points
- Customers prefer deals they don’t get on third-party apps
- And customers want to support their local restaurants directly
When you promote your own ordering link, most guests will gladly use it — especially when the experience is clean, simple, and mobile-optimized like Savvory.
4. Commission-Free Ordering Improves Customer Loyalty
Third-party apps keep customer data for themselves.
With Savvory:
- You get the customer’s contact info
- You can send exclusive offers
- You can reward repeat buyers
- You can build loyalty long-term
Owning the customer relationship is one of the most powerful ways to increase repeat orders — and increase lifetime value.
5. It’s Fast to Set Up — and Even Faster to See Savings
Most restaurants assume switching will be complicated.
But with Savvory:
- You get a custom menu built for you
- You get a branded ordering page
- You can accept orders instantly
- The entire system runs on a simple tablet + printer
- No POS integration required
- No technical setup needed
Restaurants typically start saving money within the first week of going live.
6. The Bottom Line: Commission-Free Ordering Pays for Itself
Here’s a simple comparison:
- DoorDash (20–30% commissions)
- Pay thousands a month
- Lose margin
- Lose customer data
- Lose long-term loyalty
Savvory (commission-free)
- Pay $0 in commissions
- Keep more profit
- Own your customer base
- Increase repeat orders
- Build a long-term, sustainable online ordering channel
- Most restaurants recover the cost of Savvory in 1–2 days, just from savings.
Want to See How Much You Could Save?
Most restaurant owners are shocked when they see the real numbers.
If you’d like, we can run a quick savings report for your restaurant — or walk you through how Savvory works.
