Lurch Restaurant Reservations has been offering a takeaway and delivery module for the past few months. But why would you as restaurant owner choose for Lurch when there is a bigger market leader: Thuisbezorgd.nl. We have listed the pros and cons of both platforms for you.

Thuisbezorgd.nl

Thuisbezorgd.nl has the largest selection of delivery restaurants in the Netherlands. Through their website or app, you can place an order at over 7500 restaurants. The goal of the platform is to order food online for consumers and delivery restaurants in a fast, easy and reliable way.
This platform is known as Takeaway.com in all the other European countries, excluding The Netherlands.

You can use this platform in countries like: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal.

The advantages

  • Profit from their reach
    Thuisbezorgd.nl has a large reach with over 7500 linked restaurants and great brand awareness. This is advantageous for restaurants, because more people can find you and order your products through their website or app.
  • Safe online payments
    Thuisbezorgd.nl has a wide variety of payment options. It is, for instance, possible to pay with Credit card, PayPal, Ideal or cash. It is even possible to use Bitcoin as payments. (Thuisbezorgd.nl)
  • Track an order
    Thuisbezorgd.nl has an order-tracker available. This way customers can see when their order was confirmed, is made and sent out. This function is optional.

The disadvantages

  • High commissions
    Thuisbezorgd.nl takes a high commission per order from her customers. This commission per order is 13% (source). Because of this commission your restaurant will have to hand in a large part of your profit, causing you profit margin to be much lower.
  • Many competitors
    You are not the only restaurant shown on the website or app of Thuisbezorgd.nl: all competitors are shown alongside your restaurant. This makes the competition between delivery options larger.
  • Not as flexible
    Thuisbezorgd.nl is a large company: If you think the platform lacks functionalities, there is just a small chance they will make the desired changes. Lurch, however, strives to make your delivery page as personalised as you desire.
Thuisbezorgd vs. Lurch

Lurch Restaurant Reservations

Lurch Restaurant Reservations is a reservation system with a takeaway and delivery module for the catering industry. Our platform was created by and for catering entrepreneurs and fits their desires and needs.
The reservation platform was launched half a year ago and is still in development. Are you missing functionalities? Contact us so we can incorporate these into Lurch.

The advantages

  • No commissions per order
    Lurch Restaurant Reservations does not collect commissions per order. This is a great advantage compared to larger parties. At the moment it is only possible to pay for your order at location or during delivery: When we launch the option to pay online, customers will only have to pay the transaction costs. This will make your profit margin higher than when using Thuisbezorgd.nl.
  • Easily implement functionalities
    Do you think Lurch lacks certain functionalities? Feel free to contact Lurch Restaurant Reservations. We will look at the possibilities of adding them to the takeaway and delivery module.
  • Reservation system and takeaway & delivery module in one
    Lurch Restaurant Reservations is a reservation system and takeaway & delivery module in one. Your reservations and deliveries are at your disposure on one platform, making it easier to manage. 

    It is also possible to only make use of either the reservation system or the delivery module.

The disadvantages

  • You cannot profit of a large reach
    Lurch Restaurant Reservations started only a half year ago and does not have an app yet on which customers can place orders. This means you cannot profit of a larger reach yet. But this is not per definition a bad thing: you will get a custom takeaway-order page and you can share this on your own website or socials.
  • Online payments are not available yet
    At the moment it is not yet possible to let customers pay for their orders online. Payments can only be made at location or during delivery. This function will be available on the short term though.

 

Your consideration: Thuisbezorgd.nl or Lurch Restaurant Reservations?

To decide between the two takeaway and delivery modules it is important to consider the pros and cons of both parties. Which subjects are most important to you? Will you choose to stay with a larger platform or go for a larger profit margin? And do you prefer to have a food tracking option or to have a reservation system and delivery module in one?

Try the takeaway and delivery module by Lurch for free

Lurch Restaurant Reservations offers the possibility to try out the takeaway and delivery module for free. After the first month, the module will cost 30 euros a month. You can decide per month if you want to use the module or not.

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Thuisbezorgd.nl vs. Lurch Restaurant Reservations

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