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Thanks to the spread of Internet and smartphone, the age of customers using online ordering and delivery service is getting younger and younger. Most of the customers\u2019 ages are between 18 to 45 for both ToGo626 and RushOrder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are students, working class people, and parents that order food for their kids at home,\u201d Kang said.<\/p>\n
The online food ordering and delivery service not only benefits customers, but also helps bring more orders to businesses, and the service providers, in return, generates revenue from that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way our business works is that the restaurant pays us depending on how many orders we bring to them,\u201d said Choi from RushORder. For every months, \u201c0-25 orders, is free. 26-100 orders, is 50 dollars. Anything over 100 orders is 100 dollars\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe actually use a delivery company. The cost that the delivery company charging us, is what the customers paying for,\u201d Choi continued. Therefore, the major revenue of RushOrder comes from businesses rather than customers.<\/p>\n
Unlike RushOrder, ToGo626 has a 15-driver delivery team and some volunteer drivers. \u201cBut our delivery fee is only about $0.99 per mile,\u201d said Kang, \u201cSo delivery is actually a supplementary service.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kang treats ToGo626 more as a platform to promote and advertise restaurants. Most of the restaurants provide sponsorship to keep the partnership with ToGo626.<\/p>\n
However, not every business owner is aware of the influence of the Internet. Some of them are middle aged or even seniors. The big age gap made it hard for Kang to persuade them into joining the adventure.<\/p>\n
When communicating with some traditional Korean restaurants, where orders are written on a piece of paper and orders can only be paid by cash, Choi encountered the same problem.<\/p>\n
Accumulated popularity and fan base help solve the problem. Not only fans help recommend businesses to ToGo626, restaurants are also reaching out to Kang to get their name on the website.<\/p>\n
As Kang promised, ToGo626 is helping restaurants with the online ordering and delivery service, as if they have branches in different cities.<\/p>\n
RushOrder is trying to bring in more Korean restaurants. As Choi explained, one of their goals \u201cis to provide access to non-Korean speaking people in Koreatown. Introductin them to the food, making it convenient for them\u2026so they can try it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kang expressed the same feeling for ToGo626.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is only a start. A good start, maybe,\u201d he said, \u201cWe will start from the 626 code area. After fully developing the market here, we will explore further, providing more choices, more restaurants and more cuisines to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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