For restaurant owners, not against Foodpanda
A Foodpanda alternative—not a replacement, an addition.
Keep the discovery Foodpanda brings you. Take direct orders without the commission on top.
✓Zero Qasid commission on orders placed through your own site.
What restaurant owners are actually looking for here
Not an exit. A second channel.
If you're searching for a Foodpanda alternative, you're probably not trying to disappear from Foodpanda entirely—you're looking for a way to take orders directly, from customers who already know you, without paying a commission on every one of those orders too.
That's what a Qasid ordering website is for. It's not a marketplace competing with Foodpanda for new customers—it's your own direct channel, alongside whatever marketplace presence already works for you.
To be fair to Foodpanda
It does something a website can't.
Foodpanda does something a standalone ordering website can't: it puts your restaurant in front of people who've never heard of you, and it can handle delivery logistics for restaurants that don't want to manage their own riders. For discovery and for delivery infrastructure, it's a real, working tool—not something to write off.
Where the commission argument comes in is specifically about orders from customers who already know you—people who found you once through Foodpanda, a friend, or a Google search, and would happily order from you directly next time if there were an easy way to.
Where the commission adds up
Once, not on every reorder.
Every order placed through a marketplace typically comes with a commission taken off the top—a cost that applies to every single order, indefinitely. A direct ordering website works differently: zero Qasid commission on orders placed through your site, with a flat monthly subscription instead. (Your payment provider's own processing fee still applies to online payments, separately from this.)
For repeat customers—the ones who already know your food and would order again without needing to be "discovered"—that's the difference between paying a percentage on every single reorder, forever, and paying it once as a flat monthly cost no matter how many times they come back.
How this works alongside Foodpanda, not instead of it
The two channels do different jobs.
- ✓Foodpanda
Discovery, delivery logistics, customers who haven't found you yet.
- ✓Your own Qasid website
Direct orders from customers who already know you, at a flat monthly cost instead of a per-order commission—with WhatsApp updates keeping them informed along the way.
You link your own site wherever you already have a presence—social media, Google Business listing, a QR code on your packaging or receipts—so returning customers have an easy way to come straight to you next time. See how the ordering website works →
Foodpanda alternative questions
What restaurant owners ask before switching channels.
01What are some alternatives to Foodpanda in Pakistan?+
Options range from other delivery marketplaces to running your own direct ordering website. A direct website like Qasid isn't a marketplace alternative in the sense of reaching new customers the way Foodpanda does—it's a way to take orders directly from customers who already know you, without a per-order commission.
02Do I need to leave Foodpanda to use this?+
No. Most restaurants run both—Foodpanda for discovery and delivery, and their own ordering website for direct, repeat orders from existing customers.
03Is there a free online ordering system for restaurants?+
Some providers offer limited free tiers, usually capped by order volume. Qasid's pricing is a flat monthly subscription rather than free, with the cost depending on your setup—discuss your plan for specifics.
04What's the real cost difference between a marketplace and my own website?+
A marketplace commission applies to every order, indefinitely. A subscription is a flat monthly cost regardless of order volume—the more repeat orders you get through your own site, the more that difference compounds in your favour. Exact numbers depend on your order volume and the marketplace commission you're currently paying.
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