Comments on: aPlaceToDine – Foodie site attempting to be one-stop restaurant portal http://www.pluggd.in/indian-startups/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal-2515/ We Heart Startups! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shiva Srinivasan http://www.pluggd.in/indian-startups/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal-2515/comment-page-1/#comment-85164 Shiva Srinivasan Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:58:30 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/2008/08/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal#comment-85164 Thank you for this article and there were a couple of comments I wanted to respond to (I work with this organization): 1. The website generation and creation is 100% automated. We take some inputs from the restaurant and run through our engine that will create a new website for a restaurant along with the ordering, reservations and other functions. On an average it takes us 45 minutes to configure and publish a new restaurant. 2. In terms of our interface, this is only our version 1.x :) Wait for our September launch of V 2.x. There are cool new templates and improvements to the interfaces that will blow you away. We also will be launching a fully integrated mobile ordering system. The first of its kind. 3. In terms of 'Why Delhi'? Delhi is the hardest market to crack in terms of the locations, number of restaurants and also in reaching out to the people. We felt if we are successful in Delhi we can establish ourselves in other markets in India. We will be launching in 4 other cities next month and have already started working towards this. Will keep you posted! Hope this makes sense? Thank you for this article and there were a couple of comments I wanted to respond to (I work with this organization):

1. The website generation and creation is 100% automated. We take some inputs from the restaurant and run through our engine that will create a new website for a restaurant along with the ordering, reservations and other functions. On an average it takes us 45 minutes to configure and publish a new restaurant.

2. In terms of our interface, this is only our version 1.x :) Wait for our September launch of V 2.x. There are cool new templates and improvements to the interfaces that will blow you away. We also will be launching a fully integrated mobile ordering system. The first of its kind.

3. In terms of ‘Why Delhi’? Delhi is the hardest market to crack in terms of the locations, number of restaurants and also in reaching out to the people. We felt if we are successful in Delhi we can establish ourselves in other markets in India. We will be launching in 4 other cities next month and have already started working towards this. Will keep you posted!

Hope this makes sense?

]]> By: Gautam Kishore http://www.pluggd.in/indian-startups/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal-2515/comment-page-1/#comment-85124 Gautam Kishore Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:02:26 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/2008/08/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal#comment-85124 One more thing, we are seeking investors for the venture(http://www.beafoodie.com) too. Since, mumbai has a huge potential for a foodie's social network and one place order-food -from-restaurants platform. To cover up the gala marketing expenses, awesome launch and great servers+development requirements we are seeking VCs. Any suggestions about how to approach one? Gautam Kishore http://www.eulogik.com Seeking Investor for http://www.BeaFoodie.com :) One more thing, we are seeking investors for the venture(http://www.beafoodie.com) too. Since, mumbai has a huge potential for a foodie’s social network and one place order-food -from-restaurants platform. To cover up the gala marketing expenses, awesome launch and great servers+development requirements we are seeking VCs. Any suggestions about how to approach one?

Gautam Kishore
http://www.eulogik.com

Seeking Investor for http://www.BeaFoodie.com
:)

]]> By: Gautam Kishore http://www.pluggd.in/indian-startups/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal-2515/comment-page-1/#comment-85123 Gautam Kishore Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:55:38 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/2008/08/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal#comment-85123 Ashish, This is quite good that foodie websites are coming up so fast in India. I wonder aPlaceToDine is so similar to one project(Be a Foodie http://www.beafoodie.com) we are working on for last 3.5 months or so at Eulogik http://www.eulogik.com. Though, it has to be launched 1st in Mumbai( and NOT Delhi or B'lore). On interface, there is lots of stuff to be done yet and we are definitely counting big on it. its still in alpha stage. I will be seeking advices and suggestions from you people too. Ashish, This is quite good that foodie websites are coming up so fast in India. I wonder aPlaceToDine is so similar to one project(Be a Foodie http://www.beafoodie.com) we are working on for last 3.5 months or so at Eulogik http://www.eulogik.com. Though, it has to be launched 1st in Mumbai( and NOT Delhi or B’lore).
On interface, there is lots of stuff to be done yet and we are definitely counting big on it. its still in alpha stage. I will be seeking advices and suggestions from you people too.

]]> By: Gautam Kshatriya http://www.pluggd.in/indian-startups/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal-2515/comment-page-1/#comment-85062 Gautam Kshatriya Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/2008/08/aplacetodine-foodie-portal-attempting-to-be-one-stop-restaurant-portal#comment-85062 Hi Ashish - its interesting that this article comes so soon after the new of hungryzone getting half a million dollars of funding. In terms of pure interface, its my opinion that it beats hungryzone hands down. You're right, the setting up of website is a tad operational, but I think that the secret sauce (pardon the pun) lies in the ability to order online. The user has an incentive to order through this route because he's getting discount, and the restaurant will probably give a healthy kickback for this service. It seems that these guys are already doing what I suggested HZ do (not presuming that they hadn't thought of it already, of course!) in terms of offering a reservation service - again, in return for a kickback for lead generation. I think another reason why NCR is popular amongst food portals is because (a) there's a large population of yuppie-software engineers that are likely to use this product and (b) the traffic isn't so bad so people can actually think of driving a distance to try out a new restaurant! Gautam Kshatriya guatam.kshatriya@moneyvidya.com http://www.moneyvidya.com Hi Ashish – its interesting that this article comes so soon after the new of hungryzone getting half a million dollars of funding. In terms of pure interface, its my opinion that it beats hungryzone hands down. You’re right, the setting up of website is a tad operational, but I think that the secret sauce (pardon the pun) lies in the ability to order online. The user has an incentive to order through this route because he’s getting discount, and the restaurant will probably give a healthy kickback for this service. It seems that these guys are already doing what I suggested HZ do (not presuming that they hadn’t thought of it already, of course!) in terms of offering a reservation service – again, in return for a kickback for lead generation.

I think another reason why NCR is popular amongst food portals is because (a) there’s a large population of yuppie-software engineers that are likely to use this product and (b) the traffic isn’t so bad so people can actually think of driving a distance to try out a new restaurant!

Gautam Kshatriya
guatam.kshatriya@moneyvidya.com
http://www.moneyvidya.com

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