--- title: "Online Ordering and Delivery Blog — Page 3" description: "Notes from the team building Ordering.co: how orders route to stores, how dispatch picks a driver, and what to decide before you launch, page 3 of 16." canonical: https://www.ordering.co/blog/page/3/ --- # How ordering infrastructure actually works — Page 3 Notes from the people building the platform: how an order finds the right store, how dispatch picks a driver, and the decisions worth making before you launch. Written for the operators and engineers who have to run it on Monday. [See a live demo](https://www.ordering.co/demo/)[What's new](https://www.ordering.co/changelog/) Blog ## Latest posts. Search requires JavaScript. Browse [all articles](https://www.ordering.co/blog/), [guides](https://www.ordering.co/blog/guides/) or the topic links above. Showing 41–60 of 316 articles - 3 min read ## [How to start your own delivery company](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-start-your-own-delivery-company/) Design territory, service rules, merchant intake, dispatch, driver operations, pricing, support, and proof before selecting software. - Guides - 9 min read ## [UberEats clone: what it is & how to build one](https://www.ordering.co/blog/ubereats-clone-what-it-is-how-to-build-one/) A plain-English guide to how an Uber Eats–style marketplace works, the realistic ways to build one, and how to choose the approach that gets you live without a long, custom engineering project. - Guides - 3 min read ## [How to choose Multi-Vendor Marketplace Platforms (2026)](https://www.ordering.co/blog/best-multi-vendor-marketplace-platforms/) A practical guide to help you choose Multi-Vendor Marketplace Platforms (2026), including the scope, operational decisions, and verification questions to consider. - Guides - 4 min read ## [How much does it cost to build a marketplace app?](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-marketplace-app/) A scope-first framework for comparing custom development, starter foundations, and configured platforms without relying on undated cost ranges. - Guides - 4 min read ## [How to add online ordering to a restaurant website](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-add-online-ordering-to-your-restaurant-website/) A practical implementation guide for choosing an ordering path, connecting the menu and payments, and testing the full restaurant workflow. - Guides - 4 min read ## [How to build a grocery delivery marketplace](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-build-a-grocery-delivery-marketplace/) Plan grocery catalog, variable-price items, substitutions, picking, delivery slots, payments, and multi-store operations before choosing a build path. - Guides - 3 min read ## [How to build a pickup and delivery app](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-build-a-pickup-delivery-app/) Scope ordering, pickup, dispatch, tracking, proof, exceptions, and support before choosing custom development or a configured platform. - Guides - 4 min read ## [How to build delivery management software](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-build-delivery-management-software/) A scope-first guide to dispatch, driver, tracking, proof, exception, reporting, and integration requirements. - Guides - 3 min read ## [How to build your own food delivery app](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-build-your-own-food-delivery-app/) Define the customer, restaurant, driver, admin, payment, and support workflows before comparing implementation approaches. - Guides - 3 min read ## [How to build your own food delivery marketplace](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-build-your-own-food-delivery-marketplace/) A complete decision framework for restaurants, customers, couriers, payments, fulfillment, operations, and implementation approach. - Guides - 3 min read ## [How to create your own marketplace website](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-create-your-own-marketplace-website/) Plan buyer, seller, catalog, transaction, fulfillment, trust, and support workflows before selecting a site builder, custom build, or platform. - Guides - 3 min read ## [How to develop a food delivery app: scope, phases, cost, and timeline](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-develop-a-food-delivery-app-cost-timeline/) A phase-based planning guide that replaces undated ranges with explicit dependencies, scope, responsibilities, and acceptance evidence. - Guides - 3 min read ## [How to launch a B2B ordering platform](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-launch-a-b2b-ordering-platform/) Plan account catalogs, negotiated terms, approvals, reordering, fulfillment, finance, and support before selecting a B2B ordering approach. - Guides - 4 min read ## [How to start a food delivery business, step by step](https://www.ordering.co/blog/how-to-start-a-food-delivery-business-step-by-step/) Choose a delivery business model, prove local demand and unit economics, then pilot the complete order, fulfillment, and support workflow. - Guides - 4 min read ## [What is a white-label marketplace platform?](https://www.ordering.co/blog/what-is-a-white-label-marketplace-platform/) A precise definition of white-label marketplace software, its boundaries, and the evidence to require before selection. - Guides - 7 min read ## [Best White-Label Marketplace Platforms](https://www.ordering.co/blog/best-white-label-marketplace-platforms/) The marketplace platform category is more crowded than it looks White-label marketplace platform is a description that hides a lot of variation. - Business Intelligence - Marketing and Loyalty - Online Ordering - Growth - 7 min read ## [Custom Orders vs. Third-Party Errand Apps: Who Actually Keeps the Customer?](https://www.ordering.co/blog/custom-orders-vs.-third-party-errand-apps-who-actually-keeps-the-customer/) Adding errand delivery to your business has two paths: plug into a third-party errand app (their brand, their commission, their customer) or add Custom Orders to your own platform (your brand, your… - Business Intelligence - Marketing and Loyalty - Online Ordering - Growth - 7 min read ## [One Feature, Seven Revenue Streams — Find Yours](https://www.ordering.co/blog/one-feature-seven-revenue-streams-find-yours/) Custom Orders aren't just for one type of business. We've watched restaurants, ghost kitchens, grocery dark stores, multi-brand chains, and white-label marketplaces all use them differently — same… - Business Intelligence - Marketing and Loyalty - Online Ordering - Growth - 7 min read ## [What Is a Custom Order? The On-Demand Errand Model, Explained](https://www.ordering.co/blog/what-is-a-custom-order-the-on-demand-errand-model-explained/) A Custom Order is an on-demand errand request placed through your ordering platform — not tied to any specific shop or menu. - Business Intelligence - Marketing and Loyalty - Online Ordering - Growth - 8 min read ## [Your Delivery Fleet Is Leaving 40% of Its Capacity on the Table. Here's How to Fix It.](https://www.ordering.co/blog/your-delivery-fleet-is-leaving-40-of-its-capacity-on-the-table.-heres-how-to-fix-it/) Your Delivery Fleet Is Leaving 40% of Its Capacity on the Table. Here's How to Fix It. Most delivery fleets run hot for about five hours a day and idle the other nineteen. - Business Intelligence - Marketing and Loyalty - Online Ordering - Growth ## See it running on your own menu. The shortest way to understand any of this is to watch an order go from a storefront to a store to a driver, on your locations. [Book a demo](https://www.ordering.co/contact/?meeting=demo#book)[See a live demo](https://www.ordering.co/demo/)