Restaurant Web Presence

It seems like originally you thought hosting was the problem but it's really the store manager's time & their lack of understanding of the apparent importance of having a website.Instead maybe you could automatically generate a website for them by combining data from Yelp, Locu, Yext, Twitter, or whatever other info you can get your hands on. Take the data and find / create a few generic themes that you can insert the data into. Then go to them & tell them you'll host it for $X a mont

it doesnt help that many restaurants have terrible sites

I don't get why many restaurant owners don't bother putting a decent website online. If they actually do have a website, most of the time it's outdated, ugly, doesn't offer any useful information (such as opening hours, specials or a menu) or is just completely unusable. I'm not even getting started on any 'fancy' stuff such as usability on mobile devices or online reservation.I know a few restaurateurs and they simply don't care, even more so than othe

They would, there are lots of local online platforms where they can have an online presence. In my country it's services like TakeAway, Deliveroo, Uber Eats that bring in a lot of revenue for smaller restaurants. If you don't want to hire a developer or local web development agency you can use Wix or any of the other website builders to create a small website for your business. If your company has a recognisable name, it's easy enough to get a fine ranking in Google's search

> Disclaimer: I'm not a businessperson or a restaurant owner.This is key. stevenwei, you need to get your butt into some restaurants and test this idea out. I work with restaurant owners and workers all the time. They're loud, brash, and won't hesitate to tell you exactly what they think of you (and your product) to your face.Spend a day in as many of the restaurants in your area as possible and request a meeting with the owner. Most of the time you'll get turned down, but take what yo

Every pizzeria I know has a web site. Every time I want to order a pizza or book a table I just go to their website (or google it up and go) and either use their web UI to select it (if they are big enough to hire an engineer to put it there) or just call them (which I also find Okay, this even takes less time usually). Constructing a simple web page is not hard. Simple shared web hosting is cheap and often comes with a free domain name. There also are totally free hosting platforms (some ad-spo

Restaurants and their owners are notoriously bad at the internet.I have a friend in Seattle who became known as a reliable web developer for new restaurants.He took credit to eat rather than cash to do this relatively simple work for them. As a result, every time I’d visit we’d eat at some nice newer place on his credit line, responsible only for tips. It felt like minor celebrity.I suppose this is what newer website platforms are for but frankly I think even weebly is somehow too much

My research shows that businesses, such as restaurants, are mostly focusing on social networks for their online presence. Reasons are obvious: direct interaction with regional client base, targeted advertising, free business page with photo gallery, and comments/likes, and other minor stuff. I do t see how services like these can compete with that. Due to how they always end up having social widgets integrated into it. For $10 a month (which is $120/year), the owner can simply buy targete

It's increasingly common for small businesses in US. Many restaurants, for example, have a Facebook page, a Yelp page etc, but they don't have a website.

Many - because they don't need a better online presence to get more business. Their tables are full - the only way to squeeze more profits is to charge more, possibly changing clientele, or act more efficiently, or both.A cool website for reservations/tables/photos etc COULD be part of a themed restaurant or restaurant chain to differentiate them in the market... but for the most part, the food speaks for itself.