Talabat Clone

Business Model Of Talabat

The first and foremost thing about Talabat is that it not only lists on-demand restaurants but also organizes on-demand delivery partners that deliver food items. Talabat’s business model is solely focused on the hyperlocal on-demand service of the food delivery sector. Talabat makes use of revolutionary technology and design to close the gap between food lovers and restaurants. It works on a dual relationship basis and is therefore also responsible for restaurants benefiting.

Talabat operates both via its websites and through its smartphone app. Urban foodies use the application to order meals from their local restaurants online. In addition to listing restaurants, Talabat also shows restaurant bug menus on its application to allow the foodies to select from a wide range. Local street vendors who cook excellent food but were not in the field of attention are also seeing great success and that orders because they couldn’t spend much on marketing.

If the customer has attached items to the cart and places an order, he/she will monitor the order. The user will also be able to connect to the delivery boy and inform him about the address. However, the address and location are taken at the time of order but if the customer needs to get some order-related information, he/she can get it.

Customer Segment: Talabat ‘s main customers are the people who want to order food from restaurants and restaurants nearby. People who want the food delivered at their doorstep are Talabat ‘s customers. Since its latest announcement, the form of customer has been introduced. Talabat ‘s clients are mostly people who want to purchase items from eateries, groceries, gift shops, and flower shops.

Talabat’s business model turned the company into an early driver in Qatar food ordering service industry and had a given basic business model, but since they were founded, they have started earning revenues from other avenues.

Here are some of the major avenues from where Talabat earns money.

• Commissions

In general, Talabat charges a fee of 15 percent – 25 percent on the restaurant’s order bill.  

Moreover, Talabat is continuously trying to get exclusively Talabat restaurants on board. In this way, restaurants earn other advantages, such as increased exposure and often a 5% – 10% reduction through commissions. And, because the impact is much greater than the reduction in sales, Talabat vigorously does it.

The commission percentages are dependent on different factors, such as order frequency, restaurant location, Talabat reliance on the restaurant, competition reckoning percent, penetration into the new town, and so forth.

• Delivery Charges

Talabat has no minimum order delivery requirement, which means that frequently they can receive orders under all caps. The cost of logistics per order is increased.

After Talabat became stronger in the market, delivery charges began paying for small amounts (depending on the region and the area).  In periods of high demand, storms, special occasions, and midnight delivery on select markets, Talabat also even charges higher rates for delivery.

It also helps drive consumers to order the delivery charges above the threshold.

• Advertising

Two models – banner ads and priority listing of restaurants are the two things through which Talabat produces advertising revenue.

Apps and websites for regional restaurants are promoted and displayed. Different regions on the page shown differ in levels because the restaurant’s banner ad is noticeable.

Talabat does not exchange customer data, so the restaurants rely on raw revenues to be created by greater visibility only.

In general, Talabat gives customers a list of restaurants open. This has taped this ability into an income stream by paying a restaurant premium in return for giving restaurants priority listing. The higher the listing, the higher the cost the restaurant has to pay.

Talabat was founded by Abdulaziz Al Loughani and Khaled Al Otaibi in Kuwait. The name “Talabat” derives from the Arabic language and it means “orders” or “requests”.

The design development process can be roughly divided into three stages:

• Development of the layout — 25 hours: visualization of what your application will look like.
• The embodiment of design — 45 hours: coding, working with images, photos, videos, and texts.
• Design testing of technical and conceptual levels — 22 hours: user experience and usability.

The cost of developing a food delivery app like Talabat depends on several factors.

Location of the App Develop Company
Experience of the App Developers
Complication of the App Design
Number and Level of App Features
App Platform You Choose (Android/iOS/Hybrid)
Type of App Development: Clone or Custom App Development
All these factors could lead your food delivery app development cost anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000 or even more.

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