You finally get a beautiful new website for your restaurant.
You’re proud of it.
Then you realize the only way anyone can actually order is through a DoorDash or Uber Eats button that quietly skims 30 % off the top.
Or you pay another company $150–$400 a month for a clunky ordering page that still feels like it’s stuck in 2015.
Either way, someone else owns the customer, the data, and most of the profit.
In 2025 that’s no longer the only choice.
You can have modern, fast online ordering that goes straight into your POS — zero commission, ever.
What real zero-commission ordering looks like today
It’s not magic, and it’s definitely not another app nobody wants to download.
It’s just a few things done right:
– A clean ordering page on your own website (or a QR code on the table/receipt)
– Menu and pricing that update instantly from your POS — no 86’d items nightmare
– Customers log in once, save their card, and reorder in three taps
– Pickup times, delivery zones, and driver dispatch handled in the same system
– Text-message confirmations and “on my way” updates (because nobody reads email anymore)
Do it this way and 70–80 % of repeat orders happen without you ever lifting the phone.
Why most “direct” solutions still feel like a rip-off
Toast, ChowNow, Owner.com — they all advertise “no commission,” then hit you with $99–$399 a month plus setup fees, plus you still don’t get driver tools.
Build it yourself and you’re out six figures and six months you’ll never get back.
The bigger problem: every order you send through someone else’s platform is a regular you’ll have to pay 30 % to reach again.
How Level makes direct ordering actually simple (and profitable)
One menu in your POS powers everything:
– Your in-house tablets
– Your website ordering page
– Your QR table tents
Customer places an order → it fires straight to the kitchen display. No double entry. No sync issues.
Delivery? You pick:
– Use your own drivers (most pizza places already do)
– Or keep using DoorDash/Uber Eats drivers through our built-in integration — but now the order originates from your site, so the platform fee drops from ~30 % to their driver-only rate (usually $4–$8 flat).
Already doing third-party delivery and want to claw money back without losing volume? We wrote the step-by-step here:
“How Restaurants Are Quietly Beating DoorDash & Uber Eats Fees”
The math that makes owners finally say yes
| Monthly online orders | Avg ticket | Third-party route | Direct with Level | Extra in your pocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | $50 | $6,000 lost | ~ $500 processing only | $5,500 / month |
That’s real rent money, a new cook, or just breathing room — from doing nothing except owning the order.
Ready to take orders on your own terms?
Let us show you the live version and walk through what it would look like for your menu and your volume.
Takes fifteen minutes. No sales pitch. Even if you never switch, you’ll leave knowing exactly what’s possible in 2025.
Schedule your free online-ordering review:
Your food. Your website. Your customer.
Finally, your profit.