AboutMike Handy Expertise I can answer any question about starting your own multi-restaurant delivery service, marketing your mobile waiter service, where to get supplies for your delivery service, who to go to for insurance, how to sign up restaurants and just about anything to do with this industry.
Experience Worked for Takeout Taxi as consultant while doing $80 million yearly. Started and owned first online Multi-Restaurant Delivery Service. Sold my service to large Dot-Com and became a consultant for the industry in 2000. My first customer is 2000 is now doing over $3 million in sales per year and I have about 30 other current customers.
Publications Small Business Opportunities - 50 Best Businesses to Start from Home - Made Cover!
Education/Credentials Wright State University - Cracker Barrel University
Past/Present Clients Over 30 - References available.
Question I have been contacted by Datawedge RDS Software. What distinguishes Datadreamers from Datawedge?
Answer Hey Kevin,
The differences are basic but important.
Some positives about Datawedge is they have phone support, their product has been around for years, they support dozens of services and have for a long time which leads me to believe they have a solid infrastructure and their product is customizable. They also have a couple of features that Datadreamers do not. One is group ordering which comes in handy if you set yourself up as a good corporate caterer. There are a few other small features and reports that they have, but nothing that will actually bring you any extra sales, save you money or save you time. the negative about Datawedge is that those phone support people cost money, and you will have to pay over twice as much per order than with Datadreamers.
The positives about Datadreamers is that it's also been around for about 10 years, it has over 100 customers that are happy, they have good security and infrastructure. They also have 98% of the same features as Datawedge. The two best things about DD is that it is cost effective and it is easier to use for both the manager as well as the client. One of the most common comments that people (75% women) say on the site is "easy to use". Those two things make the decision an easy one for me.
Don't get too caught up in the look and feel of these sites. If you go to the www.mobilewaiters.com sites you will see that you can edit just about anything with both templates.
On the a more general note, I always tell my clients not to put too much time and effort into deciding which cash register they are going to buy, because if they don't build a good business model in the first place...it won't matter anyway.
Good Luck,
Mike Handy
www.RestaurantDeliveryUSA.com
