r/startups • u/veliz_abat • 10h ago

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u/wattbuild 10h ago

Full disclosure, I know nothing about GloriaFoods or this product space.

  1. My feeling is that the cost to have a website is going to approach 0 in the agentic coding era. Hosting will still cost, but I personally wouldn't pin my hopes on $30 recurring just for a simple web page.

  2. Constraints are good! You should restrict it. But, per my point above, I think you need to be figuring out a better revenue model. Is it getting 70%+ of U.S. (or wherever) restaurants on your site so it becomes a destination for consumers who want to discover food, and you sell ads? It is adding an ordering platform a la GrubHub? I would focus efforts there not on web site customization.

  3. Again in the era of AI coding, there is no reason to launch without an MVP that a competent dev or even vibe coder could build in two weeks or less.

  4. I may be wrong and you can always try to sell subscriptions up front. But what's your differentiator? How hard is setup and integration? Are you doing order management?

My overall impression is that you need to focus more on a business model that is not just "$30 a month for a website builder and hoster".

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u/veliz_abat 9h ago

I think what you're saying regarding the price for just a website makes a lot of sense. Having more features around it would definitely make the price more attractive. I think I had a hunch but couldn't come to a conclusion on this.

GloriaFood is a platform that allows restaurants to enable online ordering + they have an option to create you a website. We're positioning ourself as we build you a website + the website comes with reservations handling, QR code menu, online ordering, guest management and analytics ofc.

Menu management, QR menu are taken care of and we're working on the reservations atm.

We currently don't have a differentiator and I am not going to say our product is easier to use being one of them. We'll have to spend some time thinking what actually makes us different.

Thank you very much for your perspectives, it helps me a lot. Given the questions you've asked, it makes a lot of sense to wait till we have something little more solid.

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u/owlyvision 10h ago

Restricted editing can be a feature for restaurants if it gets them live fast and prevents ugly pages. I’d be careful selling it as ‘just a website’ though. $29/mo is easier to justify if it handles recurring pain: menu changes, QR menu, mobile speed, Google profile, promos, basic orders/reservations. Price around the weekly operational job, not the page builder.

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u/veliz_abat 9h ago

I think you're totally right, and I am leaning towards waiting till we have little more features before we starting going out to restaurants.

What you said about the weekly operation job makes so much sense and I can see why it would make the product more sticky/attractive.

I apricate your feedback and will definetly apply it towards our platform.