Your Automatic Sales Machine in the Information Era - An Online Ordering System

If you are a restaurant owner or manager, whatIn an era in which more than 74 percent of
does Internet mean to you?Americans are online, in which most people would
Yes, you could set up Internet access in yourrather type text messages and e-mails than pick
restaurant and check e-mails in your back office.up the phone, in which we can buy almost
But a better answer would be: you buy a wirelesseverything on the Internet, it truly is surprising
router, connect it to the cable or DSL modem,that most restaurants still are taking orders the
and post on your window "FREE Wireless Internetsame way as 40 years ago - by telephone or
Access" to attract more customers.customer walk-in.
An even better answer: you are high tech savvy.Why's that? Simply because your customers are
You set up a cool computer network (POS,ready, but YOU didn't provide them a way to
security cameras, and so on) in your restaurantorder online.
and connect it to the Internet, so you couldHere, you may think there must be a reason why
remote access your systems at home and checkmost restaurants don't do online ordering. Maybe
what's going on at midnight.people are not used to ordering food online.
And an even better answer: You build a web siteIt sounds like a valid assumption but a WRONG
for your restaurant and put your businessone. Again, your customers are ready. And the
information, menu, and some photos on it. Then,reality is: more and more restaurants, including all
when people call and ask where you are, you canthe major pizza chains, are taking online orders
simply and proudly say: check our web site.right now.
All those answers can bring you something -And you may have heard from other restaurants
better environment, convenience, efficiency,something like: "Online ordering doesn't work," or
attraction to customers, and so on. But, are they"We tried but didn't get any orders." Then, does it
good enough? Is there anything that really canwork?
help your business - your SALES? Bring you NEWThe answer is a big YES, if you design and setup
ORDERS and NEW CUSTOMERS, not indirectly,your online ordering system CORRECTLY. A
but DIRECTLY?well-designed online ordering system is an
The answer is Online Ordering system.AUTOMATIC SALES MACHINE.