Do I Still Need a Website If I Have Google Maps, Yelp and the Apps?

Maybe not. Those platforms include a basic site with ordering, and if yours is working, we'll say so on the free call. Where a separate site earns its keep: a Chinese version Google can index, pages about your business rather than only a menu, a Google Business Profile that matches, and a site you keep if you ever change your register system. We never replace ordering that works — we link to it. See the comparison →

No, never. Ordering, booking and reservations run in systems opened in your own name — Square, Shopify, a reservation service — and are built into your site; the only costs are those systems' own charges — card processing, and for some of them a plan fee — paid to them, not to us. If you already use Chowbus, Fantuan or your register's ordering page, we link to it rather than build a second one.

Not at all — keep them. The apps are where new customers find you; your own site is where regulars can order. Your part: keep your app accounts as they are, tell us which plan tier you're on, and decide whether you'll pass the courier fee to customers. Our part: build ordering into your own site (usually Square's ordering system, opened in your name), link your Fantuan, Chowbus, DoorDash and Uber pages from the site so nothing is lost, print a "order direct and save" QR for bags, receipts and tables, and show you the weekly numbers so you can see orders moving from 30% commission to your own site.

Commission is a percentage of the food subtotal on every order, on top of the fees the customer pays. As of September 2026: DoorDash Basic 15% · Plus 25% · Premier 30% for delivery, 6% on pickup. Uber Eats Lite 15% · Plus 25% · Premium 30%. Grubhub about 13% delivery plus about 10% "marketing", so 25% or more in practice. Fantuan, Chowbus and HungryPanda do not publish rates — they are negotiated; it's worth asking your rep for the number in writing. Paid promotions and ads are extra. Pros: new customers, DashPass and Uber One reach, no drivers to manage. Keep in mind: you pay the same 25–30% on your regulars, you don't receive the customer's contact, the platform can change the rate, and many owners raise menu prices to cover it. On a $40 order at 30% you keep $28. On your own site with on-demand delivery you pay the card fee (about 3%) plus Square's $1.50 per order plus a flat courier fee of roughly $6–10 that you can pass to the customer — so you keep about $37 if the customer pays the courier, or $28–31 if you absorb it. Pickup orders on your site keep about $38.

No — everything a website itself can do for Google is in the base price: a page for each service in English and Chinese, correct titles and descriptions, a sitemap, fast loading, and old links carried over on a rebuild. For a local business, what moves you up from there is not on the website at all — it is your Google Business Profile, your reviews and your photos. The profile setup is a $350 add-on; the reviews and photos are yours to keep collecting, and we'll show you how. We don't sell a monthly SEO plan: for most businesses serving one neighborhood it does not pay back. If yours is in a crowded category, we'll tell you so at Discovery and point you to what actually works.