It’s exactly what I’m building. First I’m building open-source SaaS for every vertical and then leverage that to build a decentralized, interoperable marketplace.
replyIt won't work. The future gatekeeper just has to threaten to send traffic to your competitor if you (a hotel) don't sign an exclusive agreement with them.
replySo marketplaces will not allow users to have their own storefronts and websites? Most restaurants on DoorDash have a website where prices are cheaper. AI will allow your computer go to that website and place the order. How could Doordash stop that? How many restaurants would be willing to take down their website to appease a marketplace?
replyHave you encountered any "virtual kitchens" on food delivery apps yet?
replyYes, but those businesses are normally started with the premise of only selling on DoorDash and Uber and they provide you a commercial kitchen. I’m talking about actual restaurants with storefronts, websites, and significant sales outside of these marketplaces. A restaurant like that wouldn’t close down their other sales channels just to stay on a marketplace.
replyGhost kitchens might since that’s the only sales channel they are utilizing.
I've been recently asking ChatGPT specific questions about the food places near me like who has toro on the menu when I look for sushi places. Then it occurred to me that I'm better off storing notes about each food place separately in it's own md file locally. Then have an agent simply control a browser to spider every food place near my house systematically one at a time. So then all the restaurant has to do is have some way for me pull down the menu and pictures. This is something I've been wanting so I can order by talking to my agent. Whoever is working on this same thing I would say don't waste your time because it's one of the first uses of local that I feel will be superior to some generic thing like Ubereats which I don't use anyway unless traveling. So for ghost kitchens just drop a menu and show it online.
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