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Switch from the delivery apps
The delivery apps take up to 30%. Good Circles takes 1% of profit.
DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub charge 15–30% on every order — and mark your menu up to your customers on top of it. Good Circles charges a 1% fee on profit, so you keep about 89% of your profit, your customer saves ~10%, and a local nonprofit gets funded on every order. Free to join.
A $100 order, side by side
Take a $100 order with $30 of food cost — and compare the tier most restaurants actually run.
| Good Circles | DoorDash (Plus 25%) | DoorDash (Premier 30%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer pays | $90.00 (saves $10.00) | $100+ (markup + fees) | $100+ (markup + fees) |
| Platform fee · ads · card | $0.60 · $0 · $0 | $25.00 · — · in fee | $30.00 · — · in fee |
| Donation to a local nonprofit (deductible) | $6.00 | — | — |
| Pre-tax profit | $53.40 | $45.00 | $40.00 |
| After-tax profit (25%) | $40.05 | $33.75 | $30.00 |
| Customer saves / community funded | $10.00 / $6.00 | $0 / $0 | $0 / $0 |
| Total local value created | $56.05 | $33.75 | $30.00 |
DoorDash commission tiers Basic 15% / Plus 25% / Premier 30%, processing bundled (verified 2026-06-22, merchants.doordash.com). Good Circles takes a 1% fee on profit, with no ad spend and no merchant card cost (the customer pays credit card processing if they use a card). Restaurants win here on both your own after-tax profit and total local value. Illustration, not tax advice.
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Run your restaurant's numbers
Your price, cost, tax rate, and current ad spend. This uses your numbers — not a sales pitch — to show your after-tax profit on each platform and the total local value of every sale.
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your after-tax profit + your customer's savings + community funding
Line-by-line, per sale
| Per sale | Platform | Good Circles |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue (list price) | ||
| Less: customer savings (10%) | ||
| Less: COGS | ||
| Less: platform fee | ||
| Less: ad / marketing | ||
| Less: card processing | ||
| Less: donation (deductible) | ||
| Taxable / pre-tax profit | ||
| Less: income tax | ||
| After-tax profit | ||
| Memo: customer saves | ||
| Memo: community funded | ||
| Memo: your after-tax cost to deliver that value | — |
Illustration only — not tax advice. Deductibility depends on your entity, income, and how the arrangement is characterized; confirm with your CPA. Competitor "fee" is the typical published all-in rate (verified 2026-06-22); set the fee and your ad spend to your real numbers.
A 30% commission isn't marketing — it's your margin leaving town
On a thin-margin restaurant ticket, a 25–30% commission can turn a profitable order into a break-even one — and the apps mark your prices up to the customer on top of it, so the person ordering pays more too. The delivery platforms made themselves the most expensive part of a local meal.
Good Circles flips it: the platform takes 1% of profit, your customer saves about 10%, and a local nonprofit your customer chooses gets funded with every order. Same kitchen, different rails — and the value stays in your community. See the full picture on Good Circles for restaurants »
Questions
DoorDash vs Good Circles — FAQ
How much does Good Circles cost a restaurant compared to DoorDash?
DoorDash's marketplace commission is 15% (Basic), 25% (Plus), or 30% (Premier) of every order. Good Circles charges a 1% fee on profit — with no ad spend and no merchant card cost, and no setup, monthly, or listing fees. If you don't sell, you don't pay.
Will I actually keep more than on the delivery apps?
Yes. On a $100 order with $30 of food cost you keep about $53 pre-tax (roughly $40 after tax) on Good Circles, versus $45 (Plus) or $40 (Premier) pre-tax on DoorDash — and your customer saves ~10% while a local nonprofit gets funded, neither of which happens on DoorDash. Even against DoorDash's 15% Basic tier you come out ahead once you count the ad spend and card fees Good Circles doesn't charge.
Don't my customers pay more on the delivery apps too?
Yes. The delivery apps commonly mark up your menu prices and add delivery and service fees, so your customer pays a premium. On Good Circles the customer saves about 10% — so switching is better for the person ordering, not just for you.
How do my orders get fulfilled on Good Circles?
You fulfill orders the way you do today — pickup or your own delivery. Good Circles is the local marketplace and customer relationship, not a 30% middleman between you and your own neighbors.
Keep your margin. Lose the 30%.
Free to join. A 1% fee on profit only when you sell. The first 200 Mississippi businesses are Founding Merchants.