Your orders on Zomato might become costlier soon
Zomato, a leading food delivery platform, has introduced a new ‘long-distance fee’ for its restaurant partners.
The move is aimed at improving profitability and ensuring better compensation for delivery partners.
The charge will be applicable on orders delivered beyond 4km from the restaurant or cloud kitchen.
For orders worth over ₹150 and delivered between 4-6km from the restaurant, Zomato will charge ₹20 extra per order. If the delivery location is over 6km, the fee will double to ₹40 per order.
What about smaller orders?
To note, for smaller orders (worth less than ₹150), no extra charges are levied if delivered within 6km. Beyond that distance, Zomato will charge ₹40 per order from the restaurant.
New fee not applicable to customers
The new fee structure is only applicable to restaurants and not customers.
The total charge payable to Zomato, including this new fee and others, will not exceed 30% of the order value.
This implies no restaurant partner will pay more than 30% of the order value in commissions.
The company continues to levy a ₹10 platform fee on customers, along with packaging charges.