How to Sell Homemade Food on Zomato Start with 4 Easy Steps

Are you a good cook? Here is best way to sell food on Zomato from home.

When we thought to sell food online the question cames how to setup food business from home and join Aggregator such Zomato and swiggy.

The answer is setup online business is not that difficult.

If you wondering why you need fssai License even though you are starting from home. The answer of the question is because of the food and safety act, 2006. The licence criteria is based on your annual turnover. If your turnover less than 12 lakh, you will need just registration for 100 rupee fee annually. If your turnover more than 12 lakh you will nee registration for 2000 rupee fee annually.

All clear about fssai. Let’s go ahead.

Today, online food selling is a very easy task because of the simple structure of online food delivery.

In India, there are only two big giant available Zomato and Swiggy and captured majority of online food delivery market. So you have a best option to start your homemade with partner with Zomato.

Zomato has more than 80 million user monthly as of 2023.

Many people feels that sell food online is difficult but I want to tell you it’s very simple.

Once you establish setup you have to 20% work which is make a food, and 80% work packaging, delivery, payment collection etc. are done by Zomato.

If you are starting from home you must need some essential documents:

Documents required for partner with Zomato

If you are starting with restaurant than you need additional 3 documents:

• Trade License from your local municipal office
• Shop & Establishments as per your state requirements
• Fire Department NOC, etc.

4 steps to start online homemade food on zomato

1️⃣ Register a company

To work as a business, you must have to register for a company. You can go with any below given company structure.

• One person company or
• partnership firm or
• LLP

2️⃣ Apply for FSSAI licence

To sell food on online you should have FSSAI License. It is an eccential license to start food business in India. Apply for FSSAI license and acquire it.

• Tab 1
• Tab 2

3️⃣ Get GST licence

Person who want to sell online on Zomato must have a GST licence.Get GST licence is very easy process. Apply online and acquire it.

The person should have a GST number ie, he should apply for GST Registration.

These 3 things are mandatory for establishing online homemade food business. SO, you have to first apply for Company Registration, FSSAI Registration and then GST Registration.

4️⃣ Registered as a zomato business partner

How to register on Zomato to sell food from home

👉Go to the Zomato website

👉Add restaurant name and address

👉Enter the location

👉Verify your mobile number

👉Give information of Type of restaurant, Timing and Restaurant photos

Add a restaurant: After applying one or two week, Zomato team will contact you and collect required documents like PAN card, Aadhar card, a copy of the FSSAI registration, restaurant photos, menus and some other information.

You can also contact Zomato for Business by giving a call at +91–8039654500.

Also they will teach you how to package the food, which covering material to be use and other safety precautions, etc.

After establish shop on zomato, first question comes in our mind that how i can sell food? How to promote the shop?

For a first week, Zomato will help in selling with promote your shop. If you get good rating and reviews than your business go ahead.

The second question comes in our mind that How to list products? How to promote? How to deliver?

So relax, 80% work is done by Zomato itself photography of foods, listings of foods, delivery, payment collection etc.

Claim your restaurant: Access the page of registration and confirm whether your shop page already listed by search button on the top.

Cost: If you have restaurant than your cost is zero. But you haven’t anything purchase equipment to cook the food.

Commision: Zomato charges between 15%-25% commission per order including payment gateway charges and GST. Zomato settle your money every week.

Manage your business through zomato business app

After complete authorisation of your business, you are able to manage bu using Zomato Business App. Now you are Zomato certified partner so you can avail some services.

Guidelines for restaurants

Restaurant Name

Users use restaurant names to look for and identify restaurants place orders.

On Zomato, restaurant names must be typed exactly as they appear on the menu board outside of your restaurant.

Zomato does not accept restaurant abbreviations in the restaurant name.

Restaurant adress

The restaurant’s address directs customers so the format of the address must be standardized and maintain uniformity.

Avoid using acronyms and putting more than one landmark in the description.

Avoid adding the names of other restaurants as landmarks because this impacts the search results for other eateries.

If the restaurant is above the ground floor, include the floor number and the name of the building to make it easier for people to find.

Business hours

The business hours of a restaurant are listed so that customers can schedule visits at a time that is convenient for them.

Benefits of being a Zomato Restaurant Partner

Online persona: Without more expenses on website, you can just create a well online presence of your restaurant.

Access to data and analytics: Zomato will provide data and analytics of your restaurant’s performance on Zomato Business App. This data will help in track the customer and you can improve your restaurant service.

Greater reach: Zomato has wide range of customers so you can avail that opportunity to capture as much possible.

Promote with ease: Today’s world online promotion are becoming more cheaper than offline promotion. You can easy offer deals and discounts on zomato app.

Omni presence: If you setup your foods item online than you have one step ahead than who only running offline. You can cater your customer offline as well as online.

Creative online restaurant names on Zomato

What are the best selling items on Zomato?

Zomato annual trend report 2022 data says that 186 biryani orders have been delivered every single minute and pizza took the second place, where 139 pizza deliveries happened every minute.

After that some others most selling items are Masala Dosa, Chicken Fried Rice, Veg Biryani, Paneer Butter Masala, Butter Naan, Veg Fried Rice, samosas and Tandoori Chicken.

Here are some of the stats of Zomato in 2023:

• Monthly active users: 80 million
• Countries availablity: 24
• Cities: 3200+
• Market share: 55%
• Total number of visits: 90 billion

Zomato interesting stats:

• The most popular food item on Zomato is biryani.
• The highest number of orders placed in a day by a one customer on Zomato is 3330.
• The highest order value placed on single day is ₹28 lakh rupee.

Conclusion:

The new entrepreneur can avail opportunity of online food selling. However, Zomato has biggest platform to sell cooked food but their are many other items as well like icecream, chocolates etc. So you can try other option as well to establish your business.

One of the most important point for online food selling is maintain rating and reviews. If you maintain good rating your business get way high growth and vice-versa also applicable so always remember it.