The short answer
To take a restaurant online in Tamil Nadu, keep your FSSAI registration ready, decide your online menu and prices, take clear photos of your main dishes, and sign up on a food ordering app. On Zride you sign up in the Zride Vendor app (₹499 for your first 6 months, or free if a Zride team member registers you), add your menu and hours, accept orders, and hand them to a Zride delivery rider. You pay 0% commission and are paid the next day.
Step by step
- Keep your FSSAI registration ready. Every food business in India needs FSSAI registration or a licence. Most single restaurants, messes and bakeries need basic registration; see the FSSAI guide for the turnover limits.
- Decide your online menu and prices. List the dishes that travel well. You set your own prices; with no commission you do not need to mark them up to cover one.
- Take clear photos of your main dishes. Daylight, a plain plate and one dish per photo. Photos of your bestsellers matter most.
- Sign up in the Zride Vendor app. Your mobile number (OTP), email, store name, address and map location, and a bank account with IFSC or a UPI ID. FSSAI number, GSTIN and a shop photo are optional at sign-up but speed up approval. Signing up yourself costs ₹499 (50% off ₹999), refunded in full if you are not approved.
- Add your menu, hours and packing charge. Add dishes, prices, veg or non-veg, photos and opening hours. You may add a packing charge of up to ₹50 per order; it is paid to you in full.
- Switch dishes off when they sell out. Turn a dish off for 2 hours, for the rest of the day, or until you turn it back on — customers see it greyed out instead of ordering something you cannot make.
- Accept orders and hand them to the rider. Accept each order in the app, pack it, and a Zride delivery rider collects it from your counter. The customer pays the delivery fee, and it goes to the rider.
- Check your payout the next day. Money for orders with no open complaint is paid to your bank the next day, and every payout shows each order and each line.
Questions
How long does it take to start selling online?
Sign-up in the Zride Vendor app takes a few minutes if you have your details ready. Your store goes live once it is approved; having your FSSAI number and a shop photo ready helps us approve you faster.
Do I need my own delivery staff?
No. Zride delivery riders collect from your counter. The customer pays the delivery fee (₹25 up to 3 km, then ₹8 a km), and it goes to the rider.
Can a small mess or tea shop sell online?
Yes. Because there is no commission, small bills still work: a ₹100 order paid online pays you ₹97.
Written by Zride (Asli One Global Private Limited) for restaurant owners. Last checked 11 November 2026.
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