Comments on: Letseat.at Makes It Easy For Restaurants to Serve Up Their Own Websites http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:48:13 -0800 hourly 1 By: Maathiyoose Resource Links - October 2008 | Maathiyoose http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2522536 Maathiyoose Resource Links - October 2008 | Maathiyoose Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:56:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2522536 [...] - Download For All FreshDrop.net: Great Resource for Expired Domain Names Thatsseo - Coming soon Letseat.at Makes It Easy For Restaurants to Serve Up Their Own Websites Identity: Find Out Where a Username is Already Registered Shutdown Timer v1.0.2 » Full Software [...] [...] – Download For All FreshDrop.net: Great Resource for Expired Domain Names Thatsseo – Coming soon Letseat.at Makes It Easy For Restaurants to Serve Up Their Own Websites Identity: Find Out Where a Username is Already Registered Shutdown Timer v1.0.2 » Full Software [...]

]]> By: GhostNomNom http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2479260 GhostNomNom Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:12:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2479260 @Rationality... Who tried this before? @Rationality… Who tried this before?

]]> By: Rationality http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2478694 Rationality Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:38:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2478694 This has been tried before and it went nowhere. If this can hang around for another decade or so for younger more Web-savvy users to take over restaurants, it might work -- but by then Google et al will have the same thing. This has been tried before and it went nowhere. If this can hang around for another decade or so for younger more Web-savvy users to take over restaurants, it might work — but by then Google et al will have the same thing.

]]> By: Teena http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2478322 Teena Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:22:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2478322 This is a cool concept! I've been using all kinds of CMS solutions for my clients these past few years, and this is a good alternative for those cafes and restaurants who are overwhelmed by the big $ websites they may not need. In 15 mins I had created a new site for a local cafe: http://www.letseat.at/cafenext I spotted a few things I'd like to have control of, but I understand that's not possible with a free solution like this. I really want to be able to turn off LetsEatAt's google ads down the right of every page, so hopefully they'll work out how to do that soon, possibly for a small upgrade fee. The solution is very simple and straightfoward, and I'm sure this will be find lots of customers. Well done to the LetsEatAt team! and to Michael and TechCrunch for giving me exciting technology to read about over breakfast every morning here in Sydney, Australia :-) Cheers Teena <a href="http://A-Night-in-Paris.com" rel="nofollow">http://A-Night-in-Paris.com</a> This is a cool concept! I’ve been using all kinds of CMS solutions for my clients these past few years, and this is a good alternative for those cafes and restaurants who are overwhelmed by the big $ websites they may not need.

In 15 mins I had created a new site for a local cafe:
http://www.letseat.at/cafenext

I spotted a few things I’d like to have control of, but I understand that’s not possible with a free solution like this.

I really want to be able to turn off LetsEatAt’s google ads down the right of every page, so hopefully they’ll work out how to do that soon, possibly for a small upgrade fee.

The solution is very simple and straightfoward, and I’m sure this will be find lots of customers.

Well done to the LetsEatAt team! and to Michael and TechCrunch for giving me exciting technology to read about over breakfast every morning here in Sydney, Australia :-)

Cheers
Teena
http://A-Night-in-Paris.com

]]> By: Anil http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2478227 Anil Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:33:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2478227 I think websites are things of past. They are so many of them now. The space is very crowded. As someone pointed out, it would boil down to marketing and partnerships in this space. I think websites are things of past. They are so many of them now. The space is very crowded. As someone pointed out, it would boil down to marketing and partnerships in this space.

]]> By: Medianeurone’s » Blog Archive » links for 2008-09-22 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2478226 Medianeurone’s » Blog Archive » links for 2008-09-22 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:32:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2478226 [...] Letseat.at Makes It Easy For Restaurants to Serve Up Their Own Websites (tags: absence-resto) [...] [...] Letseat.at Makes It Easy For Restaurants to Serve Up Their Own Websites (tags: absence-resto) [...]

]]> By: Nav http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2478062 Nav Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:06:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2478062 This is smart. I know there was a company out to Philadelphia that did something similar a few years ago called thekalon.com, I believe they launched the app across a few local restaurants, not sure what happened though. This is smart. I know there was a company out to Philadelphia that did something similar a few years ago called thekalon.com, I believe they launched the app across a few local restaurants, not sure what happened though.

]]> By: Vasudev Ram http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477992 Vasudev Ram Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:35:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477992 HungryZone.com is a recent Indian startup in a related area to LetsEat. It has info on restaurants in various cities (of India only) and lets you search for a particular food item you'd like to eat (in a selected city), then lists the restaurants from its list that match. Shows the address and other relevant information about each restaurant. Users can read and write reviews about the restaurants. I read in a newspaper that it is profitable. Site is a bit light on features as of now, nor does it cover too many Indian cities. But an interesting concept - I'd been wishing for something like this myself, as a user. - Vasudev jugad2.blogspot.com HungryZone.com is a recent Indian startup in a related area to LetsEat. It has info on restaurants in various cities (of India only) and lets you search for a particular food item you’d like to eat (in a selected city), then lists the restaurants from its list that match. Shows the address and other relevant information about each restaurant. Users can read and write reviews about the restaurants. I read in a newspaper that it is profitable. Site is a bit light on features as of now, nor does it cover too many Indian cities. But an interesting concept – I’d been wishing for something like this myself, as a user.

- Vasudev
jugad2.blogspot.com

]]> By: ZingerSteve http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477721 ZingerSteve Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:47:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477721 I think it's brilliant! Yes, yes, there are plenty of free site builders out there, some of which are very good and much bigger. However, Letseat.at's competitive edge isn't the product itself. It's the marketing. They are catering to (pun intended) a specific market that may or may not be aware of what can be done with Wordpress or others. Remember, people like when products are specifically made for them. If word gets out in the restauranteur community about Letseat.at, then that might be all they need to gain market share within their target market. I think it’s brilliant! Yes, yes, there are plenty of free site builders out there, some of which are very good and much bigger. However, Letseat.at’s competitive edge isn’t the product itself. It’s the marketing.

They are catering to (pun intended) a specific market that may or may not be aware of what can be done with Wordpress or others. Remember, people like when products are specifically made for them. If word gets out in the restauranteur community about Letseat.at, then that might be all they need to gain market share within their target market.

]]> By: Dealyzer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477718 Dealyzer Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:46:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477718 Very good idea! Good luck. Very good idea! Good luck.

]]> By: Ed http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477708 Ed Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:38:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477708 sorry jason - I have nothing to do with this site. I also have no opinion either way on how successful it will be in terms of revenue. My only point was aimed at Matt and that I believe there is a strong demand for small business owners to use products such as "letseatat" as a way to publish their product online without the hassle of having to (almost) learn a new app like the ones Matt mentioned. The "letseatat" people could easily re-package that concept for another industry much like the guy who sold "nursing link" and that police site and "art bistro" to Monster for $60m. sorry jason – I have nothing to do with this site. I also have no opinion either way on how successful it will be in terms of revenue. My only point was aimed at Matt and that I believe there is a strong demand for small business owners to use products such as “letseatat” as a way to publish their product online without the hassle of having to (almost) learn a new app like the ones Matt mentioned. The “letseatat” people could easily re-package that concept for another industry much like the guy who sold “nursing link” and that police site and “art bistro” to Monster for $60m.

]]> By: dc web designer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477686 dc web designer Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:27:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477686 Brilliant! WordPress is a wonderfully easy platform for DIY folks and this creates an opportunity for food photographers and WordPress theme experts to help individual restaurants make their sites look different and special. I'm all for it. Brilliant! WordPress is a wonderfully easy platform for DIY folks and this creates an opportunity for food photographers and WordPress theme experts to help individual restaurants make their sites look different and special. I’m all for it.

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]]> By: Andrew of Mixergy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477679 Andrew of Mixergy Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:25:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477679 restaurants have the worst web pages {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/KpKhJFsHbc_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"restaurants have the worst web pages "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/NMTcGl4Sbt"}}} restaurants have the worst web pages {seesmic_video:{”url_thumbnail”:{”value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/KpKhJFsHbc_th1.jpg”}”title”:{”value”:”restaurants have the worst web pages ”}”videoUri”:{”value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/NMTcGl4Sbt”}}}

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » レストランのサイトが最短で作れる「LetsEat.at」（メニューRSS、クーポンも） http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477663 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » レストランのサイトが最短で作れる「LetsEat.at」（メニューRSS、クーポンも） Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:09:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477663 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: Startup News http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477656 Startup News Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:01:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477656 The thing is - you would need critical mass to really succeed .. The easiest thing to do .. is build the restaurants websites for them ... All of them .. This way it becomes a worth while destination for a diner because they can see thousands of restaurants .. The thing is – you would need critical mass to really succeed .. The easiest thing to do .. is build the restaurants websites for them … All of them ..
This way it becomes a worth while destination for a diner because they can see thousands of restaurants ..

]]> By: LetsEat.at, I Have Some Bad News For You Too http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477630 LetsEat.at, I Have Some Bad News For You Too Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:45:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477630 [...] tiny from: TechCrunch.com Share and [...] [...] tiny from: TechCrunch.com Share and [...]

]]> By: jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477621 jason Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:36:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477621 Im sure you own this site too Ed. It must suck to have to write to all the naysayers. This idea won't work though, seriously. Unless you really like to eat and want to go on a road trip to talk to all of the lazy, late adopter who don't have a web site, then this business is a sure set failure without solid revenue potential. The thought was nice, but when it comes down to it, there is a reason why there are so many restaurants without a web site and why no one is going after them. This is an easy attackable area, if it had any money in it, a legitimatge entrepreneur would have taken it on. Better luck next idea. Im sure you own this site too Ed. It must suck to have to write to all the naysayers. This idea won’t work though, seriously. Unless you really like to eat and want to go on a road trip to talk to all of the lazy, late adopter who don’t have a web site, then this business is a sure set failure without solid revenue potential. The thought was nice, but when it comes down to it, there is a reason why there are so many restaurants without a web site and why no one is going after them. This is an easy attackable area, if it had any money in it, a legitimatge entrepreneur would have taken it on. Better luck next idea.

]]> By: Hotels in Reno http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477600 Hotels in Reno Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477600 Sounds good for smalls restaurants Sounds good for smalls restaurants

]]> By: Simon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477555 Simon Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:57:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477555 they could simple forward /mask the sub domain they could simple forward /mask the sub domain

]]> By: alwayshungry http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477515 alwayshungry Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:28:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477515 LetsEat is interesting, only because of the opportunity to feed coupons and deals. Yet they're well late to the game. If you're looking for something that can easily manage menus, which is the hardest task for a restaurant, and still provide the deals, http://www.SandwichBoard.com has provided that solution. Launched in February, SandwichBoard was designed as a way for restaurant owners to not only create an online presence, but establish an extension of their brand identity. With several customizable template options, SandwichBoard delivers a simple to use CMS, that will dynamically change the menu, adjust daily specials, and promote deals as needed. The best part, is that it was designed to allow restaurateurs to focus on running great restaurants, and not worry about managing their Web site. LetsEat is interesting, only because of the opportunity to feed coupons and deals. Yet they’re well late to the game.

If you’re looking for something that can easily manage menus, which is the hardest task for a restaurant, and still provide the deals, http://www.SandwichBoard.com has provided that solution.

Launched in February, SandwichBoard was designed as a way for restaurant owners to not only create an online presence, but establish an extension of their brand identity. With several customizable template options, SandwichBoard delivers a simple to use CMS, that will dynamically change the menu, adjust daily specials, and promote deals as needed. The best part, is that it was designed to allow restaurateurs to focus on running great restaurants, and not worry about managing their Web site.

]]> By: Ed http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477507 Ed Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:20:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477507 people are lazy (especially me). I have only tried weebly but having done so, it requires a fair amount of user input. By the look of letseatat, you just type in the menu, a few pics and select a theme and you're done. That is much more appealing than dragging a title in, then a paragraph, then choosing two columns over 3 etc. By targeting restaurants, they can pre-define all the common content - there is no need for weebly type functionality in this case imo. people are lazy (especially me). I have only tried weebly but having done so, it requires a fair amount of user input. By the look of letseatat, you just type in the menu, a few pics and select a theme and you’re done. That is much more appealing than dragging a title in, then a paragraph, then choosing two columns over 3 etc. By targeting restaurants, they can pre-define all the common content – there is no need for weebly type functionality in this case imo.

]]> By: Raskin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477500 Raskin Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:13:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477500 Menupages.com ?? Menupages.com ??

]]> By: Dorian http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477495 Dorian Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:11:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477495 Freewebs.com too! Probably one of the only online website creators that actually makes money. Freewebs.com too! Probably one of the only online website creators that actually makes money.

]]> By: RahulC http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/letseatat-makes-it-easy-for-restaurants-to-serve-up-their-own-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-2477486 RahulC Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:04:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22521#comment-2477486 It remind of a service that started that allow people to order gourmet food from restaurants... sound interesting but with so many websites in the same line, it will be hard to distinguish It remind of a service that started that allow people to order gourmet food from restaurants… sound interesting but with so many websites in the same line, it will be hard to distinguish

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