0% platform fee. Forever.
Every other delivery app charges local businesses 15-30% per order. We charge 0% unless you actively choose to upgrade. The Grow (1.5%) and Featured (3%) tiers are commission only — we don't run subscription plans. The higher tier just unlocks more tools in exchange for a slightly higher commission on delivered orders. And 100% of every customer's driver tip goes to the driver — never to the merchant or the platform.
Community
Get listed on Locally Starved — always free, forever.
- Public listing & menu
- Order dashboard with live WebSocket updates
- Bring your own payment provider (Square, Stripe, PayPal, Cash)
- 0% platform fee — you keep 100% of every order subtotal
- Driver tips go 100% to the driver — never to the platform
- No credit card required, no time limit — free is free
Grow
1.5% commission on delivered orders — unlocks the growth tools.
- Everything in Community
- Merchant-owned promo codes (create, run, retire)
- Analytics dashboard: revenue trend, top items, hourly heatmap
- 1.5% of delivered-order subtotal — commission only, no subscription fee
- Nothing owed on months with no delivered orders
- Driver tips still go 100% to the driver
Featured
3% commission on delivered orders — unlocks featured placement.
- Everything in Grow
- Featured placement at the top of the consumer feed
- "Featured" badge on your store card
- 3% of delivered-order subtotal — commission only, no subscription fee
- Nothing owed on months with no delivered orders
- Driver tips still go 100% to the driver
Do the math on your own numbers
See exactly what a month on each tier would cost — and what the big apps would have taken.
Save these numbers as your onboarding assumptions and your merchant dashboard's tier preview will use them until real delivered-order data takes over.
Estimate only — commission math is exact per tier. Numbers assume every listed order is a delivered order (pickups incur no platform commission). We never bill a subscription on top.
How we compare
| Platform | Merchant fee |
|---|---|
| Locally Starved (Community) | 0% |
| Locally Starved (Grow) | 1.5% |
| Locally Starved (Featured) | 3% |
| DoorDash | 15-30% |
| Grubhub | 15-30% |
| Uber Eats | 15-30% |
77 local businesses are on Community right now
Their orders start flowing the moment neighbors discover them. Zero setup cost.
Why we do it this way
A 25% commission means a $10 pizza costs the shop $2.50. On thin margins, that's the entire profit gone. We built Locally Starved to prove a marketplace can be viable while letting merchants keep what they earn. The paid tiers are for merchants who actively want the extra tools — not gatekeeping essentials behind a paywall.
List your business — free forever