Zomato may start taking online food orders from March

Zomato, one of the leading restaurant discovery platforms, is all set to step into the online food delivery market from March.

While Zomato has refrained from giving out details about the launch, media reports confirm that the website will be rolling out the delivery services in the country from March 16, 2015.

At the beginning, the firm has some 2,000 restaurant partners across the country.

Zomato CEO and co-founder Deepinder Goyal told TechCrunch that he expects to reach about 10,000 restaurants in a few months.

"We have a sales team of around 300 in India and 5,000-odd advertisers. These partners know the volume we bring to them so it is quite easy for us to launch this new service," Goyal said.

The company will charge a commission from restaurants for online deliveries, based on the ratings, and has mentioned that good customer review would mean a smaller commission and a poor review could see the cut go up to 15 per cent.

Promising to roll out its services internationally soon, Zomato has already started testing its deliveries in the country.