Even though being listed on Meituan offers an opportunity for small restaurants to acquire more customers, restaurateurs are not using its delivery service and are relying on their own deliverers to reduce the expense paid to Meituan. Apart from that, high commission fees and increasing advertisement cost has made orders taken from the platform a loss-making endeavour. In the situation, clients are more likely to be encouraged to place direct orders from WeChat messages or phone calls rather than from Meituan. (Source: TechNode.com)
