Local Commerce SaaS Case Study
DineQDineQ

Dineq Achieves a 97% Order Fulfillment Success Rate

One Platform Built for Multi-Business Local Ordering

AITC developed DineQ, a multi-business ordering platform connecting discovery, payments, fulfillment, and management — giving customers a simpler experience while merchants manage operations independently.

Customer discovery and ordering

89% Growth in merchant order volume

DineQ

Industry

Local Commerce / Multi-Business Ordering

Product Type

Multi-Vendor Ordering Platform (SaaS)

Client since

Sep 2022

DineQ gives local businesses a flexible way to manage orders and fulfillment while maintaining clear operational control and consistent order processing.

Local Ordering Was Fragmented Across Discovery and Fulfillment

The challenge was connecting discovery, ordering, payment, fulfillment, and business administration without forcing different merchants into the same operational model or losing control over individual orders.

Business challenges

  • Fragmented business discovery: Customers needed more than a list of businesses. Ratings, offers, availability, cuisine, location, fulfillment time, and ordering options all needed to support faster comparison and decision-making.

  • Multi-business data isolation: Each merchant needed separate menus, staff, branding, settings, and order information while platform administrators still required centralized control over the wider product.

Technical challenges

  • Complex fulfillment journey: Dine-in, pickup, and delivery introduced different operational handoffs, making it important to keep every order clear from payment confirmation through preparation and completion.

  • Payment and platform reliability constraints: Beyond data isolation, the platform needed server-verified payments, controlled order-state transitions, live status updates, and granular permissions, all operating reliably within the same shared SaaS architecture.

Solution we delivered

Discovery & planning

Built for the Complexity of Multi-Business Ordering

Customers need a simple way to discover, compare, and order from nearby businesses. DineQ supports this while giving each business control over its own menus, staff, settings, and fulfillment.

Solution design

One Ordering Experience Across Customers, Merchants, and Operations

DineQ connects customer discovery, ordering, payments, fulfillment, and platform administration in one multi-business platform. Customers can place and track orders, while merchants manage menus and operations within their own workspace.

DineQ

Key functionality delivered

Customer discovery and ordering

Customers can search stores, cuisines, and dishes, compare businesses, browse menus and offers, save favorites, select dine-in, pickup, or delivery, complete checkout, and follow order progress from one account.

Controlled order and fulfillment workflow

Payment is verified before normal order processing begins. Orders then move through structured states covering acceptance, preparation, completion, refunds, and failures, helping keep payment and fulfillment aligned.

Multi-business administration

Each merchant maintains separate menus, staff, branding, settings, and order data, while central administrators manage approvals, commissions, permissions, and wider platform controls. DineQ includes 11 platform permission controls to support controlled administrative access.

Delivery approach

We shipped the payment-first checkout and kitchen display first, then layered in realtime dashboards, menu management, and the platform admin console as more merchant types came onboard.

Technologies

Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Prisma
PostgreSQL
Zod
Server-Sent Events

Team

  • Project Manager1
  • Product Designer1
  • Frontend Developer1
  • Backend Developer1
  • QA Engineer1

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Result

Project duration: Sep 2022 — Feb 2023

8 Active Merchants Across 5 Business Categories in One Marketplace

DineQ supports 5 business categories across one multi-business ordering platform. Merchant order volume grew by 89%, while the platform achieved a 97% successful order completion rate, demonstrating stronger order growth and reliable fulfillment performance. The platform supports restaurants, cafés, bakeries, grocery stores, and convenience businesses across dine-in, pickup, and delivery workflows. See methodology below for measurement details.

89%

Growth in merchant order volume

97%

Successful order completion rate

8

Active merchants

5

Business categories

Methodology

Figures reflect DineQ's performance to date across its onboarded merchant base, tracked internally by AITC via platform order and payment records. Percentage figures compare early platform activity to current activity following merchant onboarding and feature rollout.

Merchant order volume — 89% growth
Total completed orders processed through the platform, compared between an early baseline period and the current reporting period, tracked via DineQ's order management system.
Order completion rate — 97%
Percentage of placed orders that reached a completed status (excluding cancellations and payment failures), measured across all orders in the current reporting period.
Active merchants — 8
Count of merchants with an active storefront and at least one completed order in the current reporting period.
Business categories — 5
Distinct merchant categories currently onboarded: restaurants, cafés, bakeries, grocery stores, and convenience businesses.

This case study does not yet specify exact baseline dates or reporting-period length — confirm and add the specific comparison window (e.g., "first 3 months post-launch vs. most recent 3 months") before publishing. Figures reflect DineQ's current merchant base and were not independently audited.

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