At this point, the average online customer knows of no other online service that takes reservations. Įssentially, many, if not the majority, of the 15,000 restaurants that use Opentable believe that they have no choice. Restaurant owners feel like they are being shortchanged, and they are. They seem to be in the business of being the only one in business. As we all know, a monopoly or near monopoly (OpenTable has over 90 % market share) always, always offers their service at an unfair price, whether they low-ball to kill start-ups or jack up the price because restaurants have no choice. We are doomed to mention OpenTable, a company which dominates online restaurant reservation. The shadow that looms behind Urbanspoon’s undertaking is Opentable.

Using the iPad’s intutiveness, Rezbook, by itself, is something to behold. Understandably, then restaurants everywhere are taking notice of Urbanspoon’s table management and online restaurant reservation system, Rezbook, that threatens OpenTable’s stranglehold of online restaurant reservation.

It brags 100 million people each month visit Urbanspoon and its affiliate network. 10 million people have downloaded the Urbanspoon application on their smart phones, feeding thousands of restaurant reviews, instantaneous reservations and restaurant information to their smart phones. Already, Urbanspoon’s online roots run deep.ġ0 million unique users visit the Urbanspoon website each month. Even in the face of OpenTable virtual monopoly of online restaurant reservation, Urbanspoon’s track record and talent indicate that they should be taken seriously.

Urbanspoon is out to rescue online restaurant reservation.

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