Doordash temporarily reduces its commission fees for restaurants

(KYMA, KECY)-Doordash reduces commission fees by 50 percent for local restaurants through the end of May.

This program will benefit more than 150,000 local restaurants in the United States, Canada, and Australia. This will begin April 13 until the end of May.

This new package is in addition to the previously announced COVID-19 response programs which DoorDash adopted to help restaurant partners generate up to $200 million in additional sales. Earlier commitments include:

• Zero commission fees for 30 days for independent restaurants in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia who sign up with DoorDash and Caviar for the first time;
• Zero commission fees for all existing DoorDash and Caviar partners on pickup orders;
• The addition of more than 100,000 independent restaurant partners to DashPass, DoorDash's subscription program which offers $0 delivery fees for consumers;
• The reduction of commissions for merchant partners already in DashPass; and
• The commitment of up to $20 million in merchant marketing programs to generate more revenue for restaurants that are already on DoorDash.

"We have already invested more than $15 million in combined commission reductions and marketing efforts, and we've seen restaurants across the country generate millions of dollars in incremental sales—revenue that has been vital to helping them keep their doors open during the first weeks of the coronavirus crisis," said Tony Xu, CEO and Co-Founder of DoorDash.

"We believe that doing our part is critical during this unprecedented time, which is why we are taking further steps to help our restaurant community. Brighter days are coming. There will be a time when restaurants reopen their doors, set the table, and welcome guests to celebrate. We'll be right there with them every day until that day, and every day that follows."