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Swiggy to charge per-order fee on Swiggy One orders
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- Date
- Company
- Swiggy
- What it does
- Food delivery and quick commerce
- Kind
- News
What they do
Swiggy runs a food delivery and quick commerce platform
What happened
It will charge select restaurant partners ₹2-₹5 per order on Swiggy One orders from 25 Nov 2025
Why it matters
The fee adds to existing commissions of 17-25% and other charges introduced over the past year
The details
- Swiggy will charge select partner restaurants a per-order fee on Swiggy One orders starting 25 November 2025.
- The fee is a blended rate of ₹2-₹5 per order, based on the proportion of Swiggy One orders in a payout cycle.
- This fee is in addition to the base commission of 17-25% on sales and other charges.
- The fee has existed for over a year and was communicated to a limited group of restaurant partners.
- The fee is applied based on mutual consent between restaurant partners and Swiggy.
- Swiggy removed the surge fee waiver during rains for Swiggy One users in May 2025.
- Swiggy introduced an additional 2% collection fee on all orders for restaurant partners in February 2025.
- Swiggy introduced a 2% collection fee on all restaurant orders in December 2023 for facilitating online payments.
The bigger picture
- Swiggy's Q2FY26 net loss widened to ₹1,092 crore from ₹626 crore a year ago.
- Revenue from operations rose 54.42% YoY to ₹5,561 crore, but total expenditure grew 55.74% to ₹6,711 crore.
- Advertising and sales promotion spend jumped 93.48% to ₹1,039 crore.
- The company competes with Eternal (Zomato) in food delivery and Blinkit, Zepto, BigBasket in quick commerce.
About the business
- Swiggy operates a food delivery platform and Instamart quick commerce grocery service.
- Swiggy One is a premium membership offering unlimited free delivery and exclusive discounts on food and Instamart.
- Swiggy Bolt (10-minute food delivery) contributes over 10% of orders with double-digit growth and higher repeat users.
- The food delivery business recorded an adjusted EBITDA of ₹240 crore in Q2.
- Swiggy expanded Crew concierge service to Bengaluru, Mumbai, and NCR after a pilot.
- Crew services include restaurant reservations, travel itineraries, birthday party planning, gifting, Aadhaar updates, and more.
- Crew subscription costs ₹999 for three months and serves a few thousand users.
- Swiggy expanded 'Food on Train' service to 7 new stations, now covering 122 stations with a 4-day pre-booking window.
What happens next
- Swiggy plans to expand Bolt use cases to evening snacks and late-night meals.
- Growth strategy focuses on new users (students, early jobbers) rather than new cities, with offerings like high-protein food and DeskEats for professionals.
- The board approved raising up to ₹10,000 crore through public or private offerings including QIP.
Founders
- Sriharsha Majety, Co-founder
- Phani Kishan Addepalli, Co-founder
- Nandan Reddy, Co-founder
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