Poland's largest online food website Pyszne.pl begins accepting Bitcoin payments, supporting more than 5,000 restaurants

Pyszne.pl, Poland’s largest online food ordering site, now accepts Bitcoin payments for orders. The site has the largest restaurant network in Poland – supporting nearly 5,062 restaurants and 883,000 active customers.

Poland's largest food ordering website

Pyszne.pl is the largest online food ordering service in Poland. In 2016, the site claims to have nearly 883,000 active customers, 4.3 million orders, and an average order size of 9.55 euros. Pyszne.pl has partnerships with nearly 5,062 restaurants, and the food categories include pizza, sushi, grilled meats, dumplings, and other dishes, all of which offer delivery.

In 2014, Pyszne.pl was acquired by Takeaway.com, one of the world's largest online food ordering sites. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Takeaway.com operates in more than 10 countries around the world, with 28,800 restaurants and 8.9 million active consumers. Pyszne.pl is Takeaway.com's fastest growing brand and the only one in Poland. In 2016, Pyszne.pl grew 150% in terms of total merchandise volume. Takeaway.com wrote:

Poland [Pyszne.pl] continues to be our fastest growing market, with order volume growth once again exceeding triple digits... Our order volume in Poland has grown 12 times, consolidating our No.1 position in this fast-growing market. Our brand has several times more orders than No.2.

In addition, Takeaway.com said, "Poland is also home to our fourth largest office" and "our Polish business became our third largest market in 2016."

Pay with Bitcoin

Pyszne.pl recently announced that they have begun accepting Bitcoin payments through services provided by Bitpay earlier this month. In addition to Bitcoin, consumers have other payment options such as credit cards, online transfers, Sofort and PayPal. Pyszne.pl mobile users can also use Android Pay.

Takeaway.com began accepting Bitcoin payments via Bitpay in November 2013, before it acquired Pyszne.pl in 2014. Takeaway said that “there are no fees for paying with Bitcoin.” However, the company noted that users must use their own Bitcoin wallet to pay. In comparison, using a credit card or PayPal costs 6%, and using Banconnect/Mister Cash costs 1 Euro.”

These costs cover the costs of all bank fees charged for online payments.

"The company's website states that adding these payment options will also increase costs due to payment processing."

If an order is cancelled before it is processed and the payment was made with Bitcoin, the refund can only be issued to the IBSN bank account provided by the consumer. The company explains, “If you paid for an order with Bitcoin and the order is cancelled, the refund can only be made by converting Bitcoin into Euros and returning it to the consumer’s bank account.”