How Padosi works
One account works for ordering and for selling. Here is what happens at each step.
If you are ordering
Sign in
Enter your mobile number. We send a one-time code by SMS. New here? Choose your society, tower and flat and add your name.
Browse and add
See dishes from cooks in your society. Search by dish or cook, filter vegetarian, or show only stores that are open now. Dishes with a schedule show when they are available.
Pay
Your cart shows the items and the platform fee separately. Pay online at checkout. Nothing is taken if the payment is cancelled or fails.
Collect
The cook accepts and sets a ready time. You are told when it is ready. Meet at the cook’s door and share your pickup code to confirm handover.
If you are cooking
Apply
Open Account, choose Apply as a seller, and tell us about your kitchen, your UPI ID for payouts and, if you have it, your FSSAI number.
Get approved
Padosi reviews every application. When you are approved your store appears, switched off until you turn it on.
Run your menu
Add dishes with a price, stock and timing. Choose “until sold out”, a few hours, or a weekly schedule. Turn your store online when you are ready.
Cook and get paid
Accept an order, set a ready time, mark it ready, and hand it over. Payouts for collected orders are sent to your UPI ID.
Where your money goes
You pay once, at checkout, through a secure online payment partner. Padosi does not see or store your card details or UPI PIN.
The total is the price of your items plus a small platform fee, both shown before you pay. After the order is collected, Padosi pays the cook their share by UPI. If the order cannot be fulfilled, the full amount is refunded.
- Items and platform fee are always shown separately
- Cooks never see your payment details
- You never see a cook’s UPI ID
- Rejected orders are refunded automatically