DoorDash Inc. is bringing its on-demand delivery service to Japan, marking the San Francisco-based company’s first expansion into Asia in a bid to boost its international footprint.
The biggest food-delivery company in the U.S. will enter one of the most restaurant-dense countries in the world in Sendai, DoorDash said on Wednesday.
Merchants will have access to DoorDash’s marketplace app, where users can order from an array of participating eateries, as well as the storefront, an online ordering product that helps restaurants create their own websites for pickup and delivery. The storefront service will be commission-free through the end of the year, with the only cost to the merchants being payment processing fees, DoorDash said.