<EVERYONE Is a Maker on wadiz> Ep. 2: Why Local Restaurants Across the Country Should Start on wadiz
If you go to a regular business in the neighborhood
There's a limit to sales.
I can't believe we're going to do online distribution
I'm afraid that the stock will be piled up and thrown away.
Updated: June 1, 2026
Take this with you!
- Wadiz supporters are enthusiastic about the local restaurant's heavy craftsmanship and solid originality story
- Funding is a 'pre-order and produce' structure, so there is no inventory burden or throwaway material.
- You can safely expand your sales area across the country without closing your shop or leaving your kitchen empty.
While running a local store, I said, "Can't you taste my food to customers all over the country?" I'm sure you've thought about it at least once.
If you are looking for a bigger sales breakthrough based on the solid taste of the store you are running now, please pay attention.
These days, local restaurant owners are making tables across the country as an extension table for our store through Wadiz Funding while keeping the store open.
I will introduce the success stories and weapons of presidents who have captivated gourmets across the country with their own weapons without giant factories or fancy marketing technology.
A common concern of local restaurants
Even though it is a good restaurant where ingredients are prepared from dawn every day and customers wait in line to eat, "I wish the store would be a little bigger," and "Can't we send it to regular customers who come from far away every time by courier?"" There are many times when I feel sad about it.
The physical limitations of offline business, such as the influence of the weather or the limit on the number of tables that can be received per day, are difficult to overcome only by the boss's efforts and taste.
However, the realistic barrier to entering online distribution is too high. In fact, the concerns faced by local makers when they try to expand their reach across the country beyond stores can be summarized into four major categories.
In fact, local restaurants often have the following concerns:
| Limitations of Store Operations | Risk of Online Expansion |
|---|---|
| It is difficult to expand sales due to the limitation of the number of tables in the store or the limitation of distance. |
There is no way to promote our store when we leave the neighborhood. |
| I have one body, but it's hard to do hall sales and online preparation at the same time. |
I'm afraid that we'll have stock left because we've done mass production in advance and it won't sell. |
4 Realistic Challenges that Local Restaurants Commonly Experience
First, the physical constraints of the space and commercial areas of offline stores. No matter how famous the restaurant is in the neighborhood, it is difficult to meet more customers due to the limitation of the number of tables in the store or the limitation of the street. Hall sales alone have clear barriers to expanding sales above a certain level.
Second, it's a limitation of the operating schedule. It's too much to prepare for online entry alone while doing offline business. If you process unfamiliar administrative documents and develop meal kit products at the same time, it is easy to face physical and emotional limitations.
Third, it's a lack of marketing and awareness. Even if it's a well-known restaurant in the neighborhood, I'm at a loss as to how to promote our under-capitalized store nationwide among the big ready-made products with spectacular marketing.
Lastly, it is a barrier to online entry due to the burden of inventory. Even if I want to promote my taste to the whole country outside the store, the initial cost and inventory burden of having to mass-produce the product in advance is too high.
- As a result, in order to safely expand our reach while maintaining the solid foundation of today's offline stores, we need a system that can be validated by customers across the country who will recognize your "taste and value" without spending a lot of capital or stocking up. The answer is Wadiz
Why so many local restaurants chose Wadiz
There is a clear reason why restaurant owners who are already busy with hall sales are expanding online through Wadiz.
Wadiz is not just an online funding platform. Supporters here are not common cost-effective products from other companies, but early adopters who are enthusiastic and supportive of the process of making food and the heavy work of local restaurants.
Thanks to this, we can gather gourmet fandom across the country with only one solid signature menu of our store without spending a huge amount of marketing money.
Also, Wadiz's biggest attraction lies in its "pre-funding post-production" system. Instead of stacking and selling a lot of product inventory, we secure production funds with the support of our supporters at the idea and prototype stage, so there is an overwhelming advantage in that you can start a business with little risk even if you have ideas without products or capital.
① Low inventory burden: The pre-funding structure ensures that the order quantity is secured first to completely address the inventory risk of local food with a short shelf life.
② Securing National Fandom: Securing a reliable lifelong regular beyond local limits through Wadiz supporters touched by the president's philosophy and story.
③ Proof of originality: It truly proves the marketability of the project with my own differentiated taste that ready-made products can't imitate.
More regulars, wider stores, safer sales
So in real life, with Wadiz
If you expand your area beyond offline
What kind of achievements can we get?
You'll be wondering that.
Numerous local makers have already demonstrated their taste and philosophy on the Wadiz stage. Here are five real success stories that our supporters have been enthusiastic about.
| Maker's name | Core Products and Features | Total amount of funding achieved |
|---|---|---|
| a good day in Yangsan |
Every day, you deliver your own boiled refrigerated pig's feet | Accumulated 119.6 million won |
| Gunsan Biungdo Lighthouse |
100% egg vacuum crab provided by careful cleaning and packaging |
It's 16.7 million won |
| Busan Raiok |
Michelin-certified Vietnamese rice noodles with the same taste as the store's meal kit |
Accumulated 10.36 million won |
| Big donkatsu from Heungbu in Cheongju |
Healthy pork cutlet from a 20-year-old traditional restaurant that has been in place |
Cumulative 5.81 million won |
| Wonju Minbyeongseon Restaurant |
A unique menu loved in Wonju, stir-fried spicy chicken with ripe kimchi |
It's accumulated at 3.03 million won |
The local food brands that started their expansion in Wadiz created a much greater synergy than initially imagined.
"Yangsan Hoshiseol," which was agonizing between delivery pigs' feet that were burdensome to eat alone and a disappointing frozen product, was boiled every day and delivered directly in the refrigerated state to completely control the smell of the smell, and with constant encore requests from supporters touched by this, it achieved 12 encore funding and accumulated 100 million won.
Gunsan, which developed a product that my family can eat with confidence based on the disappointing experience of eating crab marinated in the market and having an upset stomach
The "non-adaptive lighthouse crab" shows the rigorous process of carefully cleaning and individual vacuum packaging one by one, with explosive support and a perfect score of 5 for supporter satisfaction
Busan Raiok, which wanted to convey the taste of the store intact, received enthusiastic recognition from supporters that "the local taste is as it is" after 15 hours of beef bone and repeated research in Vietnam to implement 97% of the store's taste.
Cheongju Gyeongsik Pork Cutlet, which has been loved for 20 years in one place, also attracted attention as a five-point real review in which supporters recall old memories by sticking to the taste of non-irritating and light memories in the face of a new challenge of online expansion.
Lastly, the special menu restaurant 'Wonju Minbyeongseon Restaurant', which had to go all the way to Wonju, was so popular that it was ranked second in real-time as soon as it opened, making it possible to enjoy fresh and unique combination of aged kimchi and braised chicken at home.
As such, Wadiz proves that no matter the size of the restaurant or the size of the capital, anyone with the owner's taste and sincerity in the product can achieve explosive funding results, brand exposure, and even nationwide fandom formation at the same time.
Local Maker Tips
- Promote my project by applying for notification: It's important to gather a lot of notification applicants, starting with family, friends, and acquaintances when the project is scheduled to open. In particular, the most reliable supporters are 'store regulars' who already know the taste of the boss's hands. Place the application QR code for Wadiz scheduled to open at the store table or counter!
"Now, you can receive my food comfortably outside of the store," so you can quickly gather early notification applicants, and the sincere comments they write give huge trust to supporters across the country!
FAQ
Q. I've only been in the store, so I don't know how to wrap, ship, or write online stories, so can I start?
A. Wadiz supporters value only by 'sincere about food' and 'story'. The daily story of the maker sweating in the kitchen, boiling broth, and choosing ingredients can be the strongest promotional story for supporters.
Q. What is the difference between Wadiz funding and regular shopping malls?
A. In general shopping malls, you have to make a lot of products in advance and compete for the lowest price, but Wadiz is the "Pre-order and Produce" method. During the funding period, we first secure orders nationwide and then manufacture and ship only that amount fresh, so there is no inventory burden and no materials to throw away. Small business owners can enter the online market with the safest cost risk.
Right now, all over the country
If there's a food that you want to show
At Wadiz, I can sincerely deliver the taste of the owner's craftsmanship to create my regulars and fandom.
If you want to introduce your food to supporters across the country beyond running a local commercial store,
Start with Wadiz right now.
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From funding preparation to success, the actual guide will be provided at the Wadiz Maker Center
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