{"id":610800,"date":"2026-04-16T13:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/610800\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:49:17","slug":"small-habits-big-bills-why-convenience-costs-more-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/610800\/","title":{"rendered":"Small habits, big bills: Why convenience costs more than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming back to platform fees, the escalation across Zomato and Swiggy shows a steady rise from 2023 to 2026. \u201cSwiggy first introduced a  \u20b92 fee in April-August 2023, followed by Zomato in August\u2013December 2023. By 2024, fees increased gradually to  \u20b93-7 across both platforms, before jumping to  \u20b910 during the October 2024 festive season. In 2025, repeated hikes pushed fees to  \u20b912-15, and by March 2026, both platforms converged at  \u20b917.58 (incl. GST), driven by rising costs and competitive parity,&#8221; said Deepali Gotadke, e-commerce consultant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming back to platform fees, the escalation across Zomato and Swiggy shows a steady rise from 2023 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,296854,99,296850,296844,296840,186,296851,296845,296836,296838,296852,296855,296846,296853,296837,296848,184,296842,185,296839,296841,296847,296843,296849],"class_list":["post-610800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-budget-management-apps","tag-business","tag-consumer-spending-trends","tag-cost-creep-explanation","tag-digital-subscription-expenses","tag-finance","tag-financial-discipline-tips","tag-financial-leakage-india","tag-food-delivery-costs","tag-hidden-app-fees","tag-how-convenience-costs","tag-india-financial-news","tag-managing-app-spending","tag-online-order-charges","tag-online-spending-habits","tag-ott-subscription-costs","tag-personal-finance","tag-personal-finance-budget","tag-personalfinance","tag-platform-fees-zomato-swiggy","tag-quick-commerce-charges","tag-reduce-food-delivery-bills","tag-save-money-online","tag-unexpected-expenses-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}