I could see it as a replacement for UberEats if it could get to a high level of convenience. E.g.
"Alexa, order two medium cheese pizzas from the closest Domino's for delivery."
"Okay, ordering two medium cheese pizzas from a Domino's 2.7 miles away for delivery as soon as possible, for $25. Is that correct?"
"Yes."
"Okay, ordering pizzas. It'll take around 40 minutes."
But you'd need a very high level of AI intelligence/integration to get to that level. As it stands you'd probably go back and forth a bunch of times as the AI quizzes you on exactly what you want, when you want it, from which restaurant, etc. And that would just kill the usability, to the point where it's better to just use your phone.
Yea, I think there is a revenue stream there. I just question how big it is. First of all, you need to take a pretty-small slice of the transaction since they also need to make and deliver the pizza. If I know my Alexa order is always $1 more than calling it in myself... I'll probably just call.
And then, there's a weird thing where this probably only works for the simplest (and then cheapest) transactions. If I'm placing a complex order because I've got 7 friends over, I'd rather use an online ordering system or just make a phone call.
So you're taking a small cut, and probably only getting in on the smaller orders. There'd need to be a lot of volume to make it work.
"Alexa, order two medium cheese pizzas from the closest Domino's for delivery."
"Okay, ordering two medium cheese pizzas from a Domino's 2.7 miles away for delivery as soon as possible, for $25. Is that correct?"
"Yes."
"Okay, ordering pizzas. It'll take around 40 minutes."
But you'd need a very high level of AI intelligence/integration to get to that level. As it stands you'd probably go back and forth a bunch of times as the AI quizzes you on exactly what you want, when you want it, from which restaurant, etc. And that would just kill the usability, to the point where it's better to just use your phone.