WythMe

What WythMe does

WythMe (Wyth.me LLC) operates a two-sided reverse-auction marketplace connecting restaurants and bars with group diners. Consumers submit dining plans specifying date, time, location, party size, and use case (e.g., happy hour, dinner, catering, delivery), and participating establishments respond with competing offers such as dollar discounts, percentage discounts, or custom perks. The consumer-side product is free and is delivered via iOS and Android mobile apps and a web interface at app.wyth.me, while restaurants onboard through a dedicated self-serve business portal at join.wyth.me that supports multi-location registration.

The platform is built on a standard JavaScript/Node.js stack with MongoDB and React/React Native front ends. Its core technical components include a real-time request-matching and routing system that analyzes submitted plans against criteria such as location, cuisine, and ratings, and an auto-matching preferences feature that lets restaurants capture customers even when they cannot respond manually in real time. No public API, SDK, or MCP is offered, and there are no disclosed AI/ML research, proprietary models, or patents.

WythMe's revenue model is a transaction-based take rate: restaurants pay when customers redeem accepted offers, with a default Standard Offer capped at a randomized dollar discount of no greater than $2.50 per customer and an optional Custom Offer tier letting restaurants define their own incentives. The company was founded in 2016 by serial entrepreneur Tim Keough, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, operates with a 1-10 person team, and reports thousands of participating locations nationwide plus a small international footprint, with no disclosed external funding.

Name

WythMe

Legal name

Wyth.me LLC

Website

https://wyth.me

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

WythMe operates a reverse-auction marketplace where consumers submit restaurant and bar outing plans and participating establishments bid with discounts or custom perks; restaurants pay a commission on redeemed offers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Marketplace

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Auction-based Generalist Marketplaces (CRAFAAAC)

Keywords

• Reverse-auction marketplace
• Restaurant reservations
• Group dining deals
• Hospitality bidding platform
• Mobile dining marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Transaction Commission (Take Rate): Restaurants pay to receive confirmed reservations from the platform. The platform takes a percentage or fixed fee when customers redeem their offers at restaurants. Standard offers default to randomized dollar discounts no greater than $2.50/customer, with custom offers allowing restaurants to set their own terms.
2. Promotional Offers Redemption: Revenue generated when customers accept restaurant offers (dollar discounts, percentage discounts, or custom rewards) and redeem them upon arrival.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

WythMe operates a two-sided reverse-auction marketplace that connects consumers planning group dining outings with restaurants and bars. Users submit plans (date/time, location, party size, and cuisine preferences) and receive competing bids from participating establishments offering discounts or custom rewards. Restaurants pay a transaction commission when customers redeem accepted offers, while the platform is free for consumers.

Product overview

WythMe operates as a reverse-auction marketplace connecting diners with restaurants and bars. The platform consists of two interfaces: a consumer-facing mobile app where users submit plans (date, time, location, party size, cuisine preferences) and receive competitive bids from participating establishments; and a business-facing platform where restaurants review requests and submit offers (standard or custom discounts). The core value proposition is that restaurants bid for customers rather than the reverse, creating competitive pricing that benefits diners while driving foot traffic to venues. The company expanded from its DC-metro origins to thousands of locations nationwide and internationally since its 2016 launch.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WythMe Mobile App A free consumer mobile application available on iOS and Android that allows users to submit dining plans (date/time, location, party size, cuisine preferences) and receive competitive bids from participating restaurants and bars offering discounts or custom rewards.
• WythMe Business/Partner Platform A business-facing platform enabling restaurants and bars to review incoming customer requests, submit standard offers (default randomized dollar discounts up to $2.50 per customer) or custom offers (any discount, perk, or reward defined by the business), and manage confirmed reservations and offer redemption through a dashboard.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tock: Tock is a reservation and ticketing platform for restaurants and bars, including unique experience-based bookings. Comparable to WythMe in restaurant demand capture with different monetization mechanics.
• Reserve (now part of Resy): Reserve was a paid restaurant reservation platform acquired by Resy/Amex. Its premium reservation model for restaurants is a comparable direct competitor in restaurant booking technology.
• OpenTable: OpenTable is the dominant restaurant reservation platform, directly comparable to WythMe in connecting diners with restaurants. While OpenTable focuses on reservation booking, WythMe adds a reverse-auction discount layer for group bookings.
• Resy: Resy is a restaurant reservation and table-management platform acquired by American Express. It competes with WythMe for restaurant demand capture and group-booking functionality.
• Groupon: Groupon operates a deal marketplace where restaurants offer discounts to drive foot traffic — directly analogous to WythMe's restaurant discount auction mechanic, though Groupon is much broader and more established.
• Restaurant.com: Restaurant.com sells discounted dining certificates to consumers, functioning as a restaurant deal marketplace closely aligned with WythMe's discount-for-bookings model.

Broad incumbents

• Yelp: Yelp is a broad local-search incumbent that includes restaurant listings, reviews, and reservations functionality. It is a larger player overlapping in restaurant-discovery and booking workflows.

Emerging players

• Goldstar: Goldstar uses a partially auction-style marketplace to fill unsold inventory in live entertainment. Its model of inventory clearance via discounts parallels WythMe's restaurant off-peak demand-capture approach.
• HotelTonight: HotelTonight pioneered an auction-style app for unsold hotel inventory at discounted prices. Its reverse-pricing mechanics for last-minute inventory are structurally analogous to WythMe's reverse-auction restaurant model.
• The Infatuation: The Infatuation is a restaurant discovery and booking platform with editorial coverage and reservation integrations. Adjacent to WythMe in driving group diner demand to restaurants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wythme
• Facebookfacebook.com/wythme
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wythme-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/wythme

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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