How to grow your payments app with hot food takeaways
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Hot food takeaways sell pizza, kebabs, fish and chips, curry, chicken and noodles, mostly in a few busy hours each evening. Many take orders by phone and message, and lose money when customers don't turn up to collect or pay. A payments app that sends a link to pay when the order is placed, and a QR code on the counter for walk-ins, can win these takeaways, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to takeaway owners
Ask local takeaways:
- How do customers pay you today?
- How do you take payment for phone orders?
- How often do orders go uncollected?
- What would make taking payment easier?
Take payment when the order is placed
A payment link sent back with each phone or message order means food is paid for before it is cooked.
Speed up the counter
A QR code on the counter lets walk-in customers pay on their phone while they wait, even at the busiest time.
Grow through regulars
Takeaways have loyal regulars who order every week. Every one who pays through your app sees it again and again.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about cafes?
The cafes and coffee shops guide covers many small payments every day and keeping regulars coming back.
Cafes →What about street food?
The food sellers guide covers street food stalls and quick payments at busy times.
Food sellers →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.