How to start a payments app for cafes, coffee shops and bakeries
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Cafes and bakeries take pre-orders, deposits for celebration cakes, wholesale orders from other businesses and, more and more, coffee or bread subscriptions. A payments app built for them, under your own brand, can handle all of it, and you can offer it to independent cafes and bakeries across a town or region.
What cafes and bakeries need
- Pre-order links so regulars can pay ahead and collect.
- Deposit links for celebration cakes and catering.
- Monthly subscriptions for coffee or bread clubs.
- Invoices for wholesale customers like offices and shops.
Who could launch it
A group of independent cafes, a local food network, a coffee roaster with many cafe customers or an entrepreneur who knows the trade.
How to get your first users
Start with a cafe or bakery that takes lots of orders by phone or social media, show how a payment link cuts no-shows, then share the results with others on the same high street.
Where SendPay fits
SendPay lets you launch your own payments platform under your brand, with GBP, EUR and USD accounts, transfers, branded Visa cards, payment links, invoices and subscriptions, powered by licensed partners. SendPay doesn't offer card machines, isn't a bank and doesn't offer lending.
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
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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.