How to start a payments app for cafes, coffee shops and bakeries
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Customers pick what they want
- 2They pay by card at checkout
- 3The order lands with you
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.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
Type a name, tap a colour and pick what it does. The phone changes as you go.
Colour
What it does
Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
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.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
Why sign up
Create your free SendPay account
It's all about creating your own financial platform with ease. Start with a free account today.
- 🪪A free business accountOpen it in about a minute with your business name, email, password and mobile. No card and no documents to start.
- 💳Get paid from day oneTake card payments, and share your own payment link and invoices so customers pay in a click.
- 🌐A free business websiteFree to build, free to publish and free to keep, with unlimited visits.
- 🚀Your own financial platformDesign and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank. Accounts, cards and payments are powered by licensed partners.
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. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.