Apps & Technology 9 min read
Does Apple Take 30% of Your Restaurant App Orders?
The 30% App Store cut does not apply to food orders. Here is what Apple and Google actually charge a café app, and what you really pay instead.
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Posts tagged “mobile ordering”
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Square How-Tos 9 min read
Time-Based Menus on Square: Cut Breakfast Off at 11
Stop taking breakfast orders at 11:04. How to schedule menus by time of day in Square, plus the prep-time trap that breaks most setups.
Operations 10 min read
How to Train Café Staff for a Mobile Ordering App Launch
The app is the easy part. Here's the operator runbook for getting your baristas ready before the first mobile order lands mid-rush.
Payments 8 min read
Should Your Café Accept Cash App Pay on Square?
A plain-English look at Cash App Pay on Square — the fees, the surfaces it works on, the US-only catch, and whether it's worth turning on for a café.
Guides 8 min read
Does My Coffee Shop Need a Mobile App? An Honest Answer
Not every café needs an app. Here's the honest test — regulars, rush, and repeat volume — plus realistic adoption numbers before you spend a dollar.
Payments & Tipping 8 min read
Do Mobile Orders Get Fewer Tips? Tipping on Square
An honest look at tipping on pickup and mobile orders: how to turn it on in Square, what actually moves the tip rate, and where a branded app helps.
Apps & Technology 8 min read
PWA vs. Native App for Restaurant Mobile Ordering
A PWA is cheaper and skips the app stores; a native app gets a real home-screen icon and reliable push. Here's how to choose for a café on Square.
Guides 6 min read
How Long Does It Take to Launch a Restaurant App?
A realistic, no-hype timeline for getting a branded café app live—and why most of the wait is app store review, not coding.
Guides 7 min read
Square Kiosk vs Mobile Order-Ahead for Your Café
Square Kiosk and mobile order-ahead solve different problems. Here's what each costs, what each is good at, and why most cafés end up wanting both.
Guides 6 min read
Multi-Location Mobile Ordering on Square: A Setup Guide
A practical playbook for offering order-ahead across multiple café locations on Square — location-aware menus, pickup routing, reporting, and per-site cost.
Guides 6 min read
How to Reduce No-Shows on Café Pickup Orders
A practical guide to cutting no-shows and uncollected pickup orders at your café — prepayment, smart prep timing, ready-notifications, and how to handle the ones that still slip through.
Guides 7 min read
How to Calculate the ROI of a Branded Restaurant App
Stop guessing. Here's the exact math to decide whether a $99/month branded app earns its keep at your café — break-even, payback, and the levers that move it.
Square How-Tos 6 min read
How to Accept Pre-Orders and Catering on Square
Holiday boxes, next-day pickups, and catering trays all need scheduled ordering. Here's how to set up pre-orders and order scheduling on Square Online, step by step.
Growth & Marketing 7 min read
How to Increase Average Order Value at Your Café
AOV is the cheapest growth lever you have. Here are the menu, upsell, and mobile-ordering tactics that lift it without adding a single new customer.
Guides 7 min read
How to Get Customers to Download Your Restaurant App
Building the app is the easy part. Here's the operator-grade playbook for actually getting your regulars to download it and order ahead.
Guides 7 min read
QR Code Ordering for Cafés: How It Works and What It Costs
QR ordering lets guests scan, order, and pay from their own phone. Here's how to set it up on Square, what it costs, and its honest limits.
Apps & Technology 7 min read
App Store Optimization for Café & Restaurant Apps
How to write the title, subtitle, keywords, and screenshots for your café's branded app so it ranks for your own name and converts the people who search it.
Apps & Technology 7 min read
Square Online vs. a Branded App: Which Fits Your Café?
Square Online is free and fast; a branded app costs a flat monthly fee but owns the customer. A side-by-side on cost, loyalty, push, and effort for a café on Square.
Guides 8 min read
Apple Pay & Google Pay for Café Ordering on Square
A practical guide to turning on Apple Pay and Google Pay for café ordering on Square — what you get out of the box, what to configure, and what it costs.
Mobile Ordering 12 min read
How to Set Up Mobile Order-Ahead on Square for Your Café
A hands-on walkthrough of enabling order-ahead pickup on Square — every setting that matters, plus where a free Square site ends and a branded app begins.