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.
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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.
A grounded guide to using push notifications to bring café customers back — how they compare to email and SMS, what to send, and what they require to run.
What it actually costs to sell Square eGift cards, how to set them up, and how to use them as a low-cost engine for prepaid revenue and repeat visits.
Real 2026 dollar ranges for a restaurant app across four build paths, plus a worked total-cost-of-ownership example for year one.
An operator-grade guide to designing a Square Loyalty program for a café — earn rates, reward thresholds, what it costs, and how a branded app amplifies it.
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.
A fair, operator-grade walkthrough of every commission-free way to take online orders, and how to stand one up this week.