Coffee shops
A coffee shop website with online ordering that clears the morning line
Guests order ahead from their phone, pay, and pick up when their name comes up. Regulars reorder their usual from a saved favorite.
Works withSquareToastCloverStripeand any system that gives you API access
The rush is ninety minutes, and the line decides the day
A coffee shop makes its morning in a short window. Every guest who sees the line and keeps walking is a sale you never ring up.
- The line reaches the door at 8 a.m.
- Regulars repeat the same order every single day.
- Paper punch cards get lost in a wallet.
- The office order arrives as a ten-drink text.
- A sold-out pastry keeps getting ordered.
Order ahead for coffee shops, on your own site and app
Your menu and its options live on your own ordering page, and guests pay before they reach the counter.
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Order ahead from a phone
Guests pick their drink, choose their options, and pay. They order for now, or pick a time slot up to 14 days out.
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The usual, saved
Signed-in guests reorder from their last 50 orders and keep favorites. Sign-in is a link sent by email.
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An order-ready screen
A screen by the pickup shelf shows a code and a first name when a drink is up. It runs in any tablet or TV browser.
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Rewards at checkout
Guests join your loyalty program while they pay. A regular who drifts gets invited back.
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The office coffee run
A host shares a link, and everyone adds their own drink with their name on it. The host pays for the whole order, for up to 50 people.
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Your own app, with push
Branded iPhone and Android apps carry the same menu and cart. Guests with the app hear by push when their order is ready.
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Drive-thru order ahead
Guests order before they arrive and tap "I'm in the lane" when they pull in. Your crew can take over any car.
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Gift cards online
Guests buy a gift card on your site, and the console shows what you owe on them.
What gets done while you pull shots
Sous is Appetier's AI agent. It handles the upkeep behind the counter, as much of it as you allow.
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Sold out comes off the menu
Sous catches an item your POS sold out and takes it off your site. Hours and sold-out items update without a publish step.
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Descriptions for every drink
Each drink and pastry gets a written description, and anything missing a photo is flagged, while your prices stay as you set them.
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Regulars invited back
When a regular stops coming in, Sous invites them back with an offer inside the discount you allow.
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Every Google review answered
Google reviews get a reply that sounds like your shop, and the ones at three stars or under come to you first.
Open for order-ahead by tomorrow's rush
Nothing to buy, and nothing to install on the counter.
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Snap the menu board, add your logo
Appetier reads your drinks and prices from the photo and takes the palette from the logo. The draft is yours to correct before it's applied.
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Choose how guests pay
Run cards on Stripe or on your current processor. Either way, Appetier adds no markup to the card fee.
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Save a card and publish
Publishing takes one priced drink, a location ready to sell, and a saved card. The card only verifies you, so nothing is charged.
The fee on order-ahead, and where it stops
A share of direct orders, up to a monthly cap.
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Nothing until orders come in
You pay 5% of direct orders, and never more than $199 a month for a location. A week you're closed costs nothing.
See pricing03
An app with your name on it
How your iPhone and Android apps get built and submitted.
See restaurant appYour coffee menu, as a regular would order from it
Point the test drive at your shop's website and it builds a private ordering page from it, free. You won't need a card or a call. No website? Start free from your logo and a photo of the menu board.
Keep the register on your counter
With Square, Clover, or Toast connected, a new price or a sold-out pastry carries over by itself. You can also launch first and connect the POS later.
- Square
- Toast
- Clover
- Stripe
Coffee shop ordering FAQs
What coffee shop and cafe owners ask first.
How does order ahead work for a coffee shop?
Can guests reorder their usual drink?
Does a coffee shop need a POS to take online orders?
Does a coffee shop get its own app?
Can an office place one order for the whole team?
What does online ordering cost a coffee shop?
Past the morning rush
Each of these uses the menu you've already set up.
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Restaurant marketing
Tell opted-in regulars about a new roast by text or email.
See restaurant marketingLet regulars skip the line
Nothing is charged until direct orders come in, so a slow week costs you nothing.