Food trucks
A food truck website with online ordering that runs from your phone
Guests order ahead and pay by card, Venmo, or PayPal. Start from a logo and a photo of your menu, and link your Square, Clover, or Toast register if the truck runs one.
Works withVenmoPayPalStripeSquareand any system that gives you API access
One window can only take one order at a time
A truck has one window and one person on it. Every minute spent taking an order is a minute off the grill.
- The lunch line walks away at ten people deep.
- Orders shouted over a generator get made wrong.
- A Venmo screenshot is the only proof you get.
- Regulars can't order before they leave the office.
- A sold-out item keeps getting ordered.
Orders and payment, off the window
Your menu lives on your own ordering page, and guests pay before they reach you.
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Order ahead from a phone
Guests open your page, pick their items, and pay. They order for now, or for a pickup time up to 14 days out.
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Venmo as a real checkout button
Connect a PayPal Business account and Venmo sits at checkout. The guest approves in the Venmo app, and PayPal confirms the payment.
03
Personal Venmo and PayPal, with an order code
A personal account gets a pre-filled payment link and an order code. Only a verified receipt email confirms the payment, never a screenshot.
04
Cards with no markup
Take cards on Stripe at its standard 2.9% + 30¢, with no markup from Appetier. If the truck already has a card processor, keep it.
05
A menu board on any screen
Put a tablet or a TV in the window with live prices and a QR code to order. Sold-out items drop off it.
06
Stops guests can find
Open a stop at an address for a set window. Guests see it on your site and order pickup there, only inside that window.
07
Private events, quoted and held
A client asks for a date, you send a quote, and they accept on a link and pay the deposit. A confirmed truck can't be booked twice for the same hours.
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An order-ready screen
A second screen shows a code and a first name when an order is up. Guests also hear by email, or by text if they agreed to texts.
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Pause when the grill is full
Set your prep times, and pause online orders when you're slammed. Sold-out items come off the menu without a publish step.
When nobody confirms a Venmo payment
Every operator asks about this, so here is the whole sequence for a personal Venmo or PayPal account.
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A receipt confirms it
When the verified receipt email arrives, the order shows as paid.
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Ten minutes, then one question
With no receipt after ten minutes, you get a one-tap prompt asking whether the money arrived.
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Thirty minutes, then unconfirmed
With no answer by 30 minutes, the payment shows as unconfirmed. A guest can't mark their own order paid.
04
You decide when to cook
The kitchen starts when you say so. Silence is never treated as payment.
Set up between services
There's no hardware to buy and nothing to install.
01
Upload a logo and a menu photo
Appetier reads the menu off the photo and takes your colors from the logo, and you check the draft and apply it.
02
Choose how guests pay
Connect Stripe for cards, a PayPal Business account for Venmo, or add your personal Venmo or PayPal link.
03
Save a card and publish
Publishing needs one priced item, a location set up to sell, and a saved card. The card is verification, and saving it moves no money.
A truck pays the way a restaurant does
One fee on direct orders, and a week you don't run costs nothing.
01
Nothing until orders come in
Growth is 5% of direct orders, capped at $199 a month. A month with no direct orders costs nothing.
See pricing02
Regulars who come back
Guests join loyalty at checkout, and a regular who drifts gets invited back.
See loyalty03
The office lunch, booked ahead
Take catering orders with a headcount, a time, and a deposit or full payment, and confirm each one yourself.
See cateringSee your own menu on the ordering page a truck gets
If your truck has a website, the test drive builds your ordering page from it. It's free and private, with no card and no call. Without a site, start free with a logo and a photo of your menu.
- Open the burger
- Pick the bun
- Add the fries
- Add it to the order
- Pick the store
- Go to checkout
- Place the order
- See it confirmed
Built on the payments you already take
Cards run on Stripe or the processor you keep. Venmo and PayPal connect through PayPal. If you ring up on Square or Clover, connect it and the menu stays matched.
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Venmo
- Square
- Clover
Food truck FAQs
What truck, cart, and stand owners ask first.
Do I need a POS to take online orders on a truck?
Can guests pay with Venmo?
Is a Venmo screenshot enough to start cooking?
What does it cost a truck that only runs weekends?
How fast can a truck start taking orders?
Can a client book the truck for a private event?
More for a kitchen on wheels
The same storefront runs all of it.
Take the line off the window
Nothing is charged until direct orders come in, so a rained-out week costs you nothing.