For bakeries
An ordering app built for bakeries and pre-orders
With Bite2Byte, an Australian bakery gets a branded ordering app of its own, so customers pre-order bread, pastries and celebration cakes for a set pickup time while staff snooze anything that sells out in one tap. The bakery gets a web app plus App Store and Google Play listings under its own name, and orders are paid into its own Stripe account with no marketplace commission.
The short answer
- Pre-orders let customers pick a pickup date and time, which suits celebration cakes, catering trays and bulk orders.
- A sold-out item is snoozed in one tap, so it stops appearing as orderable until the next batch is out.
- Loyalty points and punch cards reward the regulars who come in for the early-morning trade.
- Payments settle into the bakery's own Stripe account, with 0% marketplace commission on orders.
- Guest checkout on the web lets a one-off cake or catering order through without a signup wall.
Selling out without losing the sale
A bakery's best sellers are often gone well before closing. An online menu that does not know that keeps taking orders for a sourdough loaf that went an hour ago, and each of those orders ends in a refund, an apology or an awkward phone call.
The menu manager handles it with a one-tap snooze. The moment the tray of croissants or the last loaf goes, staff pull the item and it stops appearing as orderable. When the next batch comes out of the oven, it is switched back on the same way.
What a bakery gets
Built around the two things that shape a bakery's day: selling out, and orders placed well in advance.
Pre-orders for a pickup time
Customers choose when the order will be ready, which suits early trade as well as orders placed days ahead.
One-tap sold-out snoozing
Pull an item the moment stock runs out, and bring it back the same way once it is baked again.
Loyalty and punch cards
Points on every dollar or a punch card, with milestone rewards for customers who come in often.
Guest checkout
On the web, customers can order without creating an account, which suits a one-off cake or catering order.
Push notifications
Tell customers when a seasonal bake, a pre-order window or a promo code opens.
Menu import with photos
An existing Uber Eats or DoorDash listing, or a menu file, is brought across with its photos.
Getting a bakery's app live
Setup, store submission, hosting and updates are handled for the bakery.
- 1
Import the menu
Send a current listing or a menu file, and the loaves, pastries and cakes come across with their photos, usually the same day.
- 2
Build and submission
The branded app is built, then submitted to the App Store and Google Play under the bakery's own name.
- 3
Open pre-orders
The web ordering link goes live first and the native apps follow store review, so advance orders can start before the apps land.
Celebration cakes and bulk orders
Custom cakes, catering trays and bulk orders for events do not fit a walk-in, same-day model. Pre-orders and scheduling let a customer lock in a pickup date and time well ahead, so the bakery can plan production against real orders rather than a guess.
Those advance orders sit in the same live queue as the day's app trade, laid out by pickup time, so staff can see a large cake order coming instead of finding out it was due an hour ago.
Questions, answered
- Can customers order a celebration cake ahead of time?
- Yes. Pre-orders and scheduling let a customer choose a pickup date and time, which suits celebration cakes, catering trays and any order that needs production lead time.
- What happens when we sell out of a pastry mid-morning?
- Staff snooze the item in one tap from the menu manager, which pulls it from the ordering menu straight away. It goes back on the same way once the next batch is ready.
- Can the app handle bulk or catering orders for events?
- Yes, through the same pre-order and scheduling tools used for cakes. The customer sets the pickup time in advance, which gives the bakery lead time to plan the bake.
- Can customers order before we open in the morning?
- Yes. A customer can place a pre-order for a pickup time ahead of opening, and push notifications can tell regulars when the morning bake or a pre-order window opens.
- How does our existing menu get into the app?
- Send a link to your existing Uber Eats or DoorDash listing, or a menu file. Everything on it, photos included, is loaded into your own app, and that is usually done the same day.
See it built around your sell-out patterns
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