Free ordering system for your food business from home
Accept (take-away) orders and get paid online. Easily manage orders from your phone, tablet, or computer. A free all-in-one system.
Why is ordering software important for home chefs?
As a home chef, you have a lot on your plate. The most important lesson from experienced home chefs is: make receiving orders as easy as possible. Taking orders through phone, WhatsApp, or Instagram “works,” but, ask any home chef, you'll quickly lose track, customers perceive you as less professional, or the payment process becomes more cumbersome. So software is great because:
- It's free support for busy entrepreneurs
- You can quickly accept orders via a personal ordering link
- You'll have one clear ordering channel, instead of SMS/phone/email
- Customers see you as a professional
- Payment is handled online (and instantly!)
Vev helps me to keep track of all my orders
How can I get more customers using an ordering system?
It's relative simple: the easiest way to attract more customers is by increasing the convenience of ordering. Ordering software provides you with a unique link so your customers can order anytime, anywhere. You can easily promote that link online, or use it as a QR code in local ads, community center posters, door-to-door flyers, or even on your own front door.
This makes it easier for your existing customers to reorder or for them to share your ordering page with friends and family. At a glance, they can see your offerings, prices, and when they can order.
You can easily set order deadlines with smart software like the free tool from Vev. This clearly indicates when someone can order and when they can pick it up. You can also create a second delivery page to deliver orders yourself.
To recap:
- Increase ordering convenience with an easily discoverable delivery link
- Use a QR code in ads and on menus, for example
- Encourage customers to share your page with friends/family
- Set smart order deadlines to avoid missed orders
- Open a delivery page to offer home delivery to customers
What are the main benefits of using software as a home chef?
As a home chef, you'd rather be in the kitchen than behind a computer. Since there's already so much involved in running your own business, ordering software can help you with the following:
- Improved overview, orders come in on a dashboard. You can see exactly who and what your customers ordered. Both you and your customer receive an email confirmation.
- Customers order more; research shows order value can be up to 40% higher when customers can browse the entire menu at their convenience. You can also easily upsell with larger portions or special deals.
- Fewer interruptions during evenings or weekends. You no longer have to respond to messages asking "can I add this to my order?" or "actually, one less portion". Customers can order, modify, or cancel 24/7.
- Manage order deadlines yourself, you can set whether customers can order up to a certain point in the week, a certain number of hours or days beforehand, or based on your opening hours. This also applies to cancellations and changes. This is a popular feature among many home chefs using Vev!
- Customize your ordering page with your brand colors. It's your brand, so make your page shine in your own company colors. You can choose your own logo, images, and three colors for your ordering page. This way, your page looks great, and all emails are sent in your color scheme.
How can I further professionalize my home chef business?
Home chefs know better than anyone how important it is to make a good impression. After all, you are your own business card. Research from Vev involving over 50 home chefs shows that adding a delivery service is a smart way to professionalize your business. Customers can easily order from you and receive their meals at their chosen time. Vev's ordering software offers the option to manage delivery in-house. Many home chefs also provide catering for businesses, where customization is often required. An ordering page is incredibly helpful for a company contact person to easily provide the correct quantity. Once you have a good logo, it also helps to distribute an attractive menu with a QR code so people can order directly from you. The final tip is to add online payment options; customers can not only order online but also pay immediately. It comes down to:
- Add a delivery service to complement your takeout offerings
- Offer an ordering page so (business) customers can easily and accurately place their orders
- Design an attractive menu, including a QR code so customers can directly book with you
- Support online payments, eliminating the need for handling mobile payment apps or cash transactions.
Run your meal business on auto-pilot With your new toolset
Sell
Marketing
Payments
Business
Overview
Customers
Add your meals and more
Decide what you offer at your meal business. Add descriptions for your meals, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your meal business makes, what your guests order most and even learn how they made their order.
Order again
In just a tap your guests become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next order. No upcoming order? You and your guests are reminded to order a meal again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time and cleanup time to help your guests order.
Order deadline
Choose till what time guests can order a meal.
Sell
Add your meals and more
Decide what you offer at your meal business. Add descriptions for your meals, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your meal business makes, what your guests order most and even learn how they made their order.
Order again
In just a tap your guests become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next order. No upcoming order? You and your guests are reminded to order a meal again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time and cleanup time to help your guests order.
Order deadline
Choose till what time guests can order a meal.
Marketing
Your meal business on display
A fully customizable header that matches you as the home chef. With Vev+ you can impress the guests of your meal business even more.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the orders of your meal business up to 40%.
Your logo and colors
Make your meal business stand out. Literrally everything will get styled in line with your meal business . Your order page, dashboard, Wallet passes and even every single e-mail that your guests get.
Order with a QR-code
Include your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers and other placements in your meal business to let your guests order meals by scanning it on their phone.
Payments
Scan to Pay
Let your guests scan your QR to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their meal so your meal business admin is always up to date.
Get paid ahead
Enable your guests to pay ahead for their order. Only if you want to, you as the home chef is in control.
No extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and charge that extra device in your meal business. Simply use your phone to have guests pay for their meals on the spot!
Discounts
It's easy to give your guest a discount on their meal. Choose a percentage or fixed amount, whatever works best for your meal business.
Upsell
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the order, in the simplest way possible for you as a home chef
Refunds
Guests who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their order is cancelled. Yet another thing less to worry about for home chefs.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up automatically for you. So you can get paid out of the gate. No need for any set up.
Business
Your overview of meals
See exactly who will get what meal, and at what time the order is due.
Your opening hours
You decide when your meal business is open (or closed) for orders.
Choose a time and date
Let your guests choose what time works for them. You can decide how strict or flexible you want to be with your time.
Add your breaks
Plan when you want a fixed break. Looking for more flexibility? Turn on smart breaks.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way guests can't make an order.
Exceptions
Want to open up during public holidays? Or close for a vacation? Your decide when your meal business is open.
Order deadline
Choose till what time guests can order a meal.
Make your accountant smile*
With Vev+ you can export data of your meal business on a monthly basis. Including all the information of your orders. Giving you the information you need.
Sync to your calendar*
With Vev+ you can automatically sync all your orders to your calendar. This means every meal will show up in your personal calendar app, too.
Overview
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your meal business makes, what your guests order most and even learn how they made their order.
Your overview of meals
See exactly who will get what meal, and at what time the order is due.
Focus on your guests
Your daily overview of guests. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you order again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver meals. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Sync to your calendar*
With Vev+ you can automatically sync all your orders to your calendar. This means every meal will show up in your personal calendar app, too.
Customers
Guest details
For home chefs it's super handy to have all the details of guests at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Customer management (CRM)
With Vev+ you see your guests in the best way. This lets you build relationships and get more orders. You can search and find your most valuable guests.
Focus on your guests
Your daily overview of guests. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you order again.
Upcoming meals
Vev shows you the next time you will see your guest. If there's no upcoming meal, you can order again with one tap.
Order again
In just a tap your guests become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next order. No upcoming order? You and your guests are reminded to order a meal again.
Guest history
See exactly what kind of meals your guests had at your meal business last time.
It's your data
It's your data. The guest information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your meal business. Of course not!
Notes*
With Vev+ you can add notes about your guests. These notes show up around the order, so you can pick up the conversation with your guest where you left off last time!