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In Atlanta, pretty much all of the mobile food trucks use Square (https://squareup.com/ https://squareup.com/). It seems very popular, and most customers seem t
by beckler 11y ago
In Atlanta, pretty much all of the mobile food trucks use Square (https://squareup.com/ https://squareup.com/).
It seems very popular, and most customers seem to always pay by CC.
What exactly would your app be doing differently?
I've been contemplating an mobile food app as well. This a synopsis of that idea: If you could get mobile food trucks/vendors to sign up for free (in order to get some traction), create an app that lets users know what food trucks are nearby, and then let them order and pay remotely. Make money by adding a small fee (~$1) when people remotely pay.
Would people use it? I don't know.
- ljk 11y agomany mom-and-pop shops are also using Square nowadays, never really understood how Square can be competitive, aren't they another middleman? how can they be cheaper for the stores than just using straight up card reader
- dougbarrett 11y agoSame with Los Angeles as well. I can almost guarantee you that Apple will at some point (possibly later this year?) include an NFC chip in the iPad line-up with a new app that will allow you to receive payment with Apple ID. Also the fact that they are making an Android application for Apple Music leads me to believe they will support Google Wallet or any NFC payment method as well.
- chirau 11y agoI am aware that there are some who accept cards onsite. I was leaning more towards offsite purchasing. You pay and then pick up. So it's not necessarily NFC or anything, but aggregating food trucks and vendors. Think of it like a GrubHub/Seamless for street food. Without delivery of course.