Guides 7 min read
How to Set Up Curbside Pickup on Square for Your Café
Curbside pickup is a free Square Online fulfillment option. Here's how to set it up, staff it, and keep the hand-off fast at a busy café.
The Tany blog
Mobile ordering, loyalty & growth
Practical guides for independent cafés and restaurants running on Square — from the team building branded ordering apps that go live in 24 hours.
Square How-Tos 25 Guides 19 Loyalty & Retention 14 Delivery & Direct Ordering 8 Apps & Technology 7 Operations 6 Local SEO 6 Marketing 6 Mobile Apps 3 Square How-To 3 Payments & Fees 3 Payments 3 Marketing & Growth 2 Customer Retention 2 Gift Cards 1 Payments & Tipping 1 Comparisons 1 Marketing & Retention 1 POS Comparisons 1 Growth & Marketing 1 Mobile Ordering 1
Square How-To 8 min read
How to Handle Refunds on Square Online Orders
Refunds are unavoidable in pickup and delivery. Here's how to process them cleanly on Square, what they actually cost you, and when store credit beats a refund.
Square How-To 8 min read
How to Reduce Square Processing Fees for Your Cafe
You can't negotiate Square's headline rate at low volume, but you can change how you take payment — and that's where the real savings hide.
Loyalty & Retention 8 min read
How to Set Your Cafe's Loyalty Earn Rate & Rewards
The math behind 'buy 9, get the 10th free' — how to pick an earn rate and reward that drives repeat visits without quietly eating your margin.
Local SEO 6 min read
Is Yelp Worth It for Your Café or Coffee Shop?
An honest cost-benefit look at Yelp for independent cafés, what the free page is worth, and the cheaper channels that usually beat paid Yelp ads.
Loyalty & Retention 7 min read
Punch Card vs Points: Which Café Loyalty Program Wins?
An honest comparison of the two loyalty models for cafés, the research behind each, and how to run whichever you choose on Square.
Square How-Tos 7 min read
How to Let Customers Schedule Pickup Orders on Square
A practical, operator-grade walkthrough for letting guests book a pickup time on Square, plus the limits that keep your kitchen from drowning.
Loyalty & Retention 8 min read
Birthday Rewards for Coffee Shops: Setup and Real Math
A practical, margin-aware guide to birthday rewards for cafés — what to offer, how to automate it, and how to make sure the free drink earns its keep.
Customer Retention 7 min read
How to Build a Customer List From Your Square POS
A practical guide to turning everyday Square sales into an owned, contactable customer list — and the consent rules you have to follow to use it.
Square How-Tos 7 min read
How Fast Does Square Pay Out? Deposit Times for Cafés
A plain-English breakdown of Square's transfer schedule, the daily cutoff that decides which sales batch when, and how to get paid faster without overpaying.