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Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

nick7184 — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:12:46 GMT

Hi Square users,

I am part of Square's developer community and I have been working on a Facebook chat bot product that would allow you to take orders ahead via the bot platform and Square. I'm currently looking for feedback on the product, aiming to get it running in a shop so I can work out what works well and what doesn't.

If you have any interest in order ahead but don't want to pay a ton of cash for a custom app, check it out here and sign up if you have any interest: http://orderby.chat

Alternatively, I'll watch this thread and would be happy to answer any questions here.

Thanks for your time!

Nick

Re: Looking for feedback on Square Facebook Chat Bot product

Sean — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:05:51 GMT

@nick7184 - Welcome to the Seller Community, and thanks for sharing! It sounds like you're creating an awesome tool using one of Square's APIs. 👏

I'd be happy to see if I can help find some volunteers to test things out. Would you mind sharing more details about what the ideal candidate looks like for you? Are you looking at restaurant owners mostly? What type of commitment would be entailed in testing this out for you? Is there a lot of set up? Do you have a video /screencast that you could share that might give our sellers a better idea of what you're building? Thanks!

Re: Looking for feedback on Square Facebook Chat Bot product

nick7184 — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:01:02 GMT

Hey Sean,

Thanks for following up. Yes, I'm looking for any restaurant or shop owners that have a menu that's ammenable to order ahead (user orders an item then omes in a short time after to pick up). I'm assuming this will appeal mostly to coffee shops, cafes, bakeries, lunch spots, food trucks, basically anything where walk-in order and go is a large part of the business.

The setup is very easy. I will contact anyone that is interested and walk them through what is required, but i short, I'd create them an account in my system, and then they would be able to log in and authorize via Facebook and Square. A Facebook page is required, but it doesn't need to have content. Once authorized, they would simply select which menu items to expose from inside my dashboard.

I am not looking for a whole-sale commitment, just for a few merchants to offer a handful of their items via the system. I'm really looking to see how it works out for both merchants and their customers.

Hope that is enough info, thanks again!

Nick

Re: Looking for feedback on Square Facebook Chat Bot product

Sean — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:11:12 GMT

@nick7184 - Appreciate the follow up. We'll float your thread on our main page for a bit. 🙂

To everyone else, if this feature sounds interesting to you - just let nick7184 know by commenting on this thread.

Re: Looking for feedback on Square Facebook Chat Bot product

wax4dads — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 18:23:30 GMT

Hi there,

Do you think this would work with auto detailing supplies? I get a few customers weekly that text me or send me direct message about items they want to pick up. They usually text from the car and want the items ready when they arrive. I like your product, just thought I would ask about items we sell. Thank you.

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Re: Looking for feedback on Square Facebook Chat Bot product

nick7184 — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 04:22:32 GMT

There's no reason it wouldn't work for your setup, I'll be in touch directly this week to chat more, thanks for the interest!

Nick

Re: Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

scortinoandson — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:58:18 GMT

I think this would be great. We have a ton of customers find us on facebook, and this would allow us to get whatever they want together before they come into the store. We already do inventory through square, so it seems like an easy choice. We are a homebrew supply store.

Re: Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

nick7184 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 01:30:43 GMT

That's another use-case I would have never thought of, but again, no reason it wouldn't work for you guys. If you could go to the site I linked and subscribe to our beta list, I will be in contact ASAP. Or you can hit me with your direct e-mail address here.

Thanks!

Nick

Re: Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

MALIGNITAS — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 02:02:15 GMT

Selling on FB but unsure how to use Squareup on FB. How do you go about doing this?

Re: Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

MALIGNITAS — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:00:40 GMT

I am game. Please contact me. [personal information redacted]

Re: Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

ChrisB2012 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:48:16 GMT

Are you still looking for testers? I have been wanting to add in ordering online but I havent bit the bullet yet. I would love to know more about this.

Thank you

Chris Barnhill

Re: Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

caferaik — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:01:03 GMT

Nick,

This is an awesome idea.

I have a restaurant on Duluth, GA (caferaik.com).

Happy to help in anyway I can.

Just let me know!

Ronnie Baroud

CEO

PoppinPay

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Re: Looking for testers for a Square <> Facebook chat order ahead product

MAXSDELI — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 05:15:14 GMT

I'd be VERY interested in a platform that integrates with Square and vastly improves upon the shortcomings of the current Online Store platform.

Max Berkowitz

MAX'S DELI