Get paid by link or QR code: Square Payment Links for cottage food businesses

Square describes Square Payment Links as "the fastest way to get paid via Payment Links, QR Codes, Buy Buttons," shared "through social media, email, text, or on a website." Custom-order deposits are collected by link over text or social media. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cottage food businesses.
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Payment solutions for cottage food & home bakers

How each solution supports cottage food & home bakers

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square Point of Sale

For cottage food & home bakers: Bring packaged foods, farmers-market sales and wholesale orders into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around batch orders, wholesale invoices and product stock. Square describes Square Point of Sale as software that "helps you take payments and manage complex business operations with industry-specific feature sets for food and beverage, retail, beauty, services, and more." Square Free has no monthly software fee, and Tap to Pay works from a phone. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cottage food businesses.
  • Set up your item library, taxes and receipts
  • Enable and test Tap to Pay and offline mode on your devices
  • Pick a plan based on your volume and the features you actually use
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Square Online (websites)

For cottage food & home bakers: Give customers an online storefront for packaged foods, farmers-market sales and wholesale orders, with ordering and fulfillment choices suited to your business. Square says sellers can "create and customize an eCommerce website that fits your brand with the all-in-one website platform" and "sell online and offer in-store pickup, shipping, and local delivery." A simple online page takes local pickup orders, within your state's cottage food rules. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cottage food businesses.
  • Plan your catalog, categories and product photos
  • Set up shipping zones, pickup and local delivery rules
  • Connect your domain and set basic SEO for each product
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Square Invoices

For cottage food & home bakers: Send itemized invoices for packaged foods, farmers-market sales and wholesale orders and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Square says you can "send unlimited invoices with flexible payment options" and "set up recurring invoices to send on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly schedule." Custom orders get deposits and balance invoices. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cottage food businesses.
  • Build estimate, contract and invoice templates with your terms
  • Set deposit and balance rules that match your booking policy
  • Connect invoices to your customer directory and accounting
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Tap to Pay on Phone

For cottage food & home bakers: Take contactless payments for packaged foods, farmers-market sales and wholesale orders on a supported phone while serving customers on the move. Tap to pay lets a compatible phone accept contactless cards and digital wallets directly, with no card reader. Tap to pay on a phone handles market and pickup payments.
  • Check device compatibility and set up the app
  • Configure tips, taxes and receipts
  • Train staff to take payments on their phones securely
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Square Payment Links questions

Questions food brand owners ask us before switching.
Square Payment Links can be shared by email, text or social media, or presented as a QR code or website buy button.
Yes. Square describes reusable links that can collect payments from multiple customers. Roots helps configure the offering and payment references.
Bring your offerings, link-sharing channels and payment references. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for cottage food & home bakers and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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