Does Ordare work with Square for Franchises?

Yes. Ordare is built for the way Square for Franchises runs a brand: one Square account per franchisee, with catalogs managed centrally. Each franchisee connects its own Square account to Ordare, Ordare matches your published menu to the items already in that catalog, and it never pushes changes back unless the franchisee turns that on. Orders and payments stay in each franchisee's own Square.

Do we need Square for Franchises to use Ordare as a franchise?

No. Any brand where each franchisee runs its own Square account works. Square for Franchises makes it easier to keep those catalogs consistent, and Ordare fits either way. Franchise support is Square-only today; Clover and other POS systems are not supported for franchises.

Does each franchisee need its own Ordare account?

Yes. Every franchisee is its own Ordare business under your brand, with its own login, its own Square connection, and its own reporting. Headquarters invites franchisees with a link, sees all of them in one console with sales rolled up across the brand, and can step into any franchisee to help with setup.

Who controls the menu?

Headquarters builds the menu once and publishes it to every franchisee as a linked copy, and re-publishes whenever it changes. Franchisees keep their own local prices and availability unless you lock the menu, in which case every store follows headquarters exactly. Photos come from a shared brand library, so every store shows the same product images.

Can franchisees run their own promotions?

That is your call. Set promotions to headquarters only, franchisees only, or both. Specials headquarters publishes appear at every franchisee and apply themselves at checkout, and you decide whether a franchisee is allowed to opt out of one.

How is the mobile app billed for a franchise?

Two ways. Headquarters pays one $149/month that covers every franchisee, or each franchisee pays its own $149/month. Either way, every order carries a service fee of about 50 cents, paid by the guest at checkout, and there are never per-location fees or per-franchisee seats. You can switch between the two at any time; the change takes effect at the next billing cycle, and franchisees are notified.

What about loyalty and gift cards across the franchise?

Loyalty and Square gift cards run per franchisee today, matching how Square Loyalty and Square gift cards work per Square account. A guest earns and redeems at the store they order from. Brand-wide loyalty across franchisees is not available yet.

Built for Square for Franchises

One mobile app for the whole franchise. Every franchisee keeps its own Square.

Ordare gives a franchise one branded iOS and Android ordering app across every location. Headquarters builds the menu, runs the promotions, and designs the home screen once. Each franchisee connects its own Square account, keeps the catalog Square for Franchises already manages, and gets paid straight into its own bank, the way a franchise on Square is meant to work.

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$149/mo plus ~50¢ per order, paid by the guest · No per-location fees · No franchisee seats

Headquarters

Fall menu published

3 of 3

Coyote & Lime · Oakland Own Square account · linked copy
Coyote & Lime · Berkeley Own Square account · linked copy
Coyote & Lime · Walnut Creek Own Square account · linked copy

Local prices and availability stay with each store.

One branded app

Every franchisee, one download

Menus published from HQ

Linked copies, re-published on demand

Own Square per franchisee

Own catalog, own hardware, own payouts

$149/mo + ~50¢ per order

Guests cover the fee; HQ pays once, or each store pays its own

The division of labor

What headquarters runs · what each franchisee keeps

A franchise mobile app only works if the line between the brand and the store is drawn where your agreement draws it. Here is where Ordare puts it.

Area	Headquarters the brand, on one Ordare account	Each franchisee its own business, its own Square
Branded mobile app	Owns the app: the name, the colors, the home screen, and the app settings	Appears as a location in the brand app the day it joins
Menu	Builds it once, with a shared brand photo library, and publishes it to every franchisee	Receives a linked copy, and keeps local prices and availability unless the menu is locked
Square catalog	Manages catalogs the way it already does in Square for Franchises	Connects its own Square; Ordare matches the published menu to what is already there
Orders	Sees every order across the brand in one roll-up	Every order lands in its own Square POS, kitchen display, and printers
Payments	Sets the default service-fee split for the brand	Paid straight into its own Square account, at its own rates
Promotions	Publishes brand-wide specials and decides who may create them	Runs the brand specials, its own if allowed, and can opt out of one when you permit it
Push notifications	Sends campaigns and announcements to the whole brand at once	Guests get live order-status pushes from the store they ordered from
Loyalty and gift cards	Brand-wide loyalty is not offered yet	Runs per franchisee, matching how Square Loyalty and Square gift cards work per account
Billing	Pays one $149/month for the whole brand, if it chooses to; guests cover the ~50¢ per-order fee	Otherwise pays its own $149/month plus the ~50¢ per order its guests cover, like any Ordare business

Headquarters

Branded mobile app: Owns the app: the name, the colors, the home screen, and the app settings
Menu: Builds it once, with a shared brand photo library, and publishes it to every franchisee
Square catalog: Manages catalogs the way it already does in Square for Franchises
Orders: Sees every order across the brand in one roll-up
Payments: Sets the default service-fee split for the brand
Promotions: Publishes brand-wide specials and decides who may create them
Push notifications: Sends campaigns and announcements to the whole brand at once
Loyalty and gift cards: Brand-wide loyalty is not offered yet
Billing: Pays one $149/month for the whole brand, if it chooses to; guests cover the ~50¢ per-order fee

Each franchisee

Branded mobile app: Appears as a location in the brand app the day it joins
Menu: Receives a linked copy, and keeps local prices and availability unless the menu is locked
Square catalog: Connects its own Square; Ordare matches the published menu to what is already there
Orders: Every order lands in its own Square POS, kitchen display, and printers
Payments: Paid straight into its own Square account, at its own rates
Promotions: Runs the brand specials, its own if allowed, and can opt out of one when you permit it
Push notifications: Guests get live order-status pushes from the store they ordered from
Loyalty and gift cards: Runs per franchisee, matching how Square Loyalty and Square gift cards work per account
Billing: Otherwise pays its own $149/month plus the ~50¢ per order its guests cover, like any Ordare business

Works with your Square POS

Built for how Square for Franchises works

Square for Franchises keeps every franchisee on its own Square account and lets the brand manage catalogs centrally. Ordare was built around that shape rather than fighting it.

Each franchisee keeps its own Square account

Their payouts, their hardware, their staff logins, their processing rates. Ordare connects to each franchisee’s Square separately and never asks anyone to move a thing.

The catalog stays with Square for Franchises

When a franchisee connects, Ordare matches your published menu to the items already in their Square by name. Pushing changes back into their catalog is off by default, so Square stays the source of truth for what is on the register.

Orders land like any other ticket

A mobile order at the Oakland store lands in Oakland’s Square, on Oakland’s kitchen display, and prints at Oakland’s printers. Staff work the way they always have; the app just brings more tickets.

One app lists every store

Guests open your app, pick the location they are near, and order. A new franchisee shows up in the app the day it joins, with no app update and nothing for the store to build.

Square and Square for Franchises are trademarks of Block, Inc. Ordare isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Square; it works with the Square accounts a franchise already runs.

Onboarding

Bringing a franchisee aboard

Three steps, most of them on the franchisee’s side, none of them a project for headquarters.

Step 1

Send the invitation

From the headquarters console, invite a franchisee by email or link. They create their own Ordare login under your brand, with their own reporting and, if that is how you have set it up, their own bill.

Step 2

They connect their Square

The franchisee connects its own Square account. Ordare matches your published menu to the catalog already there, suggests the near-matches for a quick yes, and leaves everything else alone.

Step 3

They are live in the brand app

Their location appears in your app. Orders flow into their Square, payments land in their account, and headquarters watches the numbers roll up.

Brand controls

The controls that make a franchise a franchise

Every brand draws the line between headquarters and franchisee a little differently. Ordare’s franchise settings let you draw it exactly where your agreement does, and move it as the brand grows.

Lock the menu, or let stores adjust it Locked, every store follows headquarters to the cent. Unlocked, franchisees keep their own local prices and availability on the menu you publish.
Choose who runs promotions Headquarters only, franchisees only, or both, and whether a store may opt out of a brand-wide special.
Set the fee split once Headquarters sets the brand default for the per-order service fee and decides whether franchisees may change it.
See the whole brand, step into any store A franchisee directory with sales rolled up across the brand, and the ability to act as any franchisee to help with setup or support.

Franchise settings

Coyote & Lime

3 franchisees

Menu lock: Franchisees may adjust prices and availability
Promotions: Headquarters and franchisees
Franchisee opt-out: Allowed for brand-wide specials
App subscription: Headquarters covers every franchisee
Service fee split: $0.50 to the guest by default · overrides allowed

Need to help the Oakland store? Act as Oakland

Example settings. Every brand sets its own.

Simple, honest pricing

One bill for the brand, or one per franchisee

Same $149/month plus ~50¢ per order as every Ordare business. The only question is who pays the subscription, and you can change the answer any time.

Option one

Headquarters covers everyone

$149 /month, total

plus ~50¢ per order, paid by the guest at checkout

One subscription from headquarters, and every franchisee is in the app. No seats, no per-location fees, however many stores you add.

Option two

Each franchisee pays its own

$149 /month, per franchisee

plus ~50¢ per order, paid by the guest at checkout

Franchisees carry their own subscription, like any Ordare business. Headquarters still owns and runs the app; a franchisee that has not subscribed yet simply is not served yet.

Switch between the two whenever you like. A change takes effect at the next billing cycle, franchisees are notified, and nobody is charged mid-period. Every store carries the same ~50¢ per-order service fee, paid by the guest at checkout, never by headquarters or the franchisee.

See full pricing, including the kitchen display and TV menu add-ons each store can take.

What every store gets

The whole platform, at every franchisee

A franchise gets the same branded mobile app, online ordering, and marketing as any Ordare business, with headquarters holding the parts that make it one brand.

Your own branded iOS & Android app Online ordering & order-ahead pickup Brand-wide promotions & specials Home screen designer, run by HQ Push notifications & campaigns Loyalty & rewards at each store Kitchen display at each store Printer routing per kitchen TV menu displays

Company-owned stores, not franchisees?

One Ordare account already covers unlimited locations for $149/month plus ~50¢ per order.

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Not on Square?

Franchise support is Square-only today. For Clover, Toast, or another POS, start with a conversation.

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Give every franchisee your app. Let every franchisee keep its Square.

$149/month plus ~50¢ per order, paid by the guest, for the brand’s own iOS and Android app, with ordering, loyalty, and marketing built in. No commissions, no contract, no per-location fees.

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