No base fee.
Pay only when guests walk in.
foodprints puts your restaurant on the map for Zürich's food crowd. No monthly subscription, no platform fee, no flat tax, just CHF 1 per guest who actually walks in. If no one shows, you pay nothing. That's the model.
Zero risk: no base fee, no monthly minimum, no commission on the bill. First month completely on us, no card required.
Why partners stay with foodprints
Four things you won't get from a generic specials platform.
Pure pay-per-guest, no base fee
No monthly subscription, no platform fee, no flat tax. CHF 1 only when a guest actually walks in, geolocked, QR-confirmed. If no one comes through your door this month, you owe us nothing. Shared upside, not shared risk.
Anonymous insights from your guests
We summarise what guests are saying, themes, sentiment, what they love, what to fix. Aggregated and anonymised, so you see the signal without ever seeing individuals.
Foodies, one platform, one bill
Foodies post your specials to their followers. You agree the rate directly with the foodie, who is paid straight to their own account via Stripe. foodprints never holds or moves that money. From us you only ever pay the small per-redemption service fee.
News to your followers, instantly
New menu, winter menu, an event? Post it from the dashboard, attach a special if you want, and everyone who follows you gets it on their phone in seconds. No mailing lists, no newsletter tools.
How it works
From signup to first guest in under a week.
You publish a special
Choose the discount, the days, the times, the limits. Anything from a Tuesday lunch promotion to a first-visitor-only offer. You're live in under 10 minutes.
Foodies bring the audience
Local foodies post about your special to their followers. You agree a rate per redemption directly with the foodie, who is paid to their own Stripe account. foodprints just makes the match and charges its per-redemption service fee. It never touches the foodie's fee.
Guest unlocks, you confirm
The special can only be unlocked when the guest is at your door (geolocked). They show you a QR code; you scan it from your phone or the dashboard. Done.
Your partner dashboard
Manage specials, post news, see what your guests are saying, all from one place.
Questions we get on the first call
Is there really no monthly base fee?
Correct, none. No subscription, no platform fee, no flat tax, no setup cost. If zero guests redeem this month, your invoice from us is CHF 0. The CHF 1 per redeemed guest is the only line item that ever appears, and it only appears when a guest is actually at your door (geolocked unlock). Shared upside, not shared risk.
What stops a guest from unlocking the special and not showing up?
Two things. Geolock: a special can only be unlocked when the guest is physically near your restaurant, no remote redemptions from home. And on unlock, a QR code is generated that you can scan from the foodprints app or your dashboard to confirm the redemption for your own records. The fee applies when the special is unlocked at your door; the QR is for your audit trail, not ours, if you don't scan it, we still count the redemption as used, so the choice to verify is yours.
Do you take a commission on the bill?
No. You set the discount, you keep 100% of what the guest spends. We never touch the payment. The only line item from us is CHF 1 per redeemed guest on your monthly invoice.
How much control do I have over who redeems and when?
A lot. You can restrict specials to specific days and times (e.g. Tuesday lunch only), limit per guest (first-visit-only, once per month, cooldown periods), tie a special to a single event (a launch night, an open-table evening, a winter menu week), set a total redemption cap, or a monthly spending cap that stops the platform issuing codes the moment you hit it. Mix and match, every special is its own ruleset.
Do I need new hardware or a POS integration?
No. Guests show a QR code on their phone, you scan it on yours (or any browser). That's the entire integration. No menu sync, no terminal, no extra subscription.
How do foodie collaborations work, do I pay them separately?
You partner with a foodie directly: grant them an insider code on your special and agree a rate per redemption (you decide, some start as low as a few hundred rappen per guest). The foodie is paid straight to their own Stripe account. foodprints never holds, moves or pays that money; the fee is strictly between you and the foodie. From foodprints you only pay the small per-redemption service fee, and only when their followers actually walk in.
Do I see what guests are saying about my restaurant?
Yes, but only the patterns, never the individuals. We summarise reviews into aggregated, anonymised themes ("guests loved the burrata", "service felt slow at peak"). You get the signal you need to improve; guests keep the privacy they expect. Individual reviews stay with their author and their friends, never on your dashboard.
How do I tell my regulars about a new menu without an email list?
Post it from the dashboard. Everyone who follows your restaurant on foodprints sees the update on their phone within seconds, new menu, winter menu, event night, anything. Attach a special to the post if you want, and the same update doubles as a promotion. No mailing lists to maintain, no newsletter tool, no inbox getting filtered to spam.
What if I want to test for one week and stop?
Go for it. The first month is completely free anyway, so you can test, see the numbers, and decide. Deactivate the special from your dashboard the moment you're done, no exit fee, no contract.
Want to see how this would look for your restaurant?
15 minutes is enough, in person at your restaurant, on the phone, or by video call. Whichever suits you. We'll walk through the dashboard, set up your first special together, and answer anything we didn't cover above. No slide deck.
Just say which format you prefer in the email, we'll match it.