How-to · Opening on Sparto
Open your cafe on Sparto
What the Cafe starter sets up, what to have on the counter, and the three guides to read next.
A cafe is sold as the Cafe preset: one price a month for the location, and a price for each Merchant Display. It is set up with you on a configuration call. Book one from sparto.io/pricing.
What the call sets up
- Your location, on the Cafe preset, and you as its owner.
- The starter. On Setup you tap Show what's left, then Start with the Cafe starter, once. It adds three categories (Espresso, Coffee and tea, Pastries) with a few items in each, lets the cashier mark a thing sold out, and sets the tip buttons.
- Your tax rates, reviewed with you. The starter never sets tax; you confirm the rates yourself. See Tax rates.
- Your people, with a PIN each. See Add your people.
The starter is only for an empty menu. Once you have items it is not offered, so build on it from Menu: rename the starters, change prices, add your own. See Build your menu.
On the counter
- A tablet for the Merchant Display, Android or iPad, on a stand.
- A card reader that takes a tap. See Pair a card reader.
- A receipt printer. See Printer and drawer.
- A second tablet facing the customer, if you want tips asked on screen. See Customer Display.
You buy these from any retailer. We pair them with you on the call.
Read next
Try it first on the demo cafe at demo.sparto.app. It starts with the same three categories the starter gives you.
Try it in the demo