TradeInit
QR order-and-pay platform behind modern hospitality venues
Overview
TradeInit is a fully hosted QR order-and-pay platform for restaurants and gastro pubs. Guests scan a branded QR code to order and pay from their phones, while owners run the whole venue from a single real-time dashboard covering takings, kitchen tickets, menus, and promotions.
The Challenge
Restaurants and gastro pubs lose time and revenue to manual ordering, slow table service, fragmented payment tools, and a lack of real-time visibility into what is actually selling. Off-the-shelf systems are expensive, require on-site hardware, and rarely connect ordering, payments, and business intelligence in one place.
The Solution
TradeInit gives each venue a branded QR ordering flow that needs no app download: guests order and pay by card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, with funds reaching the venue within two days. Owners get a unified dashboard with real-time takings by table, food-versus-drinks breakdowns, live kitchen and bar tickets, and owner-editable menus and promo codes. An AI assistant, powered by Flexibles AI, lets operators query metrics straight from WhatsApp or Telegram. Setup is fully remote, with no on-site installation.
Key Features
- Branded QR ordering with no app download required
- Built-in card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay with fast payouts
- Live revenue dashboards with 7-day trends
- Real-time kitchen and bar tickets (print or screen)
- Owner-editable menus, pricing, and promotional codes
- AI business assistant via WhatsApp and Telegram
- Food-versus-drinks and per-table takings breakdown
- Fully remote setup with no on-site hardware
Design Approach
The guest flow is deliberately frictionless: scan, order, pay, done, with the venue's branding front and centre and no account required. The owner dashboard prioritises glanceable, real-time numbers over dense reporting, so a busy operator can read the state of the floor in seconds on a phone.
Outcomes
- Live and operational at flagship venue Brilliant Gastro, Southall
- 255+ orders processed at the primary venue
- 48% repeat-customer rate with a zero refund rate
- Payments settled to the venue within two days
What's Next
- Rollout to additional venues and multi-site operators
- Deeper Flexibles AI insights and forecasting
- Loyalty and returning-customer features
- Integrations with kitchen and accounting systems
What this proves
TradeInit demonstrates IIkaya's ability to ship a real, revenue-handling product to a live hospitality venue, spanning payments, real-time operations, and an AI assistant, and to prove it in production with measurable results.
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