How to Set up and Sell Using a Third Party Delivery Service - Basic
This is a guide on how to set up third party delivery services, such as, Uber Eats, Deliveroo, EASI, Menulog, DoorDash and alike using the basic setup method. There is no direct integration between Shopfront and these services at this point in time.
The basic method shows you how to create a new payment method to separate regular sales from delivery service sales. This method assumes you will be either processing the sale at the regular everyday price or manually overriding the price before processing the sale.
Note: For a guide on how to set up the delivery service as a customer, with the ability to replicate the price you will be receiving from the delivery service see How to Set up and Sell Using a Third Party Delivery Service - Advanced.
Creating a New Payment Method
- Open the Menu
- Select Setup
- Select Payment Methods
- Select + New to create your new payment method
- Name the payment method eg, Uber Eats and choose the type of the payment method to Direct Deposit
Enabling the Payment Method in the Register
Once the payment has been created, you will need to enable the payment method on each register you plan on processing the third party delivery service sales on.
- Open the Menu
- Select Registers and Outlets
- Select the Register you wish to add the Payment Method to and click Edit
- Tick the Payment Method's checkbox to enable
- Select Save
Setting up a Sale Key for the Payment Method
Follow the steps below to load a sales key for the new payment method (This step is optional and can be skipped if you want to process your third party delivery orders by selecting finalise sale).
- Select the Menu
- Select Setup
- Select Sale Keys
- Locate and select Edit beside your preferred Sale Keys Page (i.e. Home Keys)
- Resize your existing sale keys to make room for your new sale key
- Select+ Add Sale Key
- Select Pay the Exact Amount from the Action dropdown list
- Choose the payment method, eg, Uber
- Type a name into Normal Text or alternatively, find the logo online and add it as a Normal Image to populate the sales key (see below screenshot)
- Finalise by clicking Save
Note; For a more in-depth guide on sales keys please see the linked article on Sales Keys.