KADEPAY FOR BAKERS & CAKE MAKERS
Custom orders start in your DMs with a photo and a date, and too often end with a no-show at pickup. KadePay turns the request into a signed order form, takes the deposit that locks the date, and collects the balance before the cake leaves your kitchen.
Pay-As-You-Go starts at $0 per month. Usage and payment fees apply.
Sound familiar?
Home and cottage bakers lose hours to order details sent in pieces and deposits that never come. These are the sticky spots in a custom cake week, and how KadePay smooths each one out.
Flavor in one message, servings in another, the inspiration photo in a story reply, and the pickup time nowhere at all.
With KadePay
Send a custom cake order form for flavors, servings, design notes and allergies that the customer completes and signs on their phone. A shared folder on their profile holds the inspiration photos.
Forms and signaturesYou told two other customers you were booked for June 7, and the first one stopped answering after you sent your price.
With KadePay
Text a cake deposit link with the pickup date and servings as customer questions, and use your receipt text to say the date is held once it is paid. Orders without a deposit stay off your baking calendar.
Payment links and QR codesThe cake is boxed, the fondant took four hours, and the customer cancels the morning of pickup because the party moved.
With KadePay
Put your cake cancellation policy in the order form the customer signs, and collect the balance before pickup day. Your signed policy then decides what is refundable, and the money is already in hand.
Forms and signaturesA $900 tiered cake is a big ask for a couple paying the venue the same month, so they keep postponing the deposit.
With KadePay
Offer a wedding cake payment plan: agreed installments collected from the couple's authorized card, finishing a week or two before the wedding. You bake knowing the order is covered.
Payment plansSaturday at the farmers market means a line for cookies, a cash box with no change and someone asking if you take cards.
With KadePay
Use Tap to Pay on a compatible phone, or print one Store Pay Direct QR for the table where customers scan, enter the total and pay. You confirm each payment in Transactions.
Tap to Pay and card readersHow it fits your week
Point your Instagram bio to a Flex Link where customers start a cake order form, request a tasting box pickup or pay a deposit you already agreed.
You review the order details, confirm the price and send a deposit link that asks for the pickup date. The date is held when it is paid.
A bill with reminders goes out a week before pickup for the rest. Wedding couples can pay in installments from their authorized card instead.
The cake is paid before it leaves the kitchen, so pickup is a handoff, not a payment conversation. Notes on the profile remember their favorite flavor for next year.
Every way your customers pay
Availability depends on your account setup and eligibility. You confirm Venmo and Zelle payments after checking they arrived.
Built in
Each tool writes to the same customer record, from the first booking request to the receipt.
KadePay for bakers
Many tools for home bakers are storefronts built around a product list. Custom cakes do not fit a product list: every order has its own servings, design and date. KadePay is built around the custom request instead, with an order form, a deposit link and a balance bill that follows the order to pickup.
A cottage bakery lives on deposits. A cake deposit covers ingredients and holds the date, while the balance often comes due a few days to a week before pickup. Writing those terms into the order form, and having the customer sign it, makes the conversation easier when plans change.
Home bakery payments come in every shape: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank transfer, and Venmo or Zelle from regulars. Venmo and Zelle go straight from the customer's app to you, and you record them in KadePay so every order shows as paid.
If you also sell at markets, Tap to Pay on a compatible phone or a printed QR at the table keeps the line moving, and those sales sit alongside your custom orders in one transaction history. Come tax season, one download covers both kinds of sales for your bookkeeper.
CLEAR ANSWERS
Pick one that handles the custom part: an order form with design details, a deposit to hold the date and a balance collected before pickup. KadePay does those, plus tasting box pickups, gift cards and Tap to Pay at markets, without building a storefront.
Send a fixed-amount link or bill for the deposit, with customer questions for the pickup date and servings. Customers pay by card, wallet or bank transfer, and your receipt text can say the date is held once paid.
Keep it short: when the deposit becomes non-refundable, when the balance is due and what happens if a finished cake is not picked up. Add it to your order form so every customer signs it before paying, and check local rules if you are unsure.
Yes. Agree on the number of payments, and KadePay collects each one from an eligible saved method the couple authorized, finishing before you start baking. Installments keep a $900 order manageable for them.
No. KadePay has no product menu, storefront or stock tracking. Customers order through your form and pay through deposit and payment links, and you can still sell at markets with Tap to Pay or a printed QR.
Pay-As-You-Go: $0 per month. Payment and usage fees apply. A solo baker can stay on it as long as it fits; Team at $10 per month and Pro at $35 per month add team members, vanishing bills and recurring billing. Compare them on the pricing page.
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