Payments
UPI, payment links, cash on delivery, gateway fees, GST, refunds and settlement for food businesses.
14 guides
Industry GuidesCash on Delivery vs Online Payment for Food Orders: Which to Offer?
COD vs online payment for food orders: what each really costs, where each wins, and rules that keep COD's conversion without its cancellations.
Industry GuidesFake Payment Screenshots: How Restaurants Verify UPI Payments
How the fake payment screenshot scam works, signs that give one away, four ways to verify a UPI payment that cannot be faked and what staff should say.
Industry GuidesGST on Restaurant Online Orders: 5% vs 18% and Who Collects
GST on restaurant orders explained: which rate applies, who collects on delivery apps versus your own WhatsApp orders, delivery charges, thresholds and bills.
Industry GuidesHow to Collect Advance Payment for Food Orders
How to collect advance payment for orders without awkwardness: when to ask, how much, four ways to collect it, templates and a policy that holds up.
Industry GuidesPayment Failures at Checkout: Why Customers Drop and How to Fix It
Why a payment failure online order happens, how to measure it, the checkout and gateway fixes that cut failures and the WhatsApp follow-up to recover it.
Industry GuidesPayment Gateway Charges in India: What Restaurants Pay Per Transaction
Payment gateway charges India: how the main gateways price transactions, what a ₹500 order really costs a restaurant and the fees behind the rate.
Industry GuidesRazorpay Route and Split Payments: How Platforms Pay Merchants
How Razorpay Route splits one payment between a platform and a merchant: linked accounts, KYC, the money path, fees and what to check before signing up.
Industry GuidesRefund Policy for Food Orders: Templates and Automation
A food order refund policy to paste onto your store page and WhatsApp confirmations, with message templates for each refund situation and what to automate.
Industry GuidesSettlement Cycles: T+1 vs T+2 and Why It Matters for Cash Flow
What a payment settlement cycle is, how T+1, T+2 and instant settlement compare, what the lag costs a kitchen buying stock daily and how to shorten it.
Industry GuidesUPI Payments for Restaurants: QR, Payment Links and Auto-Confirmation
How UPI payment for restaurant orders works: static and dynamic QR, payment links and gateway checkout, what each costs and how to auto-confirm.
Industry GuidesUsing Your Own Razorpay Account on an Ordering Platform: Fees and Control
What changes when you connect your own Razorpay account to an ordering platform: which fees disappear, which stay, and who holds the money.
Industry GuidesHow to Send a Payment Link on WhatsApp
How to send a payment link on WhatsApp for a food order: three kinds of link, creating one in Razorpay step by step, the message to send and confirming it.
Industry GuidesPlatform Fee vs Commission vs Per-Order Fee: What Each Really Costs
Platform fee vs commission vs per-order fee, worked out on real order sizes so you can see which pricing model costs your restaurant least.
Industry GuidesRazorpay for Restaurants: Setup, Fees and Settlement
Razorpay for restaurants, step by step: KYC documents, what a transaction costs, when money settles, the products worth using and why applications stall.