Restaurants

Your own menu, your own orders, no marketplace cut.

A picture menu with prices, nightly specials that sell out, pickup times and allergy notes. Customers pay up front and the kitchen gets a clean ticket.

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Customer experience

Takeout apps take a cut of every order.

Marketplace apps charge commission on every pickup order and keep the customer relationship. Phone orders tie up staff during the rush and get allergy notes wrong.

Today, by hand

Taking pickup orders by phone during service
Reading back orders and allergy notes
Telling callers a special has sold out
Collecting payment at pickup

With this system

Customers order and pay from your own link

What your customer experiences

In the order your customer sees it, on any phone, in your branding.

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1
Browse the menu
Photos and prices for starters, mains, desserts and drinks.
2
Choose and count
Tap items, set quantities and add allergy notes.
3
Pick up and pay
Choose a pickup time and pay by card.

What happens automatically

Fewer phone orders during the rush.

Marketplace fees vary by provider and plan. Aura plan and Stripe processing fees apply.

Every order
Immediately
Order confirmation by email and text, and the ticket to the kitchen inbox
Allergy noted
Immediately
Priority flag and a text to the kitchenAllergy

Read every email and text, word for word

One connected customer journey

From first answer to next action.

AuraFormsguidestheexperiencebeforesubmit,keepspaymentconnectedtothecustomercontext,thencontinueswiththerightfollow-upaftersubmission.

Guides

Captures the answers and customer context

Converts

Completes the configured payment or deposit

Continues

Runs the configured follow-up after submit

configured tasks

Across email and text message and workspace priority

Upfront

payment available in the flow

Seconds

reply timing when conditions match

Nothing hidden behind “automation”

See your business automation, step by step.

This is the system's starting automation. After activation, adjust the triggers, timing, recipients, and message copy to fit how your business actually works.

Follow the customer journey

01Customer email

Email the customer: Your Ember & Vine order for Pickup time

Trigger: Confirm the order and send it to the kitchen: When Email Address is provided
Timing: Immediately after submission
Destination: Email Address

Customer emailEmail

Your Ember & Vine order for Pickup time

Ember & Vine Kitchen

Sample email

to Email Address

Hi First Name, Thank you. Your order is in and paid. To start: Starters Mains: Mains Dessert: Desserts Drinks: Drinks Pickup: Pickup time, Pickup type...

Speed to lead

The customer hears back in seconds, while they are still deciding.

Replaces: Writing the first reply to every enquiry

02Team email

Alert the team: Order for Pickup time: First Name Last Name

Trigger: When Email Address is provided
Timing: Immediately after submission
Destination: orders@emberandvine.example

Team notification emailEmail

Order for Pickup time: First Name Last Name

Ember & Vine Kitchen

Sample email

to orders@emberandvine.example

Starters: Starters Mains: Mains Dessert: Desserts Drinks: Drinks Quantities are on the submission. Allergies: Allergies Pickup Pickup time, Pickup type...

Right person, full context

Whoever handles it gets every detail before they pick up the phone.

Replaces: Forwarding details to the right person

03Customer text

Text the customer with the next step

Trigger: Confirm the order and send it to the kitchen: When Email Address is provided
Timing: Immediately after submission
Destination: Mobile Number

Customer text messageSMS

Ember & Vine Kitchen

Automated customer follow-up

Ember & Vine: Order confirmed for Pickup time. 612 Ossington Ave. Call (416) 555-0133 with changes.

Sample message to Mobile Number

Speed to lead

The next step lands on their phone while the request is still fresh.

Replaces: Calling back to confirm next steps

04Team text

Text the team about the submission

Trigger: Allergy noted: flag for the chef: When Allergies or requests for the kitchen is provided
Timing: Immediately after submission
Destination: (416) 555-0133

Team text alertSMS

Ember & Vine Kitchen

Automated team alert

Allergy on order for Pickup time (First Name Last Name): Allergies

Sample message to (416) 555-0133

Hot lead alert

Urgent requests reach a phone, even when nobody is at a desk.

Replaces: Watching the inbox for urgent requests

05Priority routing

Mark the submission as high priority

Trigger: Allergy noted: flag for the chef: When Allergies or requests for the kitchen is provided
Timing: As soon as the submission arrives
Destination: The submissions workspace

Best leads first

High-intent requests rise to the top of your list.

Replaces: Sorting the hot leads from the rest

Re-typing details from calls and emails

Reading every request to decide who takes it

Sending invoices and chasing payment

Writing the first reply to every enquiry

Forwarding details to the right person

Calling back to confirm next steps

Watching the inbox for urgent requests

Sorting the hot leads from the rest

Re-typing details from calls and emails

Reading every request to decide who takes it

Sending invoices and chasing payment

Writing the first reply to every enquiry

Forwarding details to the right person

Calling back to confirm next steps

Watching the inbox for urgent requests

Sorting the hot leads from the rest

The result

The follow-up runs. Your team stays human.

It watches, decides, sends, and remembers, so the business responds consistently without adding another manual process.

Revenue moment built in

Collect the payment while intent is high.

Thissystemmovesthecustomerfromansweringquestionstocompletingtheconfiguredpaymentordepositinonecontinuousexperience.

Revenue is part of the workflow

The valuable next step happens before the customer leaves for another tab or another day.

The commercial path

Connected to the submission

Payment built in

Customer completes

Your Ember & Vine order

Price adapts to their selections

The final CAD amount is calculated from the choices made in the intake.

The submission and payment stay connected

The business can see who submitted, what they selected, and whether payment was completed without reconciling a separate checkout by hand.

Context preserved

Preview transactions are simulated. Live collection requires the owner’s Stripe connection.

What you get

In your inbox, every time

Every item and quantity
Pickup time and method
Allergy notes and contact details
Payment in Stripe

Use it yourself, or have us set it up

The blueprint is yours to customize. Prefer a hand? A specialist builds it with your branding, wording and connections, then walks you through it.

Your business name, branding and photos
Questions and wording for your services
Customer emails and texts written in your voice
Owner and team alerts
Test submissions and a walkthrough

Make it yours

$99 USDone-time setup fee

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Your system, ready in 48 hours.Or your setup fee back. In full.With Aura setup. See the 48-hour guarantee and terms.

Share your website or brand materials. An Aura-approved specialist will customize this blueprint for you, including:

Your branding, images, and questions.
Your workflows, including who gets notified by email or text and when.
Customer follow-ups and appointment reminders where needed.

We configure the setup around your preferences, using the features available on your Aura plan and the services you connect.

I approve temporary build and edit access for an Aura-approved specialist.

Also allow publishing once I approve the finished system. Optional.

Approve temporary build access to continue.

Your blueprint copy is free and unpublished until you choose to launch it. Aura setup is optional. Plan requirements and any subscription or usage fees apply when you run the system and are separate from the setup fee.

Our setup guarantee

Your system, ready in 48 hours.Or your setup fee back. In full.

Your system, branded for your business and ready for your review. If we miss the 48-hour deadline, you can claim a full refund of your setup fee.

100%

setup fee back

48-hour setup promise

The 48-hour clock starts after payment when you share your website or brand materials and grant build access. These are elapsed hours, including weekends. The promise is a setup ready for review; publishing follows your approval. We guide you through any account connections needed for live delivery. Request the setup-fee refund through Contact Support if we miss the deadline. Your AuraForms subscription and usage charges are separate.

Questions before you launch

Can I change the menu every day?

Yes. Edit items, prices and photos in the builder, and set how many of each special you can make before each service.

Does it handle delivery?

This blueprint is for pickup and curbside. Add a delivery address and fee if you run your own drivers.

Keep the margin and the customer.

Use the blueprint yourself, or have Aura build your menu with your photos and prices.

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Your own menu, your own orders, no marketplace cut.

Takeout apps take a cut of every order.

What your customer experiences

Browse the menu

Choose and count

Pick up and pay

What happens automatically

From first answer to next action.

See your business automation, step by step.

Email the customer: Your Ember & Vine order for Pickup time

Alert the team: Order for Pickup time: First Name Last Name

Text the customer with the next step

Text the team about the submission

Mark the submission as high priority

The follow-up runs. Your team stays human.

Collect the payment while intent is high.

Your Ember & Vine order

What you get

In your inbox, every time

Use it yourself, or have us set it up

Make it yours

Your system, ready in 48 hours.Or your setup fee back. In full.

Questions before you launch

Keep the margin and the customer.

Where to share it

Make it yours

Your approval comes first.

Help after the handoff.

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