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September 3, 2026
Why I'm building the opposite of Toast for restaurants that hate SaaS
Small restaurants don't need a $500/month POS. They need something that runs on WhatsApp — the tool they already use every day.
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Both, but it splits pretty cleanly by size.
The 1-2 location owners — they're rejecting the category. They've never used a POS, they run everything through their head and WhatsApp, and the moment you say "software" they check out. Doesn't matter how good it is. If it looks like software, it's a no.
The 3+ location ones who've actually tried Toast or Square — they're rejecting the implementation. Either the pricing killed it, or setup was too heavy, or their staff just stopped using it. A lot of them still pay for it and use it as basically a card reader while the real operations live in a spreadsheet or a group chat.
WhatsApp is interesting because it dodges both objections. Nothing to install for the first group, nothing new to check for the second.