When you’re small, but have done this for 20+ years, you pick up a few things. Not to mention,
amassing a mountain of reusable code, APIs, SDKs, templates, frameworks, DesignKits, etc. (ie Digital IP)
Undeniable Technology
We build the stuff most people just talk about. And, we specifically designed the Pre-Order App Solution
(ie. template) to be versatile enough to work for almost any type of business - from restaurants, to cafes,
retail, services & more. And, whatever features it doesn’t have, our Customizations Department/Division
can usually add for $300-$500 extra (in less than a week).
Our goal wasn’t to build the perfect E-Commerce
App - so many businesses are too unique for that narrow thinking. Our goal was to build the perfect
base -
so that with very little budget and time any business could get their “perfect” app, built on top of a $1M+ App -
and in less than a week or two.
Currently, we've integrated Square, Stripe, Paypal ApplePay, Authorize.net & E-Wallet
into its checkout page making it the most versatile e-commerce, native mobile app in the world for accepting
payments (and we can easily add more). Below is some of our other key technology...
Some of our key Digital IP (ie. technology)
The Future Is Apps
The CEO of both Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey himself, makes the entire case
(in this video interview below) for why Mobile Apps
are so important to businesses all over America (and the world).
He even mentions Pre-Order at the 1:44 minute mark!Note: This interview is from April 24, 2020.
Pre-Order App (Promo Video)
Here's a promotional video of one of our App's in action. Unfortunately this awesome client closed because
of the pandemic.
Pre-Order App (with Voice Ordering)
Meet the world's first voice-activated E-Commerce Ordering App. We just added voice-recognition technology to
our $1M+ Pre-Order SaaS solution and here's a peek:
We now have 90% of every imaginable finger/tap clicking
action voice-activated and have confirmed that we can achieve 100%, which we are in the process of doing.
That means soon, we’ll be able to voice-activate almost anything imaginable - not just ordering food.
Check out this video and see how we’ve even made it possible to scroll up and down using just your
voice.
“Rich” Push Notifications
Other than various multi-billion dollar companies, almost no one offers these. And, we've made them as easy to
send as a text. "Rich" Push Notifications are extremely powerful, built-in notifications that allow you to embed
video or images, plus clickable website links. So just imagine the marketing
power. Learn more »
And, here’s a video of a real “Rich” Push Notification in action:
“Rich” Push Notifications (with Video)
Here’s a video of a Rich Push with Video.
Pre-Order App Admin Dashboard
Here’s a quick video of just one of our Admin features. We built our own custom image cropper
so clients don’t even have to think about what size they need to make their images to perfectly
display in their Apps (works for both Edit Locations & Edit Categories).
We even added easy toggle switches to be able to quickly hide specific Locations,
Categories, Products, Variations and even Modifiers/Options - giving our Clients complete control of
how their inventory looks in their Apps & Websites.
Voice Kiosk(s) - iPad App(s)
One of our newest technologies in 2021 is our Voice Kiosk App. We haven’t even had time to fully
launch and release it yet, but within about 1 minute of setup time it turns any iPad into an instant
Ordering Kiosk similar to the ones you see in McDonald’s and other famous chains. It even works
for businesses like Doctor’s offices, etc - anywhere a Client or Customer might need to check-in
or order something really quick.
This is actually a stealth app (in plain site). It’s a live basis of our voice-recognition technology
that allows anyone to test our most basic and fundamental voice commands for themselves, which can be
applied to almost any business or use imaginable. Download it and test it out for yourselves. And, prepare
to be blown away by how fast and responsive it is to your voice!
Voice KDS
This is our Kitchen Display System on a phone (though it was actually designed for iPads). We made sure
it works on both. Pre-Order Apps have an entire KDS built-in that lets business owners
see all their incoming orders easily and in one streamlined place. Our KDSs automatically refresh every
5 seconds (with an audible ding), as well as have built-in GPS location tracking to help see how far away
Customers are. Oh and did we mention, we just made it voice-activated also?
Here's the KDS on an iPad
Backup POS - for Square
We created Backup POS for iPads due to their exceptionally fast and respsonsive screen sensitivity to touch. It takes
about 1 minute to set up any existing Square Account for Backup POS and you’ll instantly have the ability to
run completely off of cellular (or wifi), which means if Square or your Network ever goes down, you’ll be able to
continue taking orders without interruption.
We’re currently modifying the Checkout Payment options to be more "pos"-friendly (as far as button names), so
if you're in Backup Mode then they'll simply read:
Cash | Credit | E-Wallet | Gift Card | Other
Having a solution like this already created allows us to create any kind of custom solution based around taking orders
pretty fast and pretty inexpensive because we already have a foundation that’s perfectly integrated with
Square's APIs.
Digital Finger Signature
While this might seem like just another cool feature, there’s so much more to it. There’re a reason
why stores and restaurants make you sign receipts when you pay with credit cards - and that’s because it’s
one of only 2 things that are considered industry-standard to fighting fraud. So we added it for our Clients.
What do you think the other feature is?!
E-Wallet
Our founder invented the fastest digital payment technology in the world, 5Xs faster than Apple Pay
and we’ve quietly included the tech in all of our Pre-Order Apps. Our E-Wallet Tech alone
makes our Apps must-haves and game-changers because they reduce the dependency of a business on credit cards, thereby
reducing the amount of transaction fees a business pays every day.
On average E-Wallet saves businesses about $100/location per month (ie. over $1200/yr savings).
We’ve even created custom Savings Calculators
that you can show business owners to help you close more app deals.
Kenect AI
We’ve also developed a one-of-a-kind AI technology that matches an infinite amount of data-points
to make recommendations or suggestions to Users about a variety of things, like professional connections,
romantic connections, good products, good food, specific menu items you might be interested in and more.
Kenect AI uses a combination of #hashtags + GPS
location-tracking to let Users know whenever interesting people or products are nearby or even in the
same room. #hashtags are important because computers process data with #hashtags vs plain text a lot
faster, which actually helps reduce server-load and server-resources required when you have a lot of App Users.
Digital Books with Page Turning Animations
This is one you’ll have to see for yourself. We created real-life like page turning with
digital animations that even peel back the page, making it feel just like
you’re really turning pages in a real book or magazine. Download this App from a
Children’s Author we worked with to test it out for yourself:
ODM V1 (Online Design Manager - for Pre-Order Apps)
We’ve been preparing Pre-Order for massive growth since the very beginning and Amazon has always
been our inspiration. They automate just about every process imaginable, then use people in an assembly-line
like fashion to create the most optimal and efficient operation possible. We keep a close watch
of what both Apple and Google make possible as far as App Automation and use our ODM to automate as much of the
process of making Apps as possible. When we’re fully staffed, it takes 3-4 employees just 45 minutes
to re-brand and make a custom Pre-Order App for any business.
ODM V2 (Online Design Manager - for Pre-Order Apps)
The above version is one of the earliest versions of our custom, in-house built online manager that helped
us initially streamline much of the App Development & Submission process. However, this is the new Gen2 Version
and what we are about to use to suffocate and corner not just the mobile app market, but many inter-related
markets, such as RestaurantTech, Small RetailTech, etc.
Media Kits
We’ve made it easy for Partners to get started by creating some really informative Media Kits
for both the Pre-Order Custom App Service and the custom Design & Branding we do to make business’
apps even more custom - although if you’re a Partner that does design too, we gladly encourage
you to not promote us, but to keep all the design work for yourself!
Wordpress SDK
Once upon a time we were a top Wordpress Development house. We even developed the world’s first
Wordpress Mobile SDK (software development kit) that allows
you to turn any Wordpress website into a native mobile app that automatically syncs and pulls all posts,
tags, categories, images and content from your Wordpress Website.
It’s ridiculous and blazingly fast and we haven’t even had the extra time or money to push it
yet. We’ll post a live App example soon.
WooCommerce
One of our own Shops, https://preorderapps.com, is made on WooCommerce
+ Wordpress. We have over 15+ years of experience doing very high-level custom Wordpress and WooCommerce websites.
Custom Plugins
We also make custom Wordpress Plugins and have even created plugins for E-Wallet(s), Wordpress Blog Post SDK, Rewards, etc.
More videos coming soon....
Pre-Order + Square Inventory
Pre-Order + Square Loyalty
Pre-Order + Square Gift Cards
Our API Strategies, RESTful APIs, etc
Key IP From Our Portfolio
Here’s the thing - so many businesses already use Square that it’s insane - and Square’s kicking
major butt right now. They’ve added $70B+ in market value SINCE the pandemic started. So we’ve
attached our cart to a damn good horse. The opportunities are endless. And we know them VERY well and have
even presented in their HQ in San Francisco before.
Strength In Numbers
What we manage to make and do with our current resources is nothing short of incredible, so we are 1000% confident
that with more help, more consistent cash flow and more visibility from the help of our National Partners
that we would easily dominate all of the competition and help each Partner generate some really good money.
The quicker we all work together to blow the brand up, the quicker businesses will start to organically come
to us in droves. And that’s when you’ll start receiving bigger partner payouts, as a result
of the fact that you contributed to the larger whole of the company now - despite maybe not even getting that
many clients yourself. Afterall, it’s all a numbers game - as the VCs say. So let’s US play
those numbers, divide and conquer and create a cash-cow that helps us all get paid.
Use the form below to tell us which city/market you’d like to claim
and control - or you can email us
at partners@getpreorder.com - and yes, we are completely fine talking to potential partners via phone about
working together too. In fact, once we get a big enough group of Partners, we plan on doing group
Zooms and/or conference calls.
If you’re interested in joining the Partners Program, choose your desired City/Market below
and tell us a few brief things about you and why you’d be a good fit!
We make it a point to know all of our competition, as well as the various global technology markets
very well. That means Agencies all the way down to 3rd world countries where people hire lower
cost developers. We also understand all the various frameworks, practices, “in” things
to do, etc.
Every now and then we do a sort of stealth survey for RFPs (Requests for Proposals) where we’ll
show Agencies or Freelancers a Mobile App or Website (ie. something we made, but we don’t
tell them that). We let them think we’re a client who “just wants something similar”.
And, then we get bids (and timelines) from them.
From these bids, we essentially know that anywhere on earth it would take any team, group of individuals
or company about $5M+ (and god knows how much actual time) to re-create our entire IP Portfolio.
And, by the time they actually did, it would all be obsolete - and we’d already
have the next wave of technology developed.
Who We Are
We’re a Chicago-based Technology Solutions company -
that specializes in creating high quality Native Mobile Apps, Responsive Websites, Web Apps, Software,
APIs, Frameworks, SDKs (software development kits for apps), etc.
We’ve been creating solutions for 20+ years and in that time we’ve
amassed a heck of a lot of technology, expertise, best practices, etc.
Our current digital IP Portfolio
is worth about $5M+. IP = Intellectual Property. That means all the
stuff we make that’s unique that can be used to create mobile apps, websites, etc. How do we know it’s
worth $5M+? Good question. Here’s that answer »
Yes, we’ve tried the VC-route and it wasted more valuable time than it helped. And, since we’re typically
2-5 years ahead of everybody, which has secured us some very big partnerships, we figured it was about time
we tried a different approach.
What Is A Fractional Partner?
To elaborate - just about everyone these days has a variety of side gigs, jobs and hustles.
So, it doesn’t make sense asking for any sort of major commitment in an effort to build something bigger.
So we came up with the idea of “fractional” partners.
Keep doing what you do - that, makes you valuable and connected. Then, if all the Partners simply give 5% of their
time - together we can create traction, opportunities and economies of scale that generate more value
and return for that 5% than we would’ve been able to do otherwise. Simple.
It’s really no different than what VCs are doing these days with pool investments. We’re just doing
it with effort, time, sweat equity, a few bucks a month, existing clients, etc.
Getting Started Is Easy
We want this program to be really easy and even fun for our Partners. Mostly, just keep doing what you
do - just also keep Pre-Order in mind as you go through the course of your normal week.
We believe Apps already effect everybody. Just look at the world around you. We also believe our Apps can
help just about any businesses or person imaginable because they have so many features already built-in.
So here's a list of suggestions for you:
1. Simply mention it to your clients, customers or just people in general
2. Do they already use Square?
Take note of what a business, cafe or restaurant uses for payments (Square is really recognizable
and if they already use it, then it makes them an easy target).
3. Share our Media Kits!
We've created 2 super cool PDF Media Kits for clients, customers, etc. One if for the Apps, the other
is for Branding & Design. Now, if you do design, then obviously don't share that one! We don't
want to take business from you! We want YOU to use these Apps to boost your business and demand!
We've learned from experience the Media Kits basically do all the heavy lifting for you, so you
don't even have to explain or know the product that well in the beginning.
You can think of it (if you want) as sort of just referring or relaying potential customers over
to us. You line em up, we'll knock em out! Then, send you a check (or technically a deposit or
transfer!)
4. Ask people if they want a free demo.
This is such a simple thing, but we've found that it's the
single most powerful thing that gets people to try our service. When they can hold an App in their
hands that has their logo and branding and their services or products - it's really jaw-dropping for
most people and instantly shifts their perspective to what it would be like to really have an App. It
sort of "sells" itself.
"Rich" Push Notifications
"Rich" Push Notifications are extremely powerful, built-in notifications that are even more advanced than
regular push notifications and almost no one outside of various multi-billion dollar companies has or
is offering them, yet alone offers them by default in an App.
Most businesses pay for the ability to send SMS Text Messages - we offer those AND Rich Push Notifications
for free - by default - already built in.
"Rich" Push Notifications allow you to embed video or images, plus
clickable website links. So just imagine the marketing power.
For example: You could behaviorially target Customers, then show them an image or video of their
favorite menu item, retail product or service, then put a clickable link at the end of the push
notification text that takes them directly to a special landing page that you've already built
analytics tracking into.
Our Approach
First and foremost, we’re almost like an extinct species. We make “Native”
Mobile Apps, whereas SO much of the tech industry centers around “Hybrid” Cross-Platforms.
Simply put - those are stupid. But, only because we exist and what we do is proof that it’s
possible.
Native - means, native to the environment of the devices that the App is made for. ie.
XCode (the platform) and Swift (the language)
are Apple's native App ecosystem. And, Android Studio and Java are Google's.
Basically, in a nutshell - a hybrid platform attempts to create mobile apps as one body of code, which
is supposed to make it easier to maintain, update and all of that (vs 2 separate ones). When in reality
it ends up costing
way more than just making 2 separate apps on each respective platform (ie. Apple and Google Play Android),
taking way longer and being way less stable.
For the most part, famous brands don't do that. They make Native Apps - but yeah, they have more money.
But if hybrids were so great, why don't famous brands do it more? And do you actually know of any famous
apps that ARE hybrid apps?
Think about it - you're trying to make one code base for 2 very distinctly different platforms owned by
2 very competitive behemoths (Apple and Google). That doesn't sound very smart.
We used to do it. And, we found out fast - it's murky. You're muddying the waters and chasing a moving
bullseye.
No matter how smart all these geniuses who support this madness are or claim to be - you know who they
aren't smarter than? Both Apple and Google. THEY have hundreds, if not thousands of the most talented
engineers on earth - and in case you missed it, they are BOTH device companies now.
In Apple's case, that's
the primary thing that's making them billions. So they are constantly working on new chipsets and hardware
to keep their phones (and tablets) fresh, so they can get people to buy or upgrade to the new ones.
And everytime they change
the insides of those phones, it sends a ripple effect down their ecosystem. And, do you know what's last
in the totem pole? Apps.
That whole device thing makes Apps a nightmare to keep updated and working, which
is precisely why it's stupid to even try to do it with hybrids.
Who can keep up with Apple and Google? They can't even keep up with
themselves, which is precisely why they release new phones and then constantly have to come out with OS
updates to fix stuff for months after a new phone releases.
The wiser thing to do, that is way more sustainable, way less expensive, way faster, etc. is to just
follow the damn rules that both Apple and Google layout for THEIR App systems. Simple. If they tell you
to do something a certain way, do it. Not because you're a follower or something. It doesn't mean you're
not talented and independent. It just means you acknowledge that THEY are the ones who control that platform
and it's inevitable that in 6 months (that's about how often they both release primary versions + S versions of
their phones and devices, right?) those App coding functions, logic and rules are going to change.
So when you go hybrid what you have to do is wait for some team to update THEIR platform to reflect Apple
and Google's recent changes, THEN update your App(s) vs just getting right now to updating your App(s)
natively.