Corporate accounts are how you graduate from "one-off catering orders" to "we feed that office every Tuesday." Net-30 invoicing means the customer books without paying upfront and pays monthly — standard practice for B2B.
Who this is for
Repeat catering customers with predictable volume:
- Offices ordering team lunches weekly
- Hospitals catering doctor meetings
- Schools, churches, government offices
- Co-working spaces with regular events
- Healthcare facilities, dentist offices
These customers don't want to swipe a credit card every time. They want a monthly invoice their accounting team processes.
How it works
You issue the corporate customer a credit limit (e.g., $5,000 monthly). They book catering orders without paying at the time of order. At the end of the month, Eatsy generates an invoice for everything they ordered. They pay via ACH (free), check (manual), or credit card (3% surcharge — passed to them, not absorbed by you).
If they hit their credit limit mid-month, the system pauses new bookings until they pay down or you raise the limit.
Setting up a corporate account
Open Catering → Corporate Accounts → New Account
Enter customer info: company name, billing contact, billing email, billing address, EIN/Tax ID (optional).
Set the credit limit
Start conservative — $1,000 to $3,000 for new accounts. Raise after 2–3 months of clean payment history. Hospitals and major employers can go up to $20,000+ on day one.
Set the payment terms
Default: Net-30 (pay within 30 days of invoice). Some operations use Net-15 for faster cash flow, Net-60 for whales who demand it.
Set the surcharge policy
Credit card surcharge: typically 3% (matches your gateway's processing cost on Shift4 or NMI). ACH and check: no surcharge. Most corporate customers pay ACH because it's free.
Send the welcome email
Eatsy auto-sends an email with their login, credit limit, and instructions for using the catering portal. EatsyAI writes EN + ES versions.
What the customer sees
The corporate customer logs into a dedicated portal: their order history, current month's running total, credit limit, and a "Place new order" button that takes them to your catering menu. No credit card prompted at checkout — just their PO number (optional).
Invoicing and reminders
End of month: Eatsy auto-generates an invoice and emails it to the billing contact. PDF + line-item detail. Reminders auto-send at 7, 14, 21, and 28 days past invoice if unpaid.
If a customer goes 60+ days past due, the system pauses new orders for that account until cleared. You can override manually for trusted customers.
When to say no
A corporate account that pays late chronically (multiple invoices 30+ days past due in a row) is a red flag. The dashboard surfaces accounts with poor payment history. You can drop them or require deposits going forward.
See also: Catering Menu Setup.