TradaHQ
Kitchens, kotas and caterers

Free business listing for food businesses in South Africa, with orders on WhatsApp

A kota order arrives in a handful of words and needs answering in about as many. A funeral catering booking arrives weeks early and needs a proper conversation. Both start with somebody looking at a photo and asking a question.

List your food business

Free to list. No account, no card, and no commission on anything you sell.

Orders arrive in writing

The customer sends what they want, how many and where. You have it in writing, which is fewer mistakes than a shouted call from a busy street, and it waits for you while your hands are full.

  • A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
  • Your own page with its own web address

People order what they can see

Photos do more selling than any description will, and they belong where somebody hungry is already looking rather than in a chat they first have to ask for.

  • Photos of your goods, your shop or your work
  • Listed under your category and your city
Photo Photo Photo Photo
Photos of the work do the deciding before anybody types a word.

The catering calendar is busier than the walk in one

Funerals, year end functions, weddings and the ceremonies around lobola are all catered from a plan made weeks or months earlier, because the numbers decide the budget and the budget is agreed first. A shisa nyama fills on a Sunday, but the bookings that pay for a quiet Tuesday were made in advance by somebody who had to find a caterer they could reach.

Nobody takes a slice of the plate

Delivery apps take a share of every order. We have no payment mechanism at all, so there is nothing for anybody to take a share of. What the customer pays you is what you keep.

  • No commission on anything you sell
  • Free to list, with nothing to pay later
One tap from your listing opens a chat, on the WhatsApp you already use.

Be findable while the function is being planned

Free listing, one short form, and orders land in WhatsApp.

List your food business

Questions

Do you take a percentage of orders?

No. No money passes through us, so there is nothing to take a percentage of.

Can I list a kitchen I run from home?

Yes. There is no minimum size and the listing is identical for everybody.

How do customers pay me?

However you already arrange it with them. We are the introduction, not a payment platform.