Switching to Toast
Feeling limited by your current tech? Toast is here for you, starting with easy onboarding.
Open a New Restaurant
We'll take care of the technology, so you can focus on what matters most.
Retail POS System
Create a seamless customer experience for your retail needs
Free Restaurant Website Builder
Streamline your online presence with a free 90-day trial.
Online Ordering
A commission-free solution, totally integrated with your POS for real-time updates.
Payroll Suite
Fast, easy payroll synced right with your POS.
Free Tools and Templates
Guides, e-books, and templates designed to help you run your restaurant business better.
Toast vs. Other POS
See how Toast compares to Square, Clover, SpotOn, and more.
Trends and analysis from across the industry
Resources to help you get the most out of Toast
Restaurants of all kinds finding success with Toast
Get rewarded for helping restaurant clients succeed
Explore the latest features and updates for Fall 2024
Learn something new today — whether you've got 5 minutes or 50.
Toast solutions for any restaurant concept
Seamless customer experiences for your retail needs
Run your business with online ordering, payroll, and more
Tools, insights, and advice
Front of house, back of house, and online seamlessly connect and work in sync.
Toast is designed for restaurant success. Customize Toast to fit the needs of your restaurant type.
Industry Insights
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Local Partner Advocates
New Innovation at Toast
Video Courses
Earn more revenue, impress your clients, and build stronger connections with restaurants. Toast’s Local Partner Advocate Program is built for restaurant experts who want to offer the best solutions for their clients. Become part of our growing community of 134,000 restaurants and partners — it’s free to join.
Join a growing network of Local Partner Advocates who support restaurants across all aspects of the industry. Whatever your speciality, you have a seat at our table.
Advertising, marketing, operations, restaurant consultants, etc.
Accounting, bookkeeping, HR, loan advisors, payroll, etc.
Cabling, networking, IT installation, tech consultants, etc.
Local or regional distributors who work with restaurants.
Built to make your job easier. Refer with confidence, knowing Toast will support you and your clients every step of the way.
Join the program for free, refer to unlock benefits, and drive brand awareness in your community with access to Toast connections, tools, and resources.
New Local Advocate
Less than 3 referrals live on Toast per year
Engaged Toast Preferred Local Advocate
More than three referrals live per year to earn Premier Status
Everything in Starter, plus:
Expert Toast Preferred Local Advocate
10+ referrals live per year to earn VIP status.
Everything in Premier, plus:
*Terms and conditions apply.
Get started by creating your partner account today and grow your business alongside Toast.
Exclusive benefit for Premier and VIP Partner Advocates: List your business to restaurants in your community and find new clients.
Our businesses complement each other very well and it's why I continue to refer clients to Toast. My relationship with the Toast team has grown to become more than a partnership — it’s more like a friendship that's built on mutual respect and success.
Charles Schuster
This program is for local consultants, investors, professionals and friends who refer a restaurant to Toast for point of sale and payment processing services (“POS services”) through the online referral form or in writing, including by email, to a Toast Account Executive may be eligible to receive a $500 bonus payout. *Terms and conditions apply.
A referral bonus of $500 is awarded for each Qualified Referral. Local consultants, investors, professionals, and friends who refer a restaurant to Toast through the online referral form or in writing to a Toast employee may be eligible to receive a $500 referral bonus.
A “Qualified Referral” is a restaurant that you refer to Toast either through Toast’s partner portal or in writing to a Toast Account Executive and:
is not an existing lead in the Toast system.
enters into a Merchant Agreement Initial Order Form with Toast for POS services.
has been live, processing transactions on the Toast platform for at least seven days.
Visit My Account in the partner portal to see the status of referrals you’ve submitted. Once a referral is submitted, the information goes directly to the Toast Sales team, who will typically reach out the same day.
To receive payment, you must complete an electronic W9 and ACH form before a bonus payout can be issued. Please make sure your ACH and W9 forms have been filled out on the Banking and Tax Information page.
Have additional questions? Check out more FAQs here or contact us at localpartners@toasttab.com.