Cafe leads for software companies

Build your own list of cafes, fill in missing emails and offer your software and online tools for businesses to them in small, personal batches.

Public sources for cafes
Fields that fit the industry
No credits, no rented data

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Audience overview in Riftjaw with daily audience, new contacts and most engaged people

Selling software and online tools for businesses to cafes

Cafes are often owner operated with a small team, and the owner is usually behind the counter or the coffee machine. They buy coffee, milk, cakes and equipment regularly, and switching supplier depends on taste, service and a good personal relationship.

Software companies that sell to small and medium businesses often rely on inbound signups, content and paid ads. A lead database of the exact business types you serve adds a direct outbound channel that you control yourself.

The cafes that need software and online tools for businesses are listed publicly. What most software companies lack is a list they own, with the right fields, that shows who was already contacted.

What software companies run into with cafes

Buying contact data for a narrow vertical is expensive and often outdated.

Build the list yourself from public sources, import it and keep it fresh on your own server.

Outbound lists and product signups live in different places.

Keep prospects in one database with statuses and tags, and export to CSV whenever another system needs them.

Cafes and restaurants blur together in scraped listings.

Use a field for business type and a saved filter so your cafe campaign only reaches cafes.

Owners reply by phone or in person, so email history is incomplete.

Add notes to the contact after every call or visit and update the status by hand.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of cafes from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

An import in Riftjaw: every column of the file gets a profile field, and nothing is imported until each one has a choice.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with hello@, info@, coffee@ and orders@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source — Everything you imported in one database, with the lead file, source and date on every contact.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your software and online tools for businesses to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Campaign results in Riftjaw with sent, opened and clicked per contact — After a campaign, every contact shows whether the mail was delivered, opened and clicked.

What to say to cafes

Write one mail with placeholders and let the details change per record. These openings tend to work with cafes.

Offer a tasting or a sample, because cafe owners decide with their palate.
Talk about consistency and reliable delivery, since running out of beans or milk costs a morning of trade.
Point to something local, such as a nearby roaster or producer, which cafes like to promote.

Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button — A new campaign in Riftjaw, with segment, status and tag filters, a test send and a preview.

Fields worth recording for cafes

Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.

Field	Why it helps
Company name	The key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
Website	Needed to derive an email when the export has none.
Coffee brand	The roaster they use tells a roaster or machine supplier where they stand.
Food offer	Cafes that serve food buy from bakeries and food wholesalers.
Seats	Size shows likely volume of coffee and cups.
Machine	The espresso machine they run matters for service and replacement offers.
Takeaway share	High takeaway volume means more cups, lids and packaging.

Questions people ask

How can a coffee roaster use Riftjaw to find new cafes?

Import a list of cafes from public listings, add fields for coffee brand and machine, and put the cafes not using your beans yet in their own segment. Then send a short campaign offering a tasting.

Can I record visits as well as emails?

Yes. Add a note on the contact after each visit and change the status. Email history is logged automatically next to your notes.

How do I get email addresses for cafes in your area?

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as hello@, info@, coffee@ and orders@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Is it free to start?

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.