Ordering drinks can be a hassle when you are out to party all night in a bar. Much more when you got so drunk that you won’t be able to pay your bills, thus, opting to leave your credit card or an open tab.
Be worry-free now for an app called BarEye, co-founded by New Orleans Saint football player and bar owner Jon Vilma, and his business partners Andrew Bennett and Richard Hunter, III, is here to make your partying carefree. It allows you to order drinks and flirt with patrons. This app is available now for Android and iOS users-slash-drinkers in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City, after its triumphant trial run in Tallahassee, Florida.
Drinkers, through BarEye app, can avoid crowded bar lines and order drinks for themselves right from their phones. Of course, it needs to be downloaded and users can sign in with their Facebook account. From then on, you can connect with other people, view the calendar of events, get promotional offers, and receive free drinks from bars near them. Another good thing is, with the use of this app, you don’t have to go through the usual hassle of opening a tab or leaving your credit card when you’ve had too many or got drunk.
"I've been a bar owner for several years now and seen how quickly people get on their phones to check in on social networks or text friends, after ordering a drink. Now with BarEye, they can open one app to do all of that and order drinks at the same time. They can even buy a drink for a friend as an icebreaker to get them to come hang out," Vilma said in a statement.
During the test run of this app in Tallahassee, BarEye signed up 17 bars with more than 10,000 apps downloaded and 6,000 drinks brought. Expansion to five new cities will pose great challenge of getting more bars onboard.
According to the company, BarEye can earn a lot from streams for bars, permitting people to order drinks even if they aren't physically there. For example, you can order a drink for a friend to claim the next time they come, or buy someone a drink on their birthday when they've checked in somewhere.
As of this moment, the app is enlisting franchisees to market the idea. The profit from a purchased drink splits to the franchisee, the bar, and BarEye.
Bennet stated, "The success of our pilot in Tallahassee was a real validation that BarEye is ready to scale. Bars recognize the ever-growing need to embrace varied social networks as a means to increase their audience, engage their consumers and stay relevant."
