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Why Bill Splitting is So Important?

Product Team
4 min read

One of the biggest social challenges when dining with friends or colleagues is how to split the bill. Do questions like "Who ordered what?", "Did you have coffee?", "How will we split the service charge?" sound familiar?

What's the Problem?

Splitting the bill in a traditional restaurant experience is truly a cumbersome process:

  • Hard to remember what everyone ordered
  • Calculating shared items is complex
  • Waiter has to process separate bills one by one
  • Cash and card mixed payments create issues
  • Tip calculation adds extra confusion

The Alman Hesabı Solution

The Alman Hesabı platform intelligently solves the bill splitting problem:

1. Everyone Sees Their Own Order

The system automatically tracks what each person at the table ordered. Everyone only sees and can pay for their own orders.

2. Shared Items

When an appetizer or pizza is shared, you can indicate this in the system. The item cost is automatically split equally among the sharers.

Example: At a table of 4, a 200 TL pizza was ordered and shared by 3 people. Each sharer automatically pays 66.67 TL, while the person who didn't share pays 0 TL.

3. Flexible Payment Options

  • Everyone can pay with their own card
  • One person can pay for everyone and collect money later
  • Some can pay cash, others by card

A Real-Life Scenario

Let's say 5 friends went to dinner:

  • Ali: Steak + Water = 350 TL
  • Ayşe: Salad + Fruit juice = 180 TL
  • Mehmet: Fish + Beer = 280 TL
  • Zeynep: Pasta + Water = 150 TL
  • Can: Burger + Coke = 200 TL

They also ordered 300 TL worth of appetizers together.

Traditional method: The bill arrived, everyone tried to remember what they ate, 10 minutes of calculation, some said "I ate less", eventually someone paid for everything...
With Alman Hesabı: The system automatically split the appetizers among 5 people (60 TL/person). Everyone saw their order + appetizer share and paid with their card. Total time: 30 seconds.

Statistics

Data from our pilot studies:

  • Bill splitting time: 10 minutes → 30 seconds
  • Waiter workload: 40% reduction
  • Customer satisfaction: 85% increase
  • Error rate: 95% reduction

Benefits for Restaurants

The bill splitting feature is beneficial not only for customers but also for restaurants:

  • Faster Table Turnover: Billing time is reduced
  • Fewer Errors: Manual calculation errors are eliminated
  • Staff Efficiency: Waiters can serve more customers
  • Customer Satisfaction: Customers relieved of billing stress are happier

Conclusion

Bill splitting is a problem that seems simple but is significant for restaurants and customers. Alman Hesabı's smart bill splitting feature solves this problem with technology and improves both customer and restaurant experience.

Try Alman Hesabı and get rid of bill splitting stress!