Waitlist management

Run the whole line from one screen

No more paper tickets or shouted names. Every walk-in gets a digital place in line the moment they scan your QR code, and your team manages the entire waitlist — adding, calling, serving, or marking a no-show — from a single live view that updates instantly across every device in the shop.

Staff member calling the next customer from a live waitlist on a tablet, with the same queue updating instantly on a second device

35%

average drop in perceived wait time once the line moves off paper

Customers manage the wait themselves instead of standing in it.

0

extra training beyond a five-minute walkthrough for new staff

The dashboard reads like the paper list it replaces.

1

live view shared by every device on shift, updated instantly

No one has to ask a colleague what's changed since they last checked.

35%

average reduction in perceived wait time

How it works

1

Customers join in seconds

A visitor scans the QR code at your entrance, enters their name and mobile number, and picks a service or party size if you need it. No app to download.

2

Staff see one live list

Every ticket appears on the dashboard in real time — waiting, called, being served — so anyone on shift can pick up where a colleague left off.

3

One tap moves things along

Call the next customer, mark them served, log a no-show, or cancel a ticket — each action notifies the customer automatically and updates the live count.

4

Nothing falls through the cracks

Every join, call, and serve is timestamped, so you always know exactly how long someone has been waiting and can jump in before it becomes a complaint.

Why it matters

Cut perceived wait times

Customers can see their position and step away instead of standing in a line, which is consistently rated as less frustrating even when actual wait time is unchanged.

Fewer walkouts

A visible waitlist with an honest wait estimate keeps people around instead of guessing wrong and leaving.

One view for every role

Owners, managers, and staff all work from the same live waitlist, scoped by whatever permissions you've set for their role.

Every ticket, one shared screen

Whoever's on shift sees the same live list — who's waiting, who's been called, who's being served — updated the instant anything changes anywhere else in the shop. There's no separate paper list to reconcile at the end of the day, and no risk of two staff members calling the same name.

  • Waiting, called, and serving states update in real time across every device
  • Any staff member can pick up a ticket a colleague started
  • Full timestamp history for every join, call, and serve
See how customers get notified
Two staff tablets showing the identical live waitlist updating at the same moment

One tap for every action

Calling the next customer, marking someone served, logging a no-show, or cancelling a ticket is a single tap — and each one fires the right customer notification automatically, without staff having to remember to send anything.

  • Call, serve, no-show, and cancel actions in one tap
  • Customer notifications fire automatically on every state change
  • Party size and service selection captured at join, not guessed at the counter

What our customers say

The paper list used to disappear off the counter at least once a shift. Now it's just there, on every tablet, all the time.

Ella Morgan

Assistant manager, Independent bakery chain

New starters are running the waitlist unsupervised by their second shift. There's genuinely nothing to teach beyond tap to call, tap to serve.

Ryan Osei

Store manager, Footwear retailer

We stopped arguing about who was next. The list doesn't lie.

Sofia Almeida

Front-of-house lead, Neighbourhood restaurant

Frequently asked questions

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