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Your first week with Bookings

An ordered checklist for going live with Bookings: payments, tables, settings, emails, your booking page, then service.

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In short: set up payments, tables and settings first, test your booking page, then share it and run service from the Day Planner.

your first week, in order

Before you go live

  1. Connect payments: Square, or Stripe if you do not take payments through Square.
  2. Add your areas, tables and any combinations.
  3. Set your venue name, timezone and booking window, party sizes and bookable times.
  4. Add booking types if you run different services, such as Sunday lunch.
  5. Want money up front? Set up deposits or cancellation charges.
  6. Set up confirmation and reminder emails.
  7. Fill in your booking page and its brand kit.

Go live

  1. Make a test booking on your own phone.
  2. Share your booking page, and add a Book button to your website, Instagram and Google.
  3. Invite your team with the right role.
  4. Taking pre-orders? Set up pre-orders from a menu in Ordering.

During service

the module
  1. Run the day from the Day Planner.
  2. Take phone bookings and walk-ins.
  3. Mark guests Seated when they sit down. With Square, this takes the deposit off the bill.

End of the week

  1. Add special dates for closures and holidays ahead.
  2. Check your numbers in Reporting.

Check it worked

Your test booking shows on the Day Planner, and you received its confirmation email.

Need help?

Times missing on your booking page? See guests see no times.

Email support at agent@stampede.ai with:

  • Your venue name.
  • The step you are stuck on.

Good to know

  • Booking type settings override your main settings.
  • Full payment needs Stripe, even if you use Square. See full payment.
  • Only Admin, Moderator, General Manager and Reports can open booking settings such as Main Settings and Tables.

Still stuck, or have account-specific questions?

  1. Log in to stampede.aiWith your usual details.
  2. Hold Command, press /On Windows, hold Control (Ctrl) and press /.
  3. Ask the agentIt answers about your own venues and account.
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