Your first week: a go-live checklist

You can set TapTime up in any order, but this one has the fewest dead ends. Each step depends only on the ones above it.

Day one — the foundations

1. 1
   Confirm your account and create the business

   Name, country, and the first location with its address, timezone and real opening hours.

2. 2
   Add your logo and cover photo

   They appear at the top of every public page. A dark, clear logo and one honest photo of the room do more than any theme setting.

3. 3
   Switch on the module you need first

   Whichever one earns its keep soonest — usually the menu for a café, appointments for a salon.

Days two and three — build the thing guests see

• Menu: categories in the order you serve them, then items with prices, then photos for the ten dishes you are proud of.
• Reservations: draw the floor plan honestly, then set the booking rules — notice, duration, party size.
• Appointments: services with real durations, specialists, and the weekly schedule each one actually works.
• Loyalty: how many stamps, what the reward is, and one line telling staff when to give a stamp.

Day four — test it as a guest

1. 1
   Open your own public page

   Scan your own QR code, or open your booking link on your own phone, and go through it the way a guest would.

2. 2
   Make one real booking

   Then cancel it from the link in the confirmation email. That checks the email, the link and your own inbox in one go.

3. 3
   Check the language

   Switch the page to each language you publish in and read the first screen. Machine-shaped wording is very visible on a menu.

Day five — put it in front of people

• Print the QR codes and put them where a seated guest can reach.
• Put the booking link in your Instagram bio and on your Google profile.
• Tell your staff what the guest now sees, and who on the team can change it.
• Decide who receives the notifications, so a booking at 19:00 reaches someone.

The week after

Look at the numbers once, not every day. Scans tell you whether the codes are in the right place; no-shows tell you whether your reminder timing is right; the busiest hour tells you whether your booking rules match the kitchen.