Queue Join

Features

Where there’s a line, there’s Queue Join

Queue Join replaces the paper list, the ticket machine and the phone that never stops ringing. Customers join a live waitlist or book a slot from their phone, and your team runs the day from one real-time dashboard. Here’s everything that comes with it.

A tablet on a shop counter showing the Queue Join staff overview board, next to a phone showing a customer’s place in the waitlist

For your customers

Join, wait anywhere, come back on time

No app and no account. A customer scans a code or taps a link, joins the waitlist or books a slot, then gets on with their day until it’s their turn.

Join from a QR code

Customers scan the code at your door and join in seconds with their name and mobile number. There’s nothing to download.

Live place in line

A status page shows their position and an estimated wait, updating live as the line moves.

Book a slot

Customers pick a service, a day and a time. Only slots your team can actually serve are offered.

Manage their own booking

Confirm, reschedule, cancel or update their details from the confirmation page, without calling you.

I’m here and running late

Customers tell you when they’ve arrived or are running late, and it shows on your dashboard straight away.

Leave or edit anytime

Plans change. Customers can leave the line or fix their details themselves, so no one waits for a no-show.

Branch directory

Run a chain? One link lists every branch, so customers join the one nearest to them.

Now serving on the TV

Put the live board on any screen in your waiting area, with ticket names, queues and a join QR code.

Your brand, not ours

Your logo, colours and wording on every page customers see, from the join form to the booking confirmation.

Notifications

The message gets through

When it’s their turn, customers hear about it on the channel they actually read. Each channel steps in only if the one before it didn’t land.

WhatsApp first

Alerts go out on WhatsApp, the app most of your customers already have open.

Text message fallback

If WhatsApp doesn’t deliver, a text follows by RCS or SMS. If WhatsApp was read, no second message is sent.

Web push

Customers can turn on browser notifications from the status page and get alerts without sharing anything else.

Email

Booking confirmations and changes can go by email too, carrying your shop’s name.

Next in line

Give customers a heads-up when they’re next, so they’re already walking back when you call them.

Booking reminders

Reminders before each appointment, with a link to confirm or reschedule, cut down on missed slots.

Automated voice calls

For the alerts that matter most, an automatic phone call reaches customers who haven’t seen the message.

Choose what’s sent

Switch each message and channel on or off per location, from joining the waitlist to the follow-up after a visit.

Delivery you can see

Every ticket shows each message sent, the channel that carried it and whether it was delivered or read.

For your team

Run the day from one live screen

Walk-ins and bookings land in the same place. Everyone on shift sees the same list, updated the moment anything changes, on any device.

Live waitlist

Add a walk-in, call the next customer, and mark them served or a no-show, from the desk or a phone.

Appointments calendar

Day, week and month views, plus a view by staff member or room. Drag to move a booking.

Services and resources

Set what you offer and how long it takes, and who or what serves it. No double-booking.

Wait-time estimates

Estimates based on how fast your team is serving right now, shown to customers as an honest range.

Automation

Message a customer who’s been waiting too long, or mark an unanswered call as a no-show, without lifting a finger.

Staff alerts

Email the team when the waitlist backs up, someone has waited too long, or a booking is cancelled.

Customer history

Every visit and booking for a customer in one place, with notes your team can add.

Ask what you need

Add your own questions to the join and booking forms, from a reference number to a party size.

For owners and managers

Everything you need to run the business

See how every branch is doing, decide who can do what, and connect Queue Join to the rest of your tools.

Multi-location

Every branch in one account, each with its own hours, waitlists and settings. Switch between them in a click.

Analytics

Visits, average wait, serve time and no-shows, with busiest hours and a breakdown by branch, service and team member.

Scheduled reports

Export to CSV whenever you like, or save a report and have it emailed to you on a schedule.

QR codes and posters

A QR code for each location or waitlist, plus a printable poster ready for the door.

Roles and permissions

Six ready-made roles, from Owner to Reader, or build your own from over a hundred individual permissions.

Team and access

Invite your team by email and limit each person to the branches they work at.

Marketing with consent

Send campaigns only to customers who opted in, with a record of the exact wording they agreed to.

API and webhooks

Read and create waitlist entries from your own systems, and get signed webhooks the moment something changes.

Audit log and data requests

See who changed what and when, and export or erase a customer’s data when they ask.

Take a closer look

The six features most shops start with, each with its own page.

Frequently asked questions

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