For food trucks

How to create a food trucks waitlist

You post today's location on Instagram and people ask in the comments if the brisket is still on. The clipboard at the window gets rained on. When you sell out, thirty people are still walking over from the office because nobody told them.

The line at the window is a guess and the special sells out by 12:30. 6 steps, about five minutes, or one click with the recipe below.

Step by step

Set up the Today's plates yourself

These are the exact values the recipe applies. Change any of them to match your line.

  1. Create the waitlist

    Sign in, click New waitlist, and name it "Today's plates". It starts as a draft, so nothing is public until you publish.

  2. Set capacity to 30 per day

    In Settings, set the capacity to 30 per day and the reset to daily at 10:00 AM. The count starts over at every reset; nothing is deleted.

  3. Leave the hours open

    Under Hours, leave the schedule off so people can join at any time. You can pause the list by hand whenever you need to.

  4. Add the form fields

    Email is built in. On the Form tab, add Name (required), Phone, Plate (required). Labels and help text render as plain text.

  5. Show the counter

    In Settings, turn on the counter so the form shows how many spots are left. People join faster when they can see the number.

  6. Publish and share

    Click Publish. The Share tab has the hosted link, a QR code, and the script tag or iframe for your site. The submit button reads "Save my plate".

Or do it in one click

Use the recipe

The "Today's plates" recipe creates the waitlist with every step above already done. Sign in, click once, and it is live as a draft you can publish.

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Recipe

Today's plates

  • 30 per day
  • Open any time
  • 4 fields
  • 30 plates per day. The count resets at 10:00 AM.
  • No fixed hours. Pause the list from your phone when you sell out.
  • Asks for name, phone, and today's plate.
  • Customers see their number for today.

After you publish

How the list runs

Daily cap

Thirty names a day, reset at 10:00 AM. The 31st person sees sold out.

No fixed hours

Leave opening hours off. Pause from the dashboard when you close the window.

QR on the truck

The hosted page is the link. Print it on the window and the menu board.

Pick a plate

A multiple-choice field for the plate. You see the split before you fire the grill.

Numbered for today

"You're #14 today." Customers show it at the window.

Yesterday is gone

The all-time list stays in the export. The form only shows today.

FAQ

Questions people here ask

Can it text people when their plate is ready?

No. Unwaited does not send SMS. Customers show their number at the window and you call it out.

Can I take payment in the form?

No. Take payment at the window as you do now.

Can I change the menu each day?

Edit the plate options in the form builder. The link stays the same.

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Keep reading

Five minutes by hand, or one click.

Free for 100 signups a month. Unlimited waitlists. Every setting above stays editable.

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