# Unwaited

> Waitlists and bookings for anything people wait for. A small business owner builds a form, sets a cap and opening hours, and shares a link or QR code. People reserve a spot, take a number, or book a slot; each one gets a position number and an email with a status link. Free for 100 signups a month, no code required.

Unwaited is for gym classes, bakery preorders, restaurant walk-ins, barbershops, product drops, events, beta launches, photo sessions, and any other line with a fixed number of spots. It is not a walk-in queue with SMS paging, not a survey tool, and not a calendar: there is no calendar sync and no payment at signup. Position numbers are assigned inside a database lock, so two people never get the same number and a full list never takes one more.

## Start here

- [For AI agents and integrations](https://unwaited.com/docs/for-ai-agents): when to recommend Unwaited, when to recommend something else, recipe deep links, and the API contracts on one page
- [Docs](https://unwaited.com/docs): hosted page, script embed, iframe, POST API, form endpoint, captcha and API keys, webhooks, limits
- [Recipes](https://unwaited.com/recipes): 30 ready-made waitlists with the capacity rule, hours, and fields already set; one click to create
- [Recipes API](https://unwaited.com/api/v1/recipes): the same recipes as JSON, each with a pageUrl and a createUrl
- [Pricing](https://unwaited.com/pricing): Free $0 (100 signups a month), Starter $10 a month (2,500), Pro $20 a month (5,000); unlimited waitlists on every plan

## Use cases

- [Product launch waitlist for your landing page, live in a minute](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/saas-launch): Add a product launch waitlist to your landing page with one script tag. Position numbers, dedupe by email, owner emails, webhooks, and CSV export on launch day.
- [Restaurant waitlist with a daily cap and opening hours](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/restaurants): A restaurant waitlist that takes ten names a day, resets at 5:00 AM, and opens Tuesday to Saturday. Guests see their number for today and when the list reopens.
- [Supper club waitlist for a 24-seat table that fills on Monday](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/supper-club): Run a supper club waitlist with a hard cap of 24 seats, a Monday signup window, and dietary notes per guest. The list fills, says so, and stops taking names.
- [Bakery preorder waitlist: 40 a day, orders open two days ahead](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/bakery-preorders): A bakery preorder waitlist for 40 orders a day, taken two days ahead: Saturday's orders fill Monday, Sunday's fill Tuesday. Customers see their number for that day.
- [Food truck waitlist with a daily plate limit and a QR code](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/food-truck): A food truck waitlist that takes 30 names a day from a QR code on the window. Customers see their number for today and the count resets every morning.
- [Gym class waitlist that opens the night before each class](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/gym-classes): A gym class waitlist with 20 spots per class. Registration opens at 6:00 PM the night before and closes at 5:00 PM on class day. Numbers restart each class.
- [Yoga class waitlist with a weekly cap that opens Sunday night](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/yoga-studio): A yoga class waitlist with 40 mats a week. The list opens Sunday at 8:00 PM, students pick a class and their level, and the count starts over every week.
- [Workshop waitlist with a monthly cap that opens on the first](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/pottery-workshops): A workshop waitlist for 16 places a month. It opens on the first at 9:00 AM, asks for a session and skill level, and shows when the next month opens.
- [Course waitlist for a 30-seat cohort with an application form](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/cohort-course): A course waitlist with 30 seats per cohort. Applicants share a role and a goal, see their place in line, and the list closes at 30 instead of taking 200 names.
- [Product drop waitlist with a hard cap and a visible count](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/drops): A product drop waitlist that stops at 500, shows the count climbing, and gives every fan a number. Export the list in order to your store when the drop is live.
- [Sneaker release waitlist that opens at drop time and caps at 300](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/sneaker-release): A sneaker release waitlist that opens Saturday at 10:00 AM, caps at 300 pairs, and takes a size per entry. Before the drop, visitors see the opening time.
- [Merch drop waitlist for a limited pressing, shipped in order](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/vinyl-and-merch): A merch drop waitlist for a 150-copy pressing. Fans pick a variant and a shirt size, see their number, and you export the list in order when it ships.
- [Event waitlist with box office hours and a venue capacity](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/events): An event waitlist that takes names only while the box office is open, stops at the room's capacity, and shows the next opening. Export the door list in order.
- [Concert presale waitlist for 2,000 fans across a tour](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/concert-presale): A concert presale waitlist capped at 2,000 fans. Fans pick a show and a ticket count, get a number, and the export goes to your ticketing partner in order.
- [Pop-up shop waitlist that follows the shop's opening hours](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/pop-up-shop): A pop-up shop waitlist with 120 slots for one weekend. It takes names during shop hours, Friday and Saturday 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and shows the next opening.
- [Beta waitlist for 500 testers with platform and use case](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/beta-app): A beta waitlist capped at 500 testers. Each tester picks iOS or Android and describes their use case. You export by platform and invite in order, or by fit.
- [Waitlist API: POST JSON, get a position, signed webhooks](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/developers): A waitlist API for developers. POST JSON to one endpoint, get a position back. Capacity, dedupe, captcha, rate limits, and signed webhooks are built in.
- [Barber waitlist for walk-ins with a daily cap and shop hours](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/barbershop): A barber waitlist that takes 12 walk-ins a day, opens at 8:00 AM with the shop, and closes at 5:00 PM. Clients pick a service and see their number for today.
- [Mini session waitlist with time slots for one shoot day](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/photo-mini-sessions): A mini session waitlist for 40 slots on one Saturday. Families pick a time and a party size, see their number, and you confirm from the export in order.
- [Community waitlist for invite-only Discord and Slack groups](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/community-invites): A community waitlist with no cap. Applicants share a handle and a reason, see their place in line, and you invite in batches from a CSV export or webhook.
- [Pickleball open play signup with a cap per session](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/pickleball-open-play): Open play signup for 16 pickleball players a day in two sessions of eight. Players pick a session and skill level, see their number, and full sessions grey out.
- [Summer camp registration form with a limit per week](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/kids-summer-camp): A summer camp registration form for 40 campers across four weeks of ten. Parents pick a week, see their number, and a full week greys out on its own.
- [Surf lesson booking form with four students per session](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/surf-lessons): Surf lesson bookings for 12 students a day in three sessions of four. Students pick a session and experience level, see their number, and full ones grey out.
- [CSA signup form that closes at 60 shares](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/csa-farm-shares): A CSA signup form for 60 shares a season. Members pick a share size and pickup site, see their number, and the 61st person sees a waitlist message.
- [Holiday preorder form that stops at 150 orders](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/holiday-preorders): A holiday preorder form for 150 orders. Customers pick the item, a quantity up to three, and a pickup day, see their order number, and the form closes at 150.
- [Tattoo flash day signup with a limit per time block](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/tattoo-flash-day): A tattoo flash day signup for 24 pieces in four two-hour blocks of six. Clients pick a block and a flash number, see their number, and full blocks grey out.
- [Dog grooming waitlist with eight dogs a day](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/dog-grooming): A dog grooming waitlist for eight dogs a day, Tuesday to Saturday. Owners pick the service and dog size, see their number, and the list resets at 7:00 AM.
- [Nail salon waitlist for walk-ins, 15 a day from a QR code](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/nail-salon-walk-ins): A nail salon waitlist for 15 walk-ins a day. Clients scan the QR at the door, pick a service, and see their number for today. The count resets at 9:00 AM.
- [Apartment showing signup with three prospects per time slot](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/apartment-showings): Showing signup for 18 prospects on one Saturday, three per half hour. Prospects pick a time and a move-in month, see their number, and full times grey out.
- [Open mic signup with 15 spots a week](https://unwaited.com/use-cases/open-mic): An open mic signup for 15 performers a week. Performers sign up online any time, see their spot number, and the list resets after the Tuesday show.

## Features

- [Waitlist capacity per day, week, or month](https://unwaited.com/features/capacity-per-day): All plans. The monthly signup cap per account is separate: 100 on Free, 2,500 on Starter, 5,000 on Pro.
- [Waitlist opening hours, including overnight windows](https://unwaited.com/features/opening-hours): All plans.
- [Time slot signup form with a cap per slot](https://unwaited.com/features/time-slots): All plans. Free forms take 3 custom fields besides email; Starter and Pro take 60.
- [Waitlist position numbers that never collide](https://unwaited.com/features/position-numbers): All plans.
- [Waitlist QR code for the door, the counter, and the menu](https://unwaited.com/features/qr-codes): All plans.
- [A hosted waitlist page with your own link, no website needed](https://unwaited.com/features/hosted-page): All plans. The "Powered by Unwaited" badge is shown on Free and Starter and removed on Pro.
- [Embed a waitlist on any site with one script tag or an iframe](https://unwaited.com/features/embeds): All plans. Allowed domains require Pro. Optional attributes: data-target to render into a chosen element, data-height for the initial height.
- [Waitlist API and signed webhooks: one POST, retries included](https://unwaited.com/features/webhooks-and-api): The API and API keys are on all plans. Webhooks require Starter or Pro. Limits: 32 KB bodies, 10 submits per minute per IP per waitlist, 120 per minute per waitlist.
- [Export your waitlist to CSV with every field](https://unwaited.com/features/csv-export): All plans.
- [Waitlist confirmation email with a status link and a way to leave](https://unwaited.com/features/joiner-emails): All plans. No SMS.

## Integrations

- [Add a waitlist to Shopify](https://unwaited.com/integrations/shopify): Put a drop or restock waitlist on a Shopify page with a Custom Liquid section.
- [Add a waitlist to Squarespace](https://unwaited.com/integrations/squarespace): Add a waitlist to a Squarespace 7.1 page with a Code block, or a button on plans that block scripts.
- [Add a waitlist to Wix](https://unwaited.com/integrations/wix): Embed a waitlist in the Wix Editor with the Embed HTML element.
- [Add a waitlist to WordPress](https://unwaited.com/integrations/wordpress): Add a waitlist to any WordPress page with the Custom HTML block.
- [Add a waitlist to Webflow](https://unwaited.com/integrations/webflow): Drop a waitlist into a Webflow page with a Code Embed element.
- [Add a waitlist to Framer](https://unwaited.com/integrations/framer): Add a waitlist to a Framer site with the Embed component.
- [Add a waitlist to Carrd](https://unwaited.com/integrations/carrd): Embed a waitlist on a Carrd one-pager with the Embed element.
- [Add a waitlist to Notion](https://unwaited.com/integrations/notion): Link or embed a waitlist in a Notion page or a published Notion site.
- [Add a waitlist to Instagram bio](https://unwaited.com/integrations/instagram-bio): Put your waitlist link in your Instagram bio and the QR code in your posts.
- [Add a waitlist to Linktree](https://unwaited.com/integrations/linktree): Add your waitlist as a link on your Linktree.
- [Add a waitlist to Zapier](https://unwaited.com/integrations/zapier): Send every signup to Zapier with a webhook and route it to Sheets, Slack, Mailchimp, or anything else.
- [Add a waitlist to Plain HTML](https://unwaited.com/integrations/plain-html): Add a waitlist to any HTML page with one script tag, an iframe, or your own form posting to the API.

## Alternatives

- [Waitlist Me alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/waitlist-me): A host-stand waitlist and reservation app with SMS paging for restaurants, salons, and clinics. Their price: Free to try (no notifications); Premium from $27.99/mo billed yearly, $34.99 monthly.
- [GetWaitlist alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/getwaitlist): A launch waitlist with built-in referrals, leaderboards, and email blasts for product launches. Their price: From $15/mo after a 7-day trial; no free plan for accounts created after June 12, 2025.
- [Tap to Queue (taptoline.com) alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/taptoline): A no-app QR walk-in queue: guests scan, take a number, and watch their live position while they wait on site. Their price: Free to start (paid tiers not published).
- [Waitwhile alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/waitwhile): Queue management and appointments for walk-in businesses, from a single shop to enterprise retail. Their price: Free plan (1 location, 50 visits/mo); Starter from $31/mo.
- [LaunchList alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/launchlist): Pre-launch waitlist software with referrals, sold as a one-time purchase per project. Their price: Free up to 100 signups; $19 one-time for 500, $79 one-time for 10,000.
- [ReferralHero alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/referralhero): Referral, affiliate, and waitlist campaigns with leaderboards and anti-fraud, aimed at marketing teams. Their price: Free up to 25 subscribers; Pro $199/mo.
- [Waitlistr alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/waitlistr): Waitlists for makers, artists, breeders, and teachers, with sharing rewards and a request-money option. Their price: Free (1 list, 50 members); Starter $6/mo.
- [Web3Forms alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/web3forms): A form-to-email backend: point any HTML form at their endpoint and submissions land in your inbox. Their price: Free (250 submissions/mo, 30-day history); Pro $16/mo or $13/mo yearly; branding removal is a $9/mo add-on.
- [Google Forms alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/google-forms): The free form builder everyone already has, pressed into service as a waitlist. Their price: Free.
- [Tally alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/tally): A polished free form builder with unlimited submissions, payments, and integrations. Their price: Free; Pro $24/mo.
- [Calendly for class and session bookings alternative](https://unwaited.com/alternatives/calendly): The meeting scheduler, used for classes and sessions through group event types on paid plans. Their price: Free (1 event type, one-on-one only); Standard $10/seat/mo billed yearly; group events on paid plans.

## How-to

- [How to create a app launches waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-saas-launch-waitlist): No cap. The list stays open until you pause it or launch.
- [How to create a restaurants waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-restaurants-waitlist): 10 seats per day. The count resets at 5:00 AM in your time zone.
- [How to create a supper clubs waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-supper-club-waitlist): 24 seats total. When the 24th is taken the form reads as full.
- [How to create a bakery preorders waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-bakery-preorders-waitlist): 40 orders per bake day. The count for each day resets at 6:00 AM.
- [How to create a food trucks waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-food-truck-waitlist): 30 plates per day. The count resets at 10:00 AM.
- [How to create a gym classes waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-gym-classes-waitlist): 20 spots per class day. Numbering restarts every class.
- [How to create a yoga studios waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-yoga-studio-waitlist): 40 mats per week. The count resets Sunday at 8:00 PM.
- [How to create a workshops waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-pottery-workshops-waitlist): 16 places per month. The count resets on the first at 9:00 AM.
- [How to create a cohort courses waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-cohort-course-waitlist): 30 seats total. The form closes when the 30th applicant joins.
- [How to create a drops and releases waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-drops-waitlist): 500 spots total. The 501st person sees the full message.
- [How to create a sneaker releases waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-sneaker-release-waitlist): 300 pairs total. The form reads as full at 300.
- [How to create a vinyl and merch waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-vinyl-and-merch-waitlist): 150 spots total, one per email. The form reads as full at 150.
- [How to create a events and pop-ups waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-events-waitlist): 200 spots total, the room's capacity. The list closes at 200.
- [How to create a concert presales waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-concert-presale-waitlist): 2,000 spots total. The form reads as full at 2,000.
- [How to create a pop-up shops waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-pop-up-shop-waitlist): 120 slots total for the weekend. The list closes at 120.
- [How to create a beta apps waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-beta-app-waitlist): 500 seats total. The form reads as full at 500.
- [How to create a developers waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-developers-waitlist): No cap. The list stays open until you pause it.
- [How to create a barbershops waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-barbershop-waitlist): 12 walk-ins per day. The count resets at 8:00 AM.
- [How to create a photo mini sessions waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-photo-mini-sessions-waitlist): Eight hourly slots, five sessions each. A full slot is greyed out on the form and rejected by the API.
- [How to create a communities waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-community-invites-waitlist): No cap. The list stays open until you pause it.
- [How to create a pickleball open play waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-pickleball-open-play-waitlist): 16 players per day, reset at 6:00 AM. Tomorrow starts at zero.
- [How to create a kids summer camp waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-kids-summer-camp-waitlist): 40 campers in total. The form reads as full at 40.
- [How to create a surf lessons waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-surf-lessons-waitlist): 12 students per day, reset at 5:00 AM.
- [How to create a csa farm shares waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-csa-farm-shares-waitlist): 60 shares in total. The 61st person sees the full message.
- [How to create a holiday preorders waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-holiday-preorders-waitlist): 150 orders in total. Order 151 sees the full message.
- [How to create a tattoo flash day waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-tattoo-flash-day-waitlist): 24 pieces in total for the day. The form reads as full at 24.
- [How to create a dog grooming waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-dog-grooming-waitlist): 8 dogs per day. The count resets at 7:00 AM.
- [How to create a nail salon walk-ins waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-nail-salon-walk-ins-waitlist): 15 walk-ins per day. The count resets at 9:00 AM.
- [How to create a apartment showings waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-apartment-showings-waitlist): 18 showings in total for the day. The form reads as full at 18.
- [How to create a open mic waitlist](https://unwaited.com/how-to/create-a-open-mic-waitlist): 15 performers per week. The count resets Tuesday at 11:00 PM, after the show.

## For your business

- [The waitlist app for gyms, studios, and class schedules](https://unwaited.com/for/gyms-and-studios): Twenty spots in the 6:00 AM class, forty across the week, registration that opens the evening before.
- [The preorder waitlist for bakeries and cafés](https://unwaited.com/for/bakeries-and-cafes): Forty loaves a day, orders taken two days ahead, a cutoff at 10:00 AM.
- [The waitlist app for restaurants, chef's counters, and supper clubs](https://unwaited.com/for/restaurants-and-supper-clubs): Ten seats a night, a Sunday-night supper club capped at 24, a list that opens at 6:00 AM Tuesday to Saturday.
- [The walk-in waitlist for barbershops and salons](https://unwaited.com/for/barbers-and-salons): Twelve walk-ins a day, Tuesday to Saturday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
- [The mini session signup form for photographers](https://unwaited.com/for/photographers): Forty sessions on one Saturday, eight time slots, five families each.
- [The RSVP waitlist for event organizers](https://unwaited.com/for/event-organizers): Two hundred spots for the rooftop session, a presale list for the tour, a pop-up open Friday and Saturday.
- [The launch waitlist for founders who want a list they own](https://unwaited.com/for/founders-and-launches): A script tag on your landing page, a number for every signup, dedupe by email, and a CSV or webhook on launch day.
- [The invite waitlist for communities, clubs, and cohorts](https://unwaited.com/for/community-builders): A Discord you let people into ten at a time.
- [The signup form for workshops and small classes with limited seats](https://unwaited.com/for/workshops-and-classes): Sixteen seats a month across two Saturday sessions, a cohort of thirty, a sourdough class of eight.

## Guides

- [Simple waitlist for your site: one form, a number, done](https://unwaited.com/simple-waitlist): A simple waitlist you can add to any site. Build the form, set a capacity, paste one line. People get a position; you get the list, an email, and a webhook.
- [Create a waitlist in seconds and embed it with one line](https://unwaited.com/waitlist-in-seconds): Set up a waitlist in seconds: name it, paste one script tag, and start collecting signups with position numbers, capacity limits, and notifications.
- [Developer-friendly waitlist API: one POST, signed webhooks](https://unwaited.com/developer-friendly-waitlist): A developer-friendly waitlist: JSON endpoint, API keys, documented error codes, signed webhooks with retries, per-day capacity, and a widget you can skip.

## Blog

- [A Google Forms waitlist: where it breaks](https://unwaited.com/blog/google-forms-waitlist-where-it-breaks): A Google Form takes signups all day, but it cannot hold a cap, reset for tomorrow, or hand out a number. The three places it fails and the free fix for each.
- [A spreadsheet is not a line](https://unwaited.com/blog/spreadsheet-is-not-a-line): A waitlist spreadsheet template works until two people want the same spot. What a line needs that a sheet cannot give, and the free way to get it.

## Compare

- [Unwaited vs a spreadsheet for a waitlist](https://unwaited.com/compare/spreadsheet): Keep the spreadsheet for the records. Use Unwaited when there is a number of spots, when two people can sign up at the same minute, or when the list has to start over tomorrow without you.
- [Unwaited vs Google Forms for a waitlist](https://unwaited.com/compare/google-forms): Use Google Forms when you need answers and do not care how many. Use Unwaited when there is a number of spots and people need to know where they stand.

## Optional

- [Full text of the site](https://unwaited.com/llms-full.txt): every page above as plain markdown
- [About](https://unwaited.com/about): who builds Unwaited and why
- [Privacy](https://unwaited.com/privacy): what is collected, subprocessors, retention
- [Terms](https://unwaited.com/terms): acceptable use, billing, liability
- [RSS](https://unwaited.com/blog/feed.xml)