For food trucks

Thirty plates a day. The QR is on the window.

A daily cap with no fixed hours, because your hours change with the lot. Open the list when you park, pause it when you sell out, and the count resets tomorrow.

Use this templateWhat you get

Free to start. You can modify all of this in the editor.

unwaited.com/smoke-and-salt-truck/waitlist

18 of 30 spots taken

Sound familiar?

The line at the window is a guess and the special sells out by 12:30

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.

What you get

The limits, hours, and questions, already set

This is exactly what the button creates. It is a starting point, not a cage: change any of it in the editor after.

Template

Today's plates

  • 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.
Capacity
30 per day
Resets
daily at 10:00 AM
Signups open
Any time
Form asks for
Email, Name, Phone, Plate
Counter on the form
Shown
Use this templateFree. Change anything after.

Or by hand

Set it up yourself, step by step

The same values, typed in. About five minutes.

  1. Create the waitlist

    Open the "Today's plates" template, change what you like, and press Publish. An emailed code makes it yours and puts it live; nothing is public before that.

  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".

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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