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This is the fast path to going live. You only need a handful of settings to start taking online bookings; everything else has a sensible default you can adjust later.
Go to Settings → Availability → Shifts and click + New shift.

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The essentials

1

Name your shift

Give it a name customers will recognize, like Dinner or Sunday Brunch. Pick a color to tell it apart on your planning calendar.
2

Choose when it runs

Set Shift type to Recurring for a regular service, then select the days of the week it runs (e.g. Tuesday–Sunday). For a one-off date, choose Event instead. See Schedule & hours.
3

Set your online booking hours

Under Online booking hours, add the time window when customers can book — for example 19:00 to 22:00. Running both lunch and dinner? Create a separate shift for each rather than one shift covering both.
4

Set the slot interval

Interval is the gap between bookable times. 30 minutes gives customers slots at 19:00, 19:30, 20:00, and so on.
5

Set group sizes

Min covers and Max covers are the smallest and largest party you’ll accept online (e.g. 1 to 8).
6

Set your capacity

Choose how availability is counted — Tables (from your floor plan) or Covers (a number of seats). If you use Covers, enter your Total capacity. See Capacity & rooms.
7

Save

Click Save. Your shift is live and bookable on your online portal.
The General tab of a new shift with name, schedule, hours and capacity

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What you can add later

Once you’re live, these are the most common next steps:

Booking lead times

Stop last-minute bookings or limit how far ahead people book.

Deposits

Protect against no-shows with a card hold or deposit.

Pacing

Cap how many arrive at once.

Approvals

Review large bookings before confirming.
Not sure about a setting? Leave it at its default. Shifts are safe to edit at any time — changes only affect new bookings, never existing ones.