Getting started

Step by step

1. Sign in with Google

   Go to anytime-reserve.web.app/admin and click Sign in with Google. The first time you sign in, your shop is created for you.

   If a window asks about Stripe Integration, click No. Your customers pay you at pickup, so you don't need it.

   

2. Start your 14-day free trial

   Until you start the trial, the admin console only opens Plan & billing. Click Start 14-day free trial and enter your card on the secure Stripe page.

   When you come back you will see Your free trial has started. Welcome aboard! and every screen opens. See Plan and billing for details.

   

3. Enter your shop details

   Open Basic Info in the left menu. Enter your shop name, email, phone number and logo, then click Update at the bottom.

   The Shop info guide explains every field.

   

4. Set your pickup hours and closed days

   On the same page, set Pickup Time Range, tick your Regular Closed Days, and add holidays. Click Update again.

   The Business hours and closed days guide walks through it.

   

5. Add your products and options

   Open Menu Management. Make categories, add each product with a price and photo, and add choices such as size or candles. Click Update at the bottom to save.

   Follow Products, then Options and message plates.

   

6. Decide how much you can sell

   Each product has a daily stock number. Set it in Inventory Management, or turn on Unlimited Stock Orders if you never want a limit. If you want to cap orders per time slot, use time-slot stock instead.

   See Inventory and stock and Pickup time slots.

   

7. Follow the Get started card

   Open Order Management. The Get started card shows three steps: Set your shop info and pickup hours, Add at least 3 products, and Share your order page link. Each step has a button to the right screen and a Read the guide link.

   The last step is only ticked when you click Copy link on the card itself. The card disappears when all three are done.

   

8. Test an order, then share your link

   Click Web Order in the ORDER PAGE group of the left menu and place a test order yourself. Check that the dates, times and prices look right, then delete the test order in Order Management.

   Now share your link. See Your order page.

   

9. Get help on any screen

   Click the ? button in the top bar at any time. A panel opens with the guide for the screen you are on at the top, followed by all the other guides. Each guide opens in a new tab so you can follow along.

   

Related guides

• Shop info — Enter your shop name, contact details and logo, write the Info box customers see at the top of your order page, and give your staff their own sign-in.
• Business hours and closed days — Tell the system when customers can pick up: your pickup hours, the days you are always closed, holidays and extra open days, and how far ahead people can order.
• Products — Create categories and products, set prices in dollars and sale prices, add photos, choose how much notice each product needs, hide products, and change their order.
• Options and message plates — Offer choices such as size, flavor or candles, set what is required and how many can be picked, add extra charges in dollars, and let customers write a message for a cake plate.
• Inventory and stock — Limit how many of each product you sell per day, or per pickup time slot. Learn how stock goes down with each order and what customers see when you are full.
• Pickup time slots — Cap how many orders you take for each pickup time, for example 4 cakes every 30 minutes, and see your orders slot by slot.
• Your order page — Find and share your order page link, choose whether customers sign in, and see exactly what customers do from browsing to placing an order.
• Managing orders — See every order by pickup day, find a customer, mark orders printed and handed over, add notes and flags for your team, change a pickup time, and delete an order.
• Production sheet — See how many of each product to make for each pickup day, group products by station, and print the sheet for the kitchen.
• Phone and walk-in orders (Staff Order) — Enter orders that come in by phone or at the counter on a tablet, using the same products, pickup hours and stock as your order page.
• Order emails and printing — Who gets an email when an order comes in, how to send copies to your team, and how to print order slips and order lists on any printer.
• Plan and billing — One plan with every feature: $200 a month after a 14-day free trial. Start your trial, update your card, and see what happens if a payment fails or you cancel.
• Troubleshooting and common questions — Quick fixes for the questions shop owners ask most: customers can't pick a date, a product is missing, an email didn't arrive, prices need changing, and more.

Still stuck? Email us at support-global@cakesystem.net.