Limit Category Availability
Setting Time Availability To Categories:
With the Orderspoon app, you can limit the time a Category is available online. This is a great feature for your breakfast items, lunch specials, happy hours. Setting a Category Time Availability eliminates the necessity to edit Categories on a daily basis.
To set a Limit Time Availability:
- Login to your Square POS:
- Access your Orderspoon dashboard
- Click here for your Orderspoon dashboard
- Click on Menu/Categories
- In the Category Name field select the Category that you want to limit it's availability
Click on "Limit time availability"
- Set the Day, Start and End Time then click on Add
These settings will eliminate the need to Show and Not Show a category on a daily basis.
Once the End Time has been reached for that category, you customers will not be able to add any Items from that Category until the next Start Time is reached. You have the option to Not Show the entire category when it is not within the set hours for the Category.
To set Show Unavailable Categories:
- Login to your Square POS:
- Access your Orderspoon dashboard
- Click here for your Orderspoon dashboard
- Click Settings
- Scroll down to bottom where you'll see the "Show Unavailable Category" setting
- When enabled (Green) the categories that are not within their specified available hours, will still be shown on your Orderspoon menu
- When disabled (Grey) the categories that are not within their specified available hours, will not be shown on your Orderspoon menu
If a category is Shown and not available, your customers will be provided with the next available day and time for that category
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