The Locations hub
The Locations hub is your control room. Each branch is a tab across the top; pick one and you see one simple tree — the locationA place you operate — a branch, shop or site. One account can have many locations; each has its own opening hours and lines. at the top, then its details, its manager and its linesA single waiting line inside a location — the thing people join. Also called an area. hanging off one spine.
How it's laid out
The tabs across the top
| Badge on the tab | What it means |
|---|---|
| New | No time zone set yet. |
| Open | Live and taking visitors. |
| On trial | Live, on a free trial. |
| Not live yet | Set up, but not yet taking visitors. |
- Owners also see a + Add a location tab, to open another branch.
- A manager who runs only one branch does not see tabs at all — a banner reading “You're managing {place}” takes their place.
- Below the tabs, a header card shows the location's name, time zone, whether hours are set, and how many lines it has.
- Under that, one connected line down the page holds Location details, Manager, and then every one of your lines — pick a location, then work down the list.
The setup-status card
Just under the tabs sits the setup-status card — the one place that answers "where does this location stand?"
What it shows
| What you see | What it means |
|---|---|
| The location's name, next to its badge | The header. It doesn't show a percentage — just the name and where the location stands. |
| Open | Live and taking visitors. The only badge a plain staff member ever sees. |
| On trial | Live, on a free trial. Owners and managers only. |
| Not live yet | Set up, but not yet taking visitors. Owners and managers only. |
| “Ready to open — go live to start taking visitors” | Every essential is done. |
| “{n} still needed to open” | Some essentials are still missing. |
- Set — a small dot next to each line, e.g. “6 set”, for settings you've configured yourself.
- Default — a gold dot, e.g. “{n} on safe defaults”, for settings still on turnda's default, which are fine as they are.
- Needs attention — a red dot for essentials still to do. A circle by the location's name shows the count over the words “to fix” — a checkmark once you're there.
- Each not-ready line also carries its own red “Not ready · {n} to do” pill.
| You press | What happens |
|---|---|
| Fix → | Jumps you straight into the exact place to fix a “⚠ Needs attention” essential — the right pop-up, section, or add-a-line step. |
| Start 30-day free trial & go live | Starts your 30-day free trialYour first 30 days, free — card upfront, one per account, and it covers every location you add during it. Cancel before day 30 and you're never charged. and switches the location on — a card is needed, it's free for 30 days, and you can cancel any time. Lives right inside the setup-status card, once the location isn't live yet. |
| Go live — add to my trial | The same thing, for a location you add after your first one is already live. |
Location settings
The first two rows on the spine open the Location settings pop-up — one place for everything that belongs to the branch itself, with a list of sections down the side.
| You press | What happens |
|---|---|
| Overview | Every location fact at a glance — each row jumps straight to its own section. |
| Location details | Name, time zone, language, default open hours, check-in policy, Google-review asks, the reply-to email for this place, and Delete this location. |
| Manager | Who runs this location — assign, invite and manage roles here. |
There's no “Branding” section here, on purpose
| It's account-wide, not here | Where it actually lives |
|---|---|
| Your business name and logo | Settings → Business brand — owner only. A manager who follows this link is turned away. |
| The look of the pages visitors see | Design your visitor pages |
| Only a genuinely location-scoped setting | Sits in this pop-up |
Your lines
Each line is a single row — its name, whether it is Ready or still needs Finish setup, and two doors.
| You press | What happens | Who can |
|---|---|---|
| Add another line | Adds a new line — a separate queue with its own stations and hours. | Owner |
| Line settings | Opens the whole of the line's setup and every one of its settings. | Anyone on the team |
| Share / Get found | Opens the sharing pop-up — QR code, join link, WhatsApp join, website button and more. | Anyone on the team |
Line settings' own Setup section alone carries:
| In Line settings → Setup | What happens |
|---|---|
| Line name | What visitors see on the join page and on their ticket. |
| How a visit goes | One stop, or several stops (a flow). |
| How the line is split | Whether this is one queue for everyone, or one per service or person — see below. |
| Stations | Where staff sign in to serve — see guide. |
| Services | What people can book, and how long each takes — see guide. Appointment lines only. |
| Archive this line | Retires the line and keeps everything. See below. |
| Remove this line | Deletes the line. See below. |
The rest of what used to sit on the card now lives inside Line settings
| It used to say… | Now it's in… |
|---|---|
| Who's served first | Line settings → Serving order |
| Booking rules | Line settings → Bookings & appointments |
| Open hours | Line settings → Open hours |
| Share / Get found | Its own sharing pop-up |
Opening another branch
| + Add a location The quick route | Copy an existing branch Part of guided setup | |
|---|---|---|
| What it asks for | Its Name and Time zone, pre-filled from your device | Which branch to copy, then one question, asked again |
| Warns about a name you already use | ✓ | — |
| What you get | An empty branch — you add its first line yourself | A branch with a line already in it, copied from the source |
The copy route is a separate screen headed “Opening another branch?”, saying “You already told us how {your business} runs. We'll copy it.”
| On the "Opening another branch?" screen | What happens |
|---|---|
| Same as {branch} | Copies how that branch runs. You just name the new one. Badged fastest. |
| Set this one up differently | Walks through the setup questions again for this branch. |
| New branch name | Names the branch you're creating. |
| Which branch should we copy? | Shown only once you already have more than one branch. |
| At this branch, do people book a time, or just turn up? | Asked again even when you copy, because it changes how a live queue behaves — turnda never sets it for you without asking. Answered with They just turn up (badged most common), They book a time, or Both. |
| Create this branch | Finishes the setup. |
One queue, or one per service or person
| One line Popular | By service | By staff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What the visitor picks, after scanning | Nothing — they scan and they're in | Which service they need | Which person they want |
| Best for | A counter, help desk, or one-flow clinic | Services with very different lengths — a 10-minute trim and a 90-minute colour | People who come back to their own stylist, barber or advisor |
Deleting a whole location
What it tells you before you confirm
| What it tells you | What it means |
|---|---|
| Its lines are named — e.g. “Deleting this branch also deletes its 2 lines — Front desk, Collections. One press and they’re gone — this can’t be undone.” | Pressing Delete location removes them for you. The list just shows which queues are about to go. |
| If it has a journey, that's named too — e.g. “It also deletes its journey, Check-in then service.” | Journeys go the same way lines do — one press, no separate step. |
| What is kept | Retired lines go with the branch, but the visit history behind them stays in turnda's records. Invoices and payment history are kept too. |
| What will stop it | Anything still attached — visitors who've been through it, saved reports, a paired screen, counters, a journey, its own flags, recorded activity, or team chat — refuses the removal, and turnda names the one holding it up. It also refuses if the card payment service can't confirm the branch's charge has stopped — then nothing is removed. |
| What it does to your bill | Stops that branch's renewal — you are not charged for it again, and your other branches are unaffected. The branch is removed straight away, so the rest of the month or year you've already paid for can't be used, and it is not refunded. |
- If you see it, the branch is still there — clear the reason it names and try again.
- A line that has ever served somebody is the usual reason; for that line the answer is Archive, not Remove.
Retiring a line: archive vs remove
| Archive | Remove | |
|---|---|---|
| What happens | Retires the line and keeps everything — stops taking visitors everywhere at once (QR, join link, kiosk, self-booking), disappears from your list, stops counting towards setup status | Deletes the line |
| Your history | Every ticket, visit, booking and figure it ever produced stays exactly where it is | — |
| Blocked once the line has served anyone | — | ✓ |
| Reversible | ✓ | — |
- It's hidden when nothing is archived.
- Not sure yet? Pause the line instead — Pause new joins stops new visitors while leaving everything else alone, and you switch it back on yourself.
What's in Line settings
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Overview | Every setting at a glance, its value, and a Default / Customised badge — anything customised offers a one-click Reset to default. |
| Setup | The line's name, how a visit goes, how it's split, its stations, its services, and Archive / Remove. |
| Serving order | Who's served next, the max-wait safety net, and auto-clearing a stale “now serving”. |
| Bookings & appointments | Self-booking, slot lengths, check-in and no-show grace. |
| Notifications & timing | When heads-ups and reminders send, and which channels this line uses. |
| Capacity & limits | How many the line takes, and when it pauses new joins. |
| Open hours | When this line takes people. |
| Visitor page & privacy | What the public board and trackers show, plus the running-late banner. |
| Lobby TV | Chime, up-next count, and whether missed numbers show. Columns are not set here — pick a different layout in Displays instead. |
| Feedback & ratings | Ask visitors to rate their visit. |
| Staff controls | How much latitude staff have, and the flags they can apply. |
Share / Get found — every way people can reach this line
| Tab | What it is |
|---|---|
| At a glance | Each channel, with its status. |
| Join link | Copy it, or download its QR code. |
| WhatsApp join | A QR code that opens WhatsApp with the line's join code pre-typed — one tap and they're in the queue, updates on WhatsApp. Appears once WhatsApp is live for your account. |
| Booking link | Appointment lines only. |
| QR poster | Print it, or save it as a PDF. |
| Website button | A “Join the queue” button with copy-paste code. |
| Join from a phone | Lets customers join from your website or a link before arriving. Off by default — the on-site QR always works; remote joining is your call. |
Finding a setting without hunting for it
A line has more than forty settings across nine sections, so Line settings has a search box at the top, above everything else.
| What you do | What happens |
|---|---|
| Type what you're after — e.g. “TV, WhatsApp, privacy, no-show…” | The section list is replaced by the settings that match, each with the section it lives in shown underneath. |
| Click one | You land on it, scrolled to and centred. |
| Nothing matches | It says so, and names a few words worth trying. |
Setting one line up and copying it to the rest
| In Line settings → Overview → Copy to another line | What happens |
|---|---|
| Copy to all other lines | Takes every tunable setting on this line and writes it over every other line in your whole business — not just this branch, every line at every location you have. |
| Save as default for new lines | Keeps these settings as the starting point, so every line you create from now on begins here instead of at turnda's defaults. Lines you already have are left alone. |
- Only the owner can copy settings across lines — a manager doesn't see Copy to another line at all, because it reaches lines outside the branch they run.
Two things never travel, on purpose
| Setting | Why it stays put |
|---|---|
| Who's served first (the serving order) | Changes how a live queue behaves in front of real people — each line keeps its own. |
| Whether a line is paused | Same reason. |
When two of you are editing the same thing
If someone else saves while you have the same line open, their change is already in — you get a red panel at the top of Line settings, never a quiet win or a quiet loss.
The panel: “Someone else changed this line while you were editing”
| What you see | What it means |
|---|---|
| Only the settings you both touched are listed, their value beside yours | Save changes stays switched off until you decide. |
| Anything you changed that they didn't touch | Kept either way. |
| Anything they changed that you didn't touch | Already there — the panel only asks about the genuine overlap. |
| You press | What happens |
|---|---|
| Use their values | Drops your version of those settings and keeps theirs. |
| Keep mine | Keeps what you typed — saving now writes yours over theirs. |
Location details and Open hours don't offer a choice
| What the screen says | What to do |
|---|---|
| These settings were changed by someone else. Please review and save again. | Nothing of yours was written — close the window, open it again, and redo your change on top of what they saved. |
| Someone else changed these hours — review and save again. | Same — close the window, open it again, and redo your change on top of theirs. |
Closing without saving
| What you see | What it means |
|---|---|
| You have unsaved changes | You've changed something and not yet pressed Save changes. |
| No unsaved changes | Nothing is waiting to be saved. |
| “Leave without saving?” — “Your changes to {the line} haven't been saved yet. Close now and they're lost.” | You tried to leave with work in progress. |
| You press | What happens |
|---|---|
| Stay on this page | Stays on the page — nothing is lost. |
| Leave and discard | Leaves the page and throws away what you typed. |
- This check covers every way out: the ✕, the Close button, the Escape key, a click on the dark area around the window, a click on the sidebar, and the browser's Back button.
- Reloading or closing the tab gets your browser's own version of the same warning.
Journeys
A line set to several stops is a FlowA visit that passes through several stops in order (e.g. reception → consult → pharmacy). Each stop is its own line.. Its row names the flow and the branch, and carries a “Flow · {'{N}'} stops” badge.
- Open its Line settings and the Setup section shows the stops in order.
- Reorder them, tap Add a stop, or open any stop's own settings.
- Each stop is a real line with its own stations, hours and “served first” rule.
Related: Journeys (multi-stop visits) · Manager permissions · Billing · Business branding · Design your visitor pages · Turn on appointments · Timing — heads-up & reminders · Design your lobby-TV board · Rate the visit