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What is Waitwhile?

Waitwhile is the most user-friendly queue management and appointment scheduling system on the market, designed to streamline operations and enhance customer experience with virtual waitlists, seamless appointment scheduling, 2-way messaging, clienteling, automation, workforce management, and more. Uncover the potential of Waitwhile, the top-ranked queue management platform with integrated appointment scheduling. Crafted to improve every customer touchpoint, Waitwhile drives increased customer conversion while providing a better working environment. - Integrated waitlists and bookings let you manage all walk-ins and appointments in one place, increasing efficiency and improving employee experience. - Unrivaled customization and flexibility allow you to build the perfect flow for your visitors, minimizing dropoffs and maximizing upsell opportunities. - Best-in-class API and integrations enable Waitwhile to easily connect to your existing tech stack, creating a seamless and automated work environment. - Unrivaled ease of use provides every person interacting with Waitwhile a superior experience. Admins can configure Waitwhile quickly, employees get started in no time, and guests are met with a stunning interface. We’ve helped companies like Best Buy, Louis Vuitton, Lululemon, and many others make waiting in line a thing of the past. With Waitwhile, businesses have saved 200 million customers more than 10,000 years of waiting in line… and counting!

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Product Description

Waitwhile gives you a smart and simple waitlist with customizable SMS alerts. It's about time to make your customers happier and your business run smoother.


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Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
San Francisco, California
Twitter
@waitwhile
181 Twitter followers
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35 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Waitwhile provides an online queue management and appointment scheduling platform that helps businesses reduce wait times and improve customer experience.


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Recent Waitwhile Reviews

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Anish V.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"excellent"
it is very easy to use. its helps ne keeping everything organized
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krislyne l.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Waitwhile is very useful tool. Helps to make booking, check in & service easy to navigate."
Its very easy to learn and teach to my teams
Kylee C.
KC
Kylee C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great program"
It's so helpful to be able to message clients to see where they're at or to get any extra information that I need. It is also very helpful that I c...
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Waitwhile Demo - Waitlist
Allow guests to join a virtual line in real-time or make an appointment for a future date, then choose exactly how they sign up: - By sending a text message with their name - Through your website - Via an electronic wait station - In person Wait times are estimated using machine learning. ...
Waitwhile Demo - Analytics
Make your business run like a dream by uncovering the cause of snags and delays with our easy-to-understand analytics. You’ll be able to see when business is busiest, which employees and services are most in-demand, and more. Monitor your lines in real-time. See how different locations compare...
Waitwhile Demo - Calendar
Use Waitwhile as your appointment booking service and save both your customers and your employees time and frustration by making it easy for guests to make updates to their existing reservations. Customers will be automatically reminded that their service is coming up on the day of their appointm...
Waitwhile Demo - Appointment scheduling
Automate the days and times when guests can schedule appointments by pre-selecting your working hours, minimum cancellation notice times, maximum number of appointments per time slot, and more.
Waitwhile Demo - Two-way messaging
Talk to your customers in a way that’s most comfortable for them. Whether they prefer to be reached via SMS, email, push notifications, or voice messages, Waitwhile has you covered. Automatically send an SMS and/or email with information about their visit and a link to track their wait time in...
Waitwhile Demo - Integrations
Waitwhile lets you connect your waitlist with your CRM, POS, Calendar, Ticket Manager, Slack channel, Website, App... you name it.
Ever wondered how Waitwhile works? Waitwhile is a customizable cloud-based queue management and appointment scheduling platform that organizations can use to create the perfect end-to-end customer journeys with waitlists, appointments, mess
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Kylee C.
KC
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

It's so helpful to be able to message clients to see where they're at or to get any extra information that I need. It is also very helpful that I can see alerts when someone's messaging me back. I feel like scheduling appointments is very easy and simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

There's nothing that disappoints me about weight while I feel like it's a program that works really well. It helps me to be able to communicate with our customers and our clients very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Wait while is solving an issue that it's making it more easier for us to be able to talk with clients right then and there to be able for them to message us when they are here for their appointment. It's helping us build a better communication with our clientele, and also to be able to have them be also in charge of scheduling their own appointments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

I love how easy it is for customers to sign up for returns and how simple! I also enjoy that we can text them alerts now instead of yelling their names across the room! This is really convenient for people who are hearing impaired or struggle with the english language. I have also been told by customers that they really enjoy the text alert feature as well since they can now go shopping or eat at our restaurant while waiting for their turn instead of standing in a busy, stuffy room. I also really enjoy the fact that we can look up the customers information on our side. This really helps us when a customer has come after we have notified them for 5mins and then taken them off the waitlist. We can easily confirm their reservation and also contact them after the return in case they have left something behind, which has happened on several occassions. It's also amazing that we can chat with customers through the website! So if a customer is delayed or has any questions before their return they can easily tell us or ask those questions! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

Honestly, none! This feature has allowed a lot of customers more convenience with their returns. They are now able to check their waitlist status anywhere in the store and now know when their turn is coming up and when to head back! They can also chat with a returns coworker regarding their returns before their time and can now save time waiting if we are unable to help them in store! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Now that we have the use of Waitwhile, our customers no longer have to wait in a long line to return an item. They can sign up and then take a seat inside or outside the room and be reassured their turn will not be skipped or taken from them. This has also helped our space issue as we share our waiting space, on busy days, with our pickup desk. Before Waitwhile, our long lines would often merge together out into our lobby area that made it even more confusing for all coworkers in both areas on who needed to be helped. As well as, caused crowding issues with our exit area and cash lanes. This has helped our space immensely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aleksandra Pietrzak of Waitwhile

Thank you for sharing your positive feedback, Bianca! We 're glad to hear you're happy with the product and found it easy to use.

NC
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

this new addition where i can look at the customers information and it already tells me the location where the article/s the customer had bought makes it so much easier to locate the orders without having to switch applications too often making the application way too easy to use for me and for the customers to get ahold of us whenever they dont know how to get to the curbside location the messaging feature is always easy, fast and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

when i move the people fom serving to completed it does have some latency but i have too much patience to that even bugg me a little. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

we use it to let people check in their orders to our system and we go get their orders that they have purchased Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Karla E.
KE
Director of Tax Services
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

We recently switched to Waitwhile to use at our VITA tax sites. Initially we made the change because Waitwhile offers appointment reminders by text, which we did not have. We have yet to use it to full capacity during tax season, but we anticipate it reducing the chaos with clients being able to leave after they sign in and getting a text reminder when it is time to return. Historically we could have people waiting 5-6 hours. We also expect our volunteer tax preparers to make use of the easy client communication. Waitwhile has also been very easy to set up! We are excited to see the impact it will have during tax season. We will be using it to manage up to 3000 appointments at 7 tax sites! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

I am old school and would like to be able to call customer support, but actually found the chat function to work very well! I anticipated a long wait, but it was very efficient and I got my questions answered quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

As we have grown from 1 tax site needing appointments to 7 in three years, it has been a challenge to find the best appointment scheduling software. Our previous system worked, but took a lot of effort to set up. Waitwhile is very easy to set up and also offers queue management, which we had not even considered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

We use the service to manage our students/appointments. It allows us the flexibility to see students on a first come/first serve basis, which allows us to see more students in a day. Waitwhile messaging also allows students to follow their progress in line, so they can get a sense of when their appointment will be. The stats page helps us track everything (reason for stundets visists, number of appointments, etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

I can't think of any downsides, as it has vastly improved our student services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Before using waitwhile we scheduled appointments with students. Some would be no shows or very short appointments, wasting the rest of the booked time. The waitlist allows us to work through students at the pace of the appointments. We see more students during the day. We can also adjust the open / close times. It also gives students freedom to sign up when they are available, or when they are off campus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AR
Customer Service Co-worker
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

I love how easy it is to use Waitwhile and it seems to get better every year! In addition to alerting us to customer presence, Waitwhile also allows us to communicate efficiently with our customers via text. I can't wait to see what other features are implemented in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

It would be terrific to include a barcode/QR code scanning feature in Waitwhile. We deal with six-digit strings of numbers that are cumbersome to type in to our devices from Waitwhile. A QR code would dramatically shorten times for us as well as provide improved functionality for co-workers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aside from favorable interactions, our customer satisfaction depends on the speed and efficiency by which we are able to serve them. Waitwhile helps us communicate with our customer via text and alerts us to their presence in a timely fashion. Now that a serve/complete button has been implemented, I love that we no longer have to toggle between "Now Arrived" and "Now Serving" cues to click customers through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aaron G.
AG
Assistant Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

We love the level of utility for the price of Waitwhile. While there are other programs that are more complex on the market, we are more than satisfied with Waitwhile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

Waitwhile is extremely simple. There isn't much to complain about. Perhaps an ability to assign guests to a table while on the waitlist to give us an easy way to plan out our business flow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Waitwhile helps us track the waitlist in a realtime format vs. pen and paper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LH
GIS Coordinator
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

WaitWhile is a user-friendly tool for queue management. It is easy to see who is in our virtual waiting room, for what department, and a brief synopsis of the reason for their visit to our office. There are a variety of metrics to inform on wait times, messaging, and other information pertinent to our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

The time it takes to receive notification that someone is waiting adds extra minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quick notification to departments when a customer comes in to speak with someone; metrics to evaluate service times, reasons for visits, and frequency of visits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civic & Social Organization
AC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

Waitwhile is easy to use and navigate. With its easy use we are able to assist multiple people without issue. On a daily basis is encounter multiple clients and with waitwhile is allows me to accomplish my job in assisting each client by allowing me to view how long they have wait and how many clients I have waiting. My favorite feature is being able to view clients names and being able to send them alerts when it is their turn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

While using waitwhile I have not encountered any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Waitwhile helps me assist multiple people at a time, especailly when there are only 1 or 2 people assisting a group of people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Julia P.
JP
Owner and CEO
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Waitwhile?

I have a small bakery and we often would sell out. We needed a preorder solution for our customers so that we could prepare in advance for our daily demand.

I was able to tweak and customize waitwhile's existing features to totally fit my needs. I love how complete their software is, and it really improved our customer experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Waitwhile?

Sometimes I the platform can lag and have some bugs (i.e when we move a preorder from serving to completed, sometimes it wont update and the customer stays in the wrong list. Some days the platform is really slow and wont load all the customers who have booking requests and approved bookings, even refreshing constantly. Sometimes we'll send messages to customers and it will show up as sent, then after a few minutes we'll check back and the message was not sent.).

I also feel that there are some missing features that would be really useful. However, one good thing is that I have requested a feature in the past that they actually implemented which made me feel very seen and heard as a customer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Waitwhile solving and how is that benefiting you?

I need customers to be able to "reserve" pastries so that I can gauge daily demand and this software makes preordering possible.

I use "party size" as "number of pastries" and this way I can understand how many pastries each person wants to reserve.

I made it possible for us to be more efficient and prepared. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.