# Self Check-in Kiosk on a Tablet | NextUp Walk-in

Source: https://nextupwalkin.com/features/check-in-kiosk

> Turn any iPad or Android tablet into a self check-in kiosk at your door. Walk-ins type a name, see their place and wait, and take their spot with them by QR.

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# A self check-in kiosk on a tablet by your door

Stand any iPad or Android tablet at the entrance and walk-ins add themselves to the line the moment they arrive, without scanning anything. A name, a tap, and they see their place and wait. Then the screen resets for the next person.

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- Any iPad or Android tablet
- No app to install
- Resets after every check-in
- Spot goes with them by QR

## Self check-in at the door

The Door Tablet shows one simple “Join the line” form. Nobody has to stop at the desk or find a QR code to scan.

- **A name is enough.**First and last name, plus a phone number if your location asks for one.
- **Your questions, too.**They pick services or answer your intake questions on the same screen, if you set them up.
- **Place and wait, right away.**A confirmation shows their position and estimated wait as soon as they join.
- **Take the spot with them.**A QR code on the confirmation puts their place on their own phone, so they can wait outside.

**Door Tablet · Join the lineFirst and last name**Required

**Mobile number**If your location asks

**Services**Optional

**You’re #3, about 20 min**Joined

Example: the Door Tablet’s join form and confirmation.

## Private for every customer

A shared tablet should never show one person’s details to the next. This one doesn’t.

- **Resets on its own.**After each check-in the screen clears and goes back to “Join the line”.
- **Nothing pre-filled.**The Door Tablet never saves or pre-fills one customer’s details for the next.
- **Locked to check-in.**Turn on Guided Access on an iPad, or Screen Pinning on Android, with a passcode only your team knows.

**Door Tablet · After each check-inScreen resetsNo details kept for the next personGuided Access or Screen Pinning**Staff passcode

Example: what the Door Tablet does between customers.

## Set up in a few minutes

There is nothing to buy from us and nothing to install. The Door Tablet is a link that runs in the tablet’s browser.

- **Open the link.**Open the Door Tablet link from your Locations page. It ends in /kiosk.
- **Keep it awake.**Set auto-lock or the screen timeout to never.
- **Put it where they walk in.**Mount or stand it by the entrance at eye level, in portrait.
- **The same line everywhere.**Check-ins from the tablet join the same line as phones, so the Staff Screen and the TV show them at once.

**Locations · Door TabletDoor Tablet link**…/kioskCopy

**iPad or Android tablet**Portrait

**Auto-lock**Never

Example: the Door Tablet link on the Locations page.

## How it works

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### Get a tablet

Any iPad or Android tablet you already have.

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### Open the Door Tablet link

From your Locations page, in the tablet’s browser.

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### Lock it to check-in

Guided Access or Screen Pinning, with a staff passcode.

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### Stand it by the door

Walk-ins check themselves in as they arrive.

## Who it’s for

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### Barbershop

A tablet by the door means nobody interrupts a cut to take a name.

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### Hair salon

Clients pick their services as they check in, so the wait counts a color differently from a trim.

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### Service counter

A take-a-number without the paper ticket: people tap in, then wait anywhere until they are called.

## The small things

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### Or skip the tablet

Customers can also join by scanning your QR code or from your Instagram, Google or website link.

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### Pair it with a TV

The waiting-room TV shows who is called and who is next, with a code to join.

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### Keep it charged

Run a cable to the stand so the tablet stays on all day.

## Questions

What is a check-in kiosk?

A screen by your entrance where walk-ins add themselves to the line. With NextUp Walk-in it is the Door Tablet: any iPad or Android tablet running your Door Tablet link.

Do I need special kiosk hardware?

No. Any iPad or Android tablet works. Lock it to the one screen with Guided Access on an iPad or Screen Pinning on Android.

Does the kiosk keep customer details?

No. After each check-in the screen resets, and it never saves or pre-fills one customer’s details for the next.

Can customers leave after checking in at the kiosk?

Yes. The confirmation shows a QR code that puts their place on their own phone, so they can wait outside and come back when called.

## Goes well with

- [Walk-in line and waitlistQR check-in, each person’s own wait and the door tablet.](https://nextupwalkin.com/product/waitlist-tv)
- [TV displayA waiting-room TV that calls the next person.](https://nextupwalkin.com/features/tv-display)
- [Recommended equipmentTablets, stands and TV devices that work.](https://nextupwalkin.com/equipment)
- [One visit, start to finishThe whole visit, from check-in to checkout.](https://nextupwalkin.com/features/one-visit)

## Put check-in by the door

Start the free trial, open the Door Tablet link on a tablet and take your first walk-in.

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