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Visitors join from their phone or a kiosk, pick why they're here (a license renewal, a return, account help), and see their place live. Switch on ticket numbers, a printed ticket, priority seating and numbered windows, and it works like a take-a-number line without the paper roll. Agents call the next visitor from any tablet, laptop or phone, and the lobby TV shows who's at the counter and who's next.
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See NextUp Walk-in set up for service counters.
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Lunch hour at the service counter, and a line of people with the same question. Everyone wants to know how long, and the counter can't answer fast enough.
Customers scan a code at the door and join your line from their own phone. No app to download, and no account to make. They can step outside, and come back when it's their turn.
The TV in your lobby shows who's up next, and an honest wait, so nobody has to ask how much longer.
Sam calls the next customer with a tap, starts their visit, and finishes up, so the line moves at the speed of the counter.
Start with a list of services made for service counters, and NextUp Walk-in uses their times to keep every wait honest.
Insights show your busiest days and hours, your average wait, and how many customers you served, so you know when to put another person on the counter.
At our demo counter, Sam's next customer is already on the way, and the lobby stays quiet. Yours can run the same way.
Try our live demo line at nextupwalkin.com/demo, and start your fourteen-day free trial.
What the counter deals with today
Where the time goes today, before anything changes.

Deadline days and semester starts bring everyone at once.
Paper tickets with no idea whether the wait is ten minutes or an hour.
Agents interrupted by "how much longer?".
Visitors without a smartphone, or with a dead battery.
No data on when to staff the counter.
How NextUp Walk-in helps
What changes once the line lives on a phone, not on paper.
Wait anywhere nearby
Students, residents and customers step away and come back when their phone shows they are next.
Now serving, on screen
A lobby TV shows the ticket number or name at the counter, who is next and the current wait, with a window label saying where to go.
Know your busy hours
Insights show when visitors arrive and how long they wait, so you can staff the counter.
Built for service counters
The parts of NextUp Walk-in service counters use most. Open one for the pictures.
- Loyalty
Pro A digital stamp card in your colors, font and logo, with a reward you choose. - Reviews and feedback
Every plan After a visit, clients leave a private rating and a comment. - Insights
Basic on every plan · Full on paid plans Walk-ins, waits, revenue and busy hours, compared with the period before. - Gift cards
Pro Issue prepaid gift cards in seconds. - Google and Instagram
Every plan The Get Found Online page gives you the link, the QR code and the steps to add your line to Instagram, Google, Apple Maps and Yelp.
How NextUp Walk-in runs your counter
Every feature here is in NextUp Walk-in today. The ones marked Pro come with NextUp Walk-in Pro; the rest are on every paid plan. Compare plans.
Priority, ticket numbers and windows
Every plan
Each one is off until you switch it on for a location (Locations, then Priority, tickets and windows). Leave them off and the line stays plain first come, first served.
- A priority lane. The line is ordered by level, then arrival: urgent, accessibility, appointment, then everyone else. A visitor can tick “I need priority seating or help” when they join, a visitor arriving for an appointment can go ahead of walk-ins, and staff can set or clear a level on any row. Every change records who made it and why, and the row shows the reason.
- Private priority. The TV and the other visitors never see who has priority. The visitor’s own page says they have been moved up. Priority never changes who is already called or being served.
- Ticket numbers. A012 instead of a name on the TV and the visitor’s page. Numbers start with a letter you choose for each kind of visit (A for licences, B for titles), restart each morning, and a name becomes optional on the join form.
- A printed ticket at the door tablet. The big number, people ahead, the estimated wait, the service and a QR to the visitor’s own place, through the browser’s print dialog on a receipt printer (58 or 80 mm). Staff can reprint from a row. Printing without a dialog needs the browser’s kiosk-printing setting.
- Who serves what. Choose which agents handle which reason, such as title transfers to two people. “Call next” skips visits an agent is not on the list for, and a manual call is still allowed.
- Numbered windows. A label for each agent (“Window 3”) shows on the call-up on the web TV and on the visitor’s page. The Apple TV and Roku apps show the ticket number but not the window label yet.
- A service report. Per agent and per reason: visitors served, average wait, time at the counter, the slowest tenth, and the share seen within a target you set (say 20 minutes), with the count past it, as a page and a CSV.
The line
- Join from a phone or a kiosk. Kiosk mode turns any tablet by the door into a take-a-number screen, and it never saves one visitor's name or number for the next. Staff can add walk-ups by hand.
- One reason per visit: returns and exchanges, order pickup, account help, payments or repairs drop-off at a customer service desk; or license renewal, ID card, vehicle registration, title transfer, document drop-off, new application or "speak with a specialist" at a city or campus office. Each counts for its own time, and agents see it before the visitor's at the counter.
- Up to five questions (student ID number, case number, appointment reference).
- Several agents, one line. Each agent calls the next visitor from the Staff Screen, and the estimate uses how many are working.
- Wait anywhere. Students go to the library, residents to their car. The phone shows the moment they're called, and "Are you still coming?" checks on anyone who wandered off.
- Hours, a cap and a no-show timer, so the line opens, fills and closes on its own.
- The lobby TV in your colors, with the line, the wait, a QR to join and the local forecast.
- Seven languages on visitor screens: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Haitian Creole and Simplified Chinese.
- Insights: visitors by weekday and hour, average wait, quoted vs real waits, people who left, and a Monday summary email.
- More than one office: each location runs its own line, TV and kiosk, $19 a month after the first on Walk-in.
- Optional: forms signed before joining, ratings after the visit, and payment by link or card reader if the counter takes fees.
Smarter waits
Every plan
- Best time to come today. The Check-in Page shows the lowest expected wait by quarter-hour for the rest of today, from the same weekday over the last 8 weeks and the live line, so someone with time to spare comes when it is quietest.
- "Tell me when the wait is shorter." When the wait is over 10 minutes, a customer can ask to be told when it drops, by email.
- Family tickets. A parent and a teenager renewing documents, or a group from one office, check in once. Each person gets their own place and reason.
- Overflow between locations. If another of your locations nearby has a much shorter wait for the same services, the join page offers a move there and keeps the customer’s place fair. For businesses with more than one location, so on paid plans (Free is one location).
- Seven languages for customer screens: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Haitian Creole and Simplified Chinese. The newest six are machine-drafted, and corrections are welcome.
On the floor
- A button at each agent's station. Every team member gets a secret link to open on a spare phone or tablet at their station. One big button finishes the current visit and calls the next visitor, hands free.
- Visit photos and "Last time" (Pro). Up to 3 photos and a note per visit, added after the visitor says OK to a photo: a note on what is still missing, so the next person does not ask again. It shows on the Staff Screen when they are called.
- On the TV (all opt-in): a full-screen "You’re up!" with the first name, the team member’s photo and a chime; spoken call-ups in English or Spanish; a large-text, high-contrast view; and rotating content between calls (the wait, flash sales (Pro), recent 4 and 5 star reviews, the best time to visit). The Apple TV and Roku apps show the spotlight, chime and rotating wait, sales and review cards; spoken call-ups, the large-text view and the best-time slide are on the web TV.
Licences, cleaning and insight
- Licences and insurance for each team member, with expiry reminders for booth renter or liability insurance and anything else you track.
- Ask about your business (Pro). Plain-language questions about your own numbers, from Help, like "Which day was slowest last month?".
- How you compare (Pro): your median wait, no-show rate, rebook rate and average ticket against other service counters of your size, over 90 days.
- Suggested team on duty and review themes (Pro), plus a weekly "This week, try" on every plan with up to three actions from your numbers.
A deadline day with NextUp Walk-in
An example day, hour by hour, with the line on everyone's phone.
- 8:00
The office opens. 20 people joined from the website on their way in.
- 8:05
A visitor without a phone joins at the kiosk and prints ticket B014. The TV calls “B014, Window 3”.
- 8:30
Three agents on. Each calls the next visitor with one tap. A title transfer and a document drop-off move the estimate by their own times.
- 9:10
A visitor who ticked “I need priority seating” is moved ahead. His own page says so. The TV does not.
- 10:00
Two people who left for coffee answer "Are you still coming?" with "10 minutes".
- 12:00
A visitor with low vision uses the large-text lobby TV, and the call-up is spoken aloud in English or Spanish.
- 3:30
The line stops taking new visitors before close.
- Monday
The summary email shows Tuesday 10–11 is the peak, and the service report shows title transfers ran past the 20-minute target. Next week, a fourth agent works it.
See NextUp Walk-in set up for service counters
Six screens, one system, always in sync — styled the way your customers and team will actually see it.
Why switch to NextUp Walk-in
- A virtual queue in an afternoon, priced per location. Enterprise queue systems can start at several hundred dollars a month (see the comparisons). The Walk-in plan is $29 a month per location.
- Replacing a paper ticket dispenser? Visitors join from their phone or a kiosk, or take a printed numbered ticket from the door tablet, and you can retire the roll of tickets. The lobby TV shows the number at each window and who is next.
- Moving off a hosted waitlist app? Same phone-first join, with a lobby TV, kiosk and seven languages included from $29 a month, and the TV apps for Apple TV, Roku and Fire TV.
- Need priority lanes, numbered windows or printed tickets? They are built in and switched on per location, on every plan. Choose an enterprise queue system if you need SSO, several separate service lines in one location, or a vendor security attestation.
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See how NextUp Walk-in compares with other booking apps: price per location, texts included, and who each app is actually built for.
How NextUp Walk-in compares
Hosted waitlist apps and enterprise queue systems sit at opposite ends. NextUp Walk-in is priced per location and set up in an afternoon.
| Feature | NextUp Walk-in | Hosted waitlist apps | Enterprise queue systems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price, 1 location | $29 a month (Walk-in) | About $28 to $80 a month (published pricing, published pricing) | From about $300 to $870 a month, or quote only (published pricing, published pricing) |
| Join from a phone, a QR code or a kiosk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Several agents calling from one line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lobby TV with the line and the wait | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Seven languages for visitors | ✓ | Varies | Varies |
| Wait times by weekday and hour | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Printed ticket from the kiosk | ✓ Through the browser’s print dialog | — | ✓ |
| Ticket numbers on the TV | ✓ | Varies | ✓ |
| Numbered windows and several service lines | Window labels and agents per service; one line per location | Limited | ✓ |
| Priority or ADA queue class | ✓ Off until you switch it on | Not listed | Some |
| Wait and handle time per agent, with a target | ✓ Service report | Varies | ✓ |
| SSO and a security attestation | — | Higher plans | ✓ |
Price ranges are from the vendors' published pricing pages, checked October 26, 2026; several enterprise vendors publish none. "Varies" and "Not listed" mean we did not find a clear answer on the vendors' pages. Named, linked comparisons are on the compare pages.
Service counters: common questions
Can NextUp Walk-in replace a take-a-number ticket system?
Yes. Visitors join from their phone or a kiosk instead of pulling a paper ticket, see their place live, and know the moment an agent is ready.
Can several agents serve the same line?
Yes. Each agent calls the next visitor from the Staff Screen, on any tablet, laptop or phone.
Can visitors say why they're visiting when they join?
Yes. They pick one reason from your list, like a permit pickup or a password reset, and each reason counts for its own time.
What about visitors without a smartphone?
Put a tablet in kiosk mode by the door, and visitors join there. Staff can also add someone from the Staff Screen.
Can we run separate lines for different departments?
Each location runs one line. Within it you can choose which agents handle which reason, so title transfers go only to the agents who do them, and give each agent a window label. A second office or department that needs its own line, TV and kiosk can be its own location for $19 a month.
Is it available in other languages?
Yes. Visitor screens come in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Haitian Creole and Simplified Chinese. The newest six are machine-drafted, and corrections are welcome.
Can I see when the counter is busiest?
Yes. Insights shows when visitors arrive, by weekday and hour, and how long they wait.
Can it print a paper ticket?
Yes, once you switch on the printed ticket for the location. The door tablet prints a slip with the ticket number, the people ahead, the estimated wait and a QR to the visitor’s own place, through the browser’s print dialog on a receipt printer. There is no dedicated ticket-printer hardware, and printing without the dialog needs the browser’s kiosk-printing setting.
Can the TV show ticket numbers instead of names?
Yes. Switch on ticket numbers and the TV, the join page and the visitor’s page show a code like A012 instead of the name, which restarts each morning. A name becomes optional when they join. Staff screens show the number and the name.
Can I give some visitors priority?
Yes. Switch on priority lanes and the line is ordered by level, then arrival. A visitor can ask for accessibility priority when they join, appointments can go ahead of walk-ins, and staff can set or clear a level on any row. Each change records who made it and the reason shows on the row. The TV and other visitors never see priority.
Can I see how long each agent takes and whether we meet a target?
Yes. The service report shows, per agent and per reason, visitors served, average wait, time at the counter, the slowest tenth, and the share seen within a target you set, over 7 or 30 days, with a CSV download.
Is it accessible for visitors who cannot read the screen?
Call-ups can be spoken aloud in English or Spanish, and the lobby TV has a large-text, high-contrast view. Visitor screens are available in seven languages.
Does it meet enterprise security requirements like SSO?
No. There is no single sign-on or security attestation yet. Team members sign in with their own email, and sensitive actions can require two-factor sign-in. If you need SSO for procurement, NextUp Walk-in is not the right fit today.
How much does a virtual queue system cost?
The Walk-in plan is $29 a month for your first location and $19 for each additional one, with the TV screen and the door tablet. Pro, at $59 and $39, adds appointments, deposits, memberships, commissions and payroll. Both include 3 team members per location, then $10 a month each. The 14-day free trial includes every Pro feature. A card is needed to start, but nothing is charged until the trial ends, when the plan is charged unless you cancel first. There is also a Free plan: 1 location, 1 team member and 50 check-ins a month, and no card needed.

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