Settings map
Fifteen tabs, and you only need four of them to open for business. This page says what lives where.
Admin → Settings
Start with four
Settings looks larger than it is. Almost everything ships with a working default, and a shop can open having touched only these:
| Tab | Why it cannot wait |
|---|---|
| General | Your platform name, currency and time zone. Every price and timestamp on the site follows them. |
| Contact | The address, phone and hours customers see — and what your contact page shows. |
| Payment | Which payment methods exist. Cash and offline work immediately; card needs your own keys. |
| Email delivery | Without SMTP, no customer receives an order confirmation. |
The rest can be left alone until you need them. Nothing here is required to take a first order.
Every tab, and what it controls
| Tab | What you set | Full guide |
|---|---|---|
| General | Platform name and logo, currency and number formats, time zone, storefront layout, language and translation, delivery limits, mobile apps, maintenance mode. | General & contact |
| Contact | Address, phone, email, support hours and the map pin on your contact page. | General & contact |
| Payment | Cash on delivery, offline payment, Stripe, PayPal, and split payments if you disburse to restaurants. | Payments & gateways |
| Subscription plans | What restaurants pay you, the platform tax on those charges, and annual billing. | Plans |
| Tax | The default tax rate applied to new restaurants, and how tax is shown. | Tax |
| Checkout | Minimum order, tipping, scheduling, guest checkout and what a customer must supply. | Checkout rules |
| Loyalty rules | How points are earned and what they are worth, and on which channels (website, POS, kiosk). Needs the Loyalty service switched on. | Loyalty |
| Search | Which filters appear when a customer browses restaurants. | Search |
| Email delivery | SMTP host, credentials and the address mail is sent from. | Email & templates |
| SMS | Your SMS provider's credentials and which messages go out by text. | SMS |
| Notification events | Which events notify whom, and by which channel. | Push broadcasts |
| Sponsored placement pricing | What restaurants pay for promoted placement. | Sponsored ads |
| AI | Which AI provider each feature uses, and your key for it. | AI providers |
| APIs | Keys for maps, analytics and the other outside services. | API keys & integrations |
| GDPR | Cookie consent, the privacy and terms pages, and data-request handling. | GDPR & privacy |
Two things that are not on this screen
They shape the product more than anything in Settings, so they live on their own pages:
- Business model — marketplace, your own restaurants, or franchise. It decides which screens exist at all.
- Services — the eleven switches for POS, kiosks, QR ordering, reservations and the rest.
When it doesn't work
A change saved but nothing looks different
Some settings only affect new records — the default tax rate applies to restaurants added after you set it, not to ones already on the platform. Change those on the restaurant itself.
A tab is missing
Subscription plans and Sponsored placement pricing do not exist in the My own restaurants model, because there is nobody to sell a plan or a placement to. See Choosing a business model.