Before you can start serving customers, you need to establish where you are operating and when your kitchen is active. This guide covers how to link your Shopify locations and manage your availability.
Connecting your Shopify location
Zapiet Eats works collaboratively with your Shopify admin. To begin, the app automatically imports your Shopify locations.
In Zapiet Eats, click Restaurants.
Select the restaurant you wish to configure.
Ensure the address and contact details match your physical storefront. Zapiet Eats uses this location as the starting point to calculate your delivery radius and ensure customers are within your service area.
You can create as many restaurants as you need.
Creating a menu
Our menu isn't just a static list. Throughout the day you can modify which products are shown, for which restaurant, and present the items in clear sections like Appetizers, Entrées, Drinks and more.
In Zapiet Eats, go to Menus and click Create menu.
Syncing with Shopify: When you create a menu, a corresponding collection is automatically created in your Shopify admin. Any items you add to that Shopify collection will sync with Zapiet Eats automatically.
Sections: If needed, organize your menu by adding sections.
Draft vs. Published: New menus are created in Draft mode. Once you are happy with the setup, you must set the menu to Published and assign it to a restaurant for it to appear to customers.
Manage menu availability
A key feature for restaurants is the ability to offer specific menus at different times (e.g., a "Lunch Menu"), or different days (e.g., a "Sunday Roast Menu"). For more information on menu scheduling please refer to our Pickup menu availability and Delivery menu availability articles.
Time-based availability: In your Restaurants > Menus settings, you can restrict a menu to appear only during specific hours, such as 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Day-based availability: In your Restaurants > Menus settings, you can restrict a menu to appear only on specific days, such as Sundays.
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