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Getting Started

Selflane is the all-in-one platform that runs your restaurant: point of sale, online ordering, payments, loyalty, and reporting. This guide takes you from a blank account to a live operation in five steps.

Plan on roughly 30 minutes of focused work, plus a few hours waiting for Stripe to approve your payment account.

Set up your business

Sign in, create your business profile, and set hours and contact details.

Build your menu

Add menus, courses, dishes, modifiers, and tax rates.

Configure your POS

Install the POS app on an iPad or iPhone, connect printers, and turn on auto-print.

Launch online ordering

Set up Stripe to accept payments, then turn on online ordering and verify your live menu.

What’s next

Train your staff and explore the rest of the platform.

What you’ll need

Have these in hand before you start so you don’t have to stop mid-form:

  • Business name, address, phone, and email
  • Business hours (regular and any special hours)
  • A square logo, 256×256 px or larger
  • Cuisine type and price range
  • For Stripe payments: business EIN, owner SSN, and bank account routing/account numbers

Going deeper

Each step in this guide is a quickstart. For full reference docs, see the Back Office and POS sections.

Need help? Contact our support team  — we’ll walk you through anything that gets stuck.

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