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Why the promotion applies itself at the till

A promotion that relies on someone's memory fails on the busiest day

In Omakasia the promotion starts in the reservation book. Anyone who books from its post arrives with it already attached. When you open the table on the POS, the till already knows and applies it to the bill

Nobody asks. Nobody forgets. And at the end of the month you see how many bookings that promotion brought in, and how many people

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BookingsWhy the deposit goes through your gateway (not the software)A deposit is your guest's money holding a table for them. It makes sense for it to go from their card to your account, with nobody else in between MarketingWhy a promotion should only run in your quiet hoursA discount that applies at any time undercharges the people who were coming anyway. Limit it to your quiet hours and it brings people in exactly when you have room MarketingWhy the booking arrives with the promotion attachedIf a promotion depends on the guest mentioning it when they arrive, it depends on their memory and your waiter's. In Omakasia it travels inside the booking MarketingWhy Last tables comes without a discountYou've got free tables tonight and the temptation is to drop the price. Last tables does something else: it tells people, with no discount MarketingWhy every post has its own linkPosting without measuring is posting blind. If every post has its own link, every booking tells you where it came from MarketingYour agency or community manager, inside your reservation bookYour agency or community manager measures reach and likes. You measure tables. When they work from your reservation book, you're both looking at the same number POSWhy Veri*Factu changes your receipt and sales can't be editedFrom 2027, in Spain, every receipt has to be recorded so that nobody can change it afterwards. That's why in Omakasia a paid sale isn't edited: it's corrected with another document BookingsWhy the guests who book on your website are yoursPeople who find you on Google and book with you are your guests. Where the booking happens decides who keeps the visit, the guest's details and the money