Every business has dead zones and money hours — most owners just feel them instead of seeing them. Tap a quick map of your week and watch your busiest and deadest blocks light up, so you know exactly which hours to promote.
Sales aren't flat across the week — they cluster. A few blocks pay the bills, a few are dead air, and most owners only have a fuzzy gut feel for which is which. Put it on a map and the pattern jumps out.
Mark how busy each block is, Monday through Sunday, morning to night. The cool squares are where a well-placed promo, happy hour, or offer turns dead time into revenue. The hot squares are where you protect the experience and upsell.
Tap each block to set how busy it usually is. The map colors itself, and the cards below call out your money hours and your dead zones.
Tap a square to cycle: Not set → Dead → Slow → Steady → Busy → Slammed
A heatmap is only useful if it changes what you do. Three plays to run once you see the pattern.
Quiet but open is the most expensive kind of slow — the lights are on and staff is paid. A happy hour, a midweek bundle, or a "slow-day" offer aimed right at those blocks turns idle time into sales.
Never discount when you're already slammed — you're just giving away margin. Instead, staff up, speed up, and upsell. Your busiest blocks are where great service earns the next visit.
Match labor, prep, and inventory to the picture. Most businesses overstaff the slow blocks and run thin on the busy ones — the map shows you exactly where to shift hours.
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