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A look at both sides

What your guest sees when they sit down and join your WiFi, and what you see when you log in afterwards. Real screens, with a made-up café's numbers in them.

What your guest sees

Four screens, about twenty seconds. No password to ask for, no app to install.

Wi-Fi

Sidra Coffee House

Free — no password

Etisalat-5G-2481

Password required

DU_Home_9930

Password required

Bakery Next Door

Password required

1. They tap your network

No password to print on a card or read out over the counter.

Welcome to Sidra Coffee House

Free WiFi — just tell us who you are

Your name
Email address

I'm happy to hear about offers

Get online

2. One screen, your branding

Your logo, your welcome line. The consent tick is what makes the address yours to use.

You're online

We've sent a confirmation to your inbox. Tap the link to stay online for the rest of your visit.

Browsing for the next

10 minutes

3. Online straight away

Nobody waits on an email to get internet — they already have it, which is how the email reaches them.

You're all set

Thanks for confirming. You're online for the rest of your visit — and next time we'll recognise your phone.

Follow us on Instagram

4. Confirmed, and on your list

Optionally send them to your Instagram at this point. Only confirmed guests reach your export.

What you see

Your own login on the same dashboard as the rest of your account. This is the real screen with a made-up café's week in it.

Today Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days Sidra Coffee House

Guests

268

people, not connections

First-time

149

never seen before

Came back before

119

44% of this week

Mailing list

1,204

confirmed addresses

Guests per day

People, not connections — one phone rejoining twice is one guest.

71
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

When you're busiest

Peaks at 8pm — worth knowing before you write a rota.

8a 10a 12p 2p 4p 6p 8p 10p

How often they come back

The share on two or more visits is the number that matters.

Once 149 guests
2–3 times 78 guests
4–9 times 33 guests
10+ times 8 guests

Everything other than "once" is a regular.

Your customers

Confirmed addresses only. Yours to export whenever you like.

Export CSV
Guest Email Visits Last seen
Noor A. noor@example.com 6 2 hours ago
James P. james@example.com 1 3 hours ago
Fatima K. fatima@example.com 4 Yesterday
Omar S. omar@example.com 2 Yesterday
Elena R. not confirmed — excluded 1 2 days ago

And what you can change yourself

Your logo

Upload it, it appears on the portal

Welcome line

Write your own greeting

Speed per guest

5 Mbps up and down

Session length

4 hours once confirmed

Numbers shown are an example, not a promise — what your venue sees depends on how many people sit down and for how long.

Want this for your venue?

AED 2,099 to install, AED 629 a year. Works with the access points you already own.