Create your business & first location

Steps

1. Go to /signup (Create your account). Continue with Google if it's offered, or enter Your name, Email and a Password (at least 8 characters) and select Create account.
2. Confirm your email with the link we send (it works for 24 hours). You land on your Home page.
3. On Home, select the set-up button (for example Set up my business → or Set up my check-in page →).
4. Enter your Business name and, optionally, an Industry (it pre-fills your service list — you can change everything later).
5. Select Create my check-in page. You land on your location's live queue.

If guided setup is on, the Industry picker is replaced by a next step: What kind of business is <name>? — cards grouped by how you serve people (Line, Take-a-number, Rooms & equipment, or Not sure yet?). Pick one and select Continue (some cards ask one more question — Use the defaults is fine), or Skip — I'll set this up later. It ends on a "<name> is live 🎉" page that says which style the location uses, with a button to your live screen. See The business-type wizard.

Came from a solution page or demo? Set this up for my business opens sign-up with a "Setting up: <use case>" note. With guided setup on, that card is already picked for you. If you're already signed in, it takes you straight to naming your business.

What you get

You now have a Business containing your first Location, and you're its Owner. Its check-in page is live at a web address based on the name. New locations start on the Queue screen layout when it's available on your account. Follow the setup checklist from step 2.

A Business is the container for locations, your team, shared branding and workflows, and (when billing is live) your plan. With a single location the business features stay out of your way — they appear once you add a second location. To start a separate business, use + Start another business on Home.

Make a ready-made location yours

Sometimes SiteCheckin sets up a location for you in advance and gives you a business code, username and password. Sign in with those at /pre/login. If it's offered, admin-level logins see a banner: "We set this up for you."

1. Select Make this mine.
2. Create your account (or sign in) and confirm your email.
3. On Make <name> yours, select Make it mine within 2 hours.

It becomes a business on your account with you as the Owner. Everything stays: settings, printed QR codes, links and visitors. The shared login keeps working — remove it any time under Team & logins. Staff-level logins don't see the banner.