Tutorial · Use case
Use Ding as a substitute for a team.
Don't have a marketing or operations person yet? Ding fills the role. Campaigns, forecasts, and business intelligence, all without a payroll line.
The roles you don't have to hire for.
Four jobs Ding does so you don't have to find, vet, train, or pay for the people who'd otherwise do them.
Marketing
Run campaigns without hiring a marketing person.
The Marketing Agent researches local events, drafts campaigns, builds promos, and ships content. Worth a $50-80k headcount, runs on a subscription.
Operations
Analyst-grade insights without an analyst.
Ask the Operations Agent in plain English. Margin trends, peak hours, dish-level performance. The kind of analysis you'd otherwise pay a consultant for.
Forecasting
Predict demand without a spreadsheet expert.
Ding predicts your busy nights, slow days, and revenue trends from your real POS data. No more guessing how many cooks to schedule for Saturday.
Guest service
A 24/7 guest expert at every table.
The Waiter Agent handles allergens, pairings, and nutritional questions through your QR menu, instantly. The kind of service usually reserved for upscale spots with extra service staff.
How to set it up.
Most owners are running on Ding the same day they sign up. No hardware, no consultant calls.
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Connect your POS
Plug in Square, Clover, or Toast in under 5 minutes. Real sales data starts flowing immediately, no manual data entry.
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Tell Ding about your restaurant
Answer 4 quick questions. Cuisine, hours, locations, goals. That's the context every agent uses to act on your behalf.
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Pick which roles to fill
Marketing, Operations, Customer Relations, or all three. Turn each on as you're ready, in any order.
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Set the cadence
Choose how often Ding ships work to you. Daily forecasts, weekly campaign drafts, on-demand insights. Approve before things go live, or let Ding run autonomously.
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Go live
Agents are active across your dashboard, the QR menu, and wherever else your guests interact. You start seeing output the same day.
A typical week when Ding is your team.
One example of how the agents replace the work that would otherwise eat your evenings.
Monday
Ding sends you the week ahead. Predicted busy nights, slow nights, and one suggested promo. Takes you 90 seconds to read.
Tuesday
You approve this week's social posts in your inbox. They ship across your channels without you opening anything else.
Wednesday
Ding flags a dish that's hurting margin. You decide whether to 86 it, reprice it, or push it harder. One decision, 30 seconds.
Thursday
A catering inquiry hits your inbox. Ding has already drafted a tailored response with your menu and pricing. You hit send.
Friday
You spend Friday on the floor with your guests instead of in front of spreadsheets. The work that used to take a team got done.