Not everyone wanders off. Put the online queue on a TV in the waiting area and the number being served is there for anyone watching — while the WhatsApp alert still reaches whoever stepped outside. Same queue, two ways of being told.
The screen answers the only three questions anyone in a waiting area actually has.
The number being called right now, in the largest type on the screen, with the entrance to walk to underneath. Your company name and branch sit above it, with a live clock.
One card per active counter, each showing its current number and entrance, tagged by queue type so walk-in and online are told apart at a glance.
Recently served numbers, grouped by queue type, with a running total for the day. It settles the "have they called me yet?" question without anyone asking the counter.
A queue number on its own sends people to the wrong desk. Every called number on this screen carries the entrance to walk to, in a different colour, so nobody has to guess or ask. Pax count and queue type sit underneath for the staff's benefit.
The display is fed by the same queue as the WhatsApp alerts, so there is never a mismatch between what the TV shows and what a customer was told. Staff press NEXT once — the screen updates and the message goes out together.
If the screen can open a web page, it can be your queue display.
Use what's already on the wall. A TV with a browser, or any screen with a small media box or mini PC behind it.
Point the browser at your display URL and put it full screen. Nothing to install or license per screen.
It updates itself from the live queue. Add a second screen elsewhere in the building the same way.
Tell us about your waiting area and how many counters you call from — we'll set the display up with your branding and get it running.