Maple Restaurant Voice Pilot (5-7 days)
A five-to-seven day deployment that puts Maple on a single restaurant client's phone line, routes POS orders to the kitchen, and hands the client a call analytics baseline the agency can renew against. Time: 5-7 days.
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Maple Restaurant Voice Pilot (5-7 days)
A five-to-seven day deployment that puts Maple on a single restaurant client's phone line, routes POS orders to the kitchen, and hands the client a call analytics baseline the agency can renew against.
- Signed client authorization to forward the restaurant's main number to Maple, plus a copy of the full menu with modifiers, sizes, and allergy notes
- Confirmed POS system (Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 Dine, Lightspeed, NCR Aloha, Oracle Simphony, or SpotOn) and admin access to connect it
- Agency Maple partner account registered and the correct plan tier confirmed with the vendor before quoting the client
- Client-approved call transfer rules and escalation contacts for calls Maple should not handle
- Baseline numbers: current weekly call volume, missed-call rate, and average ticket size
- 1.Register the agency Maple partner account and select the plan tier that matches the client's needs: Maple Voice for answering only, Maple Pro for POS order routing and reservations
- 2.Collect the client's menu export and normalize items, modifiers, and pricing into the format Maple expects as custom data
- 3.Confirm the POS vendor from the client's actual stack and note whether the connection is native or API-based
- 1.Load restaurant hours, FAQ answers, and multilingual voice settings into the Maple Voice configuration
- 2.Map call transfer rules so order questions route to the counter and complaints route to the manager
- 3.Draft the allergy-note and modifier handling script the client will sign off on
- 1.Connect the POS and map menu items so completed orders land on kitchen screens with modifiers and totals intact
- 2.Enable intelligent upselling prompts on Maple Pro and set the upsell items the client approves
- 3.Test reservation booking, modification, and cancellation against the client's OpenTable setup if reservations are in scope
- 1.Run 20 to 30 live test calls covering large orders, allergy requests, reservation changes, and out-of-hours calls
- 2.Log every failure against the Maple call analytics view and correct menu mapping or transfer rules
- 3.Verify secure payment capture over the phone if the client takes card orders
- 1.Port or forward the client's main number to Maple and keep the old line live as a fallback for the first 48 hours
- 2.Brief counter staff on how Maple orders appear on the POS and kitchen screen
- 3.Set the client's expectations for the first week's call analytics review
- 1.Review the first full day of Maple call analytics for drop-offs, misrouted calls, and upsell acceptance
- 2.Tune FAQ scripts and transfer thresholds based on what the calls actually show
- 3.Fix any menu item that produced a wrong modifier or price on the POS ticket
- 1.Deliver the baseline report comparing pre-launch missed-call rate and average ticket against the first week of Maple-handled calls
- 2.Agree the monthly analytics cadence and the retainer scope with the client
- 3.Document the configuration in the agency's Maple playbook so the next restaurant launch reuses it
Maple Voice at $85/month annual or $150/month monthly covers answering-only clients, while Maple Pro at $220/month annual or $350/month monthly is the tier that routes orders into Toast, Square, Clover, or Shift4 Dine and drives upsell revenue. An agency packaging this as a $960/month managed offer keeps a wide spread over either tier, and the 12-hour setup plus roughly 3 hours of monthly analytics work leaves the retainer profitable from the first billing cycle.
- Configured Maple instance with the client's menu, hours, FAQ answers, multilingual voice, and transfer rules
- POS integration map showing every menu item, modifier, and price as it appears on kitchen screens
- Live call test log with 20 to 30 scenarios and the corrections applied
- Week-one Maple call analytics baseline report comparing missed-call rate and average ticket to pre-launch numbers
- Agency-side Maple configuration playbook for reuse on the next restaurant client
Maple answers the client's live number, routes a real order to the POS and kitchen screen with correct modifiers and totals, and the client has signed off on the week-one analytics baseline.
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- StrategyWhy Maple Turns Restaurant Phone Lines Into Agency Retainer Margin
- ConceptMaple POS Depth Ladder
- Evaluation RuleWhen to Adopt Maple: POS-Connected Restaurant Clients Before Voice-Only Pilots
- Decision FrameworkMaple: Buy vs Skip (Restaurant Agency Voice AI Decision)
- Failure PatternWhy Agencies Fail With Maple in Multi-Location Restaurant Rollouts
- Operating ProcedureMaple POS Order Routing Verification (Delivery)