Your app works and its data is in order; the next step is getting it to the people who will use it. Publishing is one click: your app gets a public link, and anyone who opens that link uses it right in their browser, installing nothing.
QR code: the bridge to the physical world
Every published app comes with a ready-made QR code. Print it and place it on the counter, a table, or the window; a customer points their phone and your app opens. Order forms, feedback surveys, menus, queue numbers — tools served over QR live naturally inside your physical shop.
Password-protect private tools
Not every app should be public. For tools like your cost calculator, staff rota, or credit ledger, add a password to the published app: even someone holding the link cannot get in without it.
One mechanism, two worlds: customer-facing tools stay open, internal tools stay behind a password.
Sharing with the right people
- With staff: send the link and password by message; have them add a home-screen shortcut on their phones.
- With customers: place the QR code somewhere visible, or put the link in your social media profile.
- With testers: send the link and ask for feedback; the first real user's comments are gold.
Unpublishing is one click too
When a campaign ends, a tool needs rework, or you want it offline for a while, unpublish with one click; the link stops resolving. Your app and its data remain yours — republish whenever you are ready.
This lesson completes your first full loop: idea to published app. The next course covers how to use AI strategically across your business.
After publishing, open the link on your own phone first and take a lap as a customer. Always see the first screen your customer will see before they do.