Staff your busiest hours,
not just every hour equally.
Built for footfall that swings between weekdays and weekends, and a team of part-timers whose availability changes every semester.
Retail scheduling has its own puzzle.
Three things that make retail rosters harder than they should be.
Weekday floor traffic looks nothing like weekend traffic
Staffing a quiet Tuesday morning the same as a Saturday afternoon either wastes payroll or leaves your busiest hours understaffed — and manually adjusting for it every week adds up.
Your team is mostly part-time students with shifting availability
Exam weeks, semester changes, class timetables — availability that changes month to month makes a fixed roster template basically useless for retail.
Sale periods need a completely different headcount
Year-end sales, festive periods, restock days — these need real extra coverage planned in advance, not a scramble the week before.
Here's how ShiftMate actually solves it.
Availability set per person, updated anytime
When a student's exam schedule changes, update their availability once — the next auto-schedule run respects it automatically, no manual reshuffling.
Auto-schedule fills the week around real constraints
Set max shifts per week and preferred shift type per staff member, then let auto-schedule handle the actual puzzle of matching availability to coverage needs.
Save a template for your standard week, reuse it every time
Build your normal-week roster once, save it as a template, and start from there each week instead of from a blank grid — then add extra coverage for sale periods as needed.
Share the week however your team already communicates
Copy each person's individual schedule into WhatsApp, or export the full week to Excel for head office reporting — no app for your part-time staff to install.
Quick questions, straight answers.
My part-timers' availability changes every semester — is that a hassle to update?
No — update a staff member's availability whenever it changes, in under a minute. The next auto-schedule run automatically respects the new constraints.
Can I plan extra coverage for a sale weekend in advance?
Yes — build that week manually or adjust shift presets for the period, separate from your saved standard-week template.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes — 14 days full access, no credit card required. See full pricing.
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