Master Dalverle in Minutes
Everything you need to know about managing products, inventory, recipes, sales, and customers - from setup to advanced analytics.
Customer View Guide
See how your customers browse, order, and interact with your online store.
Admin Dashboard Guide
Learn to manage your entire business from the powerful admin dashboard.
Getting Started
1 Sign Up
Visit dalverle.com/signup and create your account.
- Enter your business name
- Provide your email address
- Create a secure password
- Choose your business type
2 Verify Your Email
Check your inbox for the OTP (One-Time Password) verification code.
Tip: Check your spam folder if you don't see the email within 2 minutes.
3 Login to Dashboard
After verification, log in at dalverle.com/login with your credentials.
Dashboard Navigation Overview
Your admin dashboard is organized into powerful sections. Here's what each one does:
Products
Manage your menu, categories, pricing, and add-ons
Sales
Track orders, invoices, and sales analytics
Inventory
Monitor stock levels and ingredient usage
Ingredients & Recipes
Manage ingredients, recipes, and costing
Customers
View customer data, feedback, and analytics
Utilities
Manage users, accounts, expenses, and settings
1. Product Management
1.1 Categories
Organize your products into categories for easy navigation.
Create Categories
- • Navigate to Products → Categories
- • Click "Add New Category"
- • Enter category name (e.g., "Pizzas", "Beverages", "Desserts")
- • Upload a category image (optional)
- • Save and your category appears instantly
Pro Tip: Use drag-and-drop to reorder categories. The order you set here is how customers see them!
1.2 Products
Add and manage your menu items with detailed information.
Add New Product
- • Product name & description
- • Category assignment
- • Price (selling price)
- • Cost price (for profit tracking)
- • Current stock quantity
- • Product image upload
Edit Products
- • Update prices anytime
- • Change product images
- • Modify descriptions
- • Adjust stock levels
- • Enable/disable products
Image Optimization: For faster loading, send large images via WhatsApp first to compress them before uploading.
1.3 Pricing Management
Update prices in bulk or individually for all your products.
- • View all product prices in one place
- • Quick edit mode for rapid updates
- • See cost vs. selling price
- • Calculate profit margins automatically
1.4 Product Add-ons
Create optional extras that customers can add to their orders.
Examples of Add-ons:
- • Extra cheese (+$2)
- • Extra toppings (+$1.50)
- • Spicy sauce (Free)
- • Large size (+$1)
- • Extra ice (Free)
- • With lemon (+$0.50)
2. Inventory & Recipe Management
Track ingredients, manage recipes, and calculate your actual product costs.
2.1 Create Ingredients
Set up your inventory by adding all ingredients you use.
Navigate: Ingredients → Create Ingredient
- • Ingredient name
- • Unit of measure (kg, liters, pieces, etc.)
- • Current quantity in stock
- • Purchase price per unit
- • Tomato Sauce
- • Unit: Liters
- • Quantity: 20 L
- • Price: $5.00/L
2.2 Purchase Ingredients (Stock IN/OUT)
Log when you buy ingredients or when stock is used/wasted.
Stock IN
When you purchase ingredients:
- • Select ingredient
- • Enter quantity (positive number)
- • Unit price
- • Receipt number (optional)
- • Supplier name (optional)
✓ Automatically updates average price
Stock OUT
When stock is used or wasted:
- • Select ingredient
- • Enter quantity (negative number)
- • Reason for removal
- • Reference (optional)
✓ Maintains current average price
2.3 View Ingredients
Navigate: Ingredients → View Ingredients
See your complete inventory overview with:
- • Total ingredients
- • Total investment
- • Current value
- • Low stock alerts
- • Current stock
- • Unit price
- • Stock value
- • Last updated
- 🟢 Good stock (≥5)
- 🟡 Low stock (<5)
- 🔴 Out of stock
2.4 Stock Transactions
Navigate: Ingredients → Stock Transactions
View complete history of all stock movements:
- • Filter by: Type (IN/OUT), Ingredient, Date range
- • Search: By ingredient name, reason, or reference
- • See totals: Stock IN vs OUT, Value in vs out, Net movement
- • Track: Every purchase, usage, and waste with timestamps
2.5 Assign Recipe
Link ingredients to products to calculate actual costs.
Navigate: Ingredients → Assign Recipe
- • Pizza Dough: 0.3 kg @ $2/kg = $0.60
- • Tomato Sauce: 0.1 L @ $5/L = $0.50
- • Mozzarella: 0.15 kg @ $8/kg = $1.20
- • Basil: 0.01 kg @ $15/kg = $0.15
- Total Recipe Cost: $2.45
- • Add multiple ingredients dynamically
- • Real-time cost calculation
- • Duplicate detection (prevents re-adding same ingredient)
2.6 View Recipes
Navigate: Ingredients → View Recipes
Analyze profitability of every product:
- • Selling price
- • Recipe cost (sum of ingredients)
- • Profit (price - cost)
- • Margin percentage
- • Ingredient breakdown
- 🟢 Excellent: 40%+ margin
- 🟣 Good: 30-40%
- 🟡 Fair: 20-30%
- 🟠 Poor: 10-20%
- 🔴 Loss: <10%
2.7 Edit Recipe
Modify existing recipes when ingredient quantities or prices change:
- • Update ingredient quantities
- • Add new ingredients to recipe
- • Remove ingredients
- • See real-time profit impact
- • Saves complete recipe (replaces all ingredients)
3. Sales & Analytics
3.1 Orders Management
Navigate: Sales → Orders
Manage all incoming orders in real-time:
- • DO = Delivery Orders
- • TO = Takeaway Orders
- • SO = Sales (Dine-in)
- • View order details
- • Update order status
- • Print receipts
- • Track payment
3.2 Sales Invoices
Navigate: Sales → Invoices
Complete invoice management:
- • View all invoices with order details
- • Filter by date range, order type, customer
- • See grand totals, VAT, discounts
- • Print or download invoices
- • Track which user/waiter processed each sale
3.3 Sales Analytics Dashboard
Navigate: Sales → Analytics
Comprehensive business intelligence dashboard with:
- • Total revenue, net revenue, VAT collected
- • Revenue per hour, daily average
- • Gross margin after discounts
- • Period-over-period growth %
- • Total orders, average order value
- • Orders by type (delivery, takeaway, dine-in)
- • Order size distribution
- • Processing time statistics
- • Top 15 selling products
- • Items sold, unique products
- • Product performance by hour
- • Unique vs. repeat customers
- • Customer lifetime value
- • Retention rate analysis
- • Top 10 VIP customers
- • Daily sales trend chart
- • Hourly distribution graph
- • Sales by day of week
- • Payment method breakdown
- • Staff performance leaderboard
- • Export to Excel with one click
- • Print-ready reports
- • Key insights auto-generated
- • Compare with previous period
3.4 Inventory Intelligence
Navigate: Inventory → Stock Report
Advanced inventory analytics:
- • Stock health score (0-100%)
- • Stock turnover rate
- • Days of inventory
- • Daily average sales
- • Stock alerts (out/low)
- • Top selling products
- • Category performance
- • Stock status overview
- • Product velocity tracking
- • Fast/slow moving items
4. Customer Management
Customer Database
Navigate: Customers → View Customers
- • View all customer details
- • Phone numbers and emails
- • Order history per customer
- • Total spent tracking
- • Export customer list
Feedback Management
Navigate: Customers → Feedback
- • Collect customer reviews
- • Star ratings analysis
- • Comment moderation
- • Respond to feedback
- • Track satisfaction trends
Visitor Analytics
Navigate: Customers → Analytics
- • Website traffic statistics
- • User behavior tracking
- • Landing/exit pages
- • Time spent on site
- • Device and browser info
5. Utilities & Settings
5.1 Expense Tracking
Navigate: Utilities → Expenses
Track all business expenses:
- • Log rent, utilities, salaries, supplies
- • Categorize expenses
- • Date and amount tracking
- • Generate expense reports
- • Calculate net profit (revenue - expenses)
5.2 User Management
Navigate: Utilities → Users
Manage staff and their access:
- • Waiters
- • Sales representatives
- • Kitchen staff
- • Operators
- • Sales per user
- • Orders processed
- • Performance metrics
5.3 Payment Accounts
Navigate: Utilities → Accounts
Set up payment methods:
- • Cash
- • Bank transfer
- • POS/Card payment
- • Mobile money
- • Track revenue by payment method
5.4 QR Code Generation
Navigate: Utilities → QR Codes
Generate QR codes for:
- • Table ordering (for restaurants)
- • Room service (for hotels)
- • Customer access links
- • Print and place on tables/rooms
- • Customers scan → instant menu access
5.5 Account Settings
Navigate: Dropdown Menu → Settings
- • Change Password: Update your login credentials
- • Business Profile: Edit business name, address, contact
- • Currency Settings: Set your local currency symbol
- • Email Configuration: Set up bulk email sending
- • Physical Menu: Print menu for in-store use
6. Main Dashboard
Your Command Center
The main dashboard provides real-time overview of your business:
- • Today's revenue
- • Pending orders
- • Low stock alerts
- • New customers
- • New orders appear instantly
- • One-click order processing
- • Quick navigation to all features
- • Recent activity feed
Best Practices & Tips
Daily Tasks
- ✓ Check and process new orders
- ✓ Update inventory after deliveries
- ✓ Log any expenses incurred
- ✓ Monitor low stock alerts
- ✓ Review customer feedback
Weekly Tasks
- ✓ Review sales analytics
- ✓ Analyze product performance
- ✓ Update pricing if needed
- ✓ Check recipe profitability
- ✓ Export reports for records
Monthly Tasks
- ✓ Generate monthly sales reports
- ✓ Calculate net profit (revenue - expenses)
- ✓ Identify best-selling products
- ✓ Review customer retention rates
- ✓ Adjust menu based on data
Growth Tips
- ✓ Use QR codes for table ordering
- ✓ Send promotional emails to customers
- ✓ Optimize menu based on profit margins
- ✓ Monitor visitor analytics for marketing
- ✓ Respond to customer feedback promptly
Pro Tips for Success
- 🎯 Recipe Costing: Always assign recipes to products to know your true profit margins
- 📸 Image Quality: Compress images via WhatsApp before upload for faster website performance
- 📊 Data-Driven Decisions: Use analytics to identify slow-moving items and adjust inventory
- 💰 Expense Tracking: Log every expense to calculate accurate net profit
- 🔄 Stock Management: Set reorder points based on your daily usage rates
- 📱 QR Codes: Place them prominently for contactless ordering convenience
- ⚡ Regular Updates: Keep product availability and prices up to date