Choosing a Role
What this screen is for
The first screen a new account sees. It asks a single question — are you here to book, or are you setting up a business — writes the answer onto the account and sends the user into the matching flow. The choice is not a locked door; a line at the bottom says it can be changed later.
When you would use this
It appears once, right after signing up, before the rest of the app opens.
Who sees it
Every signed-in user whose role has not been recorded yet. Somebody who has already answered never sees it again.
Where it lives
The mobile app only; the panel is entered through its own door and asks no such question.
What you can do here
I'm here to book
This card marks the account as a customer and drops the user into the discovery flow.
I have a business
This card marks the account as a business owner; with no business on the account the setup wizard opens, and with one the user goes straight to their list of businesses.
Changeable later
The line under the cards says the choice can be changed afterwards — the screen behaves like a shortcut, not a gate.
What the server accepts and refuses
Nothing moves until the choice is saved
Tapping a card writes the answer to the account first and only goes on if that write succeeded. Offline, or when the write is refused, the screen stays put and shows a message; had it gone on, the next screen would have sent the user silently back here.
Somebody who already has a business is not walked into creating another
An owner seeing this screen for the first time who already has a live business goes to their own businesses rather than into the setup wizard when they tap the business card — otherwise, five steps later, they would own two, one real and one empty.
Where they were heading is not forgotten
If the user was on their way to a business page after scanning a QR code when this screen cut in, they are handed back to that destination once the choice is made, not dropped on the home screen.