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For kava bars

A first visit guide your bar doesn't have to write

First Shell now includes a ready-made guide for newcomers, written in a kava bar's voice, that shows until you publish your own.

First Shell's default guide choices, with a preview of slides titled First time at a kava bar?

First Shell helps you turn people who have never tried kava into guests who come back. Not every bar has time to make its own guide, so now you don't have to.

Pick the guide that fits your bar

  • Kava bar. The shell, the menu, Shells up and Bula, pacing and bar manners, in a kava bar's own voice. It swears a little.
  • Kava & kratom tea. For bars that pour both. It adds kratom tea, the menu words and the 21+ rule, and it appears on the web behind a 21+ reveal. The app shows the kava guide instead. It's only offered where we can show kratom tea for your bar's location.
  • Kava on a bar menu. For bars, restaurants and lounges that also serve alcohol, where kava is the zero-proof choice. The one rule: kava or booze, pick one.
The default first visit guide choices and slide preview
Shown on our setup demo bar

Your bar on the last slide

Each guide is called First Shell 101. It ends with a card made for your bar, so a newcomer finishes the guide knowing exactly where to go.

The guide appears on your first-timer page and in the app until you publish images of your own. If you already have your own, nothing changes.

Also improved

  • Guides now open as a swipeable deck on the web, with a full-screen viewer.
  • In the app, the guide sits in a docked card and opens as a story.
  • Your own uploads always take priority over the default guide.

Where to find it

In the dashboard
Growth › First Shell › Default first visit guide

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