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# What Service Time should you choose?

Recommendation about the Stop Duration (Service Time) to choose to get the best route optimization results

Service time (**Time at Stop** in the app) is how long you spend at each stop. It changes the total route time and the time you arrive at each stop, so set it to match your real work to get an accurate, well-optimized route. A wrong service time has an especially big effect on stops with time windows.

The right service time depends on what you deliver. Here's what we recommend:

| Business                                                             | Recommended Service Time |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| Documents Delivery                                                   | 5 minutes                |
| Goods Delivery, Delivery from Online Store (Small Box/Package, etc.) | 10 minutes               |
| Clothes Delivery (If customer wants to try it out)                   | 20 minutes               |
| Delivery of Big Boxes/Packages (Furniture, etc.)                     | 40 minutes               |

{% hint style="info" %}
New stops get a time at stop of 5 minutes by default.

* **To change the default:** tap the first button under **Route Settings** (below the stop list) and set **Time at Stop**.
* **To change it for one stop:** open the stop and set **Time at Stop**. **Apply to All Stops** uses the same time for every unfinished stop of the route.

[Read more](/guides/understanding-stop-settings.md#time-at-stop-service-time-stop-duration)
{% endhint %}