Services / Booking systems
Let clients book themselves in while your hands are full.
Every booking taken by phone is a job interrupted, and every missed call is a booking that went somewhere else. A calendar on your site takes them for you while you are working.
/ What’s included
Everything below is part of the work, not an upsell.
An online booking calendar
Live availability on your site, with a slot gone the moment somebody takes it.
Calendar sync
A booking appears in the calendar on your phone, and time you block stops being bookable.
Service and staff selection
Different services with different durations, and a choice of who the client sees.
Automatic confirmations
The client gets a confirmation immediately and you get the booking.
Reminders that cut no-shows
An automatic reminder before the appointment, the cheapest way to stop people forgetting.
Deposits by card
Take a deposit at the moment of booking, on the same card setup as the online shop.
Your real availability
Your working hours, lunch, travel time and blocked days, set once when it is built.
Per-staff calendars
Separate calendars, hours and service lists for each person.
/ Who it’s for
- 01
You run a salon, clinic or studio
where the diary is not admin, it is the business.
- 02
You consult by appointment
and lose real hours a week to messages about when you are free.
- 03
You quote on site visits
and would rather people booked a slot than rang you halfway up a ladder.
- 04
You get no-shows
and want reminders and deposits doing that work instead of you.
/ Pricing
What it costs.
A booking system is part of the Pro package, built into a complete website. More complicated setups, or an integration with software you already run, move to Premium.
Pro
$6,500
once-off · up to 12 pages
A booking system on a complete website.
- Everything in the Business package
- Online booking calendar
- Calendar sync to your phone
- Service and staff selection
- Automatic confirmations and reminders
- Custom availability rules
- Full copywriting
- Three rounds of revisions
Premium
$12,000+
fully custom · multi-location
Several locations, complex rules, or integration with your existing system.
- Discovery and strategy session
- Multi-location or multi-team scheduling
- Custom functionality and API work
- Integration with software you already use
- Direct line to the founder throughout
Pro Care at $279/mo covers booking support alongside hosting, backups and updates. See maintenance. If you also sell products, the same build can carry a shop.
/ The promise
See your homepage before you pay anything.
After a quick call, we design your homepage concept free. If you do not want to go ahead, you owe nothing.
/ Questions about booking systems
01Which booking tool do you use?
It depends on how you work. Some businesses are best served by a booking system built into the site, others by a third-party tool their staff already know. We choose after hearing how your diary actually runs rather than fitting you to one product. Either way it lives on your domain and looks like your site.
02Does it sync with our calendar?
Yes, and it is usually the first thing set up, so a booking on the site appears on your phone and time you block on your phone stops being offered online. Mention which calendar you use at the start, because it affects which tool is the right fit.
03Can clients pay a deposit when they book?
Yes, if you want them to. It uses the same card setup as the online shop, so the money settles to your account in rands. Deposits are the most effective way to cut no-shows, though they do put some people off booking, so it is worth being deliberate about which services need one.
04What if we need to block out time?
Block it in your calendar or in the booking tool and those slots stop being offered. Recurring blocks like a standing lunch, a half-day Friday or travel between jobs are set up once while the system is built and then look after themselves.
05Can each staff member have their own calendar?
Yes. Staff can have separate calendars, their own hours and their own list of services, and clients either choose a person or take the first available slot. Multi-location or larger team setups get complicated enough that they are usually Premium work, and we say so before quoting.
/ Other things we do
Tell us whatyou need.
Send us what your business does and what you are trying to fix. You get a straight answer on whether we can help and what it would cost.