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Booking Appointments Without the Back and Forth
Four messages to agree a time is three too many. How automatic booking takes an enquiry straight to a slot in the diary.
“Booking one appointment takes four messages back and forth.”
What it actually is
The enquiry goes all the way to a confirmed slot in your calendar without a person touching it.
It knows your real availability, your travel time between jobs, which staff do what, and how long each job takes.
How it works
It checks the real diary
Live availability, not a form that double books you.
It offers times that actually work
Accounting for travel, staff skills and job length.
It confirms and reminds
Confirmation immediately, reminder before, reschedule link if they need it.
Who this is for
- Dental and medical practices
- Med spas and salons
- Trades doing quoted visits
- Coaches and consultants
- Anyone with a calendar and customers
Four signs you need it
- Your day is broken up by scheduling messages
- You double book occasionally
- People go quiet mid-booking
- You have a booking link nobody uses
- Typical cost
- $300 to $900 a month
- Time to set up
- Days, not months
- Category
- Book the Appointment
Where to start
Before paying anyone, work out the number in that panel using your own figures. If it is small, this is not your first move and we will tell you so. If it made you wince, it is worth a conversation.
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