Booking system for small business

Online booking built into your own website: customers pick a time, pay a deposit if you want one, and get their own reminders.

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Typical builds run $350 to $650 with a $35 monthly fee, and there is no per-booking commission, ever.

$350 to $650: typical build
$35: a month
About 2 weeks: to launch

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Signs the phone is your booking system

If the phone is how people book, these three costs show up every week.

Booking happens during your busiest hourEvery call answered mid-job is a customer served slower and a booking taken worse.
No-shows cost real moneyWithout deposits and automatic reminders, an empty slot is pure loss you absorb quietly.
After-hours interest goes coldPeople decide at 9pm. If they cannot book at 9pm, a competitor with online booking gets them by morning.

What the first version includes

Version one puts your real availability on your website, confirms the booking and sends the reminders.

Booking on your own siteCustomers pick a service, a person if it matters, and a time, without leaving your website.
Your real availabilityWorking hours, buffers, days off, and blackout dates enforced automatically.
Deposits through StripeTake a card at booking to end no-shows, or skip deposits entirely. Your call.
Reminders that do your chasingEmail and text confirmations and reminders go out on their own.

What moves the price of a booking system

Most booking products charge per booking, per staff member, or both, and still make customers leave your site to book. We build the calendar into your website, connect it to your real availability, and charge a flat monthly fee. The booking belongs to you, not to a marketplace.

One calendar or severalOne person taking appointments is the simplest setup. Several staff with their own hours, services and buffers add rules to build and test.
Deposits and policiesBooking without payment is quicker to build. Deposits through Stripe, cancellation cutoffs and rebooking rules add checkout and policy logic.
Calendar syncBookings can stand alone or sync with the Google or Outlook calendar you already use. Each connection adds setup and testing.

Typical build $350 to $650, then $35 a month. Your quote is one flat number, written down before work starts.

A quick fit check

Probably a good fit

Appointments or time slots drive your revenue
The phone interrupts the actual work
No-shows are a known, recurring cost

Probably not yet

Walk-ins are your whole business
One free calendar link already covers it
You need multi-location enterprise scheduling today

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Common questions

How much does a booking system cost?

A typical build here is $350 to $650 flat, then $35 a month. Subscription products look cheaper until you add per-staff fees and per-booking charges. Ours has neither, so the comparison usually settles itself within the first year.

Can it handle deposits and cancellation windows?

Yes. Card-on-file deposits through Stripe, cancellation cutoffs, and rebooking rules are all standard scope. You decide the policy and the system enforces it politely.

What about my existing Google or Outlook calendar?

Bookings can sync to the calendar you already live in, and busy time there can block online slots so you are never double-booked.

Do you charge per booking?

No. Never. The monthly fee is flat whether you take ten bookings or a thousand. Growth should not raise your software bill.

Tell us what is slow or manual

Describe the problem in plain words. You get a written scope and one flat price, usually the same day.

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