Short, step-by-step guides to setting up your booking page, getting paid and filling your diary.
From a new account to a booking page clients can use: services, team, hours, payments and your link.
Set up your booking page and take your first bookings.
From a new account to a booking page clients can use: services, team, hours, payments and your link.
10 min
What a well set-up business looks like after a month, and the small jobs that get you there.
4 min
Where to put your booking link so new and existing clients actually use it.
5 min
Team, services, hours and the calendar.
Add team members, choose what they can be booked for, and let them sign in to see their own diary.
3 min
Set up services so the diary allows the right time, including add-ons, buffers and different prices per person.
5 min
Control exactly which times clients can book: regular hours, lunch breaks, holidays and closed days.
3 min
Switch on extra tools when your business needs them: group classes, rooms and equipment, and intake questionnaires.
3 min
Deposits, no-show fees, payouts and takings.
Connect Stripe so clients pay a deposit or the full price when they book, straight into your own account.
6 min
How money from online payments reaches your bank, why the first payout takes longer, and how to check your balance.
4 min
Choose between a deposit and a card on file, set a fair policy, and what to do when someone doesn't turn up.
6 min
Keep your takings right when clients pay in person, by cash, card machine, bank transfer or gift voucher.
3 min
Share your link, move clients across and bring them back.
Discount codes, passes, memberships and gift vouchers.
Create codes clients enter when they book, for an offer, a launch or a thank-you.
3 min
Sell packs of sessions or monthly memberships that clients book with instead of paying each time.
4 min
Sell vouchers on your booking page or in person, and take them online or at the appointment.
5 min
Plans, billing, apps, your web address and your data.
What each plan includes, how to upgrade or move to Free, and what happens to your bill.
4 min
Put your booking page on book.yourbusiness.co.uk with your logo and no Slotivo branding.
6 min
Slotivo Pro for you and your team, and the customer app for your clients.
2 min
Who owns your client list, how to download it, and the basics of looking after it.
4 min
Longer articles on running a booking business, from cutting no-shows to choosing software.
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