Regular Booking Service (Book by time slot)

Regular Booking is the best option for services that happen in fixed time slots (minutes or hours), like haircuts, consultations, tutoring, or classes.

✅ What this service type does

With Regular Booking, customers can:

• Pick a date

• Choose an available time slot (example: 09:00–09:30)

• Book and (optionally) pay, depending on your payment settings

You can control:

• Service duration (30 min, 60 min, custom…)

• Capacity (how many people per slot)

• Payment type (free booking or pay-to-book)

• Availability (team members / schedules, if your app supports it)

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🎯 When should I use Regular Booking?

Use this when your service:

• Takes less than a day

• Has clear start/end times

• Needs a time-slot schedule

Examples

• Haircut (30–60 min)

• 1:1 consultation (60 min)

• Language lesson (45 min)

• Massage (90 min)

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🧩 Before you start (recommended)

Make sure you know:

• Your service duration (ex: 30 min)

• Your service capacity (ex: 1 customer per slot)

• Whether customers must pay to book (Pay now / Pay later / customer chooses)

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🛠️ Step-by-step: Create a Regular Booking service

1) Open services

• Open the app > click Services

• Click New service button

2) Choose service type

Select Book by time slot (time-slot service).

3) Create product

• Title (example: Haircut for men)

• Description (optional, but helpful for customers)

• Status: Active (or Draft while testing)

• Optional: Media, Vendor, Tags, etc. (Shopify product fields)

4) Configure service settings

• Set Capacity: choose how many customers can book each time slot.

Examples

1 = one customer per slot (most common)

5 = group class with 5 seats per slot

• Set duration (minutes/hours): Under Duration, choose a preset or Custom.

Examples

Haircut: 40 min

5) Choose payment type

Pick one option under Choose payment type:

Option	What it means	Best for
No payment required	Customers book without paying online	Free consultations, pay-in-person services
Pay to book	Customers must pay (or commit to payment) to confirm	Deposits, paid appointments
Pay now (inside Pay to book)	Charge immediately	High-demand services
Pay later (inside Pay to book)	Book first, pay later	Invoices, manual payment
Customer chooses	Customer selects Pay now or Pay later	Flexible businesses

Example

• Salon appointment → Pay to book → Pay now

• Free consultation → Book without payment

6) Configure availability

• Assign team members

• Set available days of the team member

Learn more

Set these to match when you can actually accept bookings.

7) Customize more settings (Optional)

• In Location field, enter the location of the service

• Color: helps identify bookings in the calendar

• Questions & Add-ons: collect info (name, preferences) or sell add-ons

• Advanced settings: booking rules, lead time, buffer time, etc. (if available)

8) Save

Click Save to finish creating the service.

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🧪 Example setup (simple)

Service: Haircut

• Duration: 0 min

• Capacity: 1

• Payment: Pay to book → Pay now Result: Customers will see 30-minute slots and must pay to confirm.

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🌐 How it works on your storefront

After you create the service:

1. The app adds a Book button on the product/service page

2. Customer clicks Book

3. A booking popup opens where they select:

   • date

   • time slot

   • (and location/team member if applicable)

1. If it’s a paid service, the customer continues to checkout to complete payment

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🙋 Still need support?

If you still need help, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. We’ll be happy to assist you further.