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)

🎯 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)

🧩 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)

🛠️ 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.

🧪 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.

🌐 How it works on your storefront

After you create the service:

The app adds a Book button on the product/service page
Customer clicks Book
A booking popup opens where they select:
- date
- time slot
- (and location/team member if applicable)

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

🙋 Still need support?

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