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Calendar
Day, week, month and staff views, with "Block time" for lunch, meetings and holidays.
Bookings
One link. Clients book, pay and show up.
The online booking system for small business that takes the deposit too. Share one link on WhatsApp or anywhere. Clients pick a service and a free slot, pay if you ask them to, and get a reminder by email, WhatsApp or SMS before they arrive.
Free plan, no card needed. Or book a demo.
Services
Set up what people can book, once.
Add each service with its length, price and currency, and the questions you need answered before the session. Name, email, date and time are always collected. Your logo, colours and cover image make the page yours.
- 15 minutes to 2 hours, priced in NGN, USD, GBP, EUR, KES, ZAR or GHS
- Booking questions, saved to the contact if you like
- Chip suggests the questions to ask
Deposits
Take the deposit when they book.
Turn on "Require payment to book" and choose the full amount or a deposit. The client pays through Paystack or Stripe, and their slot is held for 30 minutes while they do. Paid means confirmed.
- "Customer must pay before the booking is confirmed"
- Full amount or a deposit
- The slot is held while they pay
Availability and reminders
Your hours, your gaps, your reminders.
Set working hours for each day, a buffer after each booking and how far ahead people can book, and block out holidays on the calendar. A reminder goes out by email, WhatsApp or SMS at the time you choose, from 1 to 48 hours before.
- Working hours per day, with Block time for holidays
- "Add extra time after events to avoid back-to-back bookings"
- Reminders by email, WhatsApp or SMS, 1, 2, 4, 12, 24 or 48 hours before
Your day
See today. Deal with what needs you.
The Overview shows today's bookings, revenue, no-shows and anything waiting on you. Confirm, decline, mark who came, or send a no-show a friendly note to rebook, in one click. Then send the invoice from the booking.
- "Needs attention": Confirm, Decline, Came, No-show, Follow up
- No-show and thank-you follow-up emails you can edit
- "Generate Invoice" straight from a booking
Video meetings
Meet online without a Zoom link.
Choose startbuddi Live video as your meeting link and every booking gets its own video meeting, with the link in the confirmation and every reminder. Your client joins from the browser with no account. If they have not turned up 10 minutes in, one click marks the no-show and sends a reschedule link.
- "startbuddi Live video (recommended, Starter and above)"
- A nudge for you to join 10 minutes before
- "Mark as no-show and send a reschedule link"
Team scheduling
Share bookings fairly across your team.
Add your team, let each person set their own hours, and put them in the booking rotation. Clients see "Next available host". Each teammate can also have a personal booking page with their own photo and welcome message.
- Round robin "Booking rotation"
- "Set my hours" for each member
- Staff performance in Reports
Inside
Everything else in Bookings.
The screens you use every week, beyond the booking page itself.
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Appointments
Every booking in one table, filtered by date, status and staff member.
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Booking links
Your main page plus extra booking pages for different offers or brands, each live or hidden.
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Reports
Total bookings, cancellation rate, repeat customers, peak hours and staff performance.
What comes next
What happens after someone books.
The booking is the start. The rest happens in the same workspace.
Someone books
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They land in Customers
A new contact, or added to their history.
Contact -
Reminders go out
By email, WhatsApp or SMS, at the time you choose.
Reminder -
You get paid
Deposit at booking, the rest by invoice.
DepositInvoice -
They book again
A follow-up invites them back.
Follow-up
Paid, and booked again
Works with everything
Sites talks to the rest of your business.
Everything below shows up on the client's record on its own, so you never piece the story together by hand.
CRMEvery booking creates or updates a contact
MoneyDeposits recorded, invoices from a booking
AutomationsBooked, cancelled or no-show can start a workflow
SitesOne record per client
SitesBooking buttons on your pages and link in bio
MarketingPast clients are ready for your campaigns
Chip AIChip sets up services in a sentence
Chip AI
Ask Chip. It already knows your sites.
Chip works from your own records, so the answer comes with names, amounts and dates, and a next step you can take in one click.
Plans
Which plans include Bookings?
Bookings are on every plan, and bookings received are never capped. Free includes 1 live service and 1 booking page; Starter raises that to 10 and 3, Growth to 25 and 5, and Scale has no limit.
- FreeIncluded, free forever
- StarterIncluded, 30-day trial
- GrowthIncluded, 30-day trial
- ScaleIncluded, 30-day trial
Questions about Bookings
Can clients pay a deposit when they book online?
Yes. Turn on "Require payment to book" for a service and choose the full amount or a deposit. Clients pay through Paystack or Stripe before the booking is confirmed.
Does it work with Google Calendar?
Yes. Every booking is added to your Google Calendar, with a Google Meet link if you want one. It works one way: events you add in Google do not block slots, so use "Block time" for those.
Can clients meet me online without Zoom or Google Meet?
Yes, from Starter. Choose startbuddi Live video and each booking gets its own meeting link that works in the browser, with no account. On Free, add your own Zoom or Google Meet link instead.
Which reminders are sent?
A confirmation email, and a reminder at the time you choose by email, WhatsApp or SMS, whichever you switch on. WhatsApp needs a connected WhatsApp number, and SMS needs an SMS connection and a plan that includes SMS. Want a second nudge? Add it as a step in a booking automation.
Can my team share bookings?
Yes. Put your team in the booking rotation and bookings go round robin to the next available person, or give each teammate their own booking page.
Is it a Calendly alternative that accepts Naira?
Yes. Price your services in Naira and take payment through Paystack, as well as in dollars, pounds, euros, shillings, rand or cedis.
Fill your calendar with people who show up.
Share one link, take the deposit and let the reminders do the chasing. Free to start.
Or book a demo and we'll set it up with you.