Let clients book themselves in. startbuddi sends the reminders.
Share one link and clients pick a service and a free time, pay a deposit if you ask for one, and land in your contacts. Reminders, no-show follow-ups and the invoice come from the same place. It's client booking software that remembers the bits you forget.
No need to set everything up on day one.
Free plan available, no card needed. Or book a demo.
Booking a client shouldn't take six messages.
What time works? Is Thursday free? Can you send the address? Every booking turns into a thread, and then someone forgets, or doesn't turn up, and the slot is gone.
Afterwards their details sit in a chat, the payment in your bank app and the notes in your head.
Less back and forth
- One link for every serviceClients see the times you are free and book in a few taps.
- Deposits up frontAsk for the full amount or a deposit through Paystack or Stripe before the booking is confirmed.
- Reminders that go out on their ownBy email, WhatsApp or SMS, at the time you choose, once each channel is set up.
- Every booking on the client recordTheir answers, your notes and the invoice sit on the contact.
Three steps to get going.
Set up what people can book.
Each service gets a length, a price and a currency, plus the questions you always end up asking anyway. A braider in Lagos asks about hair length; a tutor in Nairobi asks which exam. Answers land in the booking notes, and on the contact if you map them.
- 15 minutes to 2 hours, priced in NGN, USD, GBP, EUR, KES, ZAR or GHS
- Booking questions, with "Suggest questions with Chip" if you are stuck
- Answers saved to the contact when you map them
Set your hours and your reminders.
Set your working hours for each day (with a lunch break if you like), a gap after each booking and how far ahead people can book. Off to your cousin's wedding in Accra? Use Block time on the calendar. Every confirmed booking gets one reminder at the time you pick.
- A buffer of up to an hour after each booking
- Bookable 7 to 90 days ahead
- One reminder, 1 to 48 hours before, by email, WhatsApp or SMS once set up
Deal with the day, then send the invoice.
The Overview shows today's appointments and a "Needs attention" list: did they come, or was it a no-show? One click each. Booked someone in yourself? It waits until the client confirms, and you can nudge them with Remind. When the work is done, make the invoice from the booking.
- Came or No-show in one click
- Bookings you make wait for the client to say yes
- "Generate invoice" from any booking
From a booking link to a paid session.
The booking, the reminder, the visit and the invoice all hang off the same client, so nothing is typed twice.
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They pick a service and a time
From your booking page, at a free time that suits them.
Booking page -
They pay a deposit
If you ask for one, the booking is confirmed once it is paid.
PaystackStripe -
They land in your contacts
Name, email and their answers to your booking questions, on one record.
Contacts -
A reminder goes out
At the time you pick, from 1 to 48 hours before, by email, WhatsApp or SMS.
EmailWhatsAppSMS -
After the session
Mark who came, send a no-show a note to rebook, and generate the invoice from the booking.
BookingsInvoices
One person, one record, the whole way through.
What it looks like in startbuddi.
Screens show sample data.
Questions people ask
How do booking reminders work?
Does it work with Google Calendar?
Can clients book a repeating appointment?
Can clients pay when they book?
Can my team share bookings?
Create a booking page.
Add one service and your hours, then share the link. Reminders and follow-ups are ready when you are.
Start with the one thing you need. The rest is there when you're ready.
Free plan available.