Checklist for your first week with Bitbooking

This checklist gets you set up in a few short sessions. You don't have to do it all in one day: the first three days are enough to take online bookings, and the rest adds the finishing touches.

Day 1: the basics

• Add your business and upload your logo. See Add your first business.
• Set your opening hours and plan the holidays when you're closed. See Set opening hours, holidays and closures.
• Under Language of customer emails, choose the language your clients get emails in.

Day 2: your services and team

• Put your services in categories, with a short description, price and duration. See Add services and categories.
• Add your team with photos and choose who does which services. See Add your team and working hours.
• Set schedules, breaks and planned holidays.
• Use hair colour or other products that need time to develop? Set up processing time. See Services with processing time.

Day 3: rules and messages

• Choose your cancellation window, the minimum notice for bookings and your time slot interval. See Set your booking rules.
• Turn on reminders, for example 24 hours before. See Appointment reminders.
• Turn on Email me about bookings if you want an email for every new booking. See Get notified about new bookings.
• Make a test booking on your own booking page and check the confirmation email. Afterwards, set the appointment to Cancelled in the agenda.

Days 4 and 5: get seen

• Build your website with the website designer and publish it. See Design your website.
• Fill in the title and description for Google. See Title and description for Google.
• Put your booking link on Instagram, your Google Business Profile and WhatsApp. See Share your booking page.
• Already have a website? Add a booking button. See Booking button or booking form on your own website.

Days 6 and 7: work smarter

• Turn on Collect reviews so happy clients leave a review. See Collect and show reviews.
• Use an intake or consent form? Make it digital. See Digital forms.
• See your appointments in your own Google, Apple or Outlook calendar. See See appointments in your own calendar.
• Working with a team? Create a staff account. See Staff accounts.

After that: every day

After each appointment, set it to Completed, or No-show if the client didn't turn up. That keeps your revenue in Reports and your client records accurate, and clients with a completed appointment get a review email. See Appointment statuses.