Online booking for web designers

A website project moves through set steps: a discovery call to understand the business and the budget, a kick-off to gather content, pages and references, rounds of design and development, a review before launch, then training so the client can update their own pages. After launch, many clients stay on for maintenance and occasional check-ins. Separate from full projects, audits of existing sites are a common first job.

Each step needs a meeting, and every meeting scheduled by email costs you build time. A booking page lets clients book the step they're at, on the slots you set aside.

On Book, each type of meeting is a service with its own description, and a price if it's charged on its own, and you open slots for each at the length it takes. Use the description to say how you'll connect, what to prepare (current site, logins, content, examples of sites they like) and what the meeting delivers. Clients can add a note with their website address.

Clients book without an account, with their name, email and phone. They get a confirmation email, and you get an email for every new booking. Reschedule or cancel from your bookings list and let the client know, and sync your calendar with Google, iPhone or Mac. Book doesn't send quotes, manage projects or take payments. It costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited bookings and services, no commission, no contract.

Your page shows times in your business's time zone, with its name displayed, so there's no confusion for clients booking from elsewhere. To fill a regular week quickly, create a slot once and repeat it on the weekdays you choose until an end date.