Bakers: special order collection slots

Birthday cakes, large bread orders for a party, holiday specials: when everyone collects at the same time, the queue blocks the counter for regular customers. With Book, customers choose a collection time on your own booking page, each slot takes a set number of orders, and you prepare in the order they'll arrive.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations and places are examples. Leave collection prices empty and list your order prices in the description.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. Ask for the order: cake size and flavour, message on the cake, number of loaves. Say in the description that the order is confirmed once you reply, and by when orders must be placed.

Give each collection slot as many places as orders you can hand over in that time. Each online booking takes one place, and a full slot leaves your page, so customers pick another time. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date.

For Christmas or Easter, create a collection service just for those days with more places and short slots, and set the end date after the holiday.

For orders taken in the shop or by phone, book the collection yourself from your bookings list. First and last name are enough; with their email, the customer gets a confirmation with a calendar file.

Customers can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move the booking from your list. Book doesn't email clients about changes. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars.

Book isn't an online shop: it doesn't take orders as products, payments or deposits, and sends no reminders. One booking page per business. See the guide on bread-making workshops. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.