Online booking for independent pros

Some independent services are consultations: an astrology or tarot reading, a first meeting with a private investigator, a styling session. Some are bookings of your presence: an interpreter at a medical appointment, a meeting or an event, a sign language interpreter at a conference. Others are repair and restoration work that starts with a drop-off or an assessment: a watch that stopped, heels to replace, a chair to restore.

What they share is a small business, often run alone, where every phone call pulls you away from the work. A booking page shows the slots you open and lets clients book without the back-and-forth.

On Book, each type of booking is a service with its own description, and a price if you show one, and you open slots for each at the length it takes. Use the description to say where the appointment happens, what's included and what to bring or prepare. Clients can add a short note when booking; for sensitive matters, ask them to keep details for the appointment itself.

Clients book without an account, with their name, email and phone, and get a confirmation email; you get an email for every new booking. Your calendar syncs with Google, iPhone or Mac. Book doesn't take payments, send quotes or track repairs. 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.