A small business website with online booking built in

What the booking form does

WeBoss puts a booking form on your website when it builds it. A customer picks one of your services, sees the days and times you are really free, and books in under a minute. The booking lands on your dashboard and in your email straight away.

It is a website builder with a booking system already inside it. You do not install a plugin, paste an embed code or sign up for a second product. The form is part of the page, so it works the moment your site is live.

• Your services: name, length and price for each one.
• Your hours: opening hours per day, days off, and holidays you block out.
• Rules that protect your day: a gap between jobs, how much notice you need, how far ahead people can book, and a daily limit.
• One at a time or several: say whether two customers can book the same time.
• Time zones handled: times are shown and emailed in your business's own time zone.
• An address box: for trades that travel to the customer, the form asks where the job is.

How to set up online booking, step by step

Most owners finish this in about ten minutes, and you can change any of it later.

1. Answer the five questions. Tell WeBoss your business name, trade and services. It builds the site and puts a booking form on it.
2. Check your services. Open the Bookings screen and fix the names, lengths and prices. A haircut might be 30 minutes; a boiler service might be 90.
3. Set your hours. Choose when you work each day. Block out lunch, school runs or the days you do not take jobs.
4. Add your rules. For example: 30 minutes between jobs for travel, at least two hours' notice, and no more than six bookings a day.
5. Send yourself a test booking. Book a slot from your phone, read the email your customer would get, then cancel it from the link in that email.
6. Go live. Publish, and share the link on your Google Business Profile, your social pages and your van.

What your customer gets

A confirmation email from your business name, with a calendar file and an "add to Google Calendar" link. The email has a link where they can move or cancel the booking themselves, and you are emailed when they do. That means fewer calls just to reschedule.

They never have to create an account or download an app. They pick a time, type a name, phone and email, and they are done. That matters most on a phone, where every extra step loses people.

Who a built-in booking form suits

If your work is priced job by job, pair the booking form with an instant quote calculator: the customer sees a price first, then books the visit.

What it does not do (yet)

Bookings do not take a payment or a deposit, and there are no text-message reminders. If you need card deposits today, or one diary shared by a large team, a dedicated scheduling app is the better fit. Everything else, from the form to the confirmation, is included with the site.

Why booking belongs on your own site

When booking lives on a separate scheduling page, customers leave your site to book, and you pay a second monthly bill. On WeBoss the form takes your site's colours and fonts, sits on your page, and every booking is also saved as a lead with the rest of your enquiries.

What a website with a booking system costs

There are two common ways to pay for it. The first is a website plan plus a scheduling app, each with its own bill. The second is one plan where booking is part of the website. On WeBoss it is the second: building is free, and taking real bookings comes with Starter at $14.99 a month, with hosting included.

When you compare, look at the price after the first term, and whether booking sits on the cheapest plan or a higher one. Our comparison pages show where each builder puts it, with links to their own pricing.