What you sell

Everything in Bookables is built on two ideas, and it is worth ten seconds to get them straight, because the rest of the app makes much more sense afterwards.

A service is what the customer books and pays for. "Standard clean." "60 minute massage." "Excavator hire, daily."

A bookable is the person, space or thing that makes it happen. Jess. Court 3. The excavator.

A service can need a bookable, or several, or none at all. A massage needs a therapist and a room. A lawn mow needs neither: it just needs somebody free. Keeping the two apart is what lets one app run a salon, a hire yard and a plumbing round.

New to this? Start with Adding your first service.

In this section

• Adding a bookable — people, spaces and things.
• Creating a service — what customers actually book.
• Duration and pricing — the pricing models, and why duration matters.
• Add-ons and options — extras that adjust price and time.
• Resources a service needs — staff, units and how many.
• Hire and rentals — stock, rates and hire windows.
• Classes and courses — sessions, runs and who turned up.