What is an Online Booking System?
An online booking system is a cloud based way for you to accept online reservations and manage all time-based aspects of your appointments.
- Custom Scheduling Availability
- Resource Dependence
- Calendar Syncing
If you’re on the hunt for online booking software you’ve probably experienced the frustrations of back and forth communications just to set up an initial appointment or call. Using an online booking system can help alleviate the pains of traditional scheduling methods.
Automate all of your business operations
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Benefits of Online Scheduling
Online scheduling can have many different benefits depending on your industry. While time savings is an obvious benefit, there are many other ways that having an online system to handle appointments and reservations can help your business. Here are some reasons your company can benefit from having an online scheduling system:
Quick Setup
With an online booking system, you can get started taking reservations quickly, in fact, you can have a booking site up and running in minutes.
Save Time
Any time you don’t spend fielding phone calls or emails is time better spent elsewhere. What you choose to do with this extra time is up to you.
Increase Conversion Rate
Less friction tends to lead to a higher conversion rate. Allowing customers to book online removes your team from the process, resulting in more conversions, and revenue for your company.
Availability
Unlike employees, booking systems are always available for your customers. And, because they sync with your google calendar and other major platforms, you can be sure you’re always available too.
Polished product
Your company provides a great experience for your customers. Using a third party for booking pages and sites can ensure your customers have the experience that they’ve come accustomed to.
New Customers
If you’re handling all of your scheduling manually, it’s easy to lose lose customers through the cracks. Using an online system to handle reservations can help your company to remove initial friction and land more customers.
Industries
So many examples! In fact, you could argue most industries can benefit in some way from online scheduling software. Here are some of the most common industries and how online scheduling software delivers better results than just phone, email, or forms.
Automotive
Accelerate your sales process with instant booking for test drives and consultations
Salon
Schedule employees and create completely customizable workflows for your salon or spa business
Real Estate
Coordinate showings that work for not just your schedule, but your client and your counterparties
Higher Education
Just one system can handle all your scheduling needs such as adviser meetings, interviews, campus tours, or room reservations
Government
Manage reservations for inspections, facilities, or office hours
Healthcare
Schedule initial appointments, follow ups, billing, and payments for your customers
Travel
Manage your tour operations using online scheduling software
Ground Transportation
Accept reservations and payments online – even after operating hours
Wealth Management
Create custom workflows to book consultations, assessments, and follow up
Digital Agencies
We’ll work with your company to provide a solution for your customers
Resellers
Re-brand and resell our technology to your customers
Essential Features
No matter what industry you operate in, these features are essential options when considering an online booking system:
Accept Payments
Accepting credit card payments online is becoming the norm for businesses. Offering your customers a way to pay online is now becoming essential to stay competitive.
White Label
Whether you’re a small or large company, you want your customers to remember your brand. Placing your brand on our software can help your company increase its brand visibility and your customers’ loyalty.
SMS & Email Notifications
Nobody likes a no-show, but it’s easy to forget about an appointment. Whether it’s through email or SMS messages, it’s essential for you to be able to remind customers about upcoming appointments the way the way they need to be reached.
Mobile Friendly
The internet is over 50% mobile traffic and growing. If you’re not mobile friendly, you’re significantly reducing the number of customers you can reach. With a mobile-optimized booking solution, you’re giving your customers the experience that they’ve come to expect.
Integrates With Everything
Integrate with thousands of third party apps via web hook and API. Integrate Periodic features directly into your web application via our API. Use our direct integrations, webhooks, or API to build your custom scheduling app!
Expert Support
Choosing a third party means that you don’t have to dedicate resources to fix problems when they come up. If you have questions, you can simply contact support. If there’s larger technical issues that come up, you don’t need to provide any developer resources to fix the problem.
Deliver a pro-level solution on your next project
We help agencies create delightful experiences on behalf of their clients, and partner closely with them to ensure mutual success. Start a conversation with our team to see how Periodic can take your next project to the next level.