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Bookly is a free scheduling plugin for WordPress that allows accepting online bookings on your website and automating your reservation system. Manage your booking calendar, services, client base, save time and money – all in one place. Join almost 20000 businesses all around the world that have already automated their online booking system! Bookly is designed to grow your online....
Bookly is a free scheduling plugin for WordPress that allows accepting online bookings on your website and automating your reservation system. Manage your booking calendar, services, client base, save time and money – all in one place. Join almost 20000 businesses all around the world that have already automated their online booking system!
Bookly is designed to grow your online sales and make easy appointments. This is a one-stop shop for any businesses from hair salons or photography to wealth management and transportation. You can start easily with the free version of Bookly and once your business scales you can operate ultimate scheduling software with the paid version available with the Bookly Pro add-on, and various add-ons.
PLEASE NOTE that online payments, unlimited number of staff members and services, and ability to install add-ons areNOT AVAILABLE in the free version. If you would like to find out more about features available with the Bookly PRO add-on, please check our demo.
Bookly Homepage | Pro Features (Bookly Pro add-on required) |
Add-ons (Bookly Pro add-on required) | Bookly Help Center | Demo
1. Benefits for the customers
Online Scheduling with Bookly couldn’t be any easier for your customers. The booking form is perfectly responsive on any device, and all that customers need to do is pick their desired service and time, provide you with a few personal details, and voilà – it’s done! Your customers will receive an email or SMS notification before the appointment, and it will be automatically added to your Appointment Booking Calendar.
1.1 When you install Bookly on your website, your customers will be able to:
– quickly schedule and book appointment without having to directly contact you or your employee;
– make a booking on any device, since Bookly design is fully responsive;
– select the category, the service, and employee to perform the service;
– define the dates and time that work best for them and the booking system will offer only available time slots;
– fill in the minimum amount of contact details;
– get an email and SMS notification confirming their online reservations;
– get SMS reminder about an upcoming appointment.
1.2 Bookly Key Benefits
Saves time – no action necessary after booking is confirmed
Friendly booking interface – easy navigation
Minimal data input required
Responsive booking form – works on any device
Never forget a booked appointment with SMS and email notifications
2. Benefits for the business owner
No coding experience required to set up Bookly. We did our best to make it as easy and quick as possible to install and start using Bookly free scheduling software on your WordPress website. And with our Bookly Pro add-on and other add-ons, you will bring online scheduling experience for you and your customers to the next level.
You will be able to navigate the Booking Admin Panel like a pro, approve and adjust your appointments, and automate your online scheduling to concentrate on the most important part of your business – serving your customers and grow sales.
You can change the layout and modify the appearance of the booking form to match your business, website, and branding, manage your services and the customers’ list and send email and SMS notifications – all in one place.
You can use a wide range of Bookly features to configure your Appointment Scheduler and manage your bookings effectively:
– easily and effectively manage your Customer list and Appointment Calendar online from the Admin panel;
– add an unlimited number of clients to your searchable and sortable Customer list;
– add new customer directly from the calendar;
– setup and customize SMS settings right from Bookly backend;
– notify customers and a service provider about approved, pending and canceled appointments via SMS and Email notifications;
– view calendar in monthly/weekly/daily format;
– filter, search and sort booking list;
– automatically approve or cancel appointments.
Configure the booking form to suit your needs:
– customize every step of your booking form, including editable headings, texts, and buttons;
– translate all user interface and notifications into 40+ languages via WPML plugin;
– add as many booking forms on your website as you want;
– show or hide specific fields if you don’t want them to be visible to your customers;
– use pre-defined default values for Category, Service and Employee fields in your booking form;
– choose the way your customers will see your booking form on the front-end (e.g., show or hide the calendar, show each day in one column, display blocked time slots);
– display available time slots in the client’s time zone;
– set duration for each service separately;
– choose an individual color for each service in order to color code appointments internally in your Appointment Booking Calendar;
– organize services into categories (you can add up to five services with the free version of Bookly);
2.1 Key Features
Fast online booking with intuitively manageable forms
The fully customizable appearance of the booking form with no coding involved
Unlimited number of booking forms on your site
Comprehensive admin area with an intuitive interface
Monthly/weekly/daily calendar view for the service provider
Manageable list of your customers
Filterable, sortable and searchable booking list of your customers
Variable duration for each service (5 min – 7 days)
Services grouped into categories
Customizable SMS and email notifications settings right from the Bookly backend
WPML integration for multi-language support
3. Who can benefit from using Bookly:
Bookly for WordPress is designed to be used by local businesses or individual providers who offer different services to customers. Since the booking form can be fully customized and personalized, it is successfully used in many business segments such as Healthcare, Beauty, Education, Medicine, Consulting etc., as well as by individual professionals.
Also, Bookly is an excellent solution for web studios and developers, who are looking for ways to improve the appointment process for their customers.
Online scheduling for:
Salon & Beauty (hair salons, nail salons, cosmetology centers, tanning studios, barbershops)
Health and wellness (wellness, spa & massage, aromatherapy, baths)
Medicine (clinics, doctors, dentists, medical centers)
Education (education centers, tutors, language schools, private lessons)
Fitness & Gyms (yoga classes, personal trainers, health clubs, fitness centers, dance instructors)
Professional services (coaches, consultants, lawyers, photographers, consulting psychologist, cleaning services)
or any other services which can be scheduled and reserved online using the booking system.
4. Bookly Pro add-on features:
Bookly Pro add-on allows you to use more features and settings, install other add-ons for Bookly, includes six months of customer support, and provides you with advanced capabilities for automating your online scheduling system. Some of them include:
Unlimited number of staff members with an individual working schedule and ability to manage their profiles and online booking calendar
Unlimited number of services with additional settings (padding time, visibility, limitations, etc.)
Ability to receive secure and flexible online payments on your website
Additional templates for Email notifications (e.g., reminders about upcoming appointments, follow-up messages, birthday greetings, next day agenda, etc.)
Advanced features for customizing your online booking form (show address fields, birthday fields, Facebook login, timezone switcher)
Google Calendar integration
WooCommerce compatibility
Importable and exportable customer list which includes info about appointments and payments
Built-in analytics so you will be able to see a comprehensive report about the number of bookings, customers and payments received
Ability to purchase and use dozens of paid add-ons for deeper customization of your booking system (various payment gateways, group bookings, custom fields, service extra items, recurring appointments, deposits, coupons, personal staff cabinet and user account for your clients, automatic invoicing, waiting list, and much more!)
FURTHER READING
Bookly Online Scheduling plugin official page
Help center
Bookly demo
Bookly Pro add-on demo
Add-ons for Bookly Pro
Youtube channel
AFTER ACTIVATION
Add at least one service (Bookly menu > Services).
Add a staff member linked to your service (Bookly menu > Staff members).
Customize the appearance of your online booking form (Bookly menu > Appearance).
Publish the booking form on your website (WordPress sidebar menu > Pages/Posts).
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Pros & Cons: This is a review from the Editorial staff of WP Hive for test purposes. We are sure the plugin made it with good heart for WordPress users and we want to encourage his/her efforts by the first review.
Overall:The plugin should be working great. Even if it does not, we respect the time and effort. If you are using this plugin - leave a review with more information.