Setup & onboarding

Claim your slug, brand your page, first service, first staff member, locations, go-live.

• Claim your shop URL

  Your shop lives at booked.co/<slug>. Pick it once, print it on cards, put it in your Instagram bio.

  In this article: Slug rules · How to pick a good one · Set it · You get one rename, ever

• Set up your first service

  Name, duration, price. That's the whole form. Everything else is optional.

  In this article: The fields · Steps · Then tick who does it · Start with the ones you book most · What if I stop offering a service?

• Add your first staff member

  If you're a solo shop, add yourself as staff. The calendar needs a person to hang appointments on.

  In this article: Steps · Solo shops · Multi-chair shops · What about people who do not take bookings? · Your own hours

• Set your weekly hours

  Shop hours are the outer envelope. Staff hours slot inside them.

  In this article: Steps · Three settings, three different jobs · How do I close for a holiday? · Staff hours

• Close for a holiday, or open on odd hours

  One date at a time. Overrides your weekly hours for that date only, and tells customers why.

  In this article: Steps · What customers see · Closed, versus open on different hours · Which tool for which job · Existing bookings are not cancelled · The limits

• Make your booking page look like your shop

  Logo, colour, a cover photo, a gallery and an about block — and, on Pro, removing our mark entirely.

  In this article: Logo and colour · Theme · Cover photo and gallery · About · Can I hide the Booked branding? · Every location styles itself

• The go-live checklist

  Fourteen things to confirm before you print the QR code.

  In this article: Public page · Services · Staff · Hours · Notifications · Billing · How do I know the page is ready?

• Can I change my shop URL later?

  Yes, but every printed card and social link pointing at the old one will 404.

  In this article: What breaks · When it is worth doing anyway · When to leave it alone · If you do it

• Add a second location

  What $9 a month buys, what the new room inherits, what it does not, and how to move between them.

  In this article: Before you start · Adding one · What carries over, and what does not · Moving between locations · Shared versus separate

• Sign in with a text message

  Link your mobile once, then sign in with a 6-digit code instead of a password.

  In this article: Link your number · Signing in with it · When no text arrives · It still works after STOP · Removing it

• Install Booked on your phone

  Add it to your home screen so it opens like an app — and what it does and does not do without a signal.

  In this article: Installing · What you get · What happens without a signal · Updates