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Managing Bookings

Once customers start booking your services, all booking management happens in the Service Bookings section of your admin panel.

Finding your bookings

Go to Service Bookings in the sidebar (under Store Management or as a standalone menu item). You'll see a list of all bookings with their status.

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Screenshot: Service bookings list with status badges and customer names

Booking statuses

StatusMeaning
PendingNew booking, awaiting your confirmation
ConfirmedYou've accepted — customer has been notified
CompletedSession has taken place
CancelledBooking was cancelled (by you or customer)

Accepting a booking

1
Open the booking
Click on any pending booking to open its detail view. You'll see the customer name, contact info, service booked, date and time.
2
Review the details
Check the date and time against your actual calendar. Make sure you're available.
3
Click "Confirm booking"
This sends an automated confirmation email to the customer with the date, time, and any instructions.

Declining a booking

If you can't make the requested time:

  1. Open the booking
  2. Click Decline
  3. Optionally add a message explaining why (this is included in the notification email)
  4. The customer is notified and their payment is refunded automatically if pre-payment was required
💡Tip

Instead of declining, consider messaging the customer first to offer an alternative time. This reduces cancellation friction and improves customer relationships.

Cancelling a confirmed booking

If you need to cancel after confirming:

  1. Open the booking
  2. Click Cancel booking
  3. Add a reason (required — this goes in the customer email)
  4. Select whether to issue a refund
🔥Important

Always give as much notice as possible when cancelling. Customers who receive last-minute cancellations often don't rebook.

Completing a booking

After the session takes place, mark it as complete:

  1. Open the booking
  2. Click Mark as completed

This moves it to "Completed" status and triggers any post-session workflows (e.g. review request emails if configured).

Calendar view

Switch from the list view to Calendar view using the toggle at the top of the bookings page. This gives you a weekly or monthly view of all upcoming sessions.

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