What Is Allsorts Bookings and Who Is It For?
A plain-language overview of what the system does and why a South African service business would use it.
What it is
Allsorts Bookings is an appointment scheduling system: a public page your customers use to book a real, open time slot with you or your staff, and a dashboard where you manage services, staff, availability, and the resulting bookings. It's built and run by Allsorts Web Designers, the same team behind Allsorts CRM and QR Code Pro.
Why it exists
Salons, consultants, trades, and tutors typically juggle bookings across WhatsApp, phone calls, and a paper diary — which leads to double-bookings and missed follow-ups. Allsorts Bookings gives you one real-time calendar that your customers can see and book into directly, priced in Rand, without the cost of international scheduling tools.
How it works, in short
- Services are what you offer (name, duration, price).
- Staff are the people (or resources, like rooms) that get booked.
- Availability is each staff member's working hours.
- Your public booking page (`/book/your-business-slug`) shows only real open slots, computed live from your availability minus existing bookings.
- The Calendar is where you manage what comes in — confirm, cancel, mark complete, or mark paid.