How is this different from Calendly or Acuity?

Calendly and Acuity are general scheduling tools. This is a booking system built for your specific service business with your exact services, pricing, intake forms, and business rules. No monthly per user fees. No feature limitations that force an upgrade. No branding from another company on your booking page. You own the code, the data, and the customer relationship. And because it is custom, we can add integrations specific to your industry that generic tools will never support.

Can clients book without creating an account?

Yes. The booking page collects name, email, and phone number as part of the booking flow. No account creation, no password, no friction. The system creates a client record behind the scenes for your CRM. If the same email books again, we associate the new appointment with their existing record so you have a complete appointment history per client.

Build an Appointment Booking MVP

Build an Appointment Booking MVP
Client Scheduling. 2 Weeks.

Service businesses lose revenue every time a client calls and gets voicemail during a busy appointment. We build online booking pages that let clients schedule themselves 24/7, automated reminders that cut no shows in half, and a calendar dashboard that shows your day at a glance. The booking link works on your website, in your email signature, and in your Google Business Profile.

14 day delivery

Zero no shows

Full source code

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What Ships in Your Booking MVP

Online booking, automated reminders, payment collection, and client management. Your first client can book and pay on day 15.

Public booking page with service selection, provider choice, and available time slots

Smart availability engine accounting for service duration, buffer times, and break schedules

Automated SMS and email reminders at 24 hours and 1 hour before each appointment

Stripe payment collection at booking time with deposits, full prepayment, or pay later options

Client database with appointment history, contact details, and notes per client

Recurring appointment scheduling for clients on weekly, biweekly, or monthly cadences

Google Calendar two way sync so appointments show on your existing calendar

Multi location and multi provider support with independent schedules per location

Post appointment review requests sent automatically via email

Booking confirmation emails with calendar file attachments and appointment details

Business dashboard with booking volume, revenue, no show rates, and popular time slots

Cancellation policy enforcement with configurable deadlines and fees

Appointment Booking Architecture

The booking page is a standalone Next.js page optimized for conversion: fast loading, mobile friendly, and requiring zero account creation from clients. When a client selects a time, the backend acquires a database lock on that provider plus time slot, verifies availability against the provider's schedule rules and existing bookings, creates the appointment, and releases the lock. This prevents double booking even under concurrent traffic. Google Calendar sync uses the Calendar API to push appointments to the provider's calendar and pull busy times for availability computation. Stripe processes payments at booking time or stores a card for later charge. A scheduler dispatches reminder notifications at configured intervals before each appointment. The business dashboard aggregates booking data for revenue and utilization reporting.

Tech Stack

Reliable scheduling infrastructure that syncs with the tools your business already uses.

Next.js

Frontend and API

TypeScript

End to end type safety

PostgreSQL

Primary database

Drizzle ORM

Type safe queries

Stripe

Payment processing

Google Calendar

Two way sync

Resend

Email notifications

Tailwind CSS

UI styling

Vercel

Frontend hosting

Railway

Database hosting

14 Day Build Timeline

Day 1 to 2

Foundation

Discovery call, database schema for providers, services, appointments, and clients. Auth setup, CI/CD.

Day 3 to 5

Booking Engine

Public booking page, availability engine, service selection, time slot picker, appointment creation.

Day 6 to 8

Payments and Reminders

Stripe integration, payment collection, confirmation emails, reminder scheduling, Google Calendar sync.

Day 9 to 11

Business Dashboard

Calendar view, client management, recurring appointments, review requests, analytics.

Day 12 to 13

Polish

Mobile optimization, cancellation policies, multi location support, performance tuning.

Day 14

Launch

Production deployment, booking link setup, monitoring, founder walkthrough.

Appointment Booking MVP, Fixed Price

$6,499

14 day delivery • Google Calendar sync • 30 day support

50% upfront, 50% on delivery • Multi location from $11,999

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See a Marketplace MVP We Built

HomeHero: a home services marketplace with real time booking, provider calendars, and automated confirmations. The scheduling engine translates directly to standalone appointment booking tools.

Read the HomeHero Case Study