A website of your own, not a listing in someone else's app.
Most booking apps are marketplaces. Your business becomes one entry in their list, shown next to your competitors, and they charge you for the clients they send. BookVAO is the other way round: your own website, your own clients, one flat price.
Where clients book
MarketplacesInside the marketplace's app, in a list next to your competitors
BookVAOOn your own website, under your own name
Whose clients they are
MarketplacesThe marketplace's, and it can show them other businesses
BookVAOYours. We never promote anyone else to your clients
Commission
MarketplacesOften a fee on new clients, or paid boosts to be seen at all
BookVAONone, ever. One flat monthly price
What a client needs
MarketplacesUsually the marketplace's app and an account
BookVAONothing. They book in a minute: no app, no password
Whose brand it is
MarketplacesTheir logo and colours, your name as one entry
BookVAOYour name, your colours, your own domain
A team of five
MarketplacesUsually priced per person, so the bill climbs with every hire
BookVAOOne flat price: $34 a month for up to 5 people
What a marketplace really costs.
A cut of your new clients
A fee on a first visit sounds small until that client would have found you anyway, by your name, from your own Instagram or a friend's recommendation.
Your clients, shown your competitors
A marketplace's customer is the person booking, not you. Its app suggests other businesses, and its emails go to the list you built.
A bill that grows with your team
Pricing per person means every hire raises your software bill, which is the wrong way round for a growing shop.
What you get instead.
Everything it takes to be booked online, under your own name.
Your own site, on your own domain
yourbusiness.com, in your colours, with your services. Nobody else's logo on it.
0% commission, for good
One flat price: $14 working alone, $34 for a team of up to 5. Unlimited bookings and clients.
Booking in a minute, no account
Clients choose a service, a person and a time. No app to install and no password to forget.
You approve every booking
A request waits for your yes, so you can vet a new client or a long job before it lands on the calendar.
An app for you and your team
New requests reach your phone at once. Each person sees their own day; owners and front desk see everyone's.
And against building it yourself?
A website builder plus a scheduling tool
$40+ a month
- Two subscriptions and two logins
- You design the pages and wire in the booking
- No app made for running appointments
- Team calendars usually cost extra
BookVAO
From $14 a month
- Website, booking, team calendar and app in one
- Built for your trade from the first minute
- Live in about five minutes
- Up to 5 people for $34, flat
Fair questions.
Do marketplaces not bring me new clients?+
Some, and usually at a price: a fee on each new client, or paid placement to be seen above the business next door. Most clients of an appointment business come from people already looking for that business by name, from Google, Instagram and word of mouth. With BookVAO those people land on your own site, book with you directly, and cost you nothing extra.
Can I use both?+
Yes. Nothing stops you keeping a marketplace profile while your own BookVAO site takes the bookings from your own clients, commission-free. Many businesses start that way and move the link in their Instagram bio and Google profile to their own site.
Will my clients need to download something?+
No. They open your website, pick a service and a time, and they are done in about a minute, with no app, no password and no account. The BookVAO app is for you and your team.
Who owns my client list?+
You do. We hold it for you and only you and your team can see it. We never email your clients about other businesses, never show them ads, and never sell their details. You can take your data with you or delete it at any time.
Is BookVAO a website builder, then?+
It is a booking website that is already built for your trade: choose your kind of business and your site starts with the right services and wording, in your colours. You do not design pages or connect a scheduling plug-in. If you want a fully custom site as well, BookVAO can power its booking.
Keep your clients. Keep what they pay.
Your own booking website, live this afternoon. Free for 14 days, no credit card.
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