Booking Website Design

Importance of User Friendly Booking Websites

It is not only you who will benefit from this functionality either, your customers will love it too. No more being redirected to a third party site at the point of sale (so many purchases are cancelled at this point!) just book, pay, and move on with the rest of your day.

No standard templates or copycat designs here, just fully bespoke easy to use websites that will revolutionise your booking taking process and let you focus on doing what you do best.

The online world has made spoiled brats of us all. We have so much choice at our fingertips and unless your site is incredibly easy to navigate your customers simply won’t bother sticking around.

From therapists to B&B owners and everything in between, if you need a booking website you are in an extremely competitive market.

Your customers have plenty of options and even if you know you are the best in the business, one single hiccup in the booking taking process and your target market will be back on Google and your chance to secure a sale will be gone.

The easier it is for a user to submit a booking on your website the better, and with Soapbox Booking Websites, everything about making and taking bookings becomes a whole lot more straightforward.

Who Needs A Booking Website?

Booking websites are essential for businesses in many appointment-based industries including:

• Events
• Gyms
• Spas
• Hotels
• Self-Catering
• Physios
• Beauty Salons
• Sports Clubs
• Therapists

And many more…

Understanding Booking Website Design

Booking websites are just like any other website, with the addition of a built in online booking system that allows you to take and manage bookings directly from customers.

This booking system has two key components, the back end and the front end, each of which is hugely important in very different ways.

The Front End of Booking Websites

The front end is what the customer sees, it usually involves a form, a calendar, and a secure payment processing page.

If you have repeat customers, the process becomes even easier, with no form to fill out and payment details logged within the system.

With a booking website from Soapbox Design, there are fewer barriers than ever between interest and booking, with a simple two step book and pay set-up and a highly secure encrypted log-in and payment taking process that will make taking return bookings an absolute.

The Back End of Booking Websites

This is where the magic happens. Your booking website dashboard is a space from which you have complete control over all aspects of your appointment management.

View bookings; move bookings; cancel bookings; add reservations taken over the phone; review and update your inventory; these are just a few of the tasks that couldn’t be easier when you have the right booking system in place.

Save Time and Money

A great booking website makes your life a whole lot less stressful. For a start you won’t need to worry about losing customers when you send them off to a third party to complete their booking. After all, if losing business at such a late stage in the buying process doesn’t keep you up at night nothing will!

It also makes managing your services a whole lot more straightforward. Being able to edit, view, and amend appointments from one single screen at no additional cost could save you hours of admin work, giving you more time to focus on the rest of your business (or to sit back with a nice cup of tea after a hard day in the office!).

Why Not Just Use A Third Party Booking System

If you are a business that needs to take bookings online, you have a few options.

1. Advertise your business on a third party site (think booking.com for hotels) and take bookings through there.
2. Have your own website and then redirect customers to a third party at point of sale
3. Take bookings and payments on your own stunning booking website using built in booking management software.

You can probably guess which one we would recommend!

There are certainly advantages to being on third party booking websites in certain sectors, but in most industries a customer feels more confident booking directly with the company themselves. You will also likely lose a percentage of each payment in return for your listing on the site.

Redirecting clients at the point of sale is a dangerous game. It can lead to a loss of confidence in the security of the booking and provides an unnecessary opportunity for a possible customer to back out from the sale completely.

Bespoke Booking Website Design

What gives Soapbox Digital the edge over a DIY website builder with minimal template options is that we build booking websites around your business and every single element and function is completely customisable.

If a platform for taking bookings is all you need, great, we will have you up and running in no time. If you need something a bit more beefy, however, and want to be able to update the content on your site on a regular basis, this is where our professional web design team really start to get excited.

We love projects where the client has unique requirements or maybe want to combine elements of websites they have seen elsewhere into their own booking website.

Upload images, written text, and even run your own personal blog from an easy to use dashboard that requires no existing web design experience to use. We can even walk you through the entire process of logging in and making adjustments and are only ever a phone call away.

Create your dream bookings website and show off your services in all their glory with web design from Soapbox Digital Media, Glasgow’s leading web design agency.

Need Inspiration For Your Booking Website?

We’ve got you covered, our web designers are always fit to burst with unique design ideas that can help you stand out from the crowd.

Browse our site to see some examples of the work we have done for previous clients and get your creative juices flowing for when we begin the process of building your very own booking website.

From car repair to travel agents and everything in between, we have worked all kinds of service businesses over the years and can’t wait to provide you with a booking website that is as beautiful and functional as the best of them.

See something you like? Mention it to our booking websites team during your free consultation and we will make sure to incorporate something similar when we customize your site during the design process.

Choose Soapbox For Booking Website Design

Begin your journey to seamless booking management with a call to Glasgow’s leading web design company Soapbox Digital Media.