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<p>CP Appointment Calendar is a WordPress plugin which allows you to define “available” time slots that can be booked by the website visitors. It’s integrated with Paypal for receiving the booking payments.</p>
<p>It’s pretty useful for booking/management of meetings/appointments for lawyers firms, teachers, doctors, veterinaries, beauticians, etc… and for any kind of activity which is developed with specific schedule during the day.</p>
<p>Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>The website visitors can select an available time slot for the appointment and pay for it through Paypal / credit cards.</li>
<li>Once a time slot has been booked and paid it’s doesn’t appear as available in order to prevent duplicated bookings.</li>
<li>You receive an email after each confirmed (paid) booking.</li>
<li>The user receives a thank you/confirmation email after completing the payment.</li>
<li>Allows customizing the contents of the notification/confirmation emails.</li>
<li>Allows defining the product name at Paypal, the currency, the Paypal language and amount to pay for a booking (you can set zero to let the user pay/donate the desired amount).</li>
<li>Allows defining the working days and the exact time slots available.</li>
<li>Allows defining the number of months (calendar pages) to show at the same time for the booking calendar.</li>
<li>Supports date format as mm/dd/yyyy and dd/mm/yyyy</li>
<li>Supports both am/pm and military time.</li>
<li>You can define the start day of the week.</li>
<li>You can define the minimum available date and the maximum available date for the bookings.</li>
<li>You can restrict specific dates.</li>
<li>Easy Ajax administration for the calendar.</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note that this is a plugin originally designed to accept bookings linked to PayPal payments. The feature for working without PayPal is implemented/available in the Pro version: https://wordpress.dwbooster.com/calendars/cp-appointment-calendar#download</p>


CP Appointment Calendar

CP Appointment Calendar allows you to define "available" time slots that can be booked by the website visitors.

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SimplyBook.me

<p>SimplyBook.me is the easiest way to start collecting bookings on your WordPress website. The plugin will allow you to register your free account and immediately publish your booking calendar on the front-end of your site. With a few clicks, you can easily add your services and service providers, and design the most beautiful booking widget. You will be collecting appointments and reservations in no-time!</p>
<ul>
<li>Easy appointment scheduling</li>
<li>Simple plugin onboarding and configuration</li>
<li>Manage your calendar and bookings using the powerful mobile app (iOS and Android)</li>
<li>Accept touchless payments via the app on your onsite checkout</li>
<li>High email deliverability for reservation confirmations and appointment reminders.</li>
<li>Create multiple services, providers, categories and locations</li>
<li>Send email and SMS notifications to your customers for their bookings</li>
<li>Add “Book now” buttons on your Instagram, Facebook and Google Business Profile</li>
<li>Sell Memberships, packages & gift cards</li>
<li>Manage bookings for Classes & Events</li>
<li>Increase sales by offering products and service add-ons in the booking process</li>
<li>Marketing campaigns by emails and push notifications</li>
<li>Waiting Lists and “Make me look busy” features</li>
<li>Offer Coupons and a Loyalty System to enhance brand loyalty</li>
<li>Insights and statistics about your bookings, reservations, cancellations, workload and revenues</li>
<li>Adjust time zone settings if you have clients in different time zones</li>
<li>Create individual schedules for staff</li>
<li>Create multiple users related to providers</li>
<li>Accepting payments and/or deposits to confirm the bookings in the booking process</li>
<li>Easily implement your booking widget with a Gutenberg block, Elementor Widget or a shortcode</li>
</ul>
<p>SimplyBook.me can be used for free up to 50 appointments per month. In addition, you can use one of the Special features for free! You will automatically be signed up for a Free 14-day trial, which allows you to test the Special Features without any restrictions, including advanced scheduling tools.</p>
<h4>Why SimplyBook.me?</h4>
<p>SimplyBook.me is an advanced online booking system that creates a professional booking widget on your WordPress site where your clients can book your services at any time. You will then have access to an admin interface where you can manage your bookings, calendar, and settings. On top of that you will get an admin app where you can manage all your bookings, handle appointments, adjust scheduling, and accept payments on the go. Thousands of clients all over the world have selected our booking system to make their business easy and comfortable to use (see our testimonials). SimplyBook.me provides users with a broad range of features so that you can tailor the system to your needs, irrespective of what industry you are in.<br />
For a more detailed understanding of the SimplyBook.me service, you can explore at the following link: <a href="https://simplybook.me/?ref=wordpress" title="SimplyBook" rel="friend nofollow ugc">https://simplybook.me/</a></p>
<p>This plugin is developed by SimplyBook.me, is ISO27001 compliant and utilizes its API to transmit and store all information, including settings and details of bookings, as well as other personal client data, directly on SimplyBook.me. Before using the plugin, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policy and terms of use of SimplyBook.me at the following links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://simplybook.me/en/policy" title="SimplyBook Privacy Policy" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://simplybook.me/en/terms-and-conditions" title="SimplyBook Terms of Use" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Terms of Use</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This will help you better understand the terms of use of the plugin and ensure your confidentiality.</p>
<p>This is the official SimplyBook.me plugin, developed by SimplyBook.me and Really Simple Plugins</p>
<h4>About Really Simple Plugins:</h4>
<p>Really Simple Plugins is the creator of most-used plugins Really Simple Security and Complianz. With a total of ~6 million installs, we focus on making the most user-friendly and easy-to-use plugins. We work with SimplyBook.me to make the most powerful booking system available directly in your WordPress dashboard.</p>
<h4>Benefits of the Online booking system</h4>
<p>Integrating an online booking system like SimplyBook.me is crucial for service businesses aiming to improve customer experience and extend their market reach. By enabling clients to book appointments outside of traditional office hours, an online scheduling and booking system increases accessibility and customer satisfaction. This system simplifies the entire appointment process, automates important reminders, and reduces scheduling errors, freeing up staff to concentrate on delivering superior service.<br />
Additionally, an online booking system offers powerful analytics that provide deep insights into customer behaviors and preferences. This data is essential for making informed adjustments to service offerings and planning effective marketing strategies. Last but not least it´s the best way to boost your sales by offering service add-ons and products for sale in the booking process, by sending tailored marketing email campaigns, offering coupons on less busy days, by prompting tips during check out and so much more, the options are endless!</p>


SimplyBook.me – Booking and reservations calendar

Simply add a booking calendar to your site to schedule bookings, reservations, appointments and to collect payments.

CP Appointment Calendar vs SimplyBook.me – Booking and reservations calendar