Freemius

carsonleung

<p>Shark Booking by Carson is an installable plugin for businesses that need a streamlined appointment booking flow on any WordPress site.</p>
<p>Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Admin booking list and calendar views (day, week, month) with filters.</li>
<li>Service management with duration, buffers, pricing, currency, and active status.</li>
<li>Resource management with service assignments and weekly schedule editing.</li>
<li>Availability management with weekly rules and date-specific overrides.</li>
<li>Frontend booking flow via shortcode.</li>
<li>Stripe Checkout flow for bookings.</li>
<li>Stripe webhook processing with idempotency safeguards.</li>
<li>Quote and pricing engine.</li>
<li>Manual admin actions for bookings (edit, delete, resend customer notification).</li>
<li>Built-in FAQ screen and Contact entry point in the admin menu.</li>
<li>Security hardening for public booking APIs (same-origin checks, rate limits, and nonce-aware permission callbacks for logged-in sessions).</li>
</ul>
<p>Use <code>[booking_appointment_flow]</code> for the appointment booking flow.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<h4>Stripe</h4>
<p>This plugin uses Stripe Checkout and webhook APIs to process booking payments.</p>
<p>Data sent: checkout/payment fields such as transaction amount, selected items, customer email, and callback metadata needed to reconcile booking records.</p>
<p>When sent: when a customer starts checkout and when Stripe calls the webhook endpoint after payment events.</p>
<p>Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal/ssa<br />
Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy</p>
<h4>Freemius</h4>
<p>This plugin uses Freemius for subscription/account management and premium entitlement checks.</p>
<p>Data sent: installation/account metadata required by Freemius to manage plan/account status and entitlement.</p>
<p>When sent: during Freemius account/plan pages and entitlement synchronization checks.</p>
<p>Terms of Service: https://freemius.com/terms/<br />
Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/</p>
<h4>What if email delivery fails?</h4>
<p>The plugin uses WordPress <code>wp_mail()</code>. Delivery depends on your hosting mail setup or SMTP/mail plugin.</p>


Shark Booking by Carson

Appointments, Stripe payments, and booking operations for WordPress.

Syed Balkhi

Jared Atchison

Gregor Capuder

Ivan Hryhorenko

Alexander Sakal

<h4>WordPress Appointment Booking Plugin</h4>
<p><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Sugar Calendar Bookings</a> is a lightweight yet powerful WordPress booking plugin that makes appointment scheduling simple for you and your customers. Set up your booking system in minutes, accept online bookings and payments, and manage all your appointments from a beautiful admin calendar.</p>
<p>Whether you run a salon, consulting practice, healthcare office, or any service-based business, your clients get 24/7 access to book appointments while you stay in complete control of your schedule. No coding required. No bloated features you don’t need.</p>
<p>Built by the team behind <a href="https://wpforms.com/?utm_source=scb-wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">WPForms</a>, <a href="https://wpmailsmtp.com/?utm_source=scb-wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Mail SMTP</a>, and other top WordPress plugins trusted by over 25 million websites.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Sugar Calendar Bookings Pro</strong><br />
  This plugin is the Lite version of Sugar Calendar Bookings Pro, which comes with multiple employee management, staff scheduling, per-service email templates, and more. <a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/pricing/bookings/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to purchase the best premium WordPress appointment booking plugin now!</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Booking Forms That Convert</h4>
<p>Add a professional booking form to any page on your WordPress site in seconds. Your customers choose a service, pick an available date and time from the booking calendar, enter their details, and complete payment. The entire booking process takes about 60 seconds from start to finish.</p>
<p>The booking form is fully responsive, works on all devices, and is designed for maximum conversions. Embed it anywhere using the dedicated Gutenberg block, the <code>[sugar_calendar_bookings_form]</code> shortcode, or the native Elementor widget.</p>
<p>You can customize the form appearance with light and dark modes, choose between 2-column and 3-column time slot layouts, and filter which services to display on each page.</p>
<h4>Service Management</h4>
<p>Create unlimited services with custom names, descriptions, feature images, colors, durations, and pricing. Organize your services with tags and assign them to specific locations and staff members.</p>
<p>Each service can have its own working schedule, so you can offer different appointment types at different times. Support both in-person appointments and online meetings with flexible location options.</p>
<h4>Admin Calendar & Appointment Management</h4>
<p>Manage all your bookings from a clean, intuitive admin calendar built right into your WordPress dashboard. Switch between month, week, day, and agenda views to see your appointment schedule exactly how you want it. Appointments are color-coded by service for quick visual reference.</p>
<p>View appointment details, reschedule bookings, process cancellations, and keep track of customer notes with the built-in activity log. Filter by service, status, or search by customer name, email, or phone number to find any appointment instantly.</p>
<h4>Availability & Scheduling</h4>
<p>Set your availability with weekly working hours and multiple time periods per day. Need to block off holidays or set special hours for a specific date? Use date overrides to manage your booking calendar with ease.</p>
<p>Control how far in advance customers can book with minimum and maximum advance booking windows. The availability system automatically prevents double-booking and only shows open time slots on your booking form.</p>
<h4>Online Payments with Stripe</h4>
<p>Accept credit card payments directly through your booking form with the built-in Stripe integration. Customers pay when they book, reducing no-shows and saving you time.</p>
<p>The plugin uses Stripe Connect for a quick, secure setup. You can also accept on-site payments for customers who prefer to pay in person. Manage all transactions, issue refunds, and track revenue from the payments dashboard in your WordPress admin.</p>
<h4>Email Notifications & Reminders</h4>
<p>Keep everyone informed with automated email notifications. Customers and staff receive instant emails when bookings are created, confirmed, updated, or cancelled. Customize every email template with smart tags that automatically fill in appointment details like customer name, service, date, time, and location.</p>
<p>Set up appointment reminders to reduce no-shows. Customers receive a reminder email before their scheduled appointment so they never forget.</p>
<h4>Customer Management</h4>
<p>Build your customer database automatically as bookings come in. Every customer profile includes their contact information, complete booking history, and any notes you add. The system automatically detects returning customers by email or phone to avoid duplicate records.</p>
<h4>Who Is Sugar Calendar Bookings For?</h4>
<p>Sugar Calendar Bookings is the ideal appointment scheduling solution for any service-based business that needs a simple, reliable system to manage calendars and accept reservations on WordPress.</p>
<h3>Salons & Spas</h3>
<p>Hair stylists, beauty therapists, and wellness practitioners love this plugin because clients can schedule their own appointments 24/7. Set up services with different durations and prices, manage your availability, and accept payments online to reduce no-shows.</p>
<h3>Consultants & Coaches</h3>
<p>Business consultants, life coaches, and career advisors use our appointment scheduling plugin to let clients reserve one-on-one sessions directly. Your availability calendar syncs with your schedule so clients always see accurate openings.</p>
<h3>Healthcare Providers</h3>
<p>Doctors, therapists, dentists, and other healthcare professionals rely on Sugar Calendar Bookings to manage patient appointments efficiently. The clean scheduling form and automated confirmations save front-desk staff hours of manual work.</p>
<h3>Fitness & Personal Training</h3>
<p>Gym owners, personal trainers, and yoga instructors use the scheduling system to let clients reserve training sessions and classes. Set different services for different workout types and manage your weekly availability with ease.</p>
<h3>Education & Tutoring</h3>
<p>Tutors, music teachers, and academic advisors use our scheduling plugin to manage student appointments. Students pick available time slots from your calendars and receive automated reminders so no session gets missed.</p>
<h3>Professional Services</h3>
<p>Photographers, lawyers, accountants, and real estate agents use Sugar Calendar Bookings to manage client meetings and consultations. The professional scheduling form makes a great first impression.</p>
<h4>Easy Setup in Minutes</h4>
<p>The plugin comes with a guided setup wizard that walks you through the entire configuration. Create your first service, set your working hours, connect Stripe for payments, and you’re ready to accept appointments. The whole process takes less than 5 minutes.</p>
<h4>Switching from Another Plugin?</h4>
<p>Moving to Sugar Calendar Bookings from Amelia? Our built-in migration tool imports your services, locations, customers, and appointments automatically. No manual data entry required.</p>
<h4>Zoom Integration for Online Appointments</h4>
<p>Take your online appointments to the next level with the built-in Zoom integration. When a customer books an online service, a Zoom meeting is automatically created and the unique meeting link is included in the confirmation email and the booking confirmation tab. No copy-pasting links, no manual meeting setup.</p>
<p>Connect your Zoom account in seconds with the one-click setup, and every online booking gets its own unique Zoom meeting. With the Pro version, each employee can connect their own Zoom account so meetings are created under the right host automatically.</p>
<h4>Employee Accounts & WordPress User Linking</h4>
<p>Connect employees to existing WordPress user accounts so each team member gets their own dedicated admin pages inside WordPress. Staff see only their own appointments, customers, and payments, while admins keep full oversight across the whole business.</p>
<h4>Full Sugar Calendar Bookings Feature List</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/features/online-appointment-booking/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Online booking form</a> – Multi-step booking flow with service selection, date/time picker, contact form, and payment.</li>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/features/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe payments</a> – Accept credit card payments via Stripe Connect. Free to set up.</li>
<li>On-site payments – Accept in-person payments without online processing.</li>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/features/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Service management</a> – Unlimited services with custom names, descriptions, images, colors, durations, and pricing.</li>
<li>Multiple employees – Full staff management with individual profiles and working schedules.</li>
<li>Smart employee assignment – Automatic best-available staff selection when customers choose “Any”.</li>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/docs/bookings/a-complete-guide-to-sugar-calendar-bookings-settings/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Availability management</a> – Weekly schedules with multiple time periods and advance booking windows.</li>
<li>Per-employee scheduling – Custom working hours and availability for each staff member.</li>
<li>Date overrides – Holiday management and special hours for specific dates.</li>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/docs/bookings/a-complete-guide-to-sugar-calendar-bookings-calendar/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Appointment calendar</a> – Month, week, day, and agenda views with color-coded bookings.</li>
<li>Employee calendar columns – Day view with separate columns for each team member.</li>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/features/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Email notifications</a> – 11 notification types for customers and staff (booking confirmation, booking pending, update, cancellation, reminder, and payment refund).</li>
<li>Appointment reminders – Automated email reminders before scheduled appointments.</li>
<li>Service-level email templates – Custom notification content per service.</li>
<li>Smart tags – Dynamic content in email templates (customer name, service, date, time, location).</li>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/features/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Location management</a> – Support in-person and online appointment locations.</li>
<li>Customer management – Customer profiles with booking history and contact details.</li>
<li>Customer self-cancellation – Customers cancel bookings via unique confirmation code.</li>
<li>Payment management – Track payments, process refunds, and monitor revenue.</li>
<li>Service-level payment settings – Different payment gateways per service.</li>
<li>Currency settings – Multiple currencies with custom symbol and format options.</li>
<li>Employee real-time availability – Live availability status for staff members.</li>
<li>Gutenberg block – Dedicated booking form block for the WordPress editor.</li>
<li>Shortcode support – <code>[sugar_calendar_bookings_form]</code> for any editor or page builder.</li>
<li>Elementor widget – Native Elementor integration for drag-and-drop booking form placement.</li>
<li>Setup wizard – Guided configuration for quick first-time setup.</li>
<li>Dashboard widget – Appointment and revenue overview on the WordPress admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Tags system – Organize services and customers with custom tags.</li>
<li>Activity log – Notes and audit trail on appointment detail pages.</li>
<li>Translation ready.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Integrations</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/features/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe</a> – Accept credit card payments directly through your booking form via Stripe Connect.</li>
<li><a href="https://sugarcalendar.com/bookings/features/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Zoom</a> – Automatic Zoom meeting creation for online appointments with one-click account setup.</li>
<li>Elementor – Native booking form widget for the Elementor page builder.</li>
<li>Gutenberg – Dedicated booking form block for the WordPress block editor.</li>
</ul>


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The easiest appointment booking plugin for WordPress. Create booking forms, manage services & schedules, and accept Stripe payments.

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