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Customer Notifications

Your customers receive automatic notifications at key moments throughout the booking process. These messages keep them informed without any manual effort from your team — from the moment they book to 24 hours before you show up.


Booking Confirmed

When it's sent: Immediately after a customer's appointment is confirmed.

What it contains:

  • Appointment date and time

  • Service name (appointment type)

  • Service location or address

  • Assigned team member (if applicable)

  • A link to view or manage the appointment

Channels: Email, SMS

This is the first message your customer receives after completing a booking. It confirms that everything went through and gives them all the details they need.


Booking Rescheduled

When it's sent: Immediately after an appointment's date or time is changed — whether by the customer, a team member, or an admin.

What it contains:

  • New appointment date and time

  • Service name

  • Service location or address

  • A link to view the updated appointment

Channels: Email, SMS

The rescheduled notification makes it clear that the original time has changed. Customers see the new time prominently so there's no confusion.


Booking Cancelled

When it's sent: Immediately after an appointment is cancelled — whether by the customer, a team member, or an admin.

What it contains:

  • Cancelled appointment details (date, time, service)

  • A brief cancellation message

  • A link to rebook if they'd like to schedule again

Channels: Email, SMS

This notification confirms the cancellation so the customer knows the appointment is no longer on the schedule.


Follow-up

When it's sent: Approximately 1 hour after a customer starts the booking process but doesn't complete it.

What it contains:

  • A reminder that they started booking but didn't finish

  • The service they were looking at

  • A link to pick up where they left off

Channels: Email

The follow-up email helps recover bookings that would otherwise be lost. If a customer got interrupted or distracted, this gentle nudge brings them back.

Tip: Follow-up emails are a great way to capture more bookings without any extra effort. They're enabled by default for all appointment types.


Appointment Reminder

When it's sent: 24 hours before the scheduled appointment time.

What it contains:

  • Appointment date and time

  • Service name

  • Service location or address

  • Assigned team member

  • A link to view or reschedule

Channels: Email, SMS

Reminders reduce no-shows and last-minute cancellations by giving customers a heads-up the day before. Learn more about how reminders work and how to configure them in Appointment Reminders.


Comment Notification

When it's sent: When a customer-visible comment is added to an appointment by a team member.

What it contains:

  • The comment text

  • Who left the comment

  • Appointment details for context

  • A link to view the appointment

Channels: Email

Not all comments trigger notifications — only comments explicitly marked as visible to the customer. Internal notes between team members do not send a notification to the customer.


Customizing customer notifications

You can control which customer notifications are sent on a per-appointment-type basis:

  1. Go to Setup > Appointment Types.

  2. Select the appointment type you want to configure.

  3. Open the Notifications tab.

  4. Toggle individual notification types on or off.

This gives you fine-grained control. For example, you might want to disable follow-up emails for a service that requires phone qualification before booking, while keeping them enabled for standard appointments.


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