New Feature Tutorial: Easy Scheduling at Multiple Locations

Have you ever been in such a rush to schedule an emergency appointment and accidentally scheduled at the wrong location? To make matters worse, your appointment was in less than 24 hours and you ran the risk of being charged a fee to change the appointment. Sadly, you made the call and changed the appointment anyway (and sacrificed $25.00 due to your oversight). Both you and the doctor suffered loss, but there's a new feature in town that can help you both cut losses.

Since we're speaking about losses, we all know how important it is to save time and accomplish more. One thing that doctors, physical therapists, consultants, spa owners, car dealers, and veterinarians all are likely to have in common is the need to save time when managing appointments for multiple locations. And thankfully, a web scheduler can do just that by showing appointments that are scheduled for each location, each staff member, and all in one central system. No multiple accounts are needed while the business can continue to grow and expand in delivering quality customer experiences.

Although very beneficial for professionals with multiple locations, things may get a little fussy with scheduling for ten or more locations that have more than ten staff members. For instance, imagine a car dealer who owns more than ten dealerships across a nation, and each dealership has on average twenty employees. Clients really appreciate the convenience of location in terms of bringing their vehicles in for servicing, yet the scheduling can get kind of crazy.

Having to choose from a list of ten dealerships for some clients can be overwhelming, and the likelihood of choosing the wrong location can surge if clients are in a hurry. Additionally, if the car dealer is located in a more rural location and clients are continually calling in to find out nearby surroundings, this takes away from focusing on processing important documents, payments, and more by trying to keep up with the calls and emails. Slowing down production, if clients call in due to scheduling mistakes regarding location then there's likely to be a loss of money and time. Keep things running smoothly, more efficiently, and continue to grow your business with the help of our newest feature that allows you to streamline scheduling for your multiple locations. If you have a situation such as this, we recommend following the steps below to make scheduling a much easier and simpler process for your clients by using our Private URLs and Embed Codes created for each of your locations. Let's jump in!

Streamline scheduling by showing clients only 1 location with our Private URLs for each location

*Tip for best use:

>> If your website allows clients to search for locations, place the corresponding private URL link directly underneath a photo or listing for each of your locations.

To show your clients a private URL for one of your locations to make scheduling a faster and easier process, follow these steps in TimeTap's BackOffice:

1. Go to the "Settings" tab > click "Locations"

Go to "Settings" > "Locations" in TimeTap's BackOffice.

2. Click the "View Details" button for the location you'd like to get the private URL for

Click on the "View Details" button for a particular location.

3. Look within the "Location Details" sidebar on the left and you'll see the label "Private URL". Highlight this URL and copy to your clipboard

Copy the Private URL.

4. Paste the private URL wherever you choose for your client(s)

You can paste the private URL on your website underneath photos for each of your locations, on Facebook to direct potential clients to a certain location, or even send this link in an email if a client needs a direct link.

Provide greater access to appointment setting with an embedded web scheduler

*Tip for best use:

>> If you have a Facebook page for your business; embed a web scheduler as a static web-page to potentially increase appointments through Facebook.

To show clients an embedded web scheduler for one of your locations, follow steps 1-2 above in TimeTap's BackOffice. Then:

3. Look within the "Location Details" sidebar on the left and you'll see the "Embed Code" button. Click this button and then click the "Copy to Clipboard" button

Click the "Embed Code" button.

Click the "Copy to Clipboard" button to copy the embed code.

4. Paste the scheduler embed code wherever you desire

Feel free to embed the scheduler on your business' website, Facebook, Squarespace, Vistaprint, Weebly, and Wix to name several platforms. Using an embedded scheduler could help you increase and retain clients with simple scheduling on a webpage.

Using the private URL and or the scheduler embed code features can help your business manage appointments for multiple locations. As a potential result, clients will be happier with easy scheduling that shouldn't keep them from other pressing matters on their schedules. And in return your business could decrease the number of phone inquiries, emails, and booking blunders that negatively affect both you and your clients. Help to reduce the number of no-shows and boost your business' growth instead by giving our new feature a try that's free for 14 days.