Up until now the schedule was generating time slots based on the chosen service duration. For example, a 45 minute service would produce the following schedule: However you now have the option to switch to “Time based” availability. Time based availability allows you to choose a particular interval length and generate a schedule which offers [...]

Aloha! We’ve recently launched a feature that allows you to use drag and drop to sort locations, staff and services. What does this mean? It means changing the order of how locations, staff and services are viewed by your clients and in your account. How does one obtain these sorting powers? Easy! Just follow the [...]

You asked. We listened. Every week at Coconut Calendar we find ourselves adding new and exciting features and this week I’d like to introduce one of our most requested features – our mobile website (for iOS, Android and BlackBerry 6+ Touch Devices). As anyone familiar with Coconut Calendar knows, we do not stop growing. The [...]

I have encountered many hard lessons in the past few years and a huge one was admitting I picked the wrong business name. It is a very emotional experience building a brand. It’s even more emotional when you dedicated hours and resources building it around the wrong name. It fact it could have been fatal. [...]

We have clients across the globe and regardless if they are a 200 location corporation or a home-based business they all have a similar need to be there for their customers more often than not. Online appointment scheduling could move your business from a one-night-stand-flash-in-the-pan to a BFF status. Nobody wants just a one time [...]

Want to create appointments that allow several clients to attend? Say hello to group appointments! If your company books classes or has group training sessions, group appointments will help tremendously. For the sake of this example, we’re going to make a group manicure appointment. I know, maybe not everyone wants their nails done with a [...]

Regulated health professionals in Canada using e-scheduling software may qualify for up to $110,000 in financial and other benefits as part of the ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge. The ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge is an initiative from Canada Health Infoway to accelerate the use of technology by regulated health professionals in Canada. For a quick introduction to the [...]

We’ve launched not one, not two, but three additions to our system that will make you all warm ‘n fuzzy inside. 1. Auto-refreshing appointment calendar We’ve set the up the calendar on the “Schedule” page to refresh behind the scenes every 30 seconds. This means as your clients book appointments from the client wizard, you [...]

We’ve recently launched another rockin’ appointment scheduling feature – the ability put the schedule page in fullscreen mode. We knew that working with a large set of staff and appointments on such a small window could become cumbersome and feel a little bit claustrophobic. To fix this, we’ve added an icon to the schedule page [...]

Coconut Calendar has been architected to be a top-in-class online appointment scheduling system. Our 6 years of experience has allowed us to create a masterpiece, which connects customers to businesses day and night. As the owner of Coconut Calendar, I have one mission, to be the leading global choice in the online booking industry. I [...]