Author Archives: Ryan

Choosing staff when booking online

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If you have multiple staff – we’ve added a new option to Timely so you can decide how staff are selected for online bookings. To date, when a customer books online they can select a specific staff member, or select “no preference”. If they select “no preference” – the online booking calendar will display combined   …Continue Reading


Class and group scheduling is here!

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Timely has always been awesome for “one on one” appointments with a customer. Now we’ve added support for group & class bookings! We know many of you have been waiting for this – so let’s get straight into the details. 1. Set up your classes: Go to Settings > Services and click the Add Class button: Enter   …Continue Reading


Take bookings from Facebook

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Our mission at Timely from day one has been to provide our customers with; The best appointment scheduling system possible, to make your lives easier; and Features and tools that actively help you get new customers through the door. Today we are stoked to launch a new tool for you to get those online bookings   …Continue Reading


Idealog: All in a Timely manner

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Idealog #42: All in a Timely manner November-December 2012 Ryan Baker and his co-founder Andrew Schofield have more than a decade of experience building online booking tools. The pair founded a similar website, bookit.co.nz, which was acquired by TradeMe in 2010. “We looked at the services space a couple of years ago and saw it was   …Continue Reading


Welcome to the team, Justin!

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We have some awesome news – our ability to bring you new features just got even better with the addition of Justin to the Timely team! Justin is a powerhouse web developer with over 12 years experience. He has already finished some of the things you’ve been asking for and they are live! Including: Customer   …Continue Reading


Timely Partner Program

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Announcing the Timely Partner Program! We are big on partnerships at Timely. An ecosystem of cloud apps works best when each app does one job well, works seamlessly with other apps and is supported by a network of awesome professionals. The partner program is aimed at growing that support network & is for anyone who   …Continue Reading


Acclaim from the world to Dunedin

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Otago Daily Times – Wednesday 31 October 2012 Being able to enjoy Dunedin’s lifestyle while fielding calls from customers in New York or Belfast is something Ryan Baker finds “kind of cool”. Mr Baker, along with Wellington-based Andrew Schofield and Will Berger, are behind Timely Ltd, a company that has produced a cloud-based appointment management   …Continue Reading


Thanks for telling your friends!

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Many of the small businesses that we work with rely heavily on word-of-mouth to advertise their services. Not only do they rely on it, they work bloody hard to provide amazing experiences to their customers so that they can’t help but tell their friends. So we’ve been really stoked with the amount of word-of-mouth referrals   …Continue Reading


Message from a happy customer

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We loved this email today from Daniel at the Children’s Studies department of Eastern Washington University. Daniel went on to tell us that he’s been reviewing appointment scheduling apps for over a year before finding Timely…   Hi there, Timely Team! First off, let me take a moment to appease my inner secretary-that-never-was by saying   …Continue Reading


Review of Timely by The Loud Cloud

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“In most businesses, time management is very important. But it’s sometimes hard to fit all your tasks and meetings in without calling your secretary, saving them in your diary or organiser. I speak to many of our clients and colleagues and they all seem to have the same complaint – “not enough hours in the   …Continue Reading