Take bookings from Facebook with Timely
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 flooding in from the world’s most popular social channel: Facebook.
By adding a Book Now button to your Facebook page – your customers have another easy and convenient way to make an appointment with you.
Adding the button to your Facebook page couldn’t be easier. Just head over to Promote > Facebook app and click the massive green button! :)
Here’s an example of how the button will look on your Facebook page:
And when customers hit the “Book Now” button they go straight into making an appointment with you without leaving Facebook:
DONE IT! Am I the first to have it????
Surprisingly Rach, no you weren't! The guys at Papanui Cycles added it before we even marked the feature as closed! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Papanui-Cycles/132103260138292
But you were next :)
Here are some other examples of customers getting in quick and using the new Facebook app:
http://www.facebook.com/4SeasonNails
http://www.facebook.com/BodyworksMassage
http://www.facebook.com/HairCon
Great! + Very easy to setup..
Can it handle PayPal so I can get paid when they book?
Online payments are definitely in the pipeline: http://feedback.gettimely.com/forums/161498-feedback-for-timely/suggestions/3523938-online-payments-function
Add your vote and we'll let you know as and when development progresses.
Just wondering if this new FB button feature is free? Thanks.
Hi Jannah - yes it's free to use on all accounts! Enjoy :)
my connection does not seem to b working on facebook..
Sorry Dave - temporary glitch - it's working now!... (and looking great by the way)
If you need help in future, your best option is to write to [email protected] :)
Thank you Ryan for your speedy response and its working great ive had 2 bookings in first 30mins ...thanks for your great work
That's awesome to hear Dave! Be sure to tell anyone else you know that might need an upgrade to their appointment systems :) We've been known to send out beers as a thank you! ;)
I cannot get the 'Book Now' button to show on the iPhone or Android app. Works fine on a computer...
Hi Simon - unfortunately these Facebook apps don't work on the mobile version of Facebook yet. Which is a shame because our online booking pages are optimized already for mobile. It's a limitation of Facebook that hopefully will be addressed at some stage. A lot of people around the world are asking FB to sort it out - so we trust they will listen.
I have linked it temporarily, so its working. Have you got a link to where I can complain to facebook?
Have just done this for our page. Very cute BOOK NOW button. I love it. :-) Thanks Timely.
Hi
This is great, but is there a way to shorten the tab text: "Make a Booking now" is way too long and pushes other tabs off the visible page.
Why not allow us to choose a shorter or different text, like "Book Now" or Book Tasting" please.
Happiness,
Steve
Hey Steve, you can change that text to whatever you want. Head to the Facebook Page Settings tab, select the Apps section and click Edit settings on the Timely app. Enter whatever words you like into the Custom tab name field.
Give that a shot!