Scheduling software for small business owners who are on the job
You cannot answer the phone with your hands in a wall. Let customers book your open times on your website, see every booking in the Google Calendar on your phone, and let them reschedule without calling you.
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For a one- or two-person business, the schedule is not the hard part. You know where you are going tomorrow. The hard part is the booking that never happens: the call you missed while you were up a ladder, the voicemail you returned three hours later, the customer who booked someone else in the meantime. A scheduling app for a small business has to take bookings while you are busy, without letting anyone book a time you are not free.
That is where FieldStacker starts: online booking first, then the calendar, then the quote and invoice that come after the booking.
An online booking system for a small business
What happens between "I need someone" and the job being on your calendar.
Booking on your website
Customers see your real open times and book. On your FieldStacker website, your digital card page, or embedded in a site you already have.
Your Google Calendar
FieldStacker owns the schedule and Google Calendar mirrors it, so bookings show on the calendar you already check.
Customers reschedule
The customer portal lets them move a booking, see invoices and pay, without a phone call to you.
Requests for the rest
Jobs you need to see first come through a request page into one inbox, ready to quote or book.
A chat that books
The AI website chat add-on ($20/mo for 200 replies) answers visitors, prices a quote from your real prices and books a time.
Then get paid
On Pro, the booking turns into a quote or invoice with card payments through your own Stripe account. No FieldStacker fee on top.
Take your first online booking this week, free
Already have a customer list? We import it for free.
- No credit card to start
- From $30/mo after the trial
- Your techs and cleaners are free
- Cancel any time from the app
Customers pick a time you are free
Your booking page shows days and times you are actually open, based on your schedule. The customer picks a day, picks a time, adds their details, and the booking goes straight onto your board. This one is a small alarm company's consultation booking on its own website: choose a day, choose a time, about 30 minutes. Nobody had to pick up a phone.
- Only real open times are offered
- Works on your website, your card page or an embed
- The booking lands on your schedule board
A confirmation with your name on it
The customer gets a confirmation from your business, like this one for a new cleaning plan, with your logo, the date and time, the price and a button to manage what they booked. The calendar invite is theirs to keep, and it moves if you move the job. For you, the booking is already a job on your schedule, so there is nothing to copy over from a sticky note.
- A confirmation in your business's name
- A calendar invite that follows the job
- The job already on your schedule board
"Can we move it to Thursday?" handled
Rescheduling is the call small businesses get most and want least. In FieldStacker, customers sign in to their own portal to reschedule a booking, pay an invoice, see estimates and receipts, and check their past and upcoming visits. When we host your website, the portal runs on your own website domain.
- Reschedule a booking from the portal
- Pay invoices and see receipts and billing history
- See upcoming and past visits
What to look for in a scheduling app for small business
Four questions that sort the options fast.
Can customers book alone?
Online booking that only offers times you are free, on the website you already have.
Does it use your calendar?
If it does not show on the calendar you check, you will double-book within a week.
What happens after the booking?
Booking-only apps stop at the time slot. Service businesses need the quote, the invoice and the payment next.
Can you read the price?
A published monthly price, a free trial without a card, and no contract.
Comparing tools? See the best scheduling software for service businesses and the free scheduling apps for small business, with each one's published price. Need the website too? Our website maker builds one with booking already on it.
Small business scheduling questions
What is the best scheduling app for a small business?
The best scheduling app for a small business is the one that lets customers book without calling you, puts the booking on the calendar you already check, and lets the customer reschedule on their own. If you also do the work, look for quotes, invoices and payments in the same app so the booking turns into money without re-typing. We compare several tools on our best scheduling software page.
Do I need an online booking system for my small business?
If you miss calls because you are on a job, yes. An online booking system takes the booking while you work, at hours you set, and shows customers only times you are actually free. It also books at 9 PM, when people get around to it.
Will bookings show up in my Google Calendar?
Yes. FieldStacker owns the schedule and Google Calendar mirrors it, so every booking shows on the calendar on your phone. When you move a job in FieldStacker, the customer's calendar invite moves too.
Can customers reschedule without calling me?
Yes. Customers get a portal where they can reschedule a booking, see estimates and invoices, pay, and see their visits. When we host your website, the portal runs on your own domain.
Is there a free scheduling app for small business?
Several apps have free plans, usually with limits on calendars, reminders or branding. FieldStacker is not free; it has a 14-day free trial with no card, and a free digital business card. See our list of free scheduling apps for small business for what each free plan includes.
How much does scheduling software for small business cost?
FieldStacker's Website & Hosting plan is $15/mo and includes your website with online booking into your Google Calendar and a drag-and-drop schedule. Pro is $30/mo, or $25/mo billed yearly, and adds quotes, invoices, card payments, service plans and the customer portal.
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