Top 5 best booking app for Shopify
Do you have a service business? Are you a doctor, do you sell massages or are you a sports coach? You need an app that allows your customers to book time slots with you on your website.
First of all, you need to answer the following questions :
Does shopify have a booking system?
No, Shopify does not have a booking system.
Should I use a Shopify appointment or booking app ?
Yes you should if you need your customers to book anything that is billable by the hour.
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So we're going to have to search the shopify app store and this is what we find when we search with the keywords "booking".
After testing them all, here is our top 5 if you don't know which Shopify Reservation App you should pick.
App #1 - Cowlendar Booking Appointment
App #2 - Cowlendar Booking Appointment
App #3 - Cowlendar Booking Appointment
App #4 - Cowlendar Booking Appointment
App #5 - Cowlendar Booking Appointment
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App #1 - Cowlendar Booking Appointment
Price: Free or $9.99/mo with full features
We believe this app is good for the following reasons.
- You can create a unlimited number of services for free
- It displays as a popup
- The UI is top notch and your customers will understand instantly how it works. You can easily set Email notifications & Reminders for appointments
- Cowlendar works out of the box and in less than 2 mins, your customers will be able to book a timeslot on your product page.
- You can easily cancel or reschedule bookings
- It integrates with Zoom and Google Meet
Also, it's worth highlithning this app is the only one to achieve all 3 points according to Shopify themselves
- Seamless workflow: use directly in Shopify admin
- Up-to-date tech: works with the latest themes
- Speed tested: low impact to your online store
Link to download this app : Shopify App Store link
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App #2 - Easy appointment Booking
Price: Free (1 service only) or $12/mo (10 services only) or $29/mo (50 services only) with full features
We believe this app is good for the following reasons :
- It integrates with zappier
- You can display a sticky "book now" button on your webpage
- You can show your event as a calendar UI like Calendly, or with a List view like Acuity
Link to download this app : Shopify App Store link
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App #3 - Tipo appointment Booking
Price: Free or $8.90/mo (10 services) or $14,9/mo with full features
We believe this app is good for the following reasons
- The app exists since 2019 so they know what they're doing
- The dashboard has a lot of analytics
- Everything can be setup on this app, this app might be the more complete yet one of the hardest to use
- It displays directly on the product page, not as a popup
Link to download this app : Shopify App Store link
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App #4 - Easy appointment Booking app
Price: Free (1 product) or $12.99/mo (everything except group appointment) or $24,99/mo with full features
We believe this app is good for the following reasons
- They are quite new (april 2022) but they've gathered many reviews in a short time, meaning their customer service is 5 stars
- Their onboarding is the best out of all the app tested. It is impossible for you to be lost when setting it up. They can even call you if you're lost somehow.
- You can customize every email sent by the app to your customers
- The app loads instantly on your website
Link to download this app : Shopify App Store link
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App #5 - Sesami: appointment Booking
Price: $19.99/mo to $299.99/mo with a 14-day trial
We believe this app is good for the following reasons
- This app integrates with everything ( google calendar, klaviyo, slack, etc.)
- It is the most reviewed booking app on shopify and the oldest too. They're good at bookings.
- The backend is robust and no booking should ever be lost
Link to download this app : Shopify App Store link