Getting started — setting up your booking site

Set up the shop around the grooms you offer and the people who do them. You can start working in Seglo before opening online booking to customers.

Choose what to start with (web app)

A new account first asks What do you want to start with? Pick one. You can add the other any time.

• Bookings: online booking, one calendar for the whole team and automatic reminders. Click Start with Bookings and the setup below follows.
• Seglo Phone: your shop number, with calls, texts and photos on your team's phones. Click Start with Seglo Phone to set up your number instead. See Set up Seglo Phone.

If you signed up on the Seglo Phone site, Seglo already knows and skips this question. To add the other product later, open More features in the sidebar, or Settings → Subscription. See More features.

Enter your shop details

The setup takes you through Shop name, Shop address and Contact details. Search for the address or enter it manually. When entering it manually, choose the shop's timezone too, so appointments use the correct local time.

Use the contact details customers should use for the shop. You can review them later in Business profile.

Add the people who take appointments

At Your team, enter Your name and choose whether I take grooming appointments applies to you. Use Add a groomer for the other people who take bookings. You need at least one bookable groomer. Setup takes up to three groomers, including you. Add the rest of your team after setup: every plan includes your whole team.

You can send invitations and set individual schedules after setup. Adding someone's name here does not mean they have accepted an invitation.

Check services, prices and working hours

In Services and prices, select the services you offer. Open each service card to check its starting price and time, plus the available size, coat and handling adjustments. Review these before customers start booking. You can add other services later in the service catalogue.

In Working hours, set the days and hours you work. These become the schedules for new groomers added during setup. If you already have imported services or staff schedules, setup preserves that existing data rather than replacing it with a fresh template.

Choose when to open online booking

At Online bookings, answer Open online bookings now?:

• Not yet lets you finish setting up and use the calendar before opening customer bookings.
• Yes, open bookings publishes your booking page.

You can also Upload logo here, crop it and keep the preview, or finish without one. Use Change logo to replace it.

New shops start with bookings needing your approval. Existing booking rules are retained. Review Appointment settings when you want to change approval, private booking or whether customers choose a groomer.

Start the trial and make your first booking

Choose Start free trial to begin the 14-day Starter trial without a card. If you already have an accessible plan, the action is Finish setup and your plan stays in place. Starting the trial and publishing online booking are separate choices.

On Your shop is ready, you can:

• Add your first appointment to open the ordinary booking form in your calendar.
• Preview your booking page to check the customer experience.
• Import existing data if you are bringing records from another system.

Your first appointment is a normal booking, not disposable test data. The shareable booking link appears when online booking is published. You can return to the business profile to find the link later.

Keep working after the trial

Without a paid subscription, an ended trial moves to Free. Your portal remains accessible, with the Free plan's limits, including 50 bookings a month at one location. See Subscription plan and upgrades before deciding which features you need.

Related

• Business profile — shop details and booking link.
• Appointment settings — who can book and the rules they follow.
• Switching to Seglo — bring existing clients and bookings with you.