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SimplyBook.me is an advanced online scheduling system that allows you to create booking page and manage your reservations from admin interface. Thousands of clients all over the world have chosen our booking software to make their business easy and comfortable to use.
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<div class="getting-started">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Getting started]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[https://simplybook.me/en/booking-system-features Our features]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Brief overview of the system]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Adding_services,_providers_and_availability(new_interface) | Adding services and providers]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[How to manage bookings]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features | Selecting Custom Features]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Adjusting notifications]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Adding other users to the system]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Importing the list of clients]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Login and password]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[How to delete account]]</div>
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<br>
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<div class="booking-website">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Booking website]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[[Time slots are not showing up]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Where to change my info]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Adjust_your_terminology/language | Adjusting your language]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Design |Adjusting Design & Calendar layouts]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Remove Elements from booking page]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Add elements to booking page]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features#Intake_Forms| Ask additional questions on the Details Step]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[First_and_Last_Names| Ask for First and Last Name in separate fields]]
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*<div class="article">[[Categories and Locations]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features#Accept_Payments| Accepting Payments]]</div>
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<div class="time-settings">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Time settings]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[[How_to_set_my_availability| How to set my availability]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Time and date settings]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[I_have_clients_in_different_time_zones | Time Zones]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Break times]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Need_to_change_interval_(timeframe)| Change interval]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Events (services on particular dates)]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Recurring_services(packs)| Recurring services (packs)]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Buffer time]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Book days]]</div>
  
SimplyBook provides clients with numerous features that adjust to requirements of your business. Our core features include:
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:- Creating booking page with real-time availability of services and staff
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:- Insights and statistics about your bookings
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<div class="prices-and-purchases">
:- Ability to create multiple providers, services, categories and locations
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Prices and purchases]]</span></div>
:- Accepting payments online
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*<div class="article">[[My subscription and how to renew]]</div>
:- Viewing statistics about your reservations, workload and revenue
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*<div class="article">[[How_to_get_invoice | How to get invoice]]</div>
:- Sending email and sms notifications to clients
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*<div class="article">[[Important for Free accounts]]</div>
:- Adjusting time zone settings if you have clients in different time zones
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*<div class="article">[[SMS Pricing]]</div>
:- Creating multiple users related to providers
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*<div class="article">[[Additional_Bookings | Additional Bookings]]</div>
:- Creating individual schedules for staff
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*<div class="article">[[Link removal and custom domain | Link Removal and Custom Domain]]</div>
:- Creating schedules for specific dates only
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*<div class="article">[[Upgrade_from_lower_to_higher_subscription_before_current_subscription_expired.| Upgrade from lower to higher subscription before current subscription expires]]</div>
:- Creating events
 
: and much more!
 
==[[Brief overview of the system]]==
 
After you have registered your account with SimplyBook.me, the next step is to organize your working schedule, configure providers, services and plenty of other staff. When you create an account, the system automatically creates 2 pages for you: ''admin interface'' and ''booking page''.
 
  
'''Admin interface''' is where you login and manage your bookings, settings, design etc. Clients have no access to that page.
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<div class="custom-features">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Custom_Features |Custom Features]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[[Custom Features | The list of all Custom Features with instructions]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[How to enable custom feature | How to enable Custom Feature]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Custom Features by category | Custom Features by Functionality Category]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Popular_custom_features_by_business_category | TOP 10 Custom Features per Business Category]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Custom Features dependent on other Custom Features]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[What Custom Features do not work with each other]]</div>
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<div class="calendar-and-bookings">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Calendar & Bookings]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[[How to manage bookings]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[ Views_of_the_calendar| Provider/Service/Day/Week/Month views]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Calendar_Notes| Using notes & Blocking times]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Booking_reports| Booking reports]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Break times]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Adjusting notifications]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features#Calendar_Sync| Google/Outlook calendar synchronization]]</div>
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<div class="tips-for-business">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Tips for your business | Other]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[https://news.simplybook.me/booking-page-global-service-marketplace-powered-simplybook/ BooKing.Page marketplace]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Statistics_%26_Analytics| Statistics Custom Features]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Business_enhancements| Business enhancement Custom Features]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Tips for specific businesses]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[1_is_not_greater_than_2_(when_trying_to_change_number_of_clients_per_provider)| 1 is not greater than 2]]</div>
  
'''Booking Page''' is the interface for your clients. There, they can book services from you and leave contact info. You can access your booking page by clicking "My booking site" button in the upper right corner of your admin page. You will be transferred to the booking page and you can send the url to your clients so that they can easily find you.
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=Structure and functions of the system=
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Integration]]</span></div>
:1. '''Upper bar'''. ''Three-line button'' shows/hides the full menu on the left. ''Latest news'' are marked as green notifications. ''Messages'' are marked with red and ''notifications'' in yellow.
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*<div class="article">[[Widgets for your own website]]</div>
:2. The first tab you see is '''Dashboard'''. It contains statistics about your performance, your current subscription, bookings, performers, clients activity, reviews, news and other data useful to check and pay attention to. By analyzing that info you can make inferences about your business and predict what can be done to improve your business. If you need to know more about each section, just press the "i" sign.
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*<div class="article">[http://simplydemowidgets.mozello.com/ Widget examples]</div>
:3. '''Calendar''' is a section where you can manage your bookings and quickly add break times.
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*<div class="article">[[Bookings on Facebook |Bookings on Facebook and Instagram]]</div>
:4. '''Manage''' tab contains 4 sections:
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*<div class="article">[[WordPress plugin | WordPress integration]]</div>
::''Services'' - add, delete and edit services + [[Configuration_Menu_Page#How_to_create_an_event.3F|create events]]
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*<div class="article">[[Bookings on Facebook | Facebook CTA button, widget and booking bot integrations]]</div>
::''Providers'' - add, delete and edit providers
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*<div class="article">[[Other Integrations]]</div>
::''Clients'' - add, edit and delete clients
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*<div class="article">[[Own domain | Custom Domain]]</div>
::''Users'' - add, edit and delete users.
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:5. In the '''Time Settings''' you have the following sections:
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::''Company Opening hours'' - regular schedule for your company on a weekly basis
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[API| For developers]]</span></div>
::''Company Special days'' - here you can set up specific schedule or days off for your company
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*<div class="article">[[API| API documentation]]</div>
::''Service provider schedule'' - individual regular schedule for each of your staff (if you have only 1 provider, his/her working time is the same as company's opening hours)
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*<div class="article">[https://simplybook.me/api/explorer API Explorer]</div>
::''Provider Special days'' - specific schedule for each of your staff (if you have only 1 provider, his/her working time is the same as company's special days)
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*<div class="article">[https://simplybook.me/api/doc#getToken API tokens]</div>
:6. '''Reviews'''. Here you can see the reviews of your clients.
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*<div class="article">[https://help.simplybook.me/index.php/User_API_guide API guide]</div>
:7. '''Promotions'''. To use this tab, you need to enable [[Plugins#Simply_Smart_Promotions|Simply Smart Promotions]] plugin in the plugin section.
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:8. '''Plugins'''. See the list of all [[Plugins|Plugins and their function here]].
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:9. '''Settings'''. You can discover more about different types of settings by pressing "i" signs near them. the See all [[Configuration_Menu_Page|questions related to settings here]].
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Video]]</span></div>
:10. '''Prices'''.  
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*<div class="article">[https://www.youtube.com/c/SimplyBookme-booking-system YouTube]</div>
::''Subscriptions''. You can view the tariffs and purchase subscription here.
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*<div class="article">[https://vimeo.com/simplybook Vimeo]</div>
::''Additional items''. You can purchase SMS credits, additional bookings and plugins here.  
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::''Affiliates''. [http://blog.simplybook.me/tell-others-and-get-rewarded/| Referral program].
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==[[Configuration Menu Page]]==
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{|  
This page contains questions related to the settings of the system. For example:
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[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Date.2F_time.2F_time_zone_settings|date and time settings]],
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<div class="getting-started">
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Email_and_SMS_settings|Email and SMS settings]],
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<span style="font-size:x-large;"> [[Getting started]]</span></div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Custom_translations|custom translations]],
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*<div class="article">[https://simplybook.me/en/booking-system-features Our features]</div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#System_users|system users]],
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*<div class="article">[[Brief overview of the system]]</div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Clients|clients]],
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*<div class="article">[[Adding_services,_providers_and_availability(new_interface) | Adding services and providers]]</div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Company_information|company information]],
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*<div class="article">[[How to manage bookings]]</div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Services|services]],
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features | Selecting Custom Features]]</div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Service_providers|service providers]],
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*<div class="article">[[Adjusting notifications]]</div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Design|design]],
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*<div class="article">[[Adding other users to the system]]</div>
[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Accept_bookings_through_different_ways|widgets]]
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*<div class="article">[[Importing the list of clients]]</div>
and [[Configuration_Menu_Page|more]].
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*<div class="article">[[Login and password]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[How to delete account]]</div></div>
==[[Plugins]]==
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With the help of additional functionalities presented in a form of plugins you can:
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: [[Plugins#Additional_fields|Create specific intake forms for your clients by adding additional fields]]
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Booking website]]</span></div>
: [[Plugins#Accept_payments|Accept payments online]]
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*<div class="article">[[Time slots are not showing up]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Any_Employee_selector| Auto allocating available service provider for service]]
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*<div class="article">[[Where to change my info]]</div>
: [[Plugins#API|Access API]]
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*<div class="article">[[Adjust_your_terminology/language | Adjusting your language]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Approve_booking|Approve bookings manually]]
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*<div class="article">[[Design |Adjusting Design]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Book_Soon_notification_system|Remind your customers to book your services soon]]
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*<div class="article">[[How_to_change_the_way_time_slots_are_shown| Monthly/weekly/daily timelines]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Clean_history_plugin|Delete unnecessary booking data from the past]]
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*<div class="article">[[Remove Elements from booking page]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Custom_CSS|Design your booking page with additional CSS functionality]]
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*<div class="article">[[Add elements to booking page]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Daily_report|Receive full info about your bookings every day]]
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features#Intake_Forms| Ask additional questions on the Details Step]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Facebook_client_info|Simplify booking process by enabling your clients to log via Facebook]]
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*<div class="article">[[Categories and Locations]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Google_Adwords_and_analytics|Track statistics with Google Adwords]]
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features#Accept_Payments| Accepting Payments]]</div></div>
: [[Plugins#Google_calendar_sync_plugin|Synchronize your booking system with Google Calendar]]
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<div class="column">
: [[Plugins#Group_bookings|Allow group bookings]]
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<div class="time-settings">
: [[Plugins#Html_description_field_for_events| Use HTML formatting in the description fields]]
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Time settings]]</span></div>
: [[Plugins#Insights|View additional statistics and charts for your performance]]
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*<div class="article">[[How_to_set_my_availability| How to set my availability]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Limit_bookings|Limit Bookings per time slot]]
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*<div class="article">[[Time and date settings]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Mobile_application| Access admin interface from your Android or iPhone]]
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*<div class="article">[[I_have_clients_in_different_time_zones | Time Zones]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Multiple_bookings| Allow your clients to book several services easily and pay with 1 payment]]
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*<div class="article">[[Break times]]</div>
: [[Plugins#News| Keep clients updated with your recent news]]
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*<div class="article">[[Need_to_change_interval_(timeframe)| Change interval]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Provider.27s_color_coding_plugin|Mark providers with different colors in your admin calendar]]
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*<div class="article">[[Events (services on particular dates)]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Service_categories|Create different service categories]]
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*<div class="article">[[Recurring_services(packs)| Recurring services (packs)]]</div>
: [[Plugins#Simply_Smart_Promotions|Send promotions]]
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*<div class="article">[[Buffer time]]</div>
: [[Plugins#SSL_plugin| Use secure sockets layer for your page]]
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*<div class="article">[[Book days]]</div></div>
: [[Plugins#Status|Assign different statuses for your bookings]]
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<div class="column">
: [[Plugins#Take_me_back_home|Take your clients to a particular web address after they made a booking]]
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<div class="prices-and-purchases">
: [[Plugins#Terms_and_conditions|Add your own Terms&Conditions to the booking page]]
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Prices and purchases]]</span></div>
: [[Plugins#Unit_location|Create multiple locations ]]
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*<div class="article">[[My subscription and how to renew]]</div>
: and [[Plugins|more]]
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*<div class="article">[[How_to_get_invoice | How to get invoice]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Important for Free accounts]]</div>
==[[Typical requests]]==
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*<div class="article">[[SMS Pricing]]</div>
:[[Other_Questions#Is_your_service_free.3F|Is your service free?]]
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*<div class="article">[[Additional_Bookings | Additional Bookings]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Link removal and custom domain | Link Removal and Custom Domain]]</div>
:[[Other_Questions#I_upgraded_the_system_but_the_plugins_are_still_unavailable|I upgraded the system but the plugins are still unavailable]]
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*<div class="article">[[Upgrade_from_lower_to_higher_subscription_before_current_subscription_expired.| Upgrade from lower to higher subscription before current subscription expires]]</div></div>
 
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<div class="column">
:[[Other_Questions#What_will_happen_if_I_don.27t_renew_my_subscription.3F|What will happen if I don't renew my subscription?]]
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<div class="custom-features">
 
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Custom_Features |Custom Features]]</span></div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Timeframe|How to change timeframe?]]
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*<div class="article">[[Custom Features | The list of all Custom Features with instructions]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[How to enable custom feature | How to enable Custom Feature]]</div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Email_and_SMS_settings|I have problems with notifications]]
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*<div class="article">[[Custom Features by category | Custom Features by Functionality Category]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Popular_custom_features_by_business_category | TOP 10 Custom Features per Business Category]]</div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Custom_translations| Can I change some texts in bookings/admin interface?]]
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*<div class="article">[[Custom Features dependent on other Custom Features]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[What Custom Features do not work with each other]]</div></div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Custom_translations| Can I translate the system to my own language?]]
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<div class="column">
 
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<div class="calendar-and-bookings">
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Opening_hours| Where can I change my schedule for the week?]]
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Calendar & Bookings]]</span></div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[How to manage bookings]]</div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#Special_days| Can I have specific schedule for certain days?]]
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*<div class="article">[[ Views_of_the_calendar| Provider/Service/Day/Week/Month views]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Calendar_Notes| Using notes]]</div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#How_to_connect_service_to_provider| How to connect service to provider]]
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*<div class="article">[[Booking_reports| Booking reports]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Break times]]</div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#How_to_create_different_schedules_for_services.3F| How to create different schedules for services?]]
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*<div class="article">[[Adjusting notifications]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Custom_Features#Calendar_Sync| Google/Outlook calendar synchronization]]</div></div>
:[[Typical_requests#Plugin_doesn.E2.80.99t_work_.2F_Plugin_problems|Plugins are not working]]
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<div class="column">
 
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<div class="tips-for-business">
:[[Typical_requests#Simplybook_doesn.E2.80.99t_sync_with_Google_calendar|Simplybook doesn’t sync with Google calendar]]
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Tips for your business | Other]]</span></div>
 
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*<div class="article">[https://news.simplybook.me/booking-page-global-service-marketplace-powered-simplybook/ BooKing.Page marketplace]</div>
:[[Typical_requests#Clients.2FProviders_are_not_getting_Email.2FSMS_notifications|Clients/Providers are not getting Email/SMS notifications]]
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*<div class="article">[[Statistics_%26_Analytics| Statistics Custom Features]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Business_enhancements| Business enhancement Custom Features]]</div>
:[[Typical_requests#Can.E2.80.99t_book_certain_time.2Fdate|Can’t book certain time/date]]
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*<div class="article">[[Tips for specific businesses]]</div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[1_is_not_greater_than_2_(when_trying_to_change_number_of_clients_per_provider)| 1 is not greater than 2]]</div></div>
:[[Configuration_Menu_Page#How_to_add_widget_to_my_website|How to add widget to my website]]
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<div class="column">
 
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<div class="integration">
:and [[Typical_requests|more]]
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Integration]]</span></div>
 
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*<div class="article">[[Widgets for your own website]]</div>
==[[Other Questions]]==
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*<div class="article">[http://simplydemowidgets.mozello.com/ Widget examples]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Bookings on Facebook |Bookings on Facebook and Instagram]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[WordPress plugin | WordPress integration]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Bookings on Facebook | Facebook CTA button, widget and booking bot integrations]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Other Integrations]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[[Own domain | Custom Domain]]</div></div>
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<div class="column">
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<div class="for-developers">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[API| For developers]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[[API| API documentation]]</div>
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*<div class="article">[https://simplybook.me/api/explorer API Explorer]</div>
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*<div class="article">[https://simplybook.me/api/doc#getToken API tokens]</div>
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*<div class="article">[https://help.simplybook.me/index.php/User_API_guide API guide]</div></div>
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<div class="column">
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<div class="video">
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[[Video]]</span></div>
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*<div class="article">[https://www.youtube.com/c/SimplyBookme-booking-system YouTube]</div>
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*<div class="article">[https://vimeo.com/simplybook Vimeo]</div></div>
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