Most Shopify booking apps are built for appointments and services: a customer books a person for a slot, often tied to staff and durations. Booker is built for renting a space for a block of time, like a studio, room or court. If you hire out a place rather than a service, here is how the two differ.
You can, but appointment apps are shaped around booking a person or service. If you rent a space by the hour or day, a space-first tool like Booker maps more directly to how you charge.
Booker focuses on space and time hire. If you also sell staffed services, you can run an appointment app alongside it, since Booker only touches the products you make bookable.
Yes. Booking and payment run on your normal Shopify checkout, so orders, customers and payouts stay exactly as they are.
Install Booker, make a product bookable, and take your first booking this week.
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Booking a space by email and spreadsheet invites double bookings and unpaid slots. Booker puts live availability and payment on your Shopify store.
A separate booking site means a second checkout and admin to keep in sync. Booker keeps bookings, payment and records on your Shopify store.