Customers Not Receiving Notifications and Reminders - Web Version

To see why customers are not getting email and text notifications or reminders, follow the steps below:

• Make sure notifications and reminders are turned on in your Settings
• Make sure the client has a valid email and phone number
• Ensure that the notifications and reminders options are enabled in the client's profile

Remember, if a customer books an appointment, class, or workshop from the online booking page, they will not receive a text notification. But they will see a message on the screen confirming that the appointment was booked.

If you book an appointment on the calendar from the Vagaro account, the client will receive a notification.

Also, note that customers can only reply to email notifications. They can't respond to automated text messages as the messages come from a short code number, 89885. 

In this article, we will go over:

• Turning on Notifications and Reminders in Settings
• Turning on Notifications and Reminders for Customers
• Important Information for T-Mobile Users
• What to do If Customers Still Are NOT Receiving Notifications

Turning on Notifications and Reminders in Settings

1.  Click Settings. 

2. Click Email & Text Notifications.

3. Turn on the options to allow customers to receive the following notifications: Appointment Details, Confirmation Requests and Appointment Reminders.

4. Notice you also have an option to enable notifications sent to the business as well as to the employees providing the service. 

Turning on Notifications and Reminders in a Customer's Profile

1.  Click on Customers. 

2. Enter the name of the customer. Then select the name once it appears. 

3. Click Edit Profile. 

4. Enter the customer's email address so they can receive email notifications. Enter the customer's mobile number in the Cell Phone field so they can receive text notifications. The customer must have a valid 10-digit number. Also, do not enter a "1" in front of the number. 

Important Information for T-Mobile Users 

T-Mobile customers who are not receiving text messages from Vagaro likely have the Message Blocking feature set on their account.

Message Blocking is a service that allows you to block messages to and from your phone. Thus, you can block incoming and outgoing text messages (SMS), picture messages (MMS), Instant Messages (IM), and emails.

Click on the following link, if this is the case, to receive text messages from Vagaro: http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1712.

What if Customers are Still NOT Receiving Notifications? 

Instruct clients to look in their spam or junk folder. Also, make sure that they have entered their information correctly in the customer profile.