How to Require Acceptance for Online Booking (On the Desktop Version)

The Online Appointment Rules feature allows you to set a variety of online booking rules, including the ability to deny or approve a customer's request to book with your business online. You specifically can require acceptance for New Customer Appointments, Old Customer Appointments, as well as Outcall service appointments, which are done outside of the business location.  

You also can require acceptance for No-shows and Cancellations. For example, you can set a requirement for customers who have canceled or no-showed, allowing you to take more control over who schedules online appointments.    

To get started, follow the steps below when using the Desktop Version of Vagaro. 

Requiring Acceptance for Online Booking in Vagaro

1. Click Settings at the top of the screen. 

2. Select Online Appointment Rules on the left side of the screen. 

3. Select Require Acceptance for Online Booking. A green color means the option has been enabled. You can require acceptance for New Customer, Old Customer, and Outcall service appointments. 

You can also require acceptance for No-shows or Cancellations. You'll be prompted to set the number of no-shows or cancellations you allow before requiring to either deny or approve a customer's request to book with you online. In the example below, we've set the requirement to 4. 

4. Click Save when you're ready.