If you would like your students to setup their own lessons you can easily setup online booking, if you do all of the scheduling Online Booking setup is not needed.
Pro Tip: read over "Onboarding Current and New Students" article before setting up Online Booking
Online Lesson Booking Features
Online Lesson Booking Features
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Clients can book "No Charge" appointments without creating a Fons account
New clients will still have to enter contact info and answer registration questions which providers will still see in their client overview
Clients without an account will still receive appointment reminders
Clients will now have the ability to auto add to their Google calendar
Add Appointment services if you want clients to book anything other than their "default appointment"
Cancellation Policy - Clients who cancel within this window will still be charged unless you choose "No Policy". Email reminder notifications are sent 24 hours ahead of the cancellation policy setting and a No Policy
Ability to create custom registration questions - per service and/or new client
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Automatically send SMS reminders a few hours before appointments
Confirm and Pay - Automatically confirm and charge lessons at the time of booking or turn off for more control over your calendar.
Future Booking - Limit how far in advance appointments can be booked
Last minute booking limits - Avoid last minute requests by requiring clients to book in advance
Availability Intervals - Show availabilities starting on the 15s, 30s, or hours.
Enable or disable to accept new students
A new Troubleshooting guide is available to help resolve common booking issues, such as non-functional booking links or unclickable dates in the calendar.
For detailed troubleshooting steps, refer to the guide below:
Common Registration and Booking Issues
Registration Questions Not Visible to New Clients
New clients might not see the registration questions if they are using a booking link for a specific service instead of the standalone registration link.
Make sure to login
Online Lesson Booking Setup - 3 Easy Steps Step 1 - Configure you booking Settings
Login to Fons, navigate to Booking->Settings tab
Setup your Booking Options
Day-of Reminders - Automatically send SMS reminders a few hours before appointments
Auto-confirm and/or Require Payment at Booking- Automatically confirm appointments requested by clients or turn off for more control over your calendar.
Check the box below to also require payment at time of booking request
Auto-Remove Cancellations
Availability will be automatically updated when clients cancel appointments.
Future Booking - Limit how far in advance appointments can be booked
Availability Intervals - Show availabilities starting on the 15s, 30s, or hours.
Scheduling Blackout - Avoid last minute requests by requiring clients to book in advance
Registration - you can toggle on to accept new clients and require new clients to answer new student registration questions. * Each service you setup in step 2 can have separate questions as well for current and new students to answer.
Troubleshooting Registration Questions
If registration questions are not visible to new clients, ensure you are using the dedicated registration form link for new client registrations.
For service-specific questions, add them directly to the service settings to ensure they appear during the booking process.
Test the registration flow in an incognito window to confirm the questions appear as expected.
NOTE: Scheduling blackout times prevent clients from creating NEW appointments on your calendar - they do NOT prevent clients from registering for group classes or workshops that are already on your calendar Step 2 - Setup Services
Skip to step 3 If your current clients will only be booking their typical lesson using 1-Click Booking (which you set up when adding them as clients), then you’re all set on that front.
This section is specifically for any additional services you offer—like Meet & Greets, Trial Lessons, or other non-standard appointments. You can add those here so clients can book them separately as needed. 4. Save
Login to Fons, navigate to Booking->
Choose Appointment for Individual Services you offer
Choose Classes to create Public Group lessons for people to join.
Click on the +Add button to the right to start creating a service
Click through the wizard
Title
Location - the location will not be exposed until the lesson is fully booked
Staff members - Step 3 you will setup staff member availability
Appointment duration
Cost - if you have a client that has a package or subscription and you allow them to use it to pay for a service check the box to "Accept packages or subscriptions for payment", if they do not have a subscription they will be charged the amount you put under Charge.
Ex: If a student who has a package or subscription books the service pictured below - you are allowing them to pay for the lesson with that. If a student does not have a package or subscription they will be charged $85.
Once saved you will be able to: 5. Publish - if you don't publish the service is private and only admin can see
edit the service by clicking on any of the 3 pencils
insert a photo
create registration questions - these questions will be required by new and current students. To set up only new student registration questions set under Booking->settings tab in Step 1
Step 3 - Setup Booking Availability To create times when you or your staff are available to be booked see Set Up / Block Available Booking Times ** If you don't set any availability for you or staff members then they will not show anytimes on the calendar to be booked.
Testing and Verification
After making changes to your registration or booking setup, test the process as a new client. Use an incognito or private browsing window to simulate a fresh user experience and confirm that all forms and questions appear as intended.
To copy a booking link that will take people to a page with all your offerings navigate to Booking-> Booking Link
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