Requests first
Simply Booked starts with booking requests, not instant calendar bookings.
Booking requests for solo professionals Let customers ask to book. You decide what fits.
A calm booking request link for UK solo professionals who want the request first, then the choice to confirm.
Customers choose a service, suggest a time and send the details in one place. You review the request and confirm it manually, so your diary stays yours.
Customers can send the details in their own time.
You can check the request before anything is confirmed.
Your booking flow stays tidy, simple and under your control.
Booking desk
One request, all the details
Customer request
Service
Garden tidy
Front garden, light pruning
Preferred date
Tuesday 21 May
Customer can do morning
Customer note
Gate code included
All details in one request
Suggested timing
Customer prefers Tuesday morning
Mon
20
Busy
Tue
21
Maybe
Wed
22
Free
Thu
23
Full
The customer suggests a time. You still decide what actually gets booked.
Your options
The important bit
It is booking software without the scary booking software bit.
Simply Booked starts with a narrower idea: take the request cleanly, then let the solo professional decide what happens next.
You stay in charge
The customer can suggest a time, but you decide what gets confirmed.
No booking bloat
No staff rotas, rooms, resources or huge appointment system pretending to be simple.
How it works
A short request flow, not a giant setup.
Customers get a clear way to ask. You get enough information to reply properly without digging through five message threads.
Set up your booking request page
Add your business name, your services and a short message so customers know what they can ask for.
Send customers one booking link
Share it by text, WhatsApp, email, social bio, QR code or from a Simply Card later.
Review the request before anything is booked
Customers suggest a time. You confirm it manually, suggest another option or decline it politely.
Free MVP
The useful first version.
The first version is deliberately tight. A booking page, simple services, customer requests and manual confirmation.
Public booking request page
Customers can ask to book without an account, app, password or confusing portal.
Simple services
List services like garden tidy, dog walk, maths lesson, treatment, quote visit or consultation.
Preferred date and time
Let customers suggest when they would like to book without giving away your whole diary.
Customer details together
Collect name, email, phone, notes, chosen service and preferred time in one tidy request.
Manual confirmation
Nothing lands in your diary until you decide it actually works.
Request inbox
New booking requests should not vanish into your messages.
Keep the request in one place so you can reply, confirm, decline or follow up without trying to remember which customer said what.
Built around the real solo pro workflow: customer asks, business owner checks, booking gets confirmed only when it makes sense.
Dashboard preview
Booking requests
Megan
Dog walk · Thursday, 2:00pm
Alex
Maths lesson · Friday, 5:30pm
Priya
Patch test · Monday morning
Reply when you are ready. Confirm only when the booking works.
Built for
Real booking moments for solo professionals.
Not every solo pro needs an enormous booking platform. Sometimes they just need a clean way for customers to ask properly.
A cleaner gets asked for availability
Instead of juggling WhatsApp messages, the customer sends the service, address notes and preferred day in one request.
A tutor needs lesson requests in one place
Parents can choose the subject, suggest a time and add anything useful before the tutor confirms.
A beautician wants control of appointments
Customers can ask for treatments without instantly grabbing a slot that does not fit the day.
A gardener wants fewer scattered details
The request can include the service, preferred timing and notes before the gardener replies properly.
CleanersGardenersDog walkersTutorsBeauticiansWindow cleanersPersonal trainersChildmindersTradesPhotographers
Roadmap
Start focused, then earn the bigger features.
Simply Booked should be useful on its own before connecting with the wider Simply Works ecosystem.
Free MVP
One booking page, simple services, customer requests and manual confirmation.
Pro later
More services, custom branding, email notifications, availability controls and better request management.
Ecosystem later
Connect bookings with Simply Cards for customer handoff and Simply Link for payments.
Simply Works ecosystem
Separate tools, connected when it actually helps.
Book the job. Send the next step. Get paid.
The long-term plan is simple. Simply Booked handles the booking request, Simply Cards handles the customer handoff and Simply Link handles payment links and automatic follow-up.
Simply Booked
Customer asks to book.
Simply Cards
Customer gets the right handoff link.
Simply Link
Customer pays without awkward chasing.
FAQ
Straight answers.
A focused booking request tool for UK solo professionals, not a giant booking platform wearing a simple hat.
Create your free booking request page.
Give customers one clean link where they can choose a service, suggest a time and send the details you need.