How online booking works

How online booking works

Clients book your sessions through Bobclass Go, which they can use either as an app on their phone or as your web booking page in a browser. The two are functionally identical — the same booking system in two shells.

Guest or signed in

What a client can do depends on whether they are signed in, not on which shell they are using.
  • As a guest , a client books with nothing more than an email address. Bobclass matches that address to an existing client profile; if there is no match, the request arrives marked New . Booking is all a guest can do — no waitlist, no self-cancellation, no buying. The guest route depends on Guest mode being on in Settings → Online booking → Access & checkout ; turn it off and only clients already on your list can book.
  • Signed in , a client enters the email address you have on file and a one-time code sent to it. Bobclass then knows who they are, matches them to their Class Pack or Membership automatically, and gives them their booking history, the waitlist, self-cancellation, and the ability to buy from your Store tab.
Signing in works on the web page as well as in the app. It requires the client to be on your client list — see  A client cannot log in to Bobclass Go .

Booking a class

Clients browse your scheduled group classes on the Classes tab and tap the one they want — for example Morning Flow on 1 April at 08:00. They confirm their booking and the request is sent to you.

Booking an appointment

On the Appointments tab, clients choose an activity, an instructor and an available time slot — similar to booking a dentist appointment.
Which slots appear comes from the instructor's Availability and from the slot interval you have set in Settings → Online booking → Booking rules. See  Setting when clients can book .
After selecting their slot, the request is sent to you for approval.

Approval and instant booking

By default, all booking requests require your approval — see  Approving and declining requests .
If you disable the Requires approval switch in Settings → Online booking, clients who are already known to you and have an active Class Pack or Membership will be booked in instantly, without needing your approval.
Bookings made against a product still marked Pending confirmation are the exception — those always come to your Inbox, whatever the setting. See  How clients purchase .

Related articles

  •  How clients book 
  •  Setting when clients can book 
  •  Web booking (no-app option) 
  •  Cancellation policies 
  •  Booking requirements: products, guests, and first-time clients