Very simple, aesthetically pleasing interface. My only complaint is that I don't immediately see how this is any better than the alternatives (sending an email which gets sucked in by Google calendar, Outlook, etc.). Also, I'm asked to start putting information before I have a chance to find out.<p>Didn't investors have a saying 10 years ago, YAC (Yet Another Calendar)? What makes this clearly different?
When the page loads, I see an event under today's date that says "click here to read me". I then click on the calendar entry and... nothing happens. It took me a few seconds to figure out that I'm supposed to click on the description that appears in the left sidebar.<p>On a related note, the description in the left sidebar is the same as in the calendar view, except it also has a start time. You could just put the start time into the calendar view and get rid of the sidebar description altogether, saving users from a little extra navigation.
I wrote a booking app some years ago, and the biggest UI win was to choose the date and time first, then enter all the details. This matched the workflow of the customer much better: someone would phone up, and the first thing they wanted was a time for the appointment. Once they'd got something which worked, then they were very happy to hand over their details.<p>Are you planning an API so that other sources can read and write data? (eg client contact details)<p>Is the Pro version suitable for use with confidential client lists?
I built an app last year for a client that included doing booking for dentist offices. One of the big things in getting people to use a new booking tool for their business is to allow them to block out times and business hours, before allowing others to just start creating appointments all willy-nilly.<p>Also, it's important to allow the business owner to set a minimum clearance for new appointments. E.g. if a dentist decides that they need at least an hour-block for a half-hour appointment (prep and cleanup time, etc), then the calendar shouldn't allow a patient to schedule an appointment in a half-hour opening.<p>But overall, I'm also unclear on how this alternative is better than Google Calendar? Is there a private-label version that could be integrated easily into my own site? Though, I guess Google Calendar now kinda has that as well.
Okay, everything was fine and looked nice until I tried to book an appointment.<p>It's fair to expect the person making the booking to create an account.<p>However, to expect the receiving party of the booking request to also sign up for account is asking for too much and is unlikely to happen.<p>Also, why do you ask for people's contact details (address, phone, ...). Do you really need that info?. If anything just put the necessary stuff on the create an account form and put the rest of the info on a profile page that people can edit later.