How to sell time slots on Shopify

Selling time slots, rather than physical stock, needs a calendar and clash protection. Booker turns a Shopify product into a set of bookable time slots that customers pick and pay for at checkout. Here is how to sell slots on your store.

Step by step.

1

Decide your slot length

Set the length of one slot, for example 30 or 60 minutes, and the price. This becomes the unit customers book.

2

Turn a product into slots

Create a product and enable booking in Booker. The product now sells time on a calendar instead of a fixed quantity of stock.

3

Show the calendar

Add the Booker calendar block to the product page so customers see open slots and pick one that suits them.

4

Limit when slots are offered

Set opening hours, a lead time and blocked dates so only the slots you want to sell are available.

5

Sell and track

Each slot is held at add to cart, paid at checkout, and blocked once sold, and every booking lands on your admin calendar.

Good to know.

Can I set a maximum number of slots per booking?

Yes. You can cap how many slots one customer books at once, so a single order cannot take the whole day.

Can different slots have different prices?

Yes, on the Pro plan. Set a different price for some days and times, such as evenings, and each slot is charged at the price for when it starts. A booking that crosses two prices shows in the cart and at checkout as one line. Checkout lists the time at each price under it. To let the customer pick a rate instead, sell one space in different ways.

Do sold slots disappear from the calendar?

Yes. A sold slot is blocked immediately on the storefront and the admin calendar, so it is never sold twice.

Ready to take your first booking?

Install Booker, set up a product, add the calendar, and you are live.