Booker vs a separate booking website

You can run bookings on a separate scheduling site and send customers there from your store. That means a second tool, a second checkout and a second place to keep in sync. Booker keeps everything on Shopify instead. Here is how they compare.

Side by side.

Booker
a separate booking site
Where customers book
On your Shopify product page
On a separate site you link out to
Checkout
Your Shopify checkout
A second checkout or payment setup
Customers and orders
In your Shopify admin with the rest
Split across two systems
Branding
Your store, start to finish
A handoff to another domain
Double bookings
Held at add to cart, rechecked at checkout
Depends on the tool, and never sees your store stock
One place to manage
Bookings, revenue and calendar in Shopify
Two dashboards to reconcile

Good to know.

Why keep bookings on Shopify?

Your customers, orders and payments already live there. Keeping bookings in the same place means one checkout, one admin and no reconciling two systems.

Can Booker sync to my calendar?

Yes. On the Starter and Pro plans, each booking can be pushed to a Google Calendar you choose, and removed if it is cancelled or refunded.

Will customers leave my store to book?

No. They pick a slot and pay on the product page, so the whole booking happens on your store.

Keep bookings on Shopify.

Install Booker, make a product bookable, and take your first booking this week.