PhotoBiz Scheduler makes it easy for clients to book their time slot for your mini-sessions. This guide will walk you through the steps of creating a mini-session using the CUSTOM DATES option in your scheduler.
PRO TIP!
For mini-sessions shorter than 15 minutes, you can use a booking form in the Form & Contract builder. We offer three customizable templates to choose from:
- Mini Session (30 minute sessions)
- 5-Minute Sessions (5 minute sessions)
- 10-Minute Sessions (10 minute sessions)
Each template can be adjusted to fit your preferred time slots.
LEARN MORE: How to Create a Mini-Session Booking Form
STEP ONE
Log into your PhotoBiz account and click on SCHEDULER in the left side menu.
STEP TWO
Click on the SERVICES tab at the top of your Scheduler control panel.
STEP THREE
Click on the NEW button to create a new CUSTOM DATE service that will contain the available dates for your mini session.
STEP FOUR
Complete the SERVICE INFO section for your mini-sessions. This will include the following fields
- SERVICE NAME - the name of your mini-session
- DESCRIPTION - a short description of your mini-session
- SERVICE DURATION - how long the mini-session will last
- PRICE - the total price for your mini-session fee
- CHARGE TAX - whether or not you're going to charge sales tax on your mini-session fee.
- ACTIVE - controls when your mini-session is active for booking only, booking and payment, or not active.
Once you've completed your service info settings, be sure to click on the NEXT button at the bottom of the screen.
STEP FIVE
Click on the ADD DATE button to configure your availability for the mini-sessions.
This section will allow you to configure the date and time available for your mini-sessions. Once you've added your dates and times, click on the CREATE button below and your mini-session will be created.
STEP SIX
Configure additional service options.
This section will allow you to add a graphic to your service as well as configure the details for your service. Here's a breakdown of what each section can do for you.
- DETAILS - allows you to make changes to the options you configured in Step 4 (Name, Description, Price, Service Duration, Tax, and Active Status)
- IMAGE - allows you to add a graphic to appear with your service on your website
- OPTIONS - allows you to create optional add-ons to your service, including charges for additional services
- AVAILABILITY - allows you to override your global availability settings and limit the times for a particular service to specific days and times of the week. For more details on this, check out our guide on creating a limited schedule
- INSTRUCTIONS - allows you to provide special instructions or request additional information from your customers prior to booking their appointment
- THANK YOU - allows you to add additional email addresses for notifications of booking this service as well as add a custom "thank you" message that is sent to clients after they've booked their appointment
- EMAIL AUTOMATION - allows you to activate the email automation feature for your service
- SEO & SEARCH - allows you to tag your services to improve your site search as well as add any meta title, meta description, or meta keywords you wish to use for search engine optimization
Once you've made your changes to this section, click on the SAVE CHANGES button at the bottom to apply them to your scheduler service and make them live.
FINAL STEPS
You can access your WEBSITE BUILDER on the left side menu and add a Scheduler block to a new page or an existing page and configure your display options for your mini-sessions.
IMPORTANT NOTE
If you're setting up to book mini-sessions on custom dates that overlap or interfere with recurring services that you've previously set up in your scheduler, you have 2 ways that you can apply time off to your services to allow for mini-sessions to be the only service available in your scheduler. You can block off specific services in your TIME OFF section in the global settings in your scheduler control panel or you can use the TIME OFF option at the service level to make sure you don't get double booked.
Check out our guide on scheduling service-level time off at the button below.
