General
Use these optional settings to optimize your booking experience and avoid customer confusion. Each setting below explains why you should use it and when it becomes useful — so you can set up your book
1. Date & Time Settings
Set your preferred timezone and date/time formats for your business. Accurate date and time settings ensure customers always see the correct availability
Timezone
Select the timezone your business operates in.
What it affects:
All appointments, staff availability, and time slots
How time is displayed for both you and your customers
How to set:
Click the timezone dropdown
Search or scroll to your timezone
Select the correct location
Timezone applies to all services automatically
Important: Choose the timezone of your business location to ensure accurate booking times.
Lock Timezone
(Optional — use when you want consistent time display for all customers)
Restrict customer timezone selection. When enabled, customers can only view appointments in the merchant timezone.
What it does:
When enabled → Customers only see your business timezone
When disabled (default) → Customers see time slots in their own timezone. When checked:
All customers see appointments in your business timezone
Prevents timezone confusion
Consistent time display for all customers
Why use this:
Prevents timezone confusion
Ensures all bookings follow your local time
Useful for in-person or local-only services
Use when:
✔ Your business serves mainly local customers
✔ Appointments happen physically at your location
✔ You want a unified timezone for all bookings
Do NOT use when:
✘ You serve international customers
✘ You want the calendar to auto-adjust based on customer location
2. Store Front Settings
These settings help you control how customers interact with booking-enabled products on your storefront. Enable them when you want a cleaner, more focused booking flow.
Hide Add to Cart Button
Why use this:
Prevents customer confusion between “buy product” vs “book appointment”
Keeps product pages clean and focused on booking
Ensures customers follow the proper booking flow
When to enable:
✔ Product is only for booking
✔ You want booking as the primary (or only) action
✔ You want to avoid customers adding the product to cart by mistake
When to disable:
✘ Product can be purchased normally
✘ You offer both buying & booking
Hide Buy It Now Button
Why use this:
Prevents instant checkout without selecting a time slot
Ensures customers don’t skip the booking process
Avoids accidental payments for appointments
When to enable:
✔ Appointment requires time selection
✔ You want to strictly enforce the booking flow
✔ Product should not be purchased instantly
When to disable:
✘ You offer multiple purchase methods
✘ Customers should be able to buy instantly
Lock Product Quantity
Why this is important: If quantity is editable, a customer could book multiple quantities for a single time slot → overbooking. Locking quantity ensures 1 booking = 1 time slot.
What it does:
Fixes product quantity at 1
Prevents customer from selecting quantity 2, 3…
Ensures slot capacity is controlled only via service settings
Recommended: This should be enabled for almost all booking scenarios.
When to enable (Recommended):
✔ Standard 1:1 appointments
✔ One time slot = one booking
✔ You want to prevent accidental overbooking
✔ Group capacity is already set via service settings
When to disable:
✘ Only for rare, special workflows
✘ When product quantity should affect booking logic
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