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Create single services
Turn the treatments you offer into services. Learn how to set up and manage your services, ensuring they are correctly added to your calendar when booked online or in-store.
Getting started
Services are the first thing clients choose when booking online. Follow these steps to ensure they’re added to your calendar correctly:
- Add your team members and invite them to join your workspace.
- Create resources to allocate to services if needed.
- Create categories for your services to be organized into.
- Publish your online profile to allow clients to book services online.
Creating a single service
Add a new service to your list of treatments by building a detailed profile to store and manage key information.
Add basic service details
- Desktop
- Mobile
To add the basic details of a new single service:
- Open the Catalog and select Service menu.
- Click Add and select Single service.
- Under Basic details, enter:
- Service name
- Service type
- Menu category
- Short description
- Under Pricing and duration, use the dropdowns to enter:
- Duration:
Time needed to perform the service. - Price type:
Set the price as Free, Fixed or starting From. - Price:
The price of the service.
- Duration:
- If the service requires processing time, enable the Extra time toggle and configure:
- Type:
Either Processing time or Blocked time after each appointment. - Duration:
Additional time needed after the service.
- Type:
- Click Save or continue to allocate locations to the service.
To add the basic details of a new single service:
- Open the Catalog and select Service menu.
- Tap Add (+) and select Single service.
- Under Basic details, enter:
- Service name
- Service type
- Menu category
- Short description
- Under Pricing and duration, use the dropdowns to enter:
- Duration:
Time needed to perform the service. - Price type:
Set the price as Free, Fixed or starting From. - Price:
The price of the service.
- Duration:
- If the service requires processing time, enable the Extra time toggle and configure:
- Type:
Either Processing time or Blocked time after each appointment. - Duration:
Additional time needed after the service.
- Type:
- Tap Save or continue to allocate locations to the service.
Learn how to create additional pricing variants and advanced pricing options for different team members and locations.
Include your qualifications and certifications for treatments like Botox or fillers directly in the service description. Showing clients that these specialised treatments are performed by a certified professional helps build trust, ensures safety, and keeps you compliant with legal regulations.
Allocate locations to services
If you have multiple locations, the option to allocate the service to a specific one will be available.
- Desktop
- Mobile
To choose the locations where this service will take place:
- Continue from adding Basic details or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Click on Locations from the menu.
- Check the box next to each location where the service is available or select All locations.
- Click Save or continue to allocate team members.
To choose the locations where this service will take place:
- Continue from adding Basic details or open the Service menu, select Add (+) and Single service.
- Tap on Locations tab from the menu.
- Check the box next to each location where the service is available or select All locations.
- Tap Save or continue to allocate team members.
Assign team members to services
- Desktop
- Mobile
To choose which team members can perform the service:
- Continue from allocating Locations or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Click on Team members from the menu.
- Check the box next to each team member that can perform the service or select All team members.
- Click Save or continue to assign and add resources.
To choose which team members can perform the service:
- Continue from allocating Locations or open the Service menu, select Add (+) and Single service.
- Tap on Team members tab from the menu.
- Check the box next to each team member that can perform the service or select All team members.
- Tap Save or continue to assign and add resources.
Assign resources to services
- Desktop
- Mobile
To allocate resources to the service, where needed:
- Continue from allocating Team members or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Click on Resources from the menu.
- Use the toggle to enable resource allocation.
- Check the box next to each required resource.
- If needed, create additional resources by selecting Add resource, entering the name and description, and clicking Save.
- Click Save or continue to update the online booking settings.
To allocate resources to the service, where needed:
- Continue from allocating Team members or open the Service menu, select Add (+) and Single service.
- Tap on Resources tab from the menu.
- Use the toggle to enable resource allocation.
- Check the box next to each required resource.
- If needed, create additional resources by selecting Add resource, entering the name and description, and tapping Save.
- Tap Save or continue to update the online booking settings.
Allow online bookings for the service
If your business is in a country with paid features, clients can book your services online via Fresha’s marketplace, social pages, and custom links. To enable online bookings, tap Start now to create and publish your online profile.
- Desktop
- Mobile
To enable clients to book the service online:
- Continue from assigning Resources or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Click on Online booking from the menu.
- Use the toggle to enable Online bookings.
- Under Available for, specify the service availability by gender.
- Check the boxes for Upselling options for additional services and memberships:
- Service upselling:
Offer clients additional services to add to their appointments. Select Edit under services and apply up to five services. Add a Discount value that will be applied to the upsold services. - Memberships:
Add a specific membership to be suggested to the client when they select the service. Choose the Cheapest or a Custom membership using the dropdowns.
- Service upselling:
- Click Save or continue to update the commission settings.
To enable clients to book the service online:
- Continue from assigning Resources or open the Service menu, select Add (+) and Single service.
- Scroll along to the Online booking tab from the menu.
- Use the toggle to enable Online bookings.
- Under Available for, specify the service availability by gender.
- Check the boxes for Upselling options for additional services and memberships:
- Service upselling:
Offer clients additional services to add to their appointments. Select Edit under services and apply up to five services. Add a Discount value that will be applied to the upsold services. - Memberships:
Add a specific membership to be suggested to the client when they select the service. Choose the Cheapest or a Custom membership using the dropdowns.
- Service upselling:
- Tap Save or continue to update the commission settings.
When a gender is specified for a service a visual indicator will be shown online letting clients know the gender the service is for. This will not stop clients from booking.
Manage forms
If you have multiple forms, you can assign each form to specific services to ensure that the appropriate forms are used for the right service types.
- Desktop
- Mobile
To assign forms to services:
- Continue from updating Online booking settings or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Click on Forms from the menu.
- Select the 3 dots next to each form to Preview or Remove forms currently assigned to the service.
- Click Add to view all forms.
- Select a form that is not currently assigned to the service, then click Add or select Create new to add a new form.
- Click Save or continue to update the commission settings.
To assign forms to services:
- Continue from updating Online booking settings or open the Service menu, select Add (+) and Single Service.
- Tap on Forms from the menu.
- Select the 3 dots next to each form to Preview or Remove forms currently assigned to the service.
- Tap Add to view all forms.
- Select a form that is not currently assigned to the service, then tap Add or select Create new to add a new form.
- Tap Save or continue to update the commission settings.
Allow commissions to be earned on services
Calculate team member commission when the service is sold. If your business is in a country with paid features, upgrade to the Team Pay add-on to access commissions.
- Desktop
- Mobile
To enable commissions for a service:
- Continue from managing forms or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Click on Commissions from the menu.
- Enable the toggle to calculate commission for team members when a service is sold.
- Under Commission rate, for each team member, select either:
- Tiered (default):
A tiered commission structure that adjusts rates according to the accumulated sales. - Fixed (Custom):
A fixed amount of commission can be earned on all items. For this option, enter a Default rate. This can be a percentage of the price or currency value. - No commission:
Choose this option if no commission is to be applied to the team member's sales.
- Tiered (default):
- Click Save or continue to update the service settings.
To enable commissions for a service:
- Continue from managing forms or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Tap Commissions from the menu.
- Enable the toggle to calculate commission for team members when a service is sold.
- Under Commission rate, for each team member, select either:
- Tiered (default):
A tiered commission structure that adjusts rates according to the accumulated sales. - Fixed (Custom):
A fixed amount of commission can be earned on all items. For this option, enter a Default rate. This can be a percentage of the price or currency value. - No commission:
Choose this option if no commission is to be applied to the team member's sales.
- Tiered (default):
- Tap Save or continue to update the service settings.
Update specific service settings
- Desktop
- Mobile
To configure the service settings:
- Continue from adding Commissions or open the Service menu, select Add and Single service.
- Click on Settings from the menu.
- Under Settings, check the box next to Require upfront payments and enter a value to avoid no-shows.
- Check the box next to Require patch test to show a patch test requirement when creating appointments with the service.
- Under Notifications, update the notification preferences associated with the service:
- Aftercare instructions:
Include an Aftercare description with additional instructions for clients post-treatment. This will be included in the thank you email sent after their appointment. - Reminder to rebook notifications:
Choose to remind clients to rebook the service and set a timeframe for when the reminder is sent. For example, 4 weeks after the initial service booking.
- Aftercare instructions:
- Configure the following Advanced settings:
- Sales tax:
Select Edit to update the sales tax settings for each location to use your default tax settings or include or exclude taxes. - Cost of service:
Set the cost incurred by your business for delivering the service, like the cost of materials used for the service.
- Sales tax:
- Click Save.
Once all fields are filled out and saved, the new service will be available for booking immediately.
- Continue from adding Commissions or open the Service menu, select Add (+) and Single service.
- Scroll along to the Settings tab from the menu.
- Under Settings, check the box next to Require upfront payments and enter a value to avoid no-shows.
- Check the box next to Require patch test to show a patch test requirement when creating appointments with the service.
- Under Notifications, update the notification preferences associated with the service:
- Aftercare instructions:
Include an Aftercare description with additional instructions for clients post-treatment. This will be included in the thank you email sent after their appointment. - Reminder to rebook notifications:
Choose to remind clients to rebook the service and set a timeframe for when the reminder is sent. For example, 4 weeks after the initial service booking.
- Aftercare instructions:
- Configure the following Advanced settings:
- Sales tax:
Select Edit to update the sales tax settings for each location to use your default tax settings or include or exclude taxes. - Cost of service:
Set the cost incurred by your business for delivering the service, like the cost of materials used for the service.
- Sales tax:
- Tap Save.
Once all fields are filled out and saved, the new service will be available for booking immediately.
You can easily create similar services using the duplicate feature. Just click on the three dots next to the service, select Duplicate and update the new service details before saving.
FAQs
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