Booking System for Edinburgh Mobile Beauty Therapists
I was asked to create a bespoke booking system for a provider of mobile hairdressing & beauty treatments in Edinburgh and Newcastle. The company allows self-employed Beauty Professionals to set their own availability whose availability then feeds into the online booking system for the customers to book.
The project had three individual aspects; the client facing website with integrated booking system and payment gateway, an application for the Beauty Professionals to manage their availability, calendar and earnings, and the administrator application to allow overall management of all aspects of the system.
There are a lot of third party online booking systems available however all of them were a little too rigid for our requirements and tend to feel as though they have been shoehorned into a site.
It was important that the booking process be easy to use, fast and secure. After much consultation the process was finalised allowing customers to select their desired treatments and choose by either date or therapist before confirming the booking and completing payment. Payment is made directly to the Service Provider through Stripe, and an application fee is taken for the booking.
There is also an e-commerce aspect of the site, initially to sell Gift Cards to be used in the booking system, but can easily be expanded to sell additional products if required.
The entire application is written as a static site using the Nuxt JS framework. Business logic is handled using serverless functions meaning that costs were kept low and the other required applications could be seamlessly integrated into the system.
Progressive Web App implementation means that users can get an native app experience when using the booking system including notifications.
Little City Treat Edinburgh launched in Edinburgh at the start of 2020 and has now expanded to Newcastle.
You can view the site and booking system at the following links - Little City Treat Beauty Website and Beauty Booking System