Get started with Chairful

Follow the essential setup steps that prepare your diary and online booking profile for clients.

Updated 24 July 2026

Chairful works best when the parts of your working day are set up in a clear order. Start with the people taking bookings, add the services clients can choose, and then publish your booking profile.

Before you begin

You will need:

  • Your service names, durations and prices.
  • The usual working hours for each person who takes bookings.
  • A short description and general location for your business.

You can change all of these later.

1. Add your services

Open More, then choose Services. Add at least one active service with a name, duration and price.

Services determine how much time Chairful places in the diary. They also give clients the choices shown on your online booking profile.

Learn how to add and manage services

2. Check your team and working hours

Open More, then choose Team. Make sure each person who should receive bookings is active and bookable.

Open a team member to check their working hours. Online availability is calculated from those hours, existing appointments and blocked time.

3. Prepare your online booking profile

Open More, then choose Online booking. Chairful shows a readiness checklist for:

  1. An active service.
  2. Someone available for booking.
  3. Working hours for that person.

Complete any unfinished item before publishing.

Learn how to publish your online booking profile

4. Add existing appointments

Add any appointments already agreed with clients before sharing your booking link. This prevents the same time appearing available online.

From Today, choose Add, then New appointment.

Learn how to add an appointment

5. Protect unavailable time

Add lunch, training or other unavailable periods to the diary with Block time. Use Time off for holiday, sickness or unavailable days.

Learn how to block time in your diary

6. Preview and share

Return to MoreOnline booking. Preview the page, publish it, save your changes and copy the booking link.

Open the link yourself before sharing it. Check that services, team choices and available times match the business you have just set up.

What to do next

Add your regular clients so their contact details and useful notes are ready when you need them.

Learn how to add and update clients