Mobile Detailing Booking App That Books Jobs While You Detail

A detailing price list is really a grid: package by vehicle size by condition, and most customers cannot read it from a Facebook post. A booking system solves that with price variables. In BookingMachine you set a base price for each package, then add variables for vehicle size, condition, pet hair, and extras such as engine bay or headlight restoration, each adding a fixed amount or a percentage.

The customer picks their options and sees the price change in front of them, so the quote is finished before they have messaged you. The duration can change too, so a full detail on a heavily soiled SUV blocks the time it actually takes and the next slot is offered at a time you can keep. You still have the final say when you see the car, but the price they saw is the price you set.

Being mobile means the price depends partly on where the car is. A price variable for distance or area lets you charge for the drive without listing a dozen separate prices, and the booking form can ask for the address and parking details so you know what you are turning up to. If you also work from a unit, add it as a second location with its own hours.

Every booking arrives in your dashboard and your inbox with the vehicle, the options, the address and the time, so the day is planned before you have spoken to anyone. If you take on a second valeter, add them as a team member and the diary covers both of you, with a slot that is taken never offered twice.

Yes. BookingMachine takes payment through Stripe, and the money goes to your own Stripe account, not to a platform wallet. For each package you decide whether the customer pays a deposit, pays in full at booking, or pays on the day. Online payments are on the paid plans and need an approved payments application, which we review before switching them on.

For a solo valeter a deposit is the difference between a planned day and a wasted drive. A customer who has paid something is there with the keys when you arrive, and a late cancellation covers your fuel. A no-show fee is available for the ones who are not, and once the job is marked complete you can invoice any balance from the same place.

Owners often ask whether the customer can upload photos of the car while booking. In BookingMachine condition is captured as a price variable and a notes field, which is enough to price the routine work, and it keeps the booking quick on a phone. Photos come in after the job: when it is marked complete, the customer is emailed a review request and can add photos or video to their review.

For an unusual car or a job you would rather see first, use a quote. The customer describes the vehicle and what they want, you send a quote they can accept online, and the accepted quote becomes a dated booking. That keeps the booking form short for the standard packages while still handling the one-off restoration properly.

The before-and-after shot is what sells detailing, and the review flow is built around it. Reviews with photos appear on your reviews page and can be embedded on your website. Customers never create an account to book. They open your link from Instagram, Facebook or your Google profile, pick the package, see the price, choose a slot, pay if payments are on, and get a confirmation by email.

If you have a website, the form embeds with one line of code. If you do not, the free website gives you a multi-page site with templates, your packages and prices, your reviews and booking built in, with your own domain on a paid plan. The free plan has no card; deposits and online payments are on the paid plans.