Sector
Walkable demoIndependent garage
For independent workshops whose diary sits on the front desk while customers look for a slot from the sofa at night.
The trigger
Why it usually gets rebuilt
Most booking requests form between 6pm and 10pm — precisely when nobody is answering the phone. The customer does not call back the next morning; they have already booked elsewhere.
Typical pages
- Home
- Book an appointment
- Servicing and maintenance
- Roadworthiness and emissions testing on site
- Tires, seasonal changeover and storage
- Accident repair and estimates
- Workshop, team and directions
- Contact
Features
What actually makes the difference
Not every website needs everything. These are the points that genuinely count in this trade.
Booking with vehicle details
Registration, first registration date, mileage and the reason for the visit in one step. The workshop can see beforehand whether two hours on a ramp will do or half a day needs blocking out.
Seasonal changeover slots
The four weeks around Easter and around the first frost get their own short-interval slots. They can be opened and closed separately without disrupting the normal workshop diary.
Estimate from photos
The customer uploads three pictures of the damage and describes what happened in two sentences. For bodywork that is often enough for a ballpark figure and saves both sides a trip.
Test due date check
Enter the month and year from the disc and the page says when it gets tight. Anyone already two months over is shown the next free slots straight away.
Courtesy car with the booking
A tick box at booking asks whether a vehicle is needed. Availability hangs off the same calendar as the workshop bays, so no promise is made that has to be withdrawn in the morning.
Automation
What can run by itself
SMS appointment reminder
A short message 24 hours ahead with the time, the address and a note to bring the registration document. No-shows cost more than any text message.
Reminder before the annual test
Six weeks before the disc expires, the garage gets in touch first. Customers who confirm straight away take a test slot before the end-of-month rush starts.
Your car is ready
As soon as the job is closed in the system, a message goes out with a collection window. That takes the afternoon callbacks off reception.
Tire season invitation
Everyone with wheels in storage gets a message with suggested dates at the start of the season. The stock list is already there — the invitation writes itself from it.
Review request
One single question two days after collection. Positive answers lead to the review site, critical ones to the workshop manager first.
Integrations
Types of system typically connected — which product exactly is something we work out in the call.
- Workshop management system for jobs and service history
- Parts catalogs and ordering systems of the parts trade
- Bay and ramp occupancy planning
- Tire storage records
- Till and invoicing system
- SMS and email dispatch
Budget
$6,050 – $12,100
Almost everything depends on how deeply the booking reaches into the workshop system: a form that collects a preferred date is quick to build, a genuine availability check against ramps and staff is not. The range is an estimate and narrows after the first conversation.
Tell us what you have in mind.
Answer a few questions about your project. At the end you book an appointment and see a guide figure for the effort — free, without obligation and with no sales pitch.
- You'll hear back within 24 hours
- No sales pressure
- Fixed price before work starts