Hi, are you new here? Even if you’ve been here before, did you know about our Apple Maps booking feature?
Well, our motto at Vagaro is: Get found, get booked get paid. We’ve got loads of clever features that help to promote the discoverability of your beauty & wellness business, and in turn, help to get those diaries booked up!
A favourite feature of many of our customers is the schedule button, present when your business is searched in Apple Maps. Whether it be online or the app, we’re everywhere Apple Maps is. Any paying customer of ours can get booked within the iOS feature with the Vagaro online booking software.
What is it Exactly, and What are the Benefits?
Your clients have access to a quicker and more convenient booking experience, as with one click, they are taken immediately to your booking page.
The button sits directly alongside the directions button.
According to Statista.com, Apple iPhones held over 50% of the mobile phone market in 2022, and studies show that three in four iPhone users rely on Apple Maps. This provides a huge opportunity to get found, get booked and get paid through this integration.
This also acts as a viable booking feature whether you use Vagaro’s booking software for your salon, barbershop management, spa or any other beauty & wellness business.
What Do Customers Think?
**Dan, owner of Dan’s Barbershop London, has had a very positive experience with the Apple Maps feature: ** “As we’ve gravitated away from the traditional walk-in model with the help of Vagaro, our clients much prefer being able to prebook appointments with their barber of choice, at a time and day that suits them.
Vagaro’s integration into Apple Maps provides another seamless booking experience for both new and existing clients. It’s quick, clean and entirely painless to find us on Apple Maps and within a few clicks have a haircut or beard trim booked in.
Being integrated into Apple Maps is ideal for those clients who need to take geography into account. In the barbering industry, picking the right location is still a key component to running a successful business.
A lot of our clients live or work in close proximity to the barbershop. It’s fantastic that we can now get new clients booked in directly through Apple Maps.
For example, if a potential new client has recently moved or started working nearby, they can search for ‘barbershops nearby’, find our profile, read reviews and check out images of our work. They can then hit schedule and book an appointment directly through Vagaro. Simple! You can’t get a more clean and straightforward user experience than that!”
How do I implement Apple Maps on Vagaro Pro, You Ask?
Here’s the criteria you need to meet to start getting online bookings via Apple Maps:
- You must be out of your 30-day free trial period.
- You must have online bookings enabled within your Vagaro Pro app. If you need help getting this set up, you can call our support team:020 3876 9856 and select option 2.
We’ve also got this handy list of best practices that we’d recommend implementing so you can get the most out of the Apple Maps feature.
Be sure to check out the other amazing features that Vagaro’s all-in-one booking & business management software has to offer.