Category:
Marketplace
A bookable product is intended for services that can be scheduled and booked via a calendar.
The buyer can look for a free date in a calendar and book a service.
Example: Bookable one-day workshop/webinar with participant limit of 10 persons on 2 different dates
Only the necessary fields are described.
- Shop Manager -> Products -> Add New
- Selection list “Bookable product” with the options “Has persons” and “Virtual”. Leave the other options switched off.
- Enter Product Title
- Right of the title you can upload the product image preferably with 400×300 pixels.
- Below this, be sure to specify one or more categories, as well as a few keywords for the search engines further down.
- Enter “Short Description” and “Description”
- Subitem “Booking options” -> Set booking duration to fixed units of 1 day
- Subitem “Properties” -> Specify language and type of product
- Sub-item “Availability” -> “Minimum number of units” determines how much lead time is required for the booking.
- Sub-item “Availability” -> “Maximum number of units” defines how far in advance booking is possible
- Subitem “Availability” -> “All data are…” set to “not available by default”.
- Subitem “Availability” / “Rules” -> Set “Type” to “Date from-to”, set “From” and “To” to the same date and thus determine the specific day.
- Subitem “Availability” / “Rules” -> Set “Bookable” to “Yes”
- Another rule for a date can be added via the small “+” sign on the right-hand side
- Subitem “Costs” -> “Set price per unit” (i.e. per participant)
- Subitem “Number of participants” -> Set minimum (1) and maximum number of participants (10)
- Sub-item “Number of persons” -> “Multiply prices by number of persons” checkbox
- Subitem “YOAST SEO” is optional, but recommended
- Under “Toolset Woocommerce”, be sure to tick “Virtual” and enter a unique article number under “SKU”.
- Subitem “Product Policies” -> under “Policy Tab Label” -> enter “GTC” and either copy or link the GTC in the text fields below. Please note that there is a customisable sample GTC (in German) in the Buhren-Consulting shop that you can use.
- At the bottom there are the buttons “DRAFT” and “SUBMIT”. “DRAFT” saves the article as a draft and does not publish it yet. “SUBMIT” publishes the article directly.