Your calendar and your money are two systems
The booking is in one place and the payment is somewhere else, so reconciling them is a weekly job. Booking and payment on the same record removes it.
Services
Take bookings and payments in one place.
Let customers book your services, take payment up front by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer, and keep every client on file so you always know who is booked and what they have paid for.
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Is Crate right for a Services business?
Crate is used by Services businesses to sell from one catalogue across their own online store, Instagram, WhatsApp and the counter. A Services business on Crate lists each product once, with its variants, its photos, its stock and its price in the merchant's own currency, USD or NGN, and every channel then sells that same record. Orders from all of those channels arrive in one Crate queue and stock is drawn down once, so a sale in a chat cannot oversell what is on the shelf. Crate takes the payment methods of the merchant's own market, USSD and pay on delivery included where they apply, and pays out to the business's own bank account. Crate is run from a phone.
The situation this is built for
Where you are now
None of this is unusual. It is what selling in more than one place looks like before there is one system underneath it.
No-shows cost you the slot and the fee
A slot held on a promise is a slot you cannot sell twice. Taking payment when the booking is made changes who carries that risk.
You are the only record of what was agreed
What was booked, what was paid and what was promised lives in your head and in a chat thread. A client record holds all three where staff can see them.
Made for your trade
Built for the way a services business sells.
The same platform underneath, told in the language of your trade. Here is what matters most for the way you sell, all from one dashboard.
- Bookings, handled. Take appointments online and keep them in one place, so your calendar and your payments never drift apart.
- Paid up front. Take %{rails} when a booking is made, and get an alert the moment the money lands.
- Every client on file. See who booked, what they paid and what they booked before, all from one dashboard.
How a a services business business sells with Crate.
One dashboard
The parts that make this kind of business work are here from the first day. There are no add-ons to stitch together.
Your own branded store
A store on your own domain, not a stall in a marketplace. Your brand, your customers and your customer list, yours to keep.
Bookings in one place
Take appointments online and keep every one in a single calendar, with the client and the payment attached.
Sell in the messages
Turn the questions that arrive on social and in chat into real, paid orders.
One order queue
Every order from every channel lands in one list, so nothing gets missed.
Get paid in US dollars
Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and bank transfer. Automatic payouts to your bank.
See what sells
Clear reports on your revenue and your best products, in plain language.
Sell, manage, get paid
Three pillars, for the way you sell.
Sell everywhere, manage it all from one place, and get paid, told in the language of a a services business business.
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Sell
Sell everywhere
Publish your services on a branded store, and let customers book the slot they want without a single back and forth.
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Manage
Manage it all
Every booking sits in one place with the client attached, so your calendar and your records never drift apart.
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Get paid
Get paid
Take card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and bank transfer up front when a booking is made, and get an alert. Automatic payouts to your bank.
One catalog
Add it once. Sell it everywhere.
Your customers reach you on social and in chat and want to book without the back and forth. Share one link and they book, pay and get a confirmation, all landing in one dashboard with the client on file.
- Your store
- In person
The parts of Crate this trade leans on
What you would use
Named plainly, and each one has a page of its own if you want the detail.
Payments and payouts
Take card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and bank transfer, the ways your customers actually pay....
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Customers
Every customer and their full order history land on file automatically. Group them into...
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Team and roles
Invite your staff and set permissions per person. Give each teammate exactly what they need...
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Services questions
Can customers book online?
Yes. Crate includes bookings, so customers can book your services and you keep every appointment in one place.
Can I take payment when they book?
Yes. You can take %{rails} up front, and get an alert the moment the money lands.
Do I keep a record of my clients?
Yes. Every customer is on file with what they booked and what they paid, all from one dashboard.
Do I need my own website?
No. A branded store on your own domain comes as part of Crate, so customers can find and book you there.
Another kind of business?
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Same platform underneath, told in the language of the trade.
Ready to sell your way?
Set up your branded store, add your catalog and take your first order today. Sell everywhere, manage it all and get paid, from one dashboard. Free for 14 days, no card required.
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