Booksy alternatives in Canada and the US

Before you move anything

This advice holds whoever you are leaving and whoever you are going to, us included.

1. 01

   Do not cancel anything yet

   Run the new one alongside the old one for a few weeks. Starter opens with a 14-day free trial, so the first two weeks of overlapping cost you nothing but your time, and running both is the only way to compare what each one actually sends you rather than what each one claims.

2. 02

   Export your client list first

   Do this while your account is still active. Check the export for real email addresses, phone-only records and duplicates before you rely on it. A list you cannot contact is not a list, and this is the single thing that is genuinely hard to recover once an account closes.

3. 03

   Let bookings already in the calendar finish where they are

   Moving appointments that clients have already confirmed is where mistakes get expensive. Take new bookings on the new system and let the old calendar empty itself out.

4. 04

   Check what happens to deposits in flight

   If you take deposits, find out how refunds and payouts are handled for bookings made before you switched. This is worth asking their support directly and getting in writing.

5. 05

   Your reviews usually do not come with you

   Reviews are tied to the platform that collected them, and no amount of exporting changes that. Assume you are starting again on ratings wherever you go, and plan to ask your regulars early.