SmartPointment – Let Customers Book An Appointment

Booking an appointment at a doctor, dentist, and many other small businesses has always been a process with very little transparency. You give them a call, they tell you the first available appointment, and you either choose to accept it or go through the whole charade again.

One startup is looking to change that entire model with an easy-to-use widget.  SmartPointment allows you to create an appointment calendar and then embed the widget onto an existing website.  Site owners update a calendar on SmartPointment’s site and then allow customers and clients to book any of the available times. Once a time is selected the business can confirm the time via the website or an iPhone app.  Then, based on pricing tiers, reminder emails, text-messages, or even phone calls can be automatically sent out.

The service is still in beta so all tiers are currently free, including the top tier that comes with a full website for a company to manage appointments.

3 Reasons To Use SmartPointment:

• You currently handle scheduling via the phone and are looking for a more efficient way to handle this.
• You want to provide a scheduling system for your customers but don’t have a person manning a phone number all day.
• You want to eliminate the time-consuming reminder calls and emails.

3 Reasons You Don’t Need SmartPointment:

• You only periodically schedule customers and don’t need an automated tool to manage this.
• You need to collect sensitive information from clients at the time of scheduling an appointment.
• Your business relies on the personal touch and concierge-type services that this would eliminate.

For more information on SmartPointment visit www.smartpointment.com.

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