First-time setup

After payment, you land in your admin area with a Finish setting up your booking page checklist. Work through it to get your business ready to Publish. Each item links straight to the editor it describes, and ticks itself off as you complete it — you don’t check anything by hand.

The checklist stays visible across /admin until you Publish. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are required before you can publish; the rest are optional and can be skipped and returned to later.

Read the checklist

The checklist groups setup into sections. At the top you see how many items are done, and how many are skipped. To hide it while you work, choose Hide; choose Show to bring it back.

Three items are the essentials that gate going live, and they’re covered below. The rest — branding, deposits, notifications, loyalty, and more — are optional; complete or Skip each so nothing is published by accident.

Set up your branch and opening hours

A branch is a place customers book at. You start with one branch; add more if your plan size allows.

1. From the checklist, choose Set up your location & opening hours, or open Settings → Branches.
2. Fill in the branch name and address.
3. Open Branch Hours and set the days and times you’re open each week. Add one-off closures or special times under special hours.
4. Save.

You can copy a branch’s public booking link from Settings → Branches once it’s set up.

Add your team and bookable stylists

A stylist is a team member who takes appointments. Only bookable stylists appear on your booking page, so you need at least one.

1. From the checklist, choose Add bookable providers, or open Team.
2. Choose + Add Team Member.
3. Enter their name and email, and pick a Role.
4. Turn on This team member takes appointments to set them up as a bookable stylist. Fill in their stylist details (which branches and services they work) when the form expands.
5. Save. JustBook emails them an invite to set a password. They’re bookable as soon as you add them — they just can’t sign in until they accept the invite.

To learn more about roles and what each team member can do, see add your team and permissions.

Build your menu

Your menu is the list of what customers can book, organized as collections → categories → services, with add-ons attached to services. You need at least one active service before you can Publish.

1. From the checklist, choose Build your menu (at least 1 active service), or open Menu → Bulk edit.
2. Create your services — a name, duration, and price for each.
3. Assign at least one stylist to each service. A service isn’t bookable until a stylist offers it.
4. Make sure the service is active.

For the full walkthrough, see build your menu. A service that has no assigned stylist, or sits in a category or collection with no bookable service, is a dead-end and won’t show to customers — the publish checklist explains how JustBook flags these.

Finish the rest

Work through the optional items when you’re ready. Common next steps:

• Add your logo and brand colors — both live in Settings → Branding. You can upload one logo, an optional second version for dark backgrounds, and an optional square icon for the browser tab.
• Configure your booking flow — the steps a customer sees when booking, in Settings → Booking Flow.
• Set booking rules — buffers between appointments and how far ahead people can book, in Settings → Booking Settings.
• Connect Stripe for payouts — start this early. It’s in Settings → Integrations, and verification runs in the background while you keep setting up. Online payments and deposits switch on automatically once it’s approved.
• Set up notifications, loyalty, and packages — depending on your plan.

Ready to Publish

Once you’ve added a branch, an active service, and a bookable stylist, the Publish & go live button turns on. See the publish checklist for exactly what Publish requires and how to clear any warnings first.