Free online booking for solo and small service businesses

Online booking and scheduling for ghostwriters.

Offer a free discovery call, set your hours, and clients book themselves.

Ready to go? Create your free booking page

Free plan, no credit card required

What your clients see. The starter booking page for your trade, services already filled in. Clients pick a service and an open time, add a few details, and send the request. No account, no app.

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Let clients book without leaving your site

Already have a website? Paste one line of code and your booking page opens right on it - card payments, deposits and all.

Works with WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, Shopify, GoDaddy and any website that takes custom HTML.

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Built around how ghostwriters actually work

No forced payment processor, no setup calls. Just a page clients can book on today.

Scope the project before your call

Ask about genre, word count, and timeline before your discovery call ever starts.

Work with clients anywhere

No address needed - meet by video call or work async by email, whatever you and the client prefer.

Protect your writing schedule

Require a minimum notice window and show your cancellation policy before booking.

Everything your booking page needs

Every setting below lives in your dashboard and takes effect on your public booking page immediately.

Custom intake fields

Ask about genre, word count, and timeline before the discovery call.

Works for remote clients

No address field required - built for a fully virtual, work-from-anywhere business.

Add-ons for extras

Offer developmental editing, a rush timeline, or extra revision rounds as add-ons.

Minimum notice window

Require a set number of hours notice before a same-day booking.

Blackout dates

Block off days you're not taking on new projects, in one click.

Booking button

Add a "Book Now" button to your own site or Facebook page.

What a ghostwriter booking page starts with

Pick Ghostwriter at sign-up and setup suggests these services, add-ons and prices. Keep, reprice or untick them as you go, and change anything later under Settings > Service types and Add-ons.

Three steps to your first booking

01

Sign up - your starter menu is ready

Tell us your business name. Your booking page starts with the Ghostwriter services shown above, so you're not starting from a blank page - change anything in Settings.

02

Customize your settings

Set your hours, prices, policies, and notification preferences from your dashboard - most changes take seconds.

03

Share your link

Send clients to your booking page, embed it on your site, or link it from social media. Bookings land straight in your dashboard.

Free to start. Free to keep.

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Everything you need to take real bookings.
  • Your own public booking page
  • Unlimited services & add-ons
  • Business hours & blackout dates
  • Coupons & tax
  • Spam & VPN protection
  • Card payments via Stripe
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Questions ghostwriters ask

Can I ask about genre, word count, or timeline before booking?

Yes - Custom Fields let you collect this on the booking form, optionally required.

Do clients have to book through my booking page, or can I add bookings myself?

No. Clients don't need to use your public booking page for a booking to show up in your account. You can click Add client to save someone's contact details ahead of time, or use New booking to log an appointment yourself. That's handy for phone calls, emails, walk-ins and referrals. Price it from your services and add-ons, or choose Custom quote to enter a one-off price you've already agreed. It works like your booking page: add more than one person, pet or vehicle to one booking (if you've turned that on), answer your own booking questions, apply a coupon code, and see your open times for the day - required questions can be left blank, and you can still pick any time. These bookings sit in the same account as your online ones, so you can keep all your clients and appointments in one place. Bookings you create yourself don't email the client automatically. Open the booking and click Email client to send a pre-filled confirmation.

Can clients pay me by credit or debit card?

Yes - turn on Stripe Payments in your dashboard and a client's card gets charged, in full or as a deposit, straight into your own Stripe account before their request is even sent. It's entirely optional, though - you're always in control of payment, and can just as easily take cash, run a card in person with something like Square, or send your own payment link instead.

Will client information stay confidential?

1MinuteBooking doesn't publish anything you don't put on your page - client names, manuscripts, and booking details stay private to your dashboard. You're still responsible for your own NDA or confidentiality agreement with each client, same as before.

Can I require notice before a same-day booking?

Yes - set a minimum notice window in hours.

Do I need a separate app to manage bookings?

No - 1MinuteBooking is entirely web-based and works from any browser.

Is this ghostwriter scheduling software, or just a booking form?

Both. Your booking page only offers start times that fit: inside your hours (up to two windows a day), long enough for the service plus any add-ons, clear of other bookings and your buffer, and within your notice and advance limits. Blackout dates take days off the page, and whether an unconfirmed request holds its slot is your call under Settings > Hours & availability. There's no two-way calendar sync, texting or automatic reminders: a confirmed booking has an Add to Calendar button for Google, Apple and Outlook, and a one-click reminder email.

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