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BookEase — Booking Platform

A booking platform with real-time availability, reminders and Stripe payments — cutting no-shows and manual scheduling for a services business.

Timeline
5 weeks
Role
Full-stack development
Team
Engineer + designer
Year
2025
Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLPrismaStripeTailwind CSS
📅
BookEase

−60%

No-shows

24/7

Self-booking

instant

Confirmations

Client goals

  • Let clients self-book 24/7
  • Reduce no-shows
  • Take deposits up front

Project overview

BookEase lets clients book services 24/7 with real-time availability, deposits and reminders — replacing back-and-forth scheduling.

The client problem

Our solution

Self-serve booking with real-time availability, Stripe deposits at booking, calendar sync and automated reminders to cut no-shows.

What we built

Features

🗓️

Availability

Real-time slots and calendars.

💳

Deposits

Stripe payments at booking.

🔔

Reminders

Email/SMS to cut no-shows.

🔁

Reschedule

Self-serve changes and cancels.

👥

Multi-staff

Per-staff calendars and services.

Under the hood

Technical code

app/api/checkout/route.ts
TypeScript
import Stripe from "stripe";const stripe = new Stripe(process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY!); export async function POST(req: Request) {  const { priceId, orgId } = await req.json();  const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({    mode: "subscription",    line_items: [{ price: priceId, quantity: 1 }],    metadata: { orgId, priceId },    success_url: process.env.BASE_URL + "/billing?ok=1",    cancel_url: process.env.BASE_URL + "/pricing",  });  return Response.json({ url: session.url });}
prisma/schema.prisma
Prisma
model Organization {  id        String   @id @default(cuid())  name      String  members   Membership[]  createdAt DateTime @default(now())} model Membership {  id     String @id @default(cuid())  role   Role   @default(MEMBER)  userId String  orgId  String  @@unique([userId, orgId])} enum Role { OWNER ADMIN MEMBER }

Integrations

APIs & services

Stripe

Deposits and payments.

Google Calendar

Two-way calendar sync.

Resend

Confirmation & reminder emails.

Process

Development workflow

  1. 1

    Discovery

    Goals, users and success metrics defined on a free call.

  2. 2

    Planning

    Fixed scope, milestone plan and timeline in writing.

  3. 3

    UI/UX design

    Wireframes and a clean, modern design system.

  4. 4

    Backend setup

    Database schema, auth and core services.

  5. 5

    API development

    Typed, documented endpoints and integrations.

  6. 6

    Frontend

    Responsive, accessible UI wired to the API.

  7. 7

    Testing

    QA across devices plus performance & security checks.

  8. 8

    Deployment

    CI/CD, monitoring and a smooth production launch.

  9. 9

    Support

    Ongoing maintenance, updates and new features.

Speed & SEO

Performance & SEO

Performance

  • Server-side & static rendering for instant first paint
  • Image optimisation and lazy loading
  • Code-splitting and route-level prefetching
  • Edge/CDN caching with smart revalidation
  • Green Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP)
  • Database indexing and query tuning

SEO

  • Per-page metadata, canonical URLs and Open Graph
  • Structured data (JSON-LD) for rich results
  • Programmatic sitemap & robots
  • Semantic, accessible HTML
  • Clean, descriptive slug URLs

Built secure

Security

🔒Session-based auth with role permissions
🔒Server-side authorization on every protected route
🔒Input validation (Zod) on client and server
🔒Secure payments via hosted Checkout (no card data stored)
🔒Rate limiting and abuse protection
🔒Encrypted secrets and least-privilege access

Outcome

Results & impact

−60%

No-shows

24/7

Self-booking

instant

Confirmations

BookEase enabled 24/7 self-booking, cut no-shows by 60% with deposits and reminders, and eliminated manual scheduling.