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
−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
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 });}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
Discovery
Goals, users and success metrics defined on a free call.
- 2
Planning
Fixed scope, milestone plan and timeline in writing.
- 3
UI/UX design
Wireframes and a clean, modern design system.
- 4
Backend setup
Database schema, auth and core services.
- 5
API development
Typed, documented endpoints and integrations.
- 6
Frontend
Responsive, accessible UI wired to the API.
- 7
Testing
QA across devices plus performance & security checks.
- 8
Deployment
CI/CD, monitoring and a smooth production launch.
- 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
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.
Build your booking platform
Self-serve scheduling with deposits and reminders.