How to Opt-In and Setup Booking for your Salon/Barbershop/Restaurant on Google MyBusiness

Earlier I wrote a post about how to add your list of services, or your menu to your Google MyBusiness only using a mobile device, and briefly talked about not confusing that with opt-in for bookings/appointments.

Booking/Appointments

At the time of writing, adding this functionality to your Google MyBusiness listing requires you to actually opt-in using the form provided here.

Reservations, Appointments, Online Booking - Interest Form

Thanks for your interest in actionable links on Google. If you own/work for a website or mobile app which offers restaurant reservations, appointment booking, online ordering, or other similar services which can be directly reserved or booked online by end users, and would like to let Google know, you are welcome to fill out this form. Responses to this form are monitored but may not receive a direct response, you may be contacted if we continue to expand this feature in the future.

Google Docs

Actually it says that this functionality is only limited to region in the US, but I do have this option available in the MyBusiness panel for businesses based in Canada, so Google might just not have updated it yet, I’m not sure.

Anyways just complete that interest form and wait for Google to get back to you either approving or disapproving your request. You’ll have to fill out some information about your businesses website, where it’s located, and your job title etc.

What happens when I’m approved?

After you’ve submitted your application to opt-in with Google and you’ve recieved an email saying you’ve been approved, you’ll notice a new tab on the left menu in your MyBusiness settings labelled “Bookings”. 

From there you’ll see the relevant third-party providers for setting up bookings for your service business with Google and you can be setup and taking bookings within a week. 


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