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title: "Take Bookings From Your Real Hours · Mousepad Guide"
description: "Describe your opening hours and Mousepad builds a booking page that follows them. Try it before you publish, then see the day's bookings in one place."
url: "https://mousepad.app/guides/bookings"
---

# Take bookings from your real hours

Let customers book when you're actually open, and see the day's bookings in one place.

Updated October 29, 2026

## Describe how you take bookings

Tell Mousepad what people can book, how long each one takes, what it costs, who does it, and your opening hours. Plain words are fine.

For example: “Online booking for appointments: customers pick a service and a free time from our real hours, get a confirmation, and we see the day's bookings in a staff view.”

## What Mousepad builds

- A booking page that only offers free times inside your opening hours.
- A confirmation for the customer once they book.
- A staff area behind sign-in where you see the day's bookings.
- Your hours kept in one place, so they match everywhere on your site.

Bookings are saved in your app's Cloud, which also lets people sign in. If Mousepad asks “Let your app save information?”, say yes.

## Try it before you publish

1. Book a time in the preview, the way a customer would.
2. Use Sign in as… in the preview to switch to a sample staff or owner account, and check the booking arrived.
3. Ask for changes in the chat, like longer appointments or a break at lunch.

Sample accounts work on your published site too, so remove them in Cloud → Users once you don't need them.

## Add more when you're ready

- A deposit when someone books, paid through Stripe (see Take payments with Stripe).
- Class or event sign-ups.

[More on booking and scheduling](https://mousepad.app/booking-and-scheduling)

## More guides

- [Publish your site and connect your domain](https://mousepad.app/guides/publish)
- [Take payments with Stripe](https://mousepad.app/guides/payments)
- [Get found on Google and in AI answers](https://mousepad.app/guides/search)
- [Invite your team](https://mousepad.app/guides/team)
- [How credits work](https://mousepad.app/guides/credits)

## Build it with Mousepad

Describe your business and Mousepad builds the site, then you publish it when you are ready.

[Try Mousepad free](https://mousepad.app/signup)

## Product

- [Features](https://mousepad.app/features)
- [How it works](https://mousepad.app/how-it-works)
- [Website builder](https://mousepad.app/website-builder)
- [Business apps](https://mousepad.app/business-apps)
- [Booking and scheduling](https://mousepad.app/booking-and-scheduling)
- [CRM and client portals](https://mousepad.app/crm-and-client-portals)
- [AI assistants](https://mousepad.app/ai-assistants)
- [AI SEO and growth](https://mousepad.app/ai-seo)
- [Hosting and domains](https://mousepad.app/hosting-and-domains)

## Use cases

- [Restaurants and cafés](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/restaurants)
- [Salons and beauty](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/salons)
- [Contractors](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/contractors)
- [Home services](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/home-services)
- [Fitness studios](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/fitness)
- [Freelancers and agencies](https://mousepad.app/agencies)
- [Create together](https://mousepad.app/collaborate)
- [All use cases](https://mousepad.app/use-cases)

## Resources

- [Documentation](https://mousepad.app/docs)
- [Compare builders](https://mousepad.app/blog)
- [Templates](https://mousepad.app/templates)
- [Guides](https://mousepad.app/guides)
- [Developer docs](https://mousepad.app/docs/agents)
- [Help center](https://mousepad.app/help)
- [Changelog](https://mousepad.app/changelog)
- [Referral program](https://mousepad.app/referrals)