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Help center for business owners
Practical help for setting up a business workspace, taking bookings, accepting payments, and preparing the public page for clients.
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Why are no times showing on my booking page?
Check service duration, staff availability, capacity, location rules, and buffer time. A slot only appears when every rule can be satisfied.
Open help topicHow do I take online payments or deposits?
Connect Stripe for card payments, then configure service deposits or checkout rules. Manual payment instructions can be used while online payments are not ready.
Open help topicCan I connect a custom domain?
Yes. Start with the default Elas Booking URL, add the DNS records for your domain, then wait for DNS and SSL to show as connected.
Open help topicWhat should I send support?
Send the business name, account email, page URL, screenshots, exact error text, and the approximate time the issue happened.
Open help topicAt a glance
- Start here
- Set profile, services, availability, booking rules, payments, and branding.
- Most common issue
- Slots not showing because availability, duration, capacity, or buffers conflict.
- Support
- Send the page URL, account email, screenshots, and exact error text.
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Start with the launch checklist
The fastest way to go live is to complete the core setup in order: business profile, service list, availability, booking rules, payment instructions, branding, and final test booking.
- Create or confirm your owner account
- Choose your business URL and check that the slug is available
- Add your services with price, duration, category, and booking type
- Preview the public page before sharing it with clients
Services and availability
Services control what clients can book. Availability controls when they can book. If a time does not show publicly, check service duration, staff availability, location rules, capacity, and buffers.
- Use short service names that clients recognise
- Add buffer time for travel, preparation, cleanup, or reset
- Use capacity for classes, rooms, seats, lanes, or item hire
- Use seat labels when specific places need names
Payments and subscriptions
Your Elas Booking subscription pays for access to the platform. Payments from your clients are controlled through your business payment settings.
- Use Stripe Connect for direct card payments and payouts to your Stripe account
- Add bank transfer, cash, invoice, or pay-on-arrival instructions
- Check plan limits and add-ons if bookings, clients, staff, or storage grow
Domains and branding
Every business can start with an Elas Booking URL. Domain setup stays launch-gated until the required provider evidence is complete; branding controls can still apply logo, colors, and client portal styling.
- Use the default business subdomain first
- Add DNS records only through the documented domain workflow when it is enabled
- Wait for DNS and SSL status to become connected before sharing a customer-owned domain
- Use clear contrast between background, text, and button colors
Getting support
For support, send a clear description of the problem, the business name, the page URL, and screenshots if helpful. Good details make fixes faster.
- Tell us what you were trying to do
- Tell us what happened instead
- Include the account email if the issue is account-specific
- Do not send passwords or secret keys by email
Account access
If you cannot sign in, reset your password first, then check the email address used for the business owner account. For two-factor or ownership problems, contact support with the business URL and account email.
- Use the password reset flow for forgotten passwords
- Check that you are signing in with the owner or team account email
- Ask support for help if two-factor setup blocks the owner account
- Include the business URL when reporting account access issues
Ready to move forward?
Create a live booking page in minutes with no card required, then adjust services, branding, domains, and payments as the business grows.