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Client and personnel email notifications
Client and personnel email notifications
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What are Booxi Standard eMails?

Booxi standard emails are transactional emails sent out to clients and staff when a booking is created, modified or cancelled. These emails are easily deployed and do not require any configuration or setup.

Can Standard eMails be Customized?

Booxi’s default templates are simple, focusing on important information and CTAs. All templates have desktop, laptop and mobile views. Customizations are limited to the following elements:

  • Business profile picture

  • Business name (as configured in the Back Office) in the email title

  • Store location information (location, phone number)

  • Service information (duration, price, etc.)

  • Staff name in the email

Legend

Profile picture as configured in the store's business profile.

Service instructions, in light HTML (optional).

Survey URL (optional).

Store address and phone number (optional).

CTA as defined in the store's booking rules.

Booxi logo (optional).

Legal terms as defined in store settings.

Sender information

The sender email is no-reply@booxi.com and cannot be customized. The sender name is your store name.

Client Notifications (appointment)

This section lists all supported notifications sent to clients for bookings of type "Appointment", along with a corresponding email sample.

Status

Sample

Appointment Confirmation

Sent to the client when an appointment is approved, manually or automatically (after a delay).

Required Settings

  • If the appointment is created by a staff member, at the time of creation “Options” must be set to “Approve without client confirmation”.

Appointment Requested by Client, Awaiting Staff Confirmation

Sent to the client when a new appointment is booked but requires approval by a staff member.

Required Settings

Notification will be sent if either condition is met:

  • The service's “Time Selection Mode” is set to either “Ask client’s availability” or “Display time without availability check”.

  • The store's "Appointment Approval Modes" is set to “Manual”.

Appointment Requested by Staff, Awaiting Client Confirmation

Sent to the client when an appointment is created by a staff member and requires the client’s approval.

Required Settings

  • When creating the appointment in a calendar, “Options” must be set to “Request client confirmation”.

Appointment Changed by Client

Sent whenever the client changes some element of the appointment, without requiring a confirmation from either party.

Required Settings

  • Clients are allowed to modify appointments (see store booking rules) and “Appointment Approval Modes” is set to “Automatic”.

  • The service's “Time Selection Mode” is NOT set to “Ask client’s availability”.

Appointment Changed by Client, Awaiting Staff Confirmation

Sent to the client when they change an element of an appointment which requires approval by a staff member.

Required Settings

Notification will be sent if either condition is met:

  • Clients are allowed to modify appointments (see store booking rules) and "Appointment Approval Modes" is set to “Manual”.

  • Clients are allowed to modify appointments (see store booking rules) and “Time Selection Mode” is set to either “Ask client’s availability” or “Display time without availability check”.

Appointment Changed by Staff

Sent to the client whenever a staff member changes an element of an appointment, but client confirmation is not required.

Appointment Changed by Staff Requesting Client Confirmation

Sent to the client whenever a staff member changes an element of an appointment, and client confirmation is required.

Required Settings

  • At the time of edit, in the appointment calendar entry, “Options” must be set to “Request client confirmation”.

Appointment Canceled by Client

Sent when the client cancels an appointment.

Required Settings

  • Clients are allowed to cancel appointments (see "Cancellation Policy" in Booking rules).

Appointment Canceled by Staff

Sent to the client when a staff member cancels an appointment.

Unpaid Cancellation

Sent to the client when an appointment is canceled due to lack of payment. A payment module must be enabled at the store level for any payment-related notification to be sent.

Required Settings

  • "Auto-Cancel Unpaid Booking” is enabled, and the service’s payment method is set to “Capture Card Info” or “At Online Booking”.

The notification is sent if no payment is received within 15 minutes of booking.

Appointment Completed

Sent to the client when an existing appointment was manually marked as completed by a staff member or completed automatically. The content of this message can be customized in the Back Office in a store’s booking rules.

Required Settings

For this notification to be sent, the following conditions must be met:

  • Enable automated thank you message” is enabled (see store booking rules).

  • The client has an associated email address (if not, the message will be sent by SMS (no customization available)).

Appointment Reminder

Sent when it is time to remind the client of their appointment. Note that the delay defined at the service level (if applicable) will supersede the delay defined at the store level.

*Note: Reminder notifications are sent per the delay defined in your store’s booking rules.

Appointment Additional Reminder

Sent when it is time to remind the client of their appointment for a second time. The content of this email is the same as the first reminder.

Required Settings

  • The "Additional reminder" setting is enabled (see store booking rules) Notifications are sent per the delay defined in your store’s booking rules. Note that settings can be overridden at the service level.

Appointment Recall

Sent when it is time to remind the client to book a new appointment, if a recall was programmed.

Required Settings

  • When an appointment is completed, the option “Schedule a recall reminder” must be selected. The recall notification is set per the delay defined when completing an appointment.

Pending Payment Reminder

Sent to the client when a payment is pending or when a payment by email is requested from the Back Office. A payment module must be enabled at the store level for any payment-related notification to be sent.

Required Settings

  1. Online payment is enabled for the selected service, set to “By Email”.

  2. Online payment is enabled for the selected service, set to "Capture card info". Also, "Auto-cancel unpaid booking" setting is disabled.

Invoice Receipt

Sent to the client when a payment is processed and a Booxi receipt is provided by email.

Required Settings

Enable invoices and receipts” is enabled (see store booking rules).

Personnel Notifications (appointment)

Here’s a list of all supported notifications sent to personnel for bookings of type "Appointment" along with a corresponding sample. Note that for personnel to receive email notifications, the following settings must be configured in the Back Office:

  • In “Personnel Summary” under “Booking Rules”, “Communication Preferences” must be set to “Alerts and Emails”; under “Personnel Details” an email must be assigned.

Status

Sample

Appointment Confirmation

Sent to the assigned staff member when a client or another staff member books an appointment.

Appointment requested by Client, awaiting Staff confirmation

Sent to the assigned staff member when a new appointment is booked but requires approval.

Required Settings

  • "Appointment Approval Modes" is set to “Manual” (see store booking rules).

  • In the selected service’s booking rules, “Time Selection Mode” is set to “Display time slot with automatic dispatch (resource)”.

Appointment Changed by Client

Sent to the assigned staff member whenever the client changes an element of an appointment without requiring confirmation from either party.

Appointment Changed by Client Requesting Staff Confirmation

Sent to the assigned staff member when the client changes an appointment, requiring confirmation from staff.

Required Settings

  • Appointment Approval Modes” is set to “Manual” (see store booking rules).

Appointment Changed or Confirmed by Staff For Another Staff

Sent to the assigned staff member when and only when another staff member has changed an element of an appointment.

Appointment Approved by Client

Sent to the assigned staff member when an appointment, booked by a staff member and requiring client confirmation, is approved by the client.

Required Settings

  • When creating or modifying an existing appointment, the staff must set “Options” to “Request client confirmation”. Once the client approves, the email notification will be sent.

Appointment Canceled by Client

Sent to the assigned staff member when an existing appointment is canceled by the client.

Required Settings

  • Clients are allowed to cancel appointments (see store booking rules).

Appointment Canceled by Another staff member

Sent to the assigned staff member when another staff member cancels an existing appointment

Appointment Requested by Client, Awaiting Owner’s Confirmation

Sent to a store’s owner account when an appointment is requested by the client and requires confirmation and dispatch.

Required Settings

  • Appointment Approval Modes” is set to “Manual” (see store booking rules).

  • In the selected service’s booking rules, “Time Selection Modes” is set to “Ask client’s availability” or “Display time slots without availability check”.

Client Notifications (reservation)

This section lists all supported notifications sent to clients for bookings of type "Group reservation" along with a corresponding email sample.

Status

Sample

Reservation Confirmation

Sent to the client when a reservation is confirmed. It is triggered when a client books a group event in the Booking Widget or when a staff creates a group event reservation in the Back Office.

Reservation Reminder

Sent when it is time to remind the client of their reservation. Note that the delay defined at the service level (if applicable) will supersede any delay defined at the store level.

*Note: Reminder notifications are sent per the delay defined in a store’s booking rules.

Reservation Additional Reminder

Sent when it is time to remind the client of their reservation one more time. Note that the delay defined at the service level (if applicable) will supersede any delay defined at the store level.

*Note: Reminder notifications are sent per the delay defined in a store’s booking rules.

Reservation Modified by Staff

Sent to the client when an attendee was added or removed from a reservation by a staff member.

Reservation Cancelled by Staff

Sent to the client when a reservation was cancelled by a staff member.

Reservation Cancelled by Client

Sent to the client when a reservation was cancelled by the client himself.

Required Settings

  • Clients are allowed to cancel reservations (see store booking rules).

Reservation Completed

Sent to the client when reservation is completed, automatically or manually.

Required Settings

  • Enable automated thank you message” is enabled (see store booking rules). The notification is sent immediately after a reservation is manually marked as completed from the calendar or after the delay defined in a store’s booking rules is achieved.

Payment Pending Reminder

Sent to the client when a payment is pending or when a payment by email is requested from the Back Office. A payment module must be enabled at the store level for any payment-related notification to be sent.

Required Settings

Online payment is enabled for the selected service. Sent if one of the following conditions is met:

  • Payment method is set to “By Email”.

  • Payment method is set to “At Online Booking”, and “Auto-Cancel Unpaid Booking” is disabled.

Unpaid Cancellation

Sent to the client when a reservation is canceled due to lack of payment. A payment module must be enabled at the store level for any payment-related notification to be sent.

Required Settings

  • Auto-Cancel Unpaid Booking” is activated (see store booking rules) and the service's payment method is set to “At Online Booking”. The notification is sent if no payment is received within 15 minutes of booking (delay is customizable).

Wrong Email

Sent when the client may have wrongfully received a communication or when the client’s email address was changed.

Attendee Notifications (reservation)

This section lists all supported notifications sent out to attendees for bookings of type "Group reservation", along with a corresponding email sample.

Status

Sample

Reservation Confirmation

Sent to the attendees when a reservation has been confirmed.

Reservation Reminder

Sent when it is time to remind attendees of their reservation. Delay defined at the service level will supersede any delay defined at the store level.

*Note:

Reminder notifications are sent out per the delay defined in a store’s booking rules.

Reservation Additional Reminder

Sent when it is time to remind attendees of their reservation once again. Delay defined at the service level will supersede any delay defined at the store level.

*Note: Reminder notifications are sent out per the delay defined in a store’s booking rules.

Reservation Cancelled by Staff

Sent to the attendees when a reservation has been cancelled by a staff member or when the attendee has been removed from a reservation.

Reservation Cancelled by Client

Sent to the attendees when a reservation has been cancelled by the client.

Reservation Completed

Sent to attendees once a reservation is complete.

Required Settings

  • In a store’s booking rules, the option “Enable automated thank you message” must be turned on for this notification to be sent out.

Personnel Notifications (reservation)

This section lists all supported notifications sent out to staff for bookings of type "Group reservation", along with a corresponding email sample.

Status

Sample

Reservation Cancelled by Client

Sent to the associated staff when a reservation is canceled by the client.

Required Settings

  • In the booking rules of the selected service, “Cancellation by Client” must be enabled.

Miscellaneous eMail Notifications

Status

Sample

Client Custom Message

Sent to a client when a custom message is drafted using the “Notify Client” feature in the Back Office.

Required Settings

  • The "Notify Client" feature must be activated as part of your subscription; contact your Booxi representative to do so.

Daily Schedule Reminder

This notification contains a daily summary of all bookings associated with a staff member. If there are no bookings, no daily schedule will be sent.

Required Settings

The following conditions must be met for this notification to be sent.

  • The staff member has an associated email address (see Personnel > Personnel details).

  • In the staff member's booking rules, “Receive a Daily Schedule Reminder” is set to “Send a detailed email”.

*Note: No daily schedule reminders are sent out on days with no business open hours even if bookings are planned on that day.

Staff Invitation

Sent to staff as an invitation to join Booxi.

*Note: This option can be found under a staff member's profile picture.

Password Reset

Sent to a staff member when a request to reset a password is made from the login dialog.

ICS File Support

Most appointment and reservation notifications include an ICS file that can be downloaded or added to a calendar. Booxi uses the standard ICS format. For more information about the ICS format, see here.

Email notifications including an ICS file may be filtered out as spam due to Google enhanced security. Once Booxi has been set as a trusted source, emails will no longer be filtered out.

Notes

  • Events set up for calendar invitations will be added automatically only if the recipient had previous interactions with the sender (trusted source).

  • First time recipients will need to confirm their booking by clicking on a confirmation link in their inbox.

Notifications are not sent between 10 PM - 6 AM (store local time). Notifications scheduled during that interval will be postponed and sent from 06:00 onwards.

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