Why South African service
providers choose Bookitly

Built for South Africa,
not adapted for it

Priced in Rand. South African phone number validation. PayFast integration — the same gateway trusted by Takealot and every major SA e-commerce site. No dollar fees hiding in the fine print. No foreign transaction charges appearing on your bank statement at the end of the month.

A real Android app —
not just a website on your phone

Fresha and Booksy are global platforms with apps built to serve millions of users across dozens of countries. Bookitly is built specifically for South African service providers — a focused product for one market, designed to work the way SA providers actually run their business.

Download it on Google Play. Check your schedule between clients. Add a walk-in from the home screen. Get a notification the moment a new booking comes in. Your business on your phone, built for how you work.

No commission.
Ever.

Fresha charges a percentage fee on every new client who discovers you through their marketplace. That means when a new client finds you and pays R400 for a nail set, you keep less than that before you've spent a cent on products.

Bookitly charges one flat monthly fee. What a client pays you is what you keep. We have no stake in your prices, your client relationships, or your income.

WhatsApp is how SA
service businesses actually work

Your clients are on WhatsApp. Your booking link works on WhatsApp. Send it in a message, put it in your status, share it in a group — your clients tap it, pick their service and time, and confirm without sending you a single message back.

Bookitly works with the way SA providers and their clients already communicate — not against it.

Your clients,
properly remembered

Full client profiles with before and after photo galleries, visit history, private notes, and lifetime spend — so you always know what you did last time, what products you used, and how much that client has invested in you.

No more WhatsApp scroll-back. No more trying to remember which lightener you used six weeks ago. Everything you need to give every client the experience of your most important one.

Know what your business actually earned
— automatically

Monthly revenue, how it compares to last month, your top client, your busiest days — tracked automatically and shown on your home screen. The numbers your diary never gave you, without the spreadsheet you never had time to maintain.

SMS reminders that go
out without you doing anything

Your Pro plan includes 100 SMS credits every month. Before every appointment, your client gets a reminder — automatically, while you're with someone else. No-shows drop. Empty chairs fill. And you didn't have to think about it once.

Deposit collection
— coming soon

Bookitly already uses PayFast for billing. We're extending that so you can require a deposit at booking time — a percentage of the service value, paid upfront before a slot is confirmed.

For longer or higher-value appointments, this means clients have real skin in the game before they can take your most valuable slot.

A public profile that
gets you found

Every Bookitly provider gets a professional profile page — your services, prices, photos, bio, and a booking button, all on a page built to rank on Google and get cited by AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity.

When someone searches for a nail technician or hair salon in your area, your Bookitly profile is built to show up in the answer.