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Sign up for Square Appointments

Square Appointments is a flexible scheduling system for your business and a simple booking tool for your clients. New and existing clients can easily find details about your services, view your availability and book appointments from your website or from your free Square booking site. Manage your business and your appointments calendar in one place with Square Appointments Free, Plus or Premium plans.

Your customers can pay for in-person appointments using an accepted card, Tap to Pay on Android or Afterpay. Learn how to enable Afterpay for your Square account.

Note: Afterpay acceptance is not yet available with Square Appointments Online booking sites.

Get started with Appointments Free

If you’re using Square Appointments Free, you can access all of the Appointments features – with absolutely no monthly subscription fee for one location. You’ll only pay Square’s standard processing fee when you accept your client’s card for payment.

To start using Appointments Free:

  1. Go to Appointments in your online Square Dashboard.

  2. Click Get Started.

  3. Choose that you wish to get started with our Free plan from the plan selection page.

  4. Provide the requested business and personal information. This information will be reflected in your public profile and online booking site.

  5. To add staff members to your account, click Staff and create each of their profiles. Your monthly subscription includes an unlimited number of staff.

  6. Create services by providing the requested service details > click Continue. Services are chosen by your clients at the time of booking.

  7. Preview your online Square booking page. This link will be public so clients can make online bookings.

  8. When you’re ready, click Publish to complete.

Read more about setting up Square Appointments.

Get Started with Appointments Plus or Premium

  1. Go to Appointments in your online Square Dashboard.

  2. Click Get Started.

  3. Choose that you wish to get started with our Plus or Premium plan from the plan selection page.

  4. Provide the requested business and personal information. This information will be reflected in your public profile and online booking site.

  5. To add staff members to your account, click Staff and create each of their profiles. Your monthly subscription includes an unlimited number of staff.

  6. Create services by providing the requested service details > click Continue. Services are chosen by your clients at the time of booking.

  7. Preview your online Square booking page. This link will be public so clients can make online bookings.

  8. When you’re ready, click Publish to complete.

Read more about setting up Square Appointments.

Appointments 30-Day Free Trial

While there is no monthly fee for using Square Appointments Free, when you add staff to your account for booking, you’ll be charged a monthly subscription fee depending on the plan you have.

You can trial Appointments Plus or Premium features and tools free of charge for 30 days to see which option is the right fit for your business. No payment information is required to get started. After the trial ends, you’ll have the option to subscribe to continue accessing Square Appointments Plus or Premium features, or revert to Square Appointments Free.

Note: If you’ve signed up for a free trial and you wish to cancel the service, you’ll need to wait the full 30 days for the trial to complete. To ensure you’re not charged the Square Appointments Plus or Premium monthly fee, visit the Pricing & Subscriptions page on your online Square Dashboard to unsubscribe or upgrade/downgrade your subscription at any time.

Pricing for Square Appointments

There is no cost to use Square Appointments Free for one location. Pay one flat monthly rate per location for Square Appointments Plus or Premium plans. If you subscribe mid-month, you’ll be charged a prorated amount for the remainder of the month. Your rate depends on the number of staff members associated with your account.

Appointments Plan Monthly Cost Locations Staff
Free $0 per month for a single location 1 location only Unlimited
Plus $40 per month, per location Unlimited Unlimited
Premium $90 per month, per location Unlimited Unlimited
Custom Pricing* Contact sales Unlimited Unlimited
Scheduling Features Free Plus Premium
Mobile app (iOS/Android)
Custom availability
Automated text and email reminders
Block personal events
Recurring appointments
Multiple time zones
Multiple locations
Processing time
Multiple staff appointments
Google Calendar sync
Automated text and email confirmations
No-show protection
Daily appointment limit
Resource management
Online Booking Features Free Plus Premium
Square Online booking website
Sell products in-store or for pickup/delivery
Book Now button
Instagram Integration
Reserve with Google integration
Booking website QR code
SEO tools
Staff Management Features Free Plus Premium
Team Management
Individual staff accounts
One set of permissions
Time tracking
Timecard reporting
Payroll exports
Break tracking
Team Plus
Multiple sets of permissions
Team Sales vs. Labour reporting
Multiple wage rates
Flat-rate staff commissions
Custom-tiered staff commissions
Earned commissions reports
Client Management Features      
Auto-created customer profiles
Customer groups
Customer notes and reminders
Import existing customers
Appointment and sales history
Attach contracts, documents, or other files
Custom contract templates
Automate contract sends to customers
Collect data within contracts
Payments Features Free Plus Premium
Afterpay in-person acceptance
Card on file
Tap, insert, or swipe in person
Manually keyed-in payments
Square Invoices
Data security (PCI) compliance
Item search at checkout
Barcode scanning at checkout
Discounts
Prepayments
eGift cards
Physical gift cards View GC pricing View GC pricing View GC pricing
Operations and reporting      
Unlimited items
Stock counts
Low-stock alerts
Item categories
Total and average sales reports
Export reports

*Custom pricing and add-on tools

Businesses that process over $250k per year in card sales are eligible for custom pricing. Custom priced plans include all features in Premium, a dedicated account manager and discounted bundling of Square business tools listed below. Contact our Sales Team to add tools to any subscription.

Note: Your subscription pricing is the same across all locations on your account. For example, if one location has a subscription for Appointments Plus, another location for the same account will not have access to the Appointments Free Plan. Learn more about Square Appointments plans and features.

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If you have questions or feedback about Square Appointments, contact us.

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