Publish your booking page

Your public booking page is the single link you share with prospects. The page lives at booknox.com/book/your-name, quotes against your real catalog, offers only the dates you can take, and turns each request into a proposal automatically.

What does it take to go live?

Your booking page goes live once all of these are true:

• Your name and business name are saved in Settings
• Stripe is connected, so you can be paid
• Google Calendar is connected, so booked dates drop in and busy days are blocked
• At least one pricing catalog is saved
• Your subscription is active (building is free; subscribing publishes the page)

Why does my link say not found?

Your booknox.com/book link deliberately shows a not found page until every item above is done. An unfinished page is never visible to the public, and nobody can tell an unpublished page from one that does not exist. Your dashboard overview and Settings always name the exact step still missing, so check there rather than the public link. The moment the last step completes, the page goes live on its own; there is no separate publish button.

The same not found page returns if your page later stops qualifying, for example when a subscription ends or the last catalog is deleted. Nothing is lost; finish the missing step and the same link works again.

Which dates can clients pick?

Clients can pick only the dates your availability rules and your calendar leave open. The Availability section of Settings has these controls:

• Lead time: the days of notice you need. New accounts start at 2 days.
• Booking horizon: how far ahead clients can book. The default is 540 days.
• Working days: the weekdays you take bookings. Leave it unset to allow every day.
• Max bookings per day: how many requests and bookings one date can hold before it shows as full. The default is 1.
• Blackout dates: specific days you are unavailable.
• Recurring weekly holds: one weekday blocked every week until an end date.
• Max travel radius: the furthest you will drive. An event address beyond it is flagged to the client as outside your usual service area.

Google Calendar adds one more source of truth: any busy time on a day in your primary calendar blocks that whole day. If Google cannot be reached, BookNox never blocks every date as a precaution; the page falls back to your BookNox rules and existing bookings until Google answers again.

Sources, read October 22, 2026: Google: a free and busy query returns the time ranges a calendar is busy.

When a client books

A prospect picks a service and a package, adjusts the hours and add ons, enters the event address if you charge travel, chooses an open date, and adds their name, email, and an optional message. BookNox checks that the date is still open at the moment of sending, recalculates the quote on the server from your catalog, and creates a proposal from it.

The client then gets an email with a private link to sign and pay, the request appears under Requests in your dashboard, and you get an email with the client's name, the date, the package, the quote, and the deposit. Two clients can never take the last open slot on the same date at once: BookNox claims the slot as part of saving the request, so the second client is asked to pick another date.

After the client sends a request

The booking page confirms with Request sent and Your request is on its way, and the email with the proposal link goes out as part of the same request. If the client closes the page before sending, nothing is submitted, although you may still get an unfinished quote alert when they had typed in their email.

One exception: while a Google Calendar you had connected needs reconnecting, your page takes requests only. The client is told you will confirm the date first, no proposal goes out on its own, and the request waits in Requests as New until you use Send proposal or Decline.

If the automatic proposal fails

Rarely, BookNox saves the request but cannot create the proposal. The request then shows Needs manual send under Requests, your email says action is needed, and a Send proposal link opens a new proposal for that request so you can send it yourself. If the proposal was created but the email to the client did not go out, your email includes the proposal link so you can share it directly.

Daily request limit

Each booking page accepts up to 50 requests a day. Past that, a client sees a message that the calendar is receiving a lot of requests and is asked to try again tomorrow or contact you directly. The limit protects your inbox and your calendar from a flood of automated submissions.

If Stripe declines your account

Stripe's identity decision affects your page too. While a decline stands, your booking page stays unpublished and BookNox sends no proposals or client emails for you; your catalog and settings stay saved. The Connect Stripe article explains how to see Stripe's decision and use its appeal form, and support@booknox.com is there if you get stuck.

Sources, read October 22, 2026: Stripe: hosted onboarding collects business and identity verification information.

Sharing your link

Share your booking link anywhere you already talk to clients: your website, your social profiles, your email signature, and your replies to inquiries. When the link is pasted into a message or a social post, the preview card shows your business name. The Clients page has a copy button on every row, so sending the link to a past client takes a few clicks.

Your page address comes from your business name the first time you save your profile, and you can change it in Settings. The Branding your booking page article covers the rules for the address and everything clients see on the page.

Search engines

A live booking page is open to search engines, and its title reads your business name followed by instant quote and online booking. Whether and where it appears in results is up to each search engine, so treat the link you share yourself as the main way clients find the page.