Let’s start with a confession most holiday let owners will recognise. You spend months getting your cottage picture-perfect, you hoover under the sofa cushions like a woman possessed, you leave a welcome hamper that would make a hotel weep, and then a booking platform takes a chunk of the money for the privilege of introducing…
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You already run your business on Square. The card reader, the receipts, the little chime when a sale goes through. It all just works. So why would you bother building your own Square business app on top of it? Fair question, and the honest answer is: because Square is brilliant at taking payments, but it…
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Picture the scene. You have blocked out five hours for a half-sleeve, cleared your afternoon, set up your station, and your 1pm client has ghosted you harder than a bad Tinder date. No text, no call, no deposit. Just you, a fully inked stencil, and the small sound of money not being made. If that…
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As i’m on holiday right now I thought it only appropriate to write about vacation lettings apps, and two strong contenders in the market: AppBuild.diy vs Touch Stay. Touch Stay does one job superbly: it turns the tatty printed welcome folder into a slick digital guidebook, so guests find the Wi-Fi code, the check-in steps…
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Today’s comparison introduces AppBuild.diy vs Setmore in the busy world of bookings and appointments! Setmore has won a lot of fans by being genuinely free where it counts: a clean scheduling tool with a booking page, reminders and even free video calls, with a free plan that covers four staff calendars and two hundred appointments…
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Picture this: it’s 9pm, a guest can’t find the wifi password, the hot tub is “making a noise,” and someone two cottages over wants to know if late checkout is possible. You’re juggling three messaging apps, a spreadsheet, and a booking platform that just took 15% of your nightly rate for the privilege. Sound familiar?…
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So you’ve got Square. You’re taking card payments by tapping a little white reader, your sales reports look tidy, and you feel vaguely like a proper business owner whenever the receipt prints. Lovely. But here’s the slightly awkward question nobody’s asked you yet: where’s your app for Square POS? Because right now, your customers can…
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You’ve got Square. You’ve got the card reader, maybe the loyalty programme, possibly even the fancy receipt printer that makes you feel extremely professional. So why on earth would you need your own app? Great question. And it’s one we hear all the time from Square businesses who are perfectly happy with the tools they’ve…
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You post your flash sheet at 9am on a Friday. By 9:04am your DMs are on fire. By 9:07am someone has commented “SAVED 🖤” on every single design. By 9:30am you’ve got thirty people who all think they’ve “got” the same slot. By 11am you’re stressed, three people are annoyed, and you’ve accidentally double-booked the…
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Picture this. It’s 10pm on a Tuesday. You’ve just finished a four-hour sleeve session, your hands are tired, your back is aching, and all you want to do is eat something that isn’t a protein bar. You pick up your phone. Thirty-seven Instagram DMs. Fourteen of them are consultation requests. Six are “can you fit…
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