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Introducing Pay as you go: no monthly fee, pay per team member

A new way to pay for Bookatu, built for businesses that are just starting out or seasonal. No subscription and no commission. Pay US$8 per team member a month, with a US$5 minimum in any month you have a team, and nothing in a month with no team.

BTThe Bookatu team

Not every business wants to start with a monthly subscription. If you are brand new, run a seasonal trade, or have quiet stretches, a fixed fee every month can feel like a risk before the bookings are coming in. So we built a simpler option: pay as you go.

How it works

There is no monthly plan to pick. You get everything you need to take bookings online, and at the end of each month you pay US$8 for each active team member, which we call a seat. Scale your team up or down and the bill follows. If you have no team in a given month, you pay nothing.

There is one small floor: a US$5 minimum in any month where you have at least one team member. That covers the flat fee our payment processor charges to raise a single invoice, so a small month does not cost us more than it brings in. It is the only fixed part, and it keeps the option honest and sustainable.

The pay-as-you-go estimator on the Bookatu pricing page, showing a cost of $32.00 a month for 4 team members
The live estimator on the pricing page: drag the slider to the size of your team and see the monthly cost instantly.

What is included

  • Your own branded booking site
  • Deposits that stop no-shows
  • Automatic booking reminders
  • Payments straight into your own bank account, with our usual zero booking commission

Two things stay as optional paid add-ons rather than being bundled in: text-message (SMS) reminders, which carry a real per-message carrier cost, and large photo galleries, which use a lot of storage and bandwidth. Keeping those separate is what lets the base rate stay this low.

Pay as you go or a monthly plan

Pay as you go follows the size of your team, with no commitment. If you would rather commit, our monthly plans are still there: each one is free for 90 days, then runs from US$9 to US$179 a month, and there is 0% commission on bookings either way. You can try the live estimator on the pricing page to see what pay as you go would cost for your team.

If a no-commitment start is what has been holding you back, this is for you. Take a look on the pricing page and start taking bookings today.

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