'Look Busy' in Calendar Settings

Updated February 3, 20262 min read

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Overview

The "Look Busy" feature is designed to help you appear more in demand on your booking widget by hiding a percentage of your available slots. This creates a sense of urgency for your bookers, as the number of visible slots is reduced. It's important to note that this feature only affects the booking widget; your entire schedule remains available and bookable through the in-app appointment modal.

How It Works?

When you enable the "Look Busy" feature, you can specify a percentage of slots to hide from your total availability. Once set, this percentage of slots is randomly hidden from the widget. As bookers schedule new appointments, the number of visible slots remains constant until the actual number of slots available matches the number being shown. At that point, the widget displays the actual available slots.

For example: If you have four time slots available in a day and you choose to hide 50% of them, your clients might see only two available slots.

If you have ten time slots available in a day and you choose to hide 50% of them, this is how the slots would appear on the booking widget.

How to Enable "Look Busy"?

Go to Calendar Settings and select the desired calendar.
Navigate to the Availability tab.
Locate the Look Busy option.
Turn it on and enter the percentage of slots you want to hide.
Click Save.

Supported Calendar Types

Event Calendar
Round Robin Calendar
Collective Calendar
Service Calendar

Important Notes

Class Booking and Service Menu: The "Look Busy" feature is currently not applicable for class bookings and service menus.
Appointment Modal: All slots are shown in the in-app appointment modal, regardless of the "Look Busy" setting.
Recurring Appointments: For recurring appointments, a slot may appear hidden due to the "Look Busy" setting on future dates, but it will still be booked based on the first slot's date and time and the recurrence settings.

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