How to put a booking link in your Instagram bio

If clients book you by messaging "any slots Saturday?", you already know how much time that takes. A booking link in your Instagram bio lets them pick a time themselves, while you get on with the job.

What a booking link is

It is a web address that opens your own booking page. The client chooses a service, a day and a time, types their name and number, and it appears in your calendar. They do not need an account.

How to add it to Instagram

• Open your profile and tap Edit profile.
• Tap Links, then Add external link.
• Paste your booking link and save.
• In your bio, add a short line such as "Book here 👇" so people know what the link is for.

Make people actually use it

• Put the link in your bio, not only in a post. It is the first place people look.
• Reply to "are you free Friday?" DMs with the link instead of going back and forth. After a couple of weeks, regulars start using it without being asked.
• Add it to your WhatsApp status and business description too.
• Say what the link is called. "Book an appointment" gets more taps than a bare web address.

What to check first

Open the link on your own phone before you share it. Make sure the services, prices and times look right, because that is exactly what your clients will see.

The takeaway

One link, in the right place, replaces dozens of messages a week. Bookable gives every barber, nail technician and dog walker their own booking page, free for 7 days.