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👥Customers page: search, sort, export and customer notes
See every person who has booked with you, search and sort them, check their booking history, add private notes and export the list to CSV or XLSX.
🚲 How to Set Up Pick Up and Drop Off Times for Multiday Services
Let customers choose a pick up and drop off timeslot for equipment rentals and multiday bookings. Configure available times and intervals directly from your service settings.
📊 How to Set Up Tracking Pixels in Cowlendar
Track your booking funnel with Meta Pixel and Google Tag / GA4. Set up server-side tracking to bypass ad-blockers and iOS ATT, measure ROAS, and build remarketing audiences.
How to Lock Quantity in Shopify Cart After Booking
📅 Google Calendar Integration: What's New in 2026
A complete overview of the revamped Google Calendar integration in Cowlendar. New features include rescheduling and canceling bookings directly from Google Calendar, per-teammate meeting ownership, admin invitations, Google event colors, and more.
⚡ Remove Cowlendar branding
Remove the Cowlendar branding from your booking widget by asking us in the live chat.
🧍 How to limit my time slot to only a certain amount of people for a specific service
Set a maximum number of people who can book the same time slot.
💻How to Set Digital Appointments
Configure Cowlendar for virtual/online appointments with automatic Zoom link generation.
❓ Can I add questions to the booking form?
Add custom questions to your Cowlendar booking form to collect information from customers.
📝 How to Add a Waiver to the Booking Form
Add a mandatory waiver or terms of service checkbox to your booking form.
🥘 How to setup a restaurant booking system
Complete guide to setting up a restaurant table reservation system with Cowlendar.
🧪 How to Bulk Edit Multiple Cowlendar Services at Once and Save Hours of Setup Time
Edit multiple Cowlendar services at once to save setup time.
💍 How to Offer Cowlendar Services Without Displaying the Shopify Product on Your Store
Hide the Shopify product from your store while keeping Cowlendar booking functionality active.
📍 How do i offer my services from different locations?
Configure Cowlendar for multi-location businesses with different teams and schedules per location.
📞 How to add a field where customers can enter their phone number?
Add a phone number field to the Cowlendar booking form for SMS and contact purposes.
👁️ How to hide the price on free service?
Hide the "$0.00" price display for free services in the Cowlendar booking widget.
How to Hide the Quantity on the Product Page
Remove the quantity selector from the product page when using Cowlendar for bookings.
🏡 I provide a in-home service, how do I ask for the customer address?
Collect customer service addresses for home visits and mobile service businesses.
✂️ How to set physical appointments?
Configure services for in-person appointments with address details in confirmation emails.
🔖 How to create a service without any products?
Create a Cowlendar booking service that is not linked to a Shopify product.
🍟 How to add upsells to the booking form?
Add optional upsell products and add-ons to the Cowlendar booking form.
👬 How to add services faster by duplicating services?
Duplicate existing services as templates to speed up creation of similar services.
💲 How to make my product both bookable and buyable?
Display both "Book Now" and "Add to Cart" buttons on the same Shopify product page.
⛓️I Want a Bookable Calendar on My Homepage Without a Product
Create a homepage booking calendar in Cowlendar without a Shopify product.
🦄 I want to add more than 1 service, how to do it?
Create and manage multiple bookable services in Cowlendar.
How to Automatically Refund Canceled Bookings
Configure automatic refunds when bookings are cancelled in Cowlendar.
How to Show Both Add to Cart and Book Now Buttons
Display both "Book Now" and "Add to Cart" buttons on the same product page simultaneously.

⏰Availability

🧭 Availability per Equipment: Rent Bikes, Courts, Tables and More
Set up Availability per equipment in a Cowlendar service: add equipment, pick a template, set minimum, maximum and default quantities, and define your schedule.
📐 Booking Rules: Add Custom Constraints to Your Availability
Learn what Booking rules do in Cowlendar, where to add your first rule and how rules change the availability of your services and teammates.
Introducing the New Availability in Cowlendar
⏰ How to Configure Availability in Cowlendar Services
Overview of all availability configuration options in Cowlendar: per service, per teammate, and per equipment.
How to Configure Availability per Service
Configure a single availability schedule that applies to your entire service.
How to Configure Availability per Teammate
Set individual availability schedules for each team member in your service.
How to Set Weekdays + Specific Weekend Date
Configure a weekly schedule plus exceptions for specific one-off weekend dates.
2️⃣ How to Set Weekdays Available Only on Specific Dates
Make specific weekdays bookable only within defined date windows.
🧩 How to set Specific Dates with Different Time Slots
Set different time slots or hours for specific dates that differ from your standard schedule.
How to Modify the Availability of Your Service
How to update and modify your service availability, hours, and time slots.
🧠 How Buffer time works in Cowlendar
Understand and configure buffer time between bookings for preparation and travel.
📆 How do i make specific dates bookable?
Make a service available only on specific hand-picked dates.
✏️ How to change the duration of a booking for a custom one? (i.e 15min)
Set a custom slot duration for your Cowlendar service bookings.
👑 I don't want my customers to pick a timeslot as i'm selling a full day service, how do i do that?
Configure a full-day service where customers pick a date without selecting a specific time.
🧍 How to limit my time slot to be bookable by one person at a time across all services?
Block the same time slot across all services when one booking is made for a solo practitioner.

🔔Notifications

🔔 Service Notifications, Reminders and Google Event Title
Set notifications per service in Cowlendar: email, SMS and WhatsApp for confirmation, reschedule, cancellation and reminders, plus post-booking messages.
✉️ Email Settings, Templates and Email History
Customize Cowlendar emails: logo, From name, reply-to, custom sender, CC and BCC copies, ICS file and Google emails. Check delivery and resend in Email history.
💬 SMS and WhatsApp: Credits, Pricing and History
Understand Cowlendar SMS and WhatsApp credits: balance, price per message, which messages are sent, segments, failed messages and the history pages.
🔔 How to manage Notifications in Cowlendar
Overview of Cowlendar notification options: email, WhatsApp, and SMS.
How to Manage Email Notifications in Services
Configure and customize email notifications for booking confirmations, reminders, and cancellations.
How to Activate WhatsApp Notifications in Services
Set up WhatsApp booking notifications for higher engagement with your customers.
How to Activate SMS Notifications in Cowlendar
Enable SMS text message notifications for booking confirmations and reminders.
How to Add Admin Email to CC or BCC
Add your team email addresses to receive copies of all booking confirmation emails.
How to Include an ICS File in Confirmation Emails
Attach .ics calendar files to confirmation emails for easy calendar import.
📬 How to automatically send email reminders to people who have booked?
Set up automatic reminder emails to reduce no-shows before appointments.
📨 How to Customize Confirmation Emails for Each Service in Cowlendar
Add service-specific content and instructions to Cowlendar confirmation emails.

🔗Integrations

🧾 Services List Page: Show Your Services on Any Page
Create services lists in Cowlendar, choose the services, customize colors and buttons, and add the list to your Shopify store with a section or HTML.
🗓️ Event Calendar: Show All Your Events in One Embeddable Calendar
Build an embeddable event calendar with month, week, list and grid views, choose its services, set the click action, customize colors and add it to your store.
🔑 Public API (Beta): Generate Tokens and Read or Create Bookings
Generate a Cowlendar API token, authenticate with Bearer, list services and bookings and create manual bookings. Includes request examples and error codes.
📈 Track Bookings as Google Ads Conversions with GA4
Send Cowlendar booking events to GA4 from Tracking pixels, mark the booking event as a key event and import it into Google Ads as a conversion.
📧 Klaviyo Integration (Beta)
Connect Cowlendar to Klaviyo with a private API key, pick which booking events to send, build flows with sample events and move your booking emails to Klaviyo.
🔔 Webhooks (Beta): Real-Time Notifications for Your Bookings
Set up Cowlendar webhooks: the 8 events, request headers, how to verify the HMAC-SHA256 signature with Node and Python code, retries and how to troubleshoot.
🔗 Connect Cowlendar to your CRM, ERP, or custom app (Public API & Webhooks)
Use Cowlendar's Public API and Webhooks to sync bookings with your CRM, ERP, or custom tools
🤖 How to use the integration feature?
Overview of all the ways to integrate Cowlendar booking widgets across your Shopify store.
🖥️ How to use the Inline Widget feature?
Embed the Cowlendar booking calendar inline on any page of your Shopify store.
🧙 How to Add a Cowlendar Booking Link to Any Button on Your Shopify Store
Add Cowlendar booking popup triggers to any button or link on your Shopify store.
🔠 How do i list my services on a specific page on my website
Add a service listing page to your Shopify store to showcase all bookable services.
👩‍💻 How to use the Element Attribute feature?
Use data attributes to trigger Cowlendar bookings from any HTML element.
🆕 How to Create a New Service List for Specific Services
Create multiple custom service lists to display different subsets of your services on different pages.
How to Customize the Visual Style of Your Service Lists
Customize the visual appearance of your Cowlendar service lists to match your store branding.
🗓️ How to Display Your Services in a Calendar on Any Shopify Page
Embed a unified calendar view showing all available services on any Shopify page.
💎 How to Switching Between Services Inside the Calendar Widget
Allow customers to switch between multiple services within the same booking widget.
🏠 How to add Cowlendar on my homepage?
Add a Cowlendar booking widget or button directly to your Shopify homepage.
🧙 How to Add a Cowlendar to Your Google Business Profile
Add a booking link to your Google Business Profile to accept bookings from Google Search and Maps.
🏗️ How to integrate Cowlendar with Pagefly
Integrate Cowlendar booking widgets into custom Pagefly-built pages.
🏗️ How to integrate Cowlendar with Gempages
Integrate Cowlendar booking widgets into custom Gempages-built pages.

📅Calendar & Booking

➕ Manual Booking from the Admin
Create bookings yourself from the Cowlendar admin for phone, walk-in or email customers. Find the Manual booking button and see how these bookings are listed.
🗓️ Bookings Calendar: View and Print Your Bookings
Use the Bookings calendar tab to see bookings in List, Day, Week and Month view, filter by service or teammate, show blocked dates and buffers, and print.
📊 Services Availabilities: See Your Open and Booked Slots
See how many slots are open or booked for each service by day. Use the Calendar and List views of Services availabilities and book a customer in one click.
🛒 Abandoned Bookings
Understand the Abandoned tab in Cowlendar: bookings started but not completed, how long a slot stays locked in the cart and how to adjust the lock time.
📅 Fullday Services: Book Whole Days Without Time Slots
Set up a Fullday service in Cowlendar for day passes, open houses and events: capacity per day, show start and end time, pre-select the date and more.
🎟️ Bundle Services: Sell Several Time Slots in One Booking
Learn how to sell class packs and packages with Bundle (Multislot) services in Cowlendar: date labels, fixed or free number of slots and fixed quantity.
🔄 Rescheduling and Cancellation Rules for Your Customers
Set the minimum notice to reschedule or cancel, limit how many times a customer can reschedule and show or hide the buttons in emails in Cowlendar.
🚫 Blocked Emails and Public Holidays
Stop specific emails from booking with you and block official public holidays of a country in one click. Learn how both work in Cowlendar General settings.
📋 Bookings Page: Tabs, Filters, Statuses and Export
Learn how to use the Cowlendar Bookings page: tabs, date range, service, teammate, type and status filters, sorting, row actions and CSV or XLSX export.
🗓️ How to block dates for one service?
Block specific dates for a single service to prevent bookings.
🗓️ How to block dates across all services?
Block dates across all services simultaneously for business-wide closures.
🔓 How to block timeslots for one service
Block individual time slots for a specific service without affecting the overall schedule.
🔓 How to block timeslots on all services?
Block time slots across all services simultaneously for breaks or team meetings.
How to Limit Group Bookings to One Reservation per Slot
Restrict a time slot so only one group reservation is accepted per slot.
🔒 How to change the amount of time a Cowlendar locks a booking while in cart? (aka cart lock time)
Configure how long selected time slots remain reserved while customers are in checkout.
Confirm or Decline New Bookings Manually
Enable manual booking approval so you can confirm or decline each booking request.
📐 How to use advanced service settings (Booking Rules)?
Configure advanced booking rules including notice periods, booking windows, and cutoff times.
✍️ How to setup a waitlist for a service?
Set up an automatic waitlist system for fully booked time slots.
📮 How to set up Cowlendar in the Shopify POS app
Accept and manage bookings through your physical Shopify POS system.
🔁 How to Reschedule or Cancel Bookings in Shopify POS
Reschedule or cancel bookings directly from the Shopify POS interface.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 How to set up different participant types for your service
Set up different participant categories (adults, children, seniors) with individual pricing.
🔢 How to set a minimum number of participants required to book a service?
Require a minimum number of participants before a service booking is confirmed.
🗑️ How to delete a booking?
Permanently delete a booking from Cowlendar records.
🗑️ How to Cancel a booking?
Cancel a booking with options to notify the customer and process a refund.
🏄‍♂️ How do I sell several timeslots at once as i'm selling a package of x bookings?
Sell packages of multiple booking sessions in Cowlendar.
🔢 How to Set Minimum and Maximum Booking Quantities per Service
Control minimum and maximum participant quantities allowed per booking.

🎨Customization

👁️ Widget Visibility: Show or Hide Every Element of the Booking Widget
Control what appears in each step of the Cowlendar booking widget: hide prices, timezone, duration, quantity, teammate and more, per service and per step.
↪️ Redirect After Booking: Send Customers to a Thank-You Page
Redirect your customers to a thank-you page after an instant booking in Cowlendar. Where the option is, which services have it and how to use it for tracking.
⚙️ General Settings: A Complete Tour
A tour of Cowlendar General settings: first day of week, hour format, quantity limits, global buffer time, booking limits, blocked dates, refunds and languages.
🌐 Translations: Customize Every Text of Your Booking Widget
Edit every text of the Cowlendar booking widget per language, from buttons to error messages, and override the texts of one service with Services translation.
📍 Meeting Location, Organizer and Timezone Lock
Set the meeting location of a service in Cowlendar, choose who hosts the meeting, pick a Google event color and lock the timezone for in-person bookings.
🔤 How do i change the text of the CTA (call to action) button from ''book now'' to ''something else''
Change the "Book Now" button text to a custom phrase that fits your business.
How to Use German, Spanish, or Any Other Language
Configure the Cowlendar booking widget to display in any language.
✖️ How to hide "999 slots left"
Hide or fix the "999 slots left" display in the Cowlendar booking widget.
✖️ How to hide logs in console
Disable Cowlendar debug log messages from the browser console.
🗓️ How to show first available date on calendar
Configure the booking calendar to automatically open on the first available date.
How to Customize Your Cowlendar Calendar Design
Customize the visual design of the Cowlendar booking widget to match your brand.
How to Remove the Service Image from the Calendar Widget
Remove the product image from the top of the Cowlendar booking popup widget.