From sign-up to your first booking — and everything after.

Open detailbookapp.com/signup. Enter your business name, your email, and a password. Hit Create account.

You’ll land on the onboarding flow right after.

Pick your operation type — Mobile, Shop, or Both. Fill in your phone, address (or service area for mobile), and city. These show on your public booking page.

Don’t worry about getting them perfect — you can edit any field later from Settings.

Choose a quick-fill template or enter your own service name, price, and description. No card is required, and you can edit your packages at any time.

Save at least one package so customers have a service they can book.

After saving your package, DetailBook shows your live booking link. Open the preview to check your business details and service before sharing it.

You can customize the logo, photos, text, and colors later from the dashboard.

Top of the dashboard you’ll see your unique link, something like detailbookapp.com/book/your-name. Tap Copy and paste it anywhere — Instagram bio, Facebook, WhatsApp business profile, the “Book Now” button on your site, or a customer DM.

Dashboard → Booking Page. You can choose between the Modern (full website-style page, default) and Classic (a focused step-by-step booking flow). New accounts ship on Modern.

Click Edit this page on whichever you’re using to enter the visual editor.

In the Modern editor, click any text to type over it — hero, About, captions, the lot. Click a photo to replace it. Pick a brand color from the toolbar; it applies to all the CTA buttons. Hit Save when done.

If you don’t upload a banner photo, a polished default car visual is shown automatically — you’re never empty.

Dashboard → Packages. On any package card, tap Add-ons. The editor opens straight on the add-ons section. Add things like “Pet hair removal +$15” or “Engine bay clean +$25”. Customers can tick them at booking time.

Dashboard → Settings. Set the days and times you take bookings. Customers can’t pick slots outside these hours. Easy to mark a day off — toggle the day closed.

See every booking with filters by status and date range. Top badges show your total earned, deposits collected, and any awaiting deposit. Tap any row for the detail drawer — change status, add notes, contact customer, or delete.

Top right of the Bookings page → Add booking. Useful for phone calls, walk-ins, or anything you don’t want a customer to book online. Fill in name, email, vehicle, service, price, date, and time. Hit Add booking.

No emails are sent for manually added bookings — the customer won’t get a surprise notification.

Tap a booking to open the detail drawer. Use the status buttons at the bottom: Confirmed, Completed, Cancelled. Each status change auto-emails the customer (unless you turned that off in Settings).

Inside the booking detail, scroll to Before / After photos. Upload both — they double as proof for the customer and content for your gallery. You can later show them on your booking page.

Dashboard → Calendar. Visual layout of every confirmed/pending booking. Switch between day / week / month. Tap any booking to jump into the detail drawer.

Big banner photo, your business name + location, “Book Now” CTA, then your services as tap-to-book cards. On mobile each section adapts so the page reads cleanly.

Sections like About / Gallery / Reviews only show if you’ve added real data — no empty panels.

In the editor, scroll down to the Gallery section. Add your best before/after shots. Re-order with drag. The customer-facing section is hidden until you add at least one photo.

Same idea — scroll to Reviews in the editor. Add customer names, rating (1-5 stars), text, and date. The section only shows on your live page once you’ve added at least one.

Settings → Payments. Toggle Require deposit and pick the percentage of the package price (e.g. 20%). Customers see this at booking and pay it before the slot is held.

Supported methods: Stripe, Square, PayPal, Cash App, Bank Transfer, and Pay cash on arrival. Turn on whichever you use, paste your processor keys (Stripe / Square) or details. Customers pick from your enabled options at checkout.

Card payments go to your own Stripe/Square account — DetailBook never touches the money.

Settings → Billing. See your current plan (Starter / Pro), the next billing date, and the card on file. Upgrade to Pro, change the card, or cancel here. Cancel any time — your data stays.

Customers get an SMS confirmation when they book and a reminder the day before their appointment. Cuts no-shows hard. Pro plan only.

Dashboard → Staff. Add team members, each with their own login and calendar. Customers can pick which detailer at booking. Each staff member sees only their own bookings on their dashboard.

Settings → Integrations. Connect Google. Every confirmed booking auto-creates a calendar event, with the customer details in the description. Cancel a booking → event deleted.

Daily / weekly / monthly revenue, booking trends, your most-booked services, and customer repeat rate. Use it to spot which packages to push and which days to staff up.

Update phone, address, social links, service areas, years in business, bio — anything that shows on your booking page. Settings → Business Profile. Changes save instantly.

Customize the wording of the confirmation and reminder messages. Variables like {customerName}, {date}, {businessName} get filled in automatically.

Dashboard → Support. Open a ticket and we’ll reply by email — usually within a few hours. Pro accounts get priority — answered same-day on weekdays.