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Block Clients

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Block Clients

We really need the ability to block certain clients from scheduling.  No just declining them. There are those finding ways around the decline by utilizing another email address etc. Thank you

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Re: Block Clients

This forum doesn't seem to work getting this feature to the proper channels. It for the customer to feel like they are getting some where but they are not. Maybe start to go to twitter and call them out because at this point Square has shown that they are NOT for solo practitioners and their safety! It has been YEARS of this now. YEARS!!! 35 pages of this request up to this point.  Look into GlossGenius for booking if you are a esthetician or massage therapist.  

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Agreed! This has been one of the features missing. I used to use an online booking system that allowed you to toggle or “turn off” booking ability for that client specifically. I typically don’t have an issue with clients booking online but when they are not a fit with my business anymore and can’t respect my time, it’s necessary. This is a feature that is needed, regardless of no show protection being in place. 

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Re: Block Clients - Status changed to: Has Product Insight

Hi all 👋 Apologies for the delayed response here but I have returned with some insight from the Square Appointments Product Team! I'll share what they've told me below:

"We don’t have a specific feature for this yet but it’s on our roadmap this year. H
owever, many of our Appointments Sellers are already enrolled in Risk Manager, and can use the Risk Manager’s “Block payment cards” feature to block buyers from booking if the Seller has prepayment or no-show turned on. Unfortunately, there isn’t a good way to block clients from booking if the Seller doesn’t use prepayment or no-show, but this is on our radar for this year."

To learn more about how feature requests work, please see this post from one of our Seller Community Moderators. In the meantime, keep an eye out for any updates, here, in our Seller Community. We appreciate your input! 🙂

 

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Block Clients

We really need the ability to block certain clients from scheduling.  No just declining them. There are those finding ways around the decline by utilizing another email address etc. Thank you

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Re: Appointments feature request: Block Clients

Hi @mikethebarber

 

Nothing new to report on this at the moment, but it seems to be gaining more interest lately so hopefully we can figure out a way to help with situations like this. 

 

One workaround that you can use would be to switch the Reservation Guarantee in your Appointments Settings to "Business must accept or decline all appointment requests". 

 

This allows you to have more control over who actually books up time slots on your calendar. 

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Re: Appointments feature request: Block Clients

Hey there @UrbanShaveSD

 

Thanks for sharing this feedback. I can totally see where this feature would be useful for difficult clients and I'll share your feedback with the Appointments team. I've moved this to the Feature Request board where we can track this request.

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@Tjhazzard , the blocking feature has been live for a bit! It's only available on desktop, so you go to the client's file on your dashboard and click the . . . menu and it should pop up.

No, not available for me. 

Why are you not prioritising this @Square?

Are you guys even checking these community boards to see what improvements can be made to fit your clients needs??? Too many people are asking for the ability to block clients that take advantage of being able to rebook after a no show or other issues. PLEASE make this happen I'm sure it's not that difficult.

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@Ellhd There is a Beta Test Group, join and message on the thread to have the option turned on for you https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Square-Appointments-Early-Access/Block-Customers-from-Online-Book...

We've used it and works well

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@TaliSav this feature is available now. Maybe only in dashboard but I suggest to contact support to find out how you can access it.