Professional directory with booking system?

  • Resolved Soprano

    (@soprano)


    4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    I’ve been asked to build a niche website similar to about.me where someone can create a profile, e.g., about.me/matt, so it can be shared in the person’s email signature, link in bio, etc.. and allow someone to book their services (https://about.me/features/scheduling).

    I need to create a niche directory for therapists with different skillsets. Some do CBT others do more alternative stuff like Reiki. Essentially I want to create something like https://about.me/matt where each user has their profile they can use as an online presence with a short url.

    This website will double as a directory though, so not only does each professional have profile where they can be found and have the clients to book their service, but also there’s filters and search to find different skilled practices based on specialty and location.

    Some of the features I need are:

    • ability to create a custom short url for each directory listing: domain.me/johnsmith
    • allow a Marketplace setup where some users have roles of Sellers that are able to list their services for booking and charge other users (‘Clients’) for booking their service via payment methods they set up during their account registration. This also includes the ability to send Zoom call links, etc..
    • ability to vote/rate each professional
    • ability to allow front end customisation of profile as well as add a description, photo and links to socials and a CTA button with editable text.
    • ability to message or email the practioner
    • I’ve seen some directory plugins have an Embeddable Badge with Ratings or html code to use as email signature, this would also be awesome.

    Would all this be possible with HivePress native? Alternatively, are there any well integrated plugins with HivePress that could do some of this functionality, i.e: Bookly to handle hourly booking sessions etc?

    Thank you

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  • Hi Soprano,

    Yes, it is possible to build a niche directory website with the features you’ve described using HivePress and its extensions. Here’s how you can achieve the functionality you need:

    – Custom short URLs for each listing can be set up using the HivePress permalinks settings.
    – A marketplace setup with roles for sellers and clients, including payment setup, can be managed with the Marketplace extension and additional customization. However, please note that Zoom functionality is not available, so this will require advanced customization. We also plan to add this feature by the end of the year.
    – The ability to vote/rate each professional is available with the Reviews extension. Also, please note that the vendor rating (professional) is the average rating of its listings, but we plan to add the feature of adding reviews separately for users and vendors.
    – Front-end customization of profiles, descriptions, photos, social links, and a CTA button can be achieved with HivePress attributes and customization options.
    – Messaging practitioners can be facilitated with the Messages extension.
    – For booking functionality, you would need to use the Bookings extension.

    For detailed information about setting up and customizing HivePress, please refer to our course: https://help.hivepress.io/article/139-the-complete-course-on-setting-up-experthive

    I hope this is helpful to you.

    P.S. Please use our official support forum if you have issues with the theme or extension, we don’t use the www.remarpro.com one for providing support https://community.hivepress.io/

    Thread Starter Soprano

    (@soprano)

    Thanks for the detailed reply Andrii, it seems like HivePress has everything I need.

    A couple of follow up questions:

    • Do you have a guide that explains how to customize the permalink settings to use domain.com/username/ for the listings? And would there be any complications or issues removing URL prefixes this way?
    • The booking addon looks great, but from the Demo video and description page it appears that it only allows bookings for rentals (i.e: whole days.) Is it possible to allow bookings by the hours based on timezones, similar to how WP Booking Calendar plugin does it?

    Thank you!

    Hi,

    Yes, this documentation and the feature for the Bookings extension are available. For more information, please use our forum or Help center: https://community.hivepress.io, https://help.hivepress.io/

    Thread Starter Soprano

    (@soprano)

    Thank you Andrii!

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