Glossary
Business hours
The weekly recurring schedule that says which hours on which days the salon accepts bookings.
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Definition
Business hours are the salon's recurring weekly availability — for example, Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 20:00, closed Mondays. They define which slots the booking page shows before capacity, service duration and closed dates are applied.
Why it matters
Business hours are the base layer of scheduling. Everything else — capacity, durations, closures — modifies what business hours would otherwise allow.
How Appointly handles this
Appointly stores opening hours per weekday. Overlaid with closed dates and service durations, this drives the public booking page.
Related terms
- Closed date
A specific date the salon is closed — festivals, staff leave, or unplanned closures.
- Salon calendar
The shared view of every booked appointment, ordered by time, that runs the salon's day.
- Capacity booking
Booking rules that allow multiple appointments in the same time slot up to a set number of parallel customers.
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FAQ
Can I have different hours on the first and third Sunday?
The weekly schedule assumes the same hours each week. Use a closed date to remove specific Sundays.
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