Add-ons
Booking and payments
These are tools a client's own site can switch on. Naming them is not a partnership, a badge, or an endorsement, and we do not show their logos as if they have approved us.
Booking
Cal.com
An open booking page you can embed. It suits a roof inspection, a driveway survey, a design visit or a discovery call. Postcode checks and Stripe deposits can be added. We are not affiliated with Cal.com.
Calendly
The same job as Cal.com, and the one many owners already know. Useful when more than one person takes appointments, such as a kitchen showroom. We are not a Calendly partner.
SimplyBook.me
A better fit when the diary has services, staff and capacity: MOT slots, boiler services, or a removals survey. SimplyBook publishes its own booking statistics. Those are a vendor's figures, not ours.
Square Appointments
Sits naturally with detailing studios and garages that already take the card payment in person on Square. The booking and the till are the same company. That is a convenience, not an endorsement.
Payments
Stripe
The default for online deposits and payment links. Stripe's published UK price for standard cards is 1.5% + 20p. Card numbers are entered on Stripe Checkout, not on a form we build. We never store the card.
GoCardless
Direct Debit for a monthly plan: a boiler service plan, a detailing maintenance wash, or a garage plan. GoCardless publishes a price of 1% + 20p for Direct Debit, capped at £4. Prices change. Check theirs before you promise a fee to a customer.
Square and SumUp
Card machines for the driveway, the driveway deposit taken on site, the detailing bay and the garage counter. SumUp's online rate is about 2.5% on published comparisons. Use them where the customer is standing in front of you. Stripe still suits the link you send the night before.
PayPal
Some customers will ask for it, especially on a smaller detailing or removals deposit. It is an option at checkout, not a requirement. We do not put PayPal's logo on a page as if they have approved the business.
Klarna
FCA regulation of deferred payment credit, including products such as Klarna, began on 15 July 2026. The third-party lender has to be authorised. A merchant that only offers the product at checkout is generally exempt. It suits services around £100 to £1,500, such as a ceramic coating, a removals deposit or a larger garage repair. It is a poor fit for a £5,000 roof, driveway or kitchen, where instalment finance through a broker is the usual route.
Deposits on this site stay switched off until Stripe keys are set. The payment page is not linked from the menu.
Finance
V12 Retail Finance, Novuna and TradeHelp
A firm that introduces a customer to a lender is credit broking. It generally needs FCA authorisation, or it must act as an Introducer Appointed Representative of an authorised broker. Finance promotions have to follow FCA rules, including a representative example, and repayment figures are illustrative. We only add a finance widget after the client's lender or broker has approved them and supplied the compliant wording. Brokers used for this kind of work include V12 Retail Finance, Novuna and trade schemes such as TradeHelp. We are not those firms, and this is not a partnership or an offer of credit from us.
What each trade usually needs
A recommendation, not a package you are locked into. Funeral plans and credit broking stay off until the firm is allowed to offer them.
| Trade | What to switch on |
|---|---|
| Roofers | Phone first. Optional inspection booking. Stripe links for invoices and repairs. SumUp on site. Finance only for a full replacement, via a broker. |
| Driveways and landscaping | Survey booking, yes. Stripe deposit when the quote is accepted. Finance for jobs over about £3,000, via a broker. |
| Kitchens and bathrooms | Design-visit booking, yes. Stripe for the order deposit. Finance is a core option, and only via an authorised broker. |
| Car detailing, ceramic and PPF | Booking with a deposit is the point. Square, SimplyBook.me or Cal.com with Stripe. Klarna only where the job sits around £100 to £1,500. |
| Builders | Survey booking. Staged payments are usually a bank transfer. A Stripe link is optional. Finance is uncommon. |
| Renewables | Survey booking. Deposit and staged payments, inside the client's consumer-code rules. A savings calculator and the BUS grant are the sales tools. Finance via a broker. |
| Removals | A date on a calendar, and a Stripe deposit to hold it. Klarna is optional on a smaller job. |
| Heating and boilers | Service booking. Stripe for a fixed-price boiler deposit. GoCardless for a monthly service plan. Finance for the boiler via a broker. |
| Double glazing | Survey booking. Stripe order deposit. An instant quote calculator. Finance via a broker. |
| Funeral directors | No public slot booking. A guided enquiry and a 24/7 phone path. Stripe or a bank transfer for an invoice. Prepaid funeral plans are FCA-regulated and are out of scope unless the firm is authorised. |
| Garages and MOT | Slot booking. Pay on collection with SumUp or Square. GoCardless for a service plan. Klarna only for a larger repair. |
| Holiday lets | A booking engine with availability, not a contact form. Stripe for the deposit and the balance, and a damage-deposit pre-authorisation. Channel tools such as Lodgify or Beds24 are the usual engines. |