Bookings. Before-and-after. Repeat.

Most Australian detailers run their booking diary across three or four disconnected apps and lose money in the gaps. Bookings come in through Instagram DMs, a Facebook page and maybe a Calendly link; deposits, if you take them at all, go through Square; the “before” photos sit in your camera roll never to be seen again; and the invoice gets typed up later in Xero, by which time you can't remember whether the Mustang got the full paint correction or just the wash. The no-shows hurt the most: a Saturday Full Detail slot that vanishes is two hours of bay time and the express washes you turned away to hold it. And because nothing talks to anything else, you genuinely don't know whether the express wash or the ceramic coat is the package actually keeping the lights on.

OneBookPlus collapses that stack into one app built around the booking. Your public page at /book/your-studio lists every package, Express Wash, Full Detail, two-stage paint correction, Gtechniq or Gyeon ceramic coatings, with duration, price and a Stripe deposit that pre-charges before the slot is held, so the no-show problem largely solves itself. Job photos capture the swirl marks, water spots, bird-etching and stone chips before you start; the matching after-shots justify the bill and become your next Instagram reel. When you spot defects mid-wash that need correcting, the extra work goes to the customer by text with the reason and the price, and they approve on their phone.

Your Daily Workflow

The day starts on the calendar, every booking already deposit-secured, so there's nobody to chase. A car arrives; you photograph its condition on the job. If it's a routine wash, you finish, capture the after photos, and convert to a GST-compliant invoice with your ABN and a Pay Now link before the customer's back from the café. If you spot heavy oxidation or swirls, you send the extra work by text and keep working while they approve. Multi-day ceramic jobs get progress photos on the job that back up a $1,200 invoice. Every completed booking sends a Google review request, and your regulars' maintenance washes are already in next week's diary as repeat bookings.

Expenses & Accounting

Stripe deposits and balance payments are recorded against the right booking, so an invoice clears the moment the money is taken. Supplies, Bowden's Own, Gtechniq, Gyeon, Meguiar's, microfibre and pads from Just Car Care or Detailing Shed, go in as cost of goods, and you can drag in the supplier invoice or a photo of the docket and let the scanner read the supplier, date, GST and total rather than typing it. Fuel, van and equipment are coded once and stay coded. Per-service margin reporting tells you the truth your spreadsheet never could: the $79 express wash is thin, the $1,200 ceramic coat is where Saturday's money is. Come BAS time the GST summary is already prepared, GST collected on washes and coatings, GST credits on supplies, exportable in one click for your accountant.

Getting Started

Sign up free, no credit card, no lock-in. Choose “Car Detailer” as your business type, add your packages (express wash, full detail, paint correction, ceramic coat) with a price, a duration and the deposit you want, and OneBookPlus sets up an AU chart of accounts and invoice templates with your ABN. Import your customers and past bookings via CSV from Calendly, Square Appointments, Squeegee or a spreadsheet, then publish your branded booking page. Your booking page can be live within the hour, and review requests go out as bookings are completed.