Opening a vet clinic? The admin can go live before the refit does
Branches, rooms, services and pricing take an evening to set up. By the time you open the doors, your schedule, patient records and online booking already work.
What usually gets left until later
- The price list gets thrown together on opening day
- Service durations were never worked out, so the schedule starts clashing in week one
- Online booking gets remembered once the phone is already ringing
- Nobody finds the clinic in search, because the page doesn't exist yet
Launch checklist
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1. Branch and hours
Address, opening hours and time zone — the whole schedule is calculated from these.
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2. Rooms
However many appointments you can run at once is how many slots the calendar offers.
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3. Doctors
Speciality and hours for each. One is enough to start.
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4. Services and pricing
Name, duration, price. Duration matters more than it looks — it shapes the whole time grid.
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5. Clinic page
Services, doctors, contacts and a booking button. Publish it when you are ready.
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6. First booking
Turn online booking on and appointments start arriving.
Why do this before you open
Found from day one
Your clinic page and catalogue listing have time to reach search before you unlock the door.
Bookings before opening
Online booking can go live early, so day one starts with a filled schedule.
A price list you've tested
Durations and prices are easier to calibrate before there is a queue.
Room to grow
A second branch and new doctors are added later, without moving any data.
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