How do I set up my business on ezerve?
Setup is a short wizard: name your business, pick a web address, start from a template (or a blank slate), set your hours, and publish. The goal is a bookable business in well under fifteen minutes.
Pick a name and a web address
Your booking site lives at yourname.ezerve.com. The address (we call it a slug) must be 3–63 characters of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, with no hyphen at the start or end. A handful of addresses are reserved for the platform (www, api, help, admin, and similar) — if yours is taken or reserved, the wizard says so immediately and you pick another. You can rename the business any time; the web address is meant to be stable, so choose one you can live with.
Start from a template — or a blank slate
Templates are a head start, not a mold. Picking one seeds real, editable data:
- Rentals & outfitters — a kayak fleet (one asset with capacity 8), a guide, a private dock, and offerings like a two-hour rental and a guided tour that combines a guide with two boats.
- Salon & personal services — two chairs, a stylist, and offerings like a 45-minute haircut that takes any free chair.
Everything a template creates is yours to rename, reprice, or delete. Starting blank is always available if you'd rather build from nothing.
What gets created for you
Every new business also gets:
- A default location carrying your timezone. You won't see "locations" in the interface until you add a second one — but it's there from day one, so growing to multiple locations never means starting over.
- A starter set of staff roles — Owner, Manager, Front desk, Staff, and View only — with you holding the Owner role. Roles are editable; the platform only fixes the underlying permissions they're built from.
Publish
Publishing makes your booking site live and gives you the link and a QR code to share. From there, the honest checklist: connect payments when you're ready (bookings work without them), invite your staff, and watch the day view — if it's on the calendar, it's real.