Scheduling link
A URL to a booking page that reflects your free time. Just share it and the other person can book a time in one click.
A scheduling link is a URL to a booking page that reflects your free time. By pasting it into your email signature, chat profile, or website, you let the other person book a time in one click. It is also called a “booking link.”
Types of scheduling links
Situations where it works well
Situations where scheduling links are especially effective
- Kept permanently in your email signature - “Book a meeting here”
- Embedded in the auto-reply of an inquiry form
- Posted on your LinkedIn profile
- Placed at the end of a proposal / quote as the “next step”
- Follow-up after customer support resolves an issue
Points to note
Scheduling links are convenient, but used the wrong way they can come across as rude. In particular, abruptly sending only a link to someone senior or to a customer you are meeting for the first time risks being taken as “pushing your own convenience on them.” In light of business meeting etiquette, the safe form is to present candidate dates in text while adding the link with “You can also choose a time here.”
How it differs from a booking page
Whereas a booking page refers to “the screen that accepts bookings itself,” a scheduling link refers to “the URL that leads to that screen.” In practice they are often used interchangeably, but designing the link (where to put it / whom to give it to / whether to make it single-use) and designing the page (what to have people enter / which slots to show) are separate decisions, and thinking about them separately makes it easier to improve how you run them.