One platform. Every local service, booked in seconds.
Bookora is a UK-built marketplace connecting people to local service professionals — barbers, salons, clinics and more — instantly, transparently, and without the back-and-forth.
Who we are
Bookora is a UK booking platform building digital infrastructure for everyday booking. We started Bookora because the industry was still running on phone calls, WhatsApp screenshots and "let me check the diary and get back to you". That doesn't work for the customer, and it doesn't scale for the business owner.
We took the same enterprise-grade booking engine big platforms pay tens of thousands a year to license, and we wrapped it in something a barber, dentist, vet, estate agent or any local service provider can set up in 10 minutes. Every local business — from a £16 trim to a £120 treatment — gets a free booking website, live calendar, payments and reminders in one account.
What we offer
One account, everything a local business needs to get booked:
Local services
25+ categories — barbers, dentists, estate agents, vets, pharmacies, opticians, solicitors, accountants, salons, hairdressers, nail techs, massage therapists, beauty therapists, gyms, dog groomers, tattoo studios, aesthetics clinics, restaurants and more — bookable in real time with instant confirmation.
Find a service →Local-service categories
Every category is bookable on Bookora today, with verified businesses and real-time calendars:
How it works
For customers, three taps end-to-end:
Search
Pick a category, postcode, country, date — Bookora narrows to genuine availability instantly.
Pick a slot or plan
Real-time calendars, transparent pricing, no inflated "from" rates.
Pay & confirm
Secure payment via PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Confirmation by email and SMS within seconds — plus a receipt and calendar invite.
For business owners
We take the admin off your plate so you can do the work you actually trained for. Free 21-day trial of our Premium tier — branded mailbox, free unlimited SMS reminders, priority placement in search and lower commission — then £19.99/month or stay free.
We don't charge sign-up fees. We don't lock you into long contracts. We don't sell your customer data. And we never undercut you — your listed price is what the customer sees.
Built on solid ground
UK company
Bookora is a UK-registered business. UK-based engineering, UK-based support team.
Bank-grade secure payments
Every transaction runs through PayPal, a PCI-DSS compliant global payment provider. We never see, store or touch your raw card details.
SPF + DKIM + DMARC
Authenticated email infrastructure protects you from spoofing. Booking confirmations always come from a verified bookora.co.uk address.
Honest refund policy
If something goes wrong on our side, we refund. Full terms in our Refund Policy.
Real partners
Trusted partners for payments, messaging and business tools — leaders in their categories.
Get in touch
Bookora
Email: support@bookora.co.uk · Business owner queries: business@bookora.co.uk · Press: hello@bookora.co.uk
UK-based support — 8am–4pm with 24-hour online assistance, every day.
Ready to use Bookora?
Customers book free. Business owners get a 21-day free trial.