qixy.uk

What It Is

Qixy Booking Management is an online appointment management system designed to help service-based businesses replace paper appointment books. Users can view daily or weekly availability in a calendar, quickly create appointments by selecting a customer and service type, and view or update schedules from a browser on a phone, tablet, or laptop.

Core Features

Its core features revolve around the appointment workflow: customers can be searched by name, phone number, mobile number, or email, and staff can view a customer’s full schedule to avoid repeatedly asking about past visits. The system supports SMS appointment reminders to reduce no-shows. It also allows customers to choose available appointment slots themselves, with the business sending email notifications and confirmations. On the admin side, it provides an insights dashboard for viewing weekly appointment volume and sales trends, along with color customization for appointment types, automatic inventory deduction for product sales, low-stock alerts, and separate schedules for multiple staff members with controls over whether each person can be booked.

Pricing and Deployment

The pricing disclosed on the page is straightforward: a 30-day free trial, followed by £15/month, with PayPal subscription billing and the ability to cancel at any time. A Live Demo is also available for testing. Deployment is cloud-based SaaS, accessible through any web browser. The text does not clarify whether SMS fees are charged separately, and there is no visible mention of higher-tier plans, annual discounts, or seat limits.

Pros and Cons

The main strengths are its clear onboarding path and coverage of common needs for small appointment-based businesses, including bookings, reminders, customer self-service booking, multiple staff members, and inventory. Public pricing and a free trial also reduce the cost of trying it out. The limitations are mainly around the lack of public detail: there is no disclosed information on third-party integrations, APIs, role-based permissions, auditing, backups, encryption, or GDPR-related measures. Team collaboration can only be confirmed at the level of multiple staff schedules, making it difficult to judge whether it suits more complex organizational management needs.

Who It’s For and Access from China

Qixy is best suited to small appointment-based teams in fields such as beauty, therapy, consulting, training, and repairs, especially businesses that want a low-cost tool to replace handwritten records. Access from mainland China is unknown. For payments, only PayPal is mentioned, which may be inconvenient for domestic Chinese users. If a Chinese interface, local payment methods, WeChat ecosystem support, or local SMS channels are important, it may be worth comparing Calendly, Acuity, SimplyBook.me, and China-based store appointment SaaS products.