Starting a Pickleball Business? Set Up Your Booking System in Just 1 Hour!

If you're thinking about starting a pickleball business or already running one, having an efficient booking system is essential to manage your courts seamlessly and provide a hassle-free experience for your picklers (another term for pickleball players).

Take a look at MyPickleball.my, a great example of how a streamlined booking system can make court rentals effortless. 

With clear time slots, real-time availability updates, and an intuitive checkout process, they’ve created an experience customers love. 

In this guide, we’ll show you how to set up your pickleball court booking system in just 1 hour, once you have created an EasyStore account. 

• [Step 1]: Add New Product - Pickleball Court Rental
• [Step 2]: Add 2 Variants - Date and Time
• [Step 3]: Managing Court Availability 
• [Step 4]: Manage Your Booking Window
• [Step 5]: Activate Payment Collection
• [BONUS]: Set Up Pickleball Paddle Rental 

Step 1: Add New Product - Pickleball Court Rental

Go to the Product section in your EasyStore dashboard and click "Add New Product" to create a new listing.

• Title: Pickleball Court Rental

• Description: Add an engaging description to make your court rental attractive. Highlight key features like availability, pricing, and any amenities. You can even use our ChatGPT tool to craft description that will capture customers’ attention.

Step 2: Add 2 Variants - Date and Time

To allow customers to book courts, you'll need to set up two types of variants:

• Dates for each court (e.g., available on certain days of the week)

• Time slots for each court (e.g., 9 AM - 10 AM, 10 AM - 11 AM).

These variants will allow customers to choose both the date and time that works best for them. Make sure the time slots are clearly defined, so your customers know when to book. 

Step 3: Managing Court Availability 

Under "Variant Settings," use the inventory feature to set the availability for each time slot and court location:

• Click on "EasyStore track inventory of this product" to enable inventory tracking.

• Define the inventory limit for each court and time slot. 

For example, if you have 5 courts, set the inventory for each time slot to 5. This ensures that customers cannot book more courts than you have available. 

Step 4: Manage Your Booking Window

Update your booking availability every 10, 15, or 30 days, depending on your needs, by adding new dates under "date variants" created in Step 2.

This flexible rolling system helps you stay organized, manage demand, and offer customers the right amount of flexibility without overwhelming your schedule.

Step 5:  Activate Payment Collection

What About Pickleball Paddle Rental?  

However, if you'd like to limit the number of paddles per booking, you can create a variant for "Number of Paddles" and set the pricing accordingly.

For example, if you want to allow a maximum of 4 paddles per court booking, you can set the following pricing per variant. 

• 1 paddle = RM 12
• 2 paddles = RM 24
• 3 paddles = RM 36
• 4 paddles = RM 48 (or any desired pricing)

This allows customers to select the number of paddles they need directly during the booking process.

Pro Tip: To encourage first-time bookings, consider offering a first-time voucher for new customers. This could be a discount on their paddle rental, which will help attract more customers and boost bookings. 

More Than Just A Booking System  

• One-Stop Shop for Pickleball: Offer related products like paddles, balls, and apparel, turning your space into a one-stop shop for all things Pickleball.

• Reward Bookings With Points: Make your loyal customers feel special by rewarding them with points, early access to bookings, and exclusive deals, turning them into VIPs.

• Become the Brand They Choose for Pickleball: Your customers will feel a deeper connection to your brand, with your unique logo, colors, and fonts showcased throughout your online store, creating a memorable experience they’ll trust and love. 

Let Customers Pick You For Pickleball 

Set up your pickleball booking system quickly and start focusing on what you do best, delivering an unforgettable experience for your customers. 

Sign up today and turn your pickleball courts into a thriving business! 🏓 

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