With additional options you extend the booking of a service with three things: Products (extras like drinks, towels or equipment), Additional Resources (booked along as a sub-booking for the same period) and Recommended Resources (suggested at checkout as a booking of their own). You create products centrally under Products. Which additional options a service offers, you set in the service’s Additional options tab.
The Additional options tab only appears once the feature is active. In the sidebar, open Apps & Integrations, select the anny Apps category and open Additional service options. Turn on Enable for your organization there.
How do additional options work?
Products
Products are extras that customers add to a service while booking. Availability is unlimited, and billing is based on the selected quantity and the stored price.
You find all products of your organization in the sidebar under Products. The table shows each product’s group, price and price type, and whether it is featured or provided by a third party. Use the Group, Featured and Third party filters to narrow down the list.
The process:
- You create a product with a name, price and rules.
- You assign it to one or more services.
- Customers see the product when booking these services and can add it.
- Billing happens automatically based on quantity and price.
Price types
With Add stagger price you set a lower price from a certain quantity. From that quantity, the stagger price applies to the entire quantity. Example: a yoga mat costs €3, from 5 items €2.50 each. Booking 6 mats costs €15.
With Hide price customers see no price, for example when the final price is only known after the booking.
Product groups
You can sort products into groups, e.g. “Drinks” or “Equipment”. Groups are optional. To create a new group, type a new name directly into a product’s Group field. You manage all groups in the Settings under the Groups tab in Product groups.
Additional Resources
Additional resources are booked together with the service. Customers pick them after the date. The resource is attached to the main booking as a sub-booking and always shares its period (Same period). If the main booking changes, the sub-booking adjusts.
Recommended Resources
Recommended resources are offered at checkout as separate bookings. For each recommendation you choose the Preselected service and the Period relative to the booking of the service. Customers add the recommendation to the cart as a booking of its own.
When do I use this?
- You offer extras for a booking (e.g. drinks, rental equipment, a catering flat rate): use Products.
- You want to firmly couple another resource to the booking (e.g. a second room for the same period): use Additional Resources.
- You want to suggest complementary offers that work as a booking of their own (e.g. a parking space or a room after the class): use Recommended Resources.
- Not suitable for: dependent resources that should be blocked invisibly in the background (e.g. a room booked along automatically). Use Smart Availability for that.
Relationship with other features
- Smart Availability: Smart Availability blocks resources in the background. Additional options are visible and selectable for customers.
- Modifying bookings: if Allow editing of service options after booking is on in the service’s Change & cancellation tab, customers can adjust their products themselves after booking.
- Dynamic pricing: product prices are independent of the service’s dynamic price modifiers.
- Recurring bookings: products are carried over per appointment in a series and can be adjusted per appointment.
Create a product
Open Products
In the sidebar, open Products and click New. A window for creating the product opens.
Set name and group
Enter a Name, optionally choose a Group and click Save. The detail page of the new product opens.
Complete the general information
Upload a Cover image if needed and add a Subtitle and Description. Customers see these texts when choosing.
Set the price
Under Pricing, choose the price type, enter the price and check the Tax rate. Add stagger prices if needed. The price now appears at the top below the product name.
Set quantities and rules
Open Quantities & preselection and Booking & billing and adjust the settings. Save your changes with Save at the top right.
Assign services
Go to the Services section and select the services that offer the product under All services on the right. The services appear in the list on the left.
Set up the additional options of a service
Open the service
In the sidebar, open Services, select the service and switch to the Additional options tab. You see the Products, Additional Resources and Recommended Resources sections.
Assign products
In the Products section, click the plus icon next to a product under All products on the right, or drag it to the left. With New you create a new product right here. The product now appears in the service’s list on the left.
Set the order
Drag the products on the left by their handle into the order you want. Customers see them in this order while booking.
Add resources
In the Additional Resources and Recommended Resources sections, add resources from All resources the same way. For recommended resources, then choose the Preselected service and Period.
Save
Click Save at the top right. The additional options now appear when this service is booked.
Assignment works in both directions: on the product you choose the services, on the service you choose the products. You always set the order of the products on the respective service.
Settings & options
Product: Pricing
Product: Quantities & preselection
Product: Booking & billing
Additional Resources
Recommended Resources
Practical examples
Fitness studio with rental mats and drinks (products)
A studio wants to offer yoga mats and drinks with class bookings.Create the products
Open Products, click New and create “Yoga mat rental” with the group “Equipment”. Under Pricing, set a Price per unit of €3 and add a stagger price from 5 items. Create “Protein shake” with the group “Drinks” the same way.
Assign them to the class
Under Services, open the class, switch to the Additional options tab and add both products from All products. The products now appear in the list on the left.
Test
Open the booking page and book the class. The products are shown during booking.
Coworking space with a parking recommendation (recommended resource)
A coworking space recommends parking spaces as a separate booking for the same period.Open the service
Under Services, open the service of the desk and switch to the Additional options tab.
Add a recommended resource
In the Recommended Resources section, add the parking resource. Choose the Preselected service and set the Period to Within the period. Save your changes.
Test
Create a test booking. At checkout, the parking space appears as a recommendation and can be added to the cart as a separate booking.
FAQ
What is the difference between products, additional and recommended resources?
Products are extras without their own booking (e.g. drinks). Additional resources create a sub-booking that always shares the period of the main booking. Recommended resources are suggested at checkout and added to the cart as a standalone, separate booking.
Are products the same as add-ons?
Yes. In the admin, the former add-ons are now called Products. You find them in the sidebar under Products and in the Products section of a service’s Additional options tab.
What is the difference between additional options and Smart Availability?
Additional options are visible and selectable for customers. Smart Availability blocks resources invisibly in the background (e.g. a dependent room).
Can customers change products after booking?
Yes, if Allow editing of service options after booking is on in the service’s Change & cancellation tab.
Can I hide the price of a product?
Yes. Enable Hide price when the final price is only known later, e.g. for usage-based billing. Customers then see no price.
What does Always apply do?
Always apply appears once Min Quantity is greater than 0 and is on by default. Then the product is preselected at the minimum quantity and cannot be deselected. If you turn it off, the product stays optional: customers select it themselves, and only then does the minimum apply. The same rule applies per appointment in a series.
How does a stagger price work?
From the quantity entered under From quantity, the stagger price applies to all units, not just the additional ones. With several tiers, the highest tier reached applies.
Troubleshooting
The Additional options tab is missing on the service
The feature is not active. Under Apps & Integrations, in the anny Apps category, enable the Additional service options app.
The product does not appear during booking
Check whether the product is assigned to the correct service. It must be on the left in the service’s Additional options tab or listed in the product’s Services section. Products that only appear under All products are not assigned to any service yet.
Customers cannot select the product
The product’s lead time is probably not met. Check the required lead time under Booking & billing: if the booking is too short notice, the product is not offered.
The recommended resource is not shown at checkout
Check the resource, Preselected service and Period of the recommendation. Make sure the resource is available in the selected period.