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Booking and business software built for professional detailers
DetailBook runs the side of the business that happens off the car: bookings, deposits, quotes, reminders, invoices and customer records, all in one place and all on your phone. It was built for detailing businesses, not adapted from salon or appointment software.
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PVD shows customers you are skilled, proven and insured. DetailBook makes sure the way you take bookings, payments and paperwork matches that standard.
Why DetailBook
Generic booking software doesn't know what a detailer does all day
Most booking tools were made for haircuts and dentists: one person, one chair, a fixed price, half an hour. Detailing doesn't work like that, and the gaps get filled with texts, spreadsheets and chasing.
Prices that follow the vehicle
Price by vehicle size, offer add-ons per service, ask your own questions up front, and keep every car's registration and history on the customer's record.
Quotes for work a price list can't cover
Customers send photos, you send back a proper proposal with options. Corrections and coatings get priced properly, with a deposit taken when they accept.
Built for the driveway and the unit
Service areas by postcode for mobile rounds, drop-off bookings for studios, and condition reports with photos before you touch the paint.
"I built DetailBook because I was running my own detailing business off texts, DMs and a paper diary, chasing deposits and losing Saturdays to no-shows. Nothing on the market fitted the way detailing actually works."
Jamie Butcher, founder, DetailBook · Rotherham, South Yorkshire
What it does
One system, from the first booking to the repeat customer
Online booking
Your own booking page, taking bookings while you work
Every business gets a booking page with its own logo and colours. Customers choose their services and add-ons, pick a time that genuinely fits your diary, and book themselves in. No phone tag, no "is Tuesday still free?"
- Vehicle-size pricing, add-ons and your own booking questions
- Postcode service areas, so you only get jobs you can reach
- Share the link anywhere, add it to your website or print the QR code on the van
Photo quotes & proposals
Price the corrections and coatings properly
For work you'd never put a fixed price on, the customer uploads photos of the car and you send back a tailored proposal. Offer good, better and best options with add-ons. They accept, choose a date and pay their deposit from one link.
- Photo-based quotes straight from your booking page
- Tiered options so the customer chooses the level of work
- Accepting, booking and paying all happen in one step
Deposits, payments & invoicing
Money in before you set off, invoices sent without the evening admin
Take a deposit or full payment when the customer books, by card or Apple Pay through Stripe. The money goes into your own account. DetailBook never takes a cut of your bookings.
- Deposits or full payment at booking, and payment links for the balance
- Saved cards for one-tap charging of returning customers
- Branded invoices with VAT and bank details, sent automatically when the job is done
Calendar, reminders & Google Calendar
Your whole week in one diary, and customers who turn up
Every booking lands in one calendar with day, week, month and table views. Set your working hours, block holidays and leave gaps between jobs. Customers get confirmations and reminders by email and text, so fewer people forget.
- Automatic SMS and email confirmations and reminders, in your own wording
- Bookings appear in your Google or Apple calendar on your phone
- Customers can reschedule or rebook themselves from their own account
Customers, maintenance plans & analytics
Turn one-off jobs into regular customers
Every customer has a full record: their vehicles, history, notes and what they've spent. Maintenance plans book their next visit into your calendar automatically, so aftercare becomes regular income rather than a reminder you forget to send.
- Customer and vehicle records with full job history
- Maintenance plans that appear as real bookings in your diary
- Revenue, best-selling services and busy days at a glance
- Google review requests sent automatically after each job
Condition reports
A dated record of the car before you start
Walk the car and photograph each section with notes. The customer gets the report to confirm before work begins. Once it's sent it's timestamped and locked, so "that scratch wasn't there" becomes a photo, not an argument.
- Photos and notes for each section of the vehicle
- Customer confirms before you start
- PDF saved against the booking
Also included
- Service checklists and job timer
- Expense tracking with receipts
- Discount and promo codes
- Customer self-service portal
- Multi-vehicle bookings
- Website booking widget
- Excel export of all your data
Built for real detailing businesses
Set it up the way your business runs
Mobile detailers
Your day is spent on driveways and at offices, so the diary has to know where you can get to.
- Postcode service areas
- Customer questions about water and power
- Deposits to protect a wasted trip
Studios and units
Customers come to you, tickets are higher, and you need a record of the car when it arrives.
- Drop-off bookings at your address
- Condition reports before work starts
- Proposals for corrections and coatings
Established solo operators
You're the detailer, the receptionist and the accounts department, usually from your phone.
- Bookings and payments while you work
- Reminders sent automatically
- Invoices sent when the job's done
Growing businesses
More jobs, more customers and more to keep track of. Repeat work matters more than ever.
- Maintenance plans and repeat bookings
- Revenue and service analytics
- Google Analytics and Meta Pixel tracking
30 days free
PVD members get a 30-day free trial of DetailBook when they register through the exclusive PVD link.
PVD members
Your exclusive 30-day sign-up link is in the PVD Members Only Facebook group.
Not a member yet? See the benefits of joining PVD →- Full access to every Pro feature during the trial
- No card needed to start
- No contract. Cancel any time
- DetailBook takes no commission on your bookings
After the trial, choose a plan or simply stop. Nothing is charged automatically.
Already using something else?
Moving across is less work than you'd think
Bring your customers
Upload the customer list from your old system inside your DetailBook account and we'll import it for you, contacts and vehicles, ready for you to check.
Your data stays yours
Export the whole business to Excel whenever you like: bookings, customers, services, notes and more.
Help from someone who knows detailing
Raise a support ticket with photos and you'll hear back within 24 hours, from someone in the UK who understands the trade.
Less time on admin. More time on the cars and the business.
Set up your booking page, services and prices in an afternoon, then try it on real customers for 30 days.
PVD members
Your exclusive 30-day sign-up link is in the PVD Members Only Facebook group.
Not a member yet? See the benefits of joining PVD →PVD is a DetailBook partner. PVD may receive a commission when a member becomes a paying DetailBook customer through the PVD partner link. This costs the member nothing extra. The 30-day trial applies to new DetailBook accounts registered through that link. DetailBook is a UK-based booking and CRM platform for car detailing businesses, based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire · support@detailbook.co.uk
