You can make a new client's first booking a service you choose, like a meet and greet. Once you've accepted it, they can book any of your services. Here's how to set it up.
Choose the service
Tap the menu button on Home. On iPad, it's in the sidebar.
Scroll down and tap Client booking.
Under First booking, turn on Require a specific service for a new client's first booking. Your first service that new clients can book is chosen for you.
To choose a different one, tap Service and pick it.
Tap the ✓ to save.
In the web app, it's in Settings > Client booking, and changes save straight away.
Who it applies to
New clients who signed up on your website to book with you, until you accept their first booking or mark them as active. See How do new clients book from my website?
Clients you've added yourself, or with a link, can always book any of your services.
First booking only shows while Allow client booking and Allow new client bookings are both on. With either off, it has no effect.
What your new clients see
Booking skips the choice of service type, and opens on the list of services, titled "Book your first appointment".
Under the title, they read that your business "requires new clients to book the following service for their first appointment."
The service you chose is the only one listed, and it's already picked.
They can't add add-ons to that booking.
Once you've accepted it, they see all your services when they book.
Good to know
Only services new clients can book are listed. Services marked Private, or only for some clients, can't be chosen.
If you delete the service, mark it Private or limit it to some clients, the row shows Service no longer available, and new clients can book any service until you choose another.
If you have no service new clients can book, saving shows "Choose the service a new client's first booking has to be."
In an older version of the Walkies Journal app, a new client who picks another service is told they need to book that service first.
To stop it, turn the switch off and save.