Create and edit a service

Services are the menu your clients book from. You can manage them from either place:

• In the Mila app: tap Me, then Services under Booking. Tap a service to edit it, or + New to add one.
• On the Mila website dashboard (dashboard.milabook.com): click Services in the menu under Business. Click a service's edit button to change it, or Add Service to add one.

The essentials

• Name: what clients see on your booking page.
• Price: the full price. (Deposits, if any, are a portion of this paid up front.)
• Duration: how long the appointment takes. This drives which time slots clients are offered, so make it realistic.
• Calendar color: the color the service shows in on your schedule. Same as category (the default) uses the category's color; pick any color to give this service its own, or a custom one: Custom on the dashboard opens your browser's color picker, and More colors in the app shows 30 more. Each service also gets a short calendar code from its initials (CF for Classic Fill), shown on its appointments and beside it on the Services page.
• Category: groups services on your booking page (e.g., Full Sets, Fills, Lifts). See Categories and display order.

The optional layers

Each has its own guide:

• Description & image: shown to clients on your booking page. Tap Generate description for a first draft written from the service name and category. It goes into the description field for you to read and edit, and nothing is saved until you save the service. If you already wrote something, your words stay until you choose the draft.
• Add-ons: optional extras clients pick while booking.
• Deposit: paid at booking.
• Buffer times: setup/cleanup padding around the appointment.
• Booking window & availability: limit when this service can be booked.
• This is a fill marks this service as a fill. It does nothing on its own; it decides which services your fill restriction covers, if you set one. See How availability works.

Editing existing services

Open the service and change anything. The edit form carries all the same settings as creation. Price changes apply to future bookings; appointments already on your calendar keep the price they were booked at.

Retiring a service

Don't delete a service just to hide it. See Deactivate or delete a service for why deactivating is usually what you want.