Dealers & Garages
Free Garage Website With Online Booking: What Small Garages Need
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CarVerified Team
Missing calls while you are under a car? Here is what an independent UK garage needs online, why booking beats phone tag, and how to get a free garage page with booking built in.
If you run an independent garage, you know the problem. The phone rings while you are under a car, you miss it, and the customer rings the next garage on the list. A website with online booking does the answering for you.
What customers want from a garage online
When someone needs an MOT, a service or a repair, they usually want to know:
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What do you do?
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Where are you and when are you open?
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Can I book without ringing?
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Are you any good? (reviews)
You do not need a flashy site. You need those four answers, easy to find on a phone.
Why online booking matters
Many drivers search late in the evening or at the weekend, when your garage is shut and the phone goes unanswered. If they can book a slot there and then, you wake up to bookings instead of voicemails. It also saves you phone tag: no “let me check the diary and call you back”.
FOR GARAGES - FREE TO JOIN
Still using a spreadsheet or diary for your records?
Stop using spreadsheets: keep customers, bookings and invoices in one free place.
Customer records in one place - no diary or spreadsheet
Online booking - customers book into your dashboard
Free public garage page - services, hours and contact details
No card needed. Paid plans only if you need more.
What a free CarVerified garage page includes
Register your garage and you get a public garage page. The Free plan includes:
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Your services, opening hours and contact details
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Online booking, with appointments landing in your dashboard
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Up to 5 online appointments a month
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Basic customer management and reviews
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Up to 5 invoices a month
No card is needed to sign up. If you take more bookings than that, the paid Professional (up to 200 a month) and Premium (up to 500 a month) plans raise the limit and add automated service reminders, multiple staff accounts and an analytics dashboard. See the garage plans.
Getting more from your page
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List every service. MOT, full service, interim service, brakes, tyres, diagnostics, air conditioning. People search for the specific job.
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Keep your hours right. Put bank holiday changes up in advance.
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Ask for reviews. A happy customer is one message away from a review.
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Share the link. Put it on your van, invoices, receipts and social media, so repeat customers book without calling.
Where your page is seen
People who come to CarVerified are checking a car’s MOT, mileage or history. Some of them will have just found out an MOT is due. That is a good moment to be the garage they see.
Get online today
Registering takes minutes. See what garages get or join free.
FOR GARAGES - FREE TO JOIN
Garage owner with no website?
Get a free garage page with online booking built in - live in minutes, no card needed.
Free public garage page - services, hours and contact details
Online booking - customers book into your dashboard
Customer records in one place - no diary or spreadsheet
Customer reviews on your page
Invoices included (up to 5 a month free)
No card needed. Paid plans only if you need more.
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Table of Contents
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What customers want from a garage online
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Why online booking matters
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What a free CarVerified garage page includes
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Getting more from your page
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Where your page is seen
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Get online today
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