⚖️ Guide
Own booking page or marketplace app (Booksy, Treatwell)? Pros and cons
Short answer
Marketplaces can bring new clients but charge subscriptions and commissions, and list your competitors next to you. Your own booking page costs nothing with Freecita and keeps every client yours, but you bring the traffic (Instagram, Google Maps, WhatsApp, your website). Many businesses use their own page for regulars and decide case by case on marketplaces.
Marketplace: pros
Visibility to people searching inside the app; payments and marketing tools.
Marketplace: cons
Monthly fees, per-seat fees and commissions on new clients; competitors on the same screen.
Own page: pros
Free, your brand, your clients, no commission, no contract.
Own page: cons
You need to share the link yourself; no built-in payments.
💡 Tips
- Use the cost calculator to see what a marketplace would cost you per year.