--- title: "Contractor online booking: request or confirmed visit" description: "Define online booking for plumbing and electrical work. 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It might request a preferred window or reserve a visit under your actual scheduling rules. Use the corresponding wording throughout the page and office process. Build from dispatch's approved behavior. Do not let a calendar interface define a promise the company has not accepted. ## Define the state after each customer action Ask dispatch to describe what happens after submission. Identify who checks the trade, territory, requested work, and appointment availability. Establish which event confirms the visit. Use the following proposed state table in the website brief. It describes decisions to settle before implementation, not features any particular scheduling tool supplies. | State | Meaning to define | Message to approve | | --- | --- | --- | | Time selected | Customer has chosen a preference or available slot | Explain whether it is held | | Request received | System has accepted the details | Acknowledge receipt accurately | | Staff review pending | Dispatch has a decision to make | Explain the next actual contact step | | Visit confirmed | Agreed confirmation event occurred | State the accepted visit details | | Change requested | Customer seeks a new arrangement | Distinguish request from accepted change | If your system confirms a visit immediately, require evidence that the reservation reaches the schedule used by dispatch. If staff confirm later, avoid a success screen saying a technician is booked. ## Check the selected time's meaning Ask the builder to identify the displayed time zone, window length, and behavior when a slot becomes unavailable. Compare those settings with the office schedule. Keep an arrival window separate from an estimated job duration where your process distinguishes them. Have dispatch supply the public explanation. Do not invent how long a repair will take to fill a calendar setting. The FTC requires truthful, supported advertising. Apply that standard to the booking page's availability and arrival claims. [FTC advertising guidance, checked 2026.10.23](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing). Save the wording beside the configuration it describes. Review them together whenever scheduling rules change. ## Preserve the requested trade and service A shared company may accept plumbing and electrical requests through one interface. Give visitors a clear way to identify the work and say they are unsure. Keep their original question with the appointment request. Have dispatch define what happens when the chosen trade conflicts with the description or the address is outside coverage. Avoid silently choosing a technician from an inferred diagnosis. Use the [trade-service page map](/articles/plumbing-electrical-separate-service-pages) for the public navigation. This booking brief addresses what happens after a visitor chooses the contact action. ## Specify changes and failed submissions Define how a customer requests cancellation or rescheduling. State whether the change requires staff confirmation. Give the visitor the actual contact route if the interface cannot complete it. W3C recommends clear form feedback and understandable correction instructions. Require both a successful-submission message and a useful failure message. [W3C form-notification guidance, checked 2026.10.23](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/notifications/). Ask the builder what happens if a visitor repeats a submission after losing the confirmation page. Set an acceptance rule for duplicate handling, then verify it. Do not assume the scheduling tool handles this merely because it displays a calendar. ## Test with dispatch before opening the path Agree on a test environment and fictional customer details. Prevent test bookings from becoming live technician assignments. Have dispatch observe the receiving system while each case runs. Test a plumbing request, an electrical request, an unavailable slot, a changed time, and a repeated submission. Confirm the displayed state and the office state agree. Inspect the original question and reply details in each received record. Save the results with the accepted wording. Keep a failed booking state open until the repair passes the same case again. Use the [contractor website overview](/for/plumbing-and-electrical-contractors) to connect this specification with the rest of the site. Send Scale With Search your booking-state table and dispatch requirements through the [written scope form](/work). 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