You have just signed up for Woofle — welcome! Whether you are moving from a paper diary, a spreadsheet, or another system entirely, the next few days are about getting comfortable at your own pace. There is no rush. Your free trial gives you 30 days, and you really do not need to learn everything at once.
Here is a simple plan that breaks your first week into five small steps. Each one should take no more than fifteen or twenty minutes. Do one a day, or knock them all out in an evening — whatever suits you.
Day 1: Sign up, explore, and set up your services
Head to login.woofleapp.com/register and create your account. There is no credit card required — you get instant access to everything, and you will not be charged a penny until you decide Woofle is right for you.
Once you are in, take a few minutes to look around. There is no wrong button to press and nothing you cannot undo, so just click through the menus and get a feel for the layout.
When you are ready, head to your services list. This is where you define the grooming services you offer — things like full groom, bath and tidy, puppy intro, or whatever your menu looks like. For each service you can set a default price and duration. These defaults save you time later when you are booking appointments, but they are just starting points — you can always adjust the price or time for an individual dog.
That is it for Day 1. Services set up, and you have already done the most important bit.
Day 2: Import or add your clients and pets
This is the step that feels the scariest, but it is usually the quickest. If you have an existing spreadsheet of clients — whether it is an Excel file or a CSV — you can upload it directly into Woofle. The import tool gives you a simple column-mapping screen: match your columns to the right fields, hit import, and you are done — your whole client list brought across without retyping a thing.
If you do not have a spreadsheet, or you prefer to start fresh, you can add clients and pets manually. Each pet gets a detailed profile where you can record breed, age, temperament, medical alerts, and grooming notes. You can also set a default service, price, and scheduling interval for each pet — so when it comes to rebooking, Woofle already knows that Bella the cockapoo gets a full groom every six weeks at £45.
Start with your regulars — the clients you are seeing this week and next. You can always add the rest later.
Day 3: Book your first appointments on the calendar
Now for the satisfying part. Open the calendar and book in a few upcoming appointments. You can view your schedule by day, week, or month, and appointments appear as colour-coded blocks you can move to reschedule in a couple of clicks.
If you set default services and intervals on your pet profiles yesterday, you will notice that booking is remarkably quick. Select the client, pick the pet, and Woofle fills in the service, price, and duration for you. Once an appointment has been completed, rebooking is a single click — Woofle suggests the next date based on the pet’s scheduling interval.
Try booking three or four appointments to start with. Move one to a new slot. Get a feel for how the week view looks with a few bookings in place. It should start to feel like home quite quickly.
Day 4: Set up SMS reminders
This is the one that pays for itself almost immediately. Woofle can send automated text messages to your clients — a confirmation when you book the appointment and a reminder before the day itself. No more copying phone numbers out of a diary and tapping out texts manually.
Your account includes 100 SMS credits every month, which is enough for most independent groomers. Head to your messaging settings, review the default message templates, and switch on automated reminders. From this point on, every appointment you book will trigger a confirmation text, and your clients will get a nudge before their visit so you are not left wondering whether they have forgotten.
If even one client reschedules instead of no-showing, those credits have already earned their keep.
Day 5: Explore the client portal and share a test link
Each of your clients gets a unique portal link — no login or password required. When they open it, they can see their upcoming appointments, their pet’s details, any documents you have shared, and even directions to your salon. The portal picks up your salon’s name and accent colour, so it feels like a natural extension of your business.
Find one of your friendlier clients in the system and send them their portal link. Ask them what they think. Most clients are pleasantly surprised — it is a small touch that makes your salon feel polished and professional, and it quietly cuts down on the “what time is my appointment again?” messages.
While you are exploring, have a look at pet photos and digital document signing too. You can upload photos after each groom to build a visual history, and you can send consent forms for clients to sign digitally. Neither of these is urgent on Day 5, but they are nice to know about.
What comes next
By the end of the week you will have your services configured, your clients and pets in the system, a handful of appointments on the calendar, automated reminders running, and a client portal ready to share. That is a fully working setup — and you did it in five short sessions.
From here, just keep using Woofle as part of your normal routine. Add new clients as they come in, upload a photo after each groom, and let the rebooking and reminder features do the repetitive work for you. There is plenty more to discover, but there is no pressure to find it all at once. The best way to learn is just to use it.
And remember — you have got 30 days to decide if Woofle is right for you. No credit card, no commitment, no catch.