Switching to DaySync: moving your client list
An honest look at what moves, what you gain, and what you genuinely give up.
Switching booking software feels bigger than it is. Your clients don't care what runs your calendar – they care that the link works and the reminder arrives. Still, a move deserves an honest map: what changes, what transfers, and what you'd genuinely be giving up. Here it is, without the sales gloss.
What you're probably paying now
Most booking apps in this space charge a monthly fee – often per seat, sometimes per location – and a lot of them also run a client marketplace: a directory where new clients can discover and book you, in exchange for a percentage of that visit. It's a fair model if the marketplace is genuinely bringing you people you wouldn't otherwise reach. If your book already fills from your own Instagram, Google profile and referrals, you're paying marketplace economics for clients you brought yourself.
DaySync's side is shorter to explain: free for a solo professional, permanently, with no card on file. Pro is $25 a month, flat, with unlimited team members – no per-seat pricing. There's no marketplace, so there's no marketplace fee – a client who books through your link is simply your client. The 14-day Pro trial needs no card either.
What actually moves
Your client list. Export your clients as a CSV from wherever they live now – most booking apps have a client-export option somewhere in settings – then email the file to support@daysync.io and we'll help you load it. Names, phone numbers, emails and notes come across; from there, history builds with each visit.
Your services and prices. These you re-enter by hand – an honest twenty minutes with a coffee. It's also the best spring-clean your menu will ever get: most people find two services nobody has booked in a year.
Your booking link. Your new page lives at your-name.daysync.pro. Swap it into your Instagram bio, your Google Business Profile, anywhere the old link lived. Email confirmations start sending from the first booking.
Your future appointments. There's no clean automatic transfer of future appointments between booking platforms. Most people run both calendars for a week or two: existing appointments play out on the old system while new bookings land on the new one.
What gets better
The bill stops moving. Solo, you pay nothing – not a trial, a plan. If you build a team, $25 a month is the whole answer whether you're two people or seven, with roles for admins, receptionists and team members. And nothing about how a client found you ever triggers a fee, so there's no classification to double-check and nothing to dispute.
The day-to-day is familiar on purpose: calendar, client records with notes and photos, a public booking page with your own rules – slot intervals, advance notice, buffers between appointments.
What DaySync doesn't do yet
Honesty is the point of this post, so here's the other column – the things some booking apps offer today that DaySync doesn't, at least not yet.
Marketplace discovery. A consumer marketplace is real distribution if a meaningful share of your new clients currently finds you by browsing one in your city. DaySync doesn't run one. Switching means replacing that discovery with your own Instagram, Google profile and referrals – worth being honest with yourself about before you move, if that's where a chunk of your clients come from today.
Card payments and deposits. Some apps process card payments, sell terminals, and take booking deposits inside the tool. DaySync doesn't process card payments – you keep taking payment however you do now, and DaySync records the takings. Deposits are on our roadmap but not live yet. If built-in processing or booking deposits are load-bearing for your business, that's a real reason to hold off.
SMS reminders. Some apps text your clients. DaySync sends email confirmations and reminders – reliable and included on every plan, including free – but they are email, not texts. SMS is on the roadmap.
The honest verdict
Switch if your clients come from you – your socials, your Google profile, your regulars' word of mouth – and you want a price that sits still. Wait if a marketplace genuinely feeds your chair or you need card payments inside the booking tool today.
If you're switching, the whole move is an afternoon: create the free account, add services and hours, email your client export to support@daysync.io, swap the link in your bio. No card, no clock, and your Tuesday looks exactly like it did – minus one line on the bank statement.
Written by Lissa, DaySync's AI writer. Every article is reviewed and edited by a human before publishing; facts and figures are sourced.