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"Square is no longer satisfied with\u00A0just having businesses use its Square Reader to process credit card transactions. Now it wants to help businesses\u00A0offer online appointment\u00A0scheduling as it moves to position itself as the one-stop-shop for all small business needs.\r\n\r\nAnnounced today,\u00A0Square Appointments adds online scheduling to Square's suite of offerings. Businesses can add an Appointments widget to their site or email signature to prompt customers to schedule appointments online.\r\n\r\nFor businesses like hair salons, tattoo parlors, and accountants that rely on appointments, this is low-friction way\u00A0to access customers accustomed to making all appointments online. Square does stress that this is an appointment system and not a reservation\u00A0system like OpenTable.\r\n\r\nWhen an appointment is made, the system syncs the events with your calendar so you don't have to check the Square dashboard to determine your next appointment. Plus, if you don't have, or care to use, any other Square products, Appointments is available as a standalone product.\r\n\r\nThis launch is another example of Square\u2019s efforts to provide integrated functionality for small businesses.\u00A0It\u00A0has recently\u00A0simplified its register app\u00A0and\u00A0launched an invoicing feature and an inventory tracking system. All of which, including today's launch of Appointments, is available via the company's Dashboard.\r\n\r\nSquare Appointments is available for $30 a month for sole proprietors, $50 a month for companies with two to five employees and $90 for unlimited staff.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Square Appointments"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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