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I'm trying to work out any basis on which this will do more than perhaps reduce no-shows. Not to mention the negative impact on bookings.

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It allows you to charge a refundable deposit before letting clients book a spot on your existing Calendly links.

Except people are going to not make a booking in the first place. I'm certainly not putting in payment info to book a slot on someone's calendar

i.e. some no shows is better than nothing at all

I agree, but this mainly targets people with a large following who have a public booking link on their website. They likely have a packed calendar, and this would help them filter out non-serious buyers

> this would help them filter out non-serious buyers

Non-serious non-buyers, rather.

And seriously how is that expected to "stop no-shows"?

If you had paid a deposit for it, wouldn’t the chances of attending be significantly higher compared to a free meeting?

I doubt it.

And regardless, that's far short of "stopping no-shows". I think more likely to stop a significant number of bookings.

Sorry, but could you please clarify where I have mentioned ‘stopping no-shows’ on my site? It currently says ‘Notice a 60% reduction in no-shows’.

I can't, because it has recently been removed. Site now says "forget no-shows".

But HN title is unaltered. "prevents no-shows"

> It currently says ‘Notice a 60% reduction in no-shows’.

And what % reduction in shows?

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