Roadmap
Still on the workbench.
Things Bandana does not do yet and that we intend to build. If it is on this page, you cannot use it today.
These are plans, not promises.
Nothing on this page is available today. Order and timing can change, and we do not give dates. What Bandana does now is on the what it does pages, and that is what you would be paying for.
Booking and payments
At the desk and on your booking page.
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Planned
Deposits at online booking
Ask for a deposit when somebody books online, under rules you set.
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Planned
Fees charged to the card automatically
Charge a no-show or late-cancellation fee to the card on file when your policy says one is owed, without anybody pressing a button.
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Planned
Clients choosing an exact time online
Let clients pick a specific time on your booking page, and confirm it without the desk if you choose.
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Booking over any warning, from the desk
Let somebody you trust book a new appointment over a warning such as a double-booked groomer, as they already can when moving one. Booking over a drive the van cannot make is already possible from Find a time.
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Refunding one line of an invoice
Refund a single item, such as an add-on, instead of an amount from a payment.
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Prepaid packages for boarding and daycare stays
Sell a block of days up front and spend one on a stay. Packages pay for appointments, such as grooming, today; stays are priced separately.
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Daily reconciliation against Stripe
Compare the day's card sales with what Stripe paid out, and show any difference.
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Petty cash in the cash drawer
Record money taken out of the cash drawer for petty cash, so the count still adds up.
Messaging and clients
Texts, records and the people behind them.
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Review requests after a visit
Ask for a review a few hours after a visit, skipping a visit the report card marks as difficult and anyone asked in the last six months. It waits until your texting registration covers marketing texts, which the carriers approve separately and which takes time.
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Offers and promotions by text
Text an offer to clients who agreed to receive them, with quiet hours and a weekly limit already in place. It waits for the same carrier approval as review requests.
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Rebooking reminders you can switch on
A text at an interval you choose to clients who left without booking their next visit.
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Status texts through the visit
Optional texts when a pet is checked in or started, not only when it is ready.
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Offers sent when quiet hours end
An offer held back by your quiet hours goes out when they end, instead of not at all.
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Card-on-file links by text
Send the link for a client to save their card by text as well as by email.
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Merging duplicate clients
Combine two records for the same person, moving their pets and history onto one.
Mobile and routes
For the vans.
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Route optimisation that changes the day
Apply a shorter driving order to a van's day, moving the visits to new times and telling the clients. Today Bandana only suggests the order and how many minutes it would save.
Boarding and daycare
Runs, yards and the morning queue.
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Feeding and medication instructions
Enter what each dog eats and takes for its stay, so the daily feeding and medication list fills itself.
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Out-of-service dates for a run
Take a run out of service for a set window of dates, not only from now until you switch it back.
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Dogs kept apart in playgroups
Mark dogs that should not share a yard, and be warned before they are put together.
Switching and setup
Getting in, and looking like yourself.
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Keeping your texting number
Bring your existing business number across, instead of texting clients from a new one.
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Your own domain
Put your website and booking page on a domain name you own.
Account and billing
Your plan and your records.
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One change history for the whole business
Search every recorded change across your business in one place, filter it by person, record and date, and export it. A client's or an invoice's own history is already on its page.
Missing something you need?
Tell us what it is and how you work around it today. It is the most useful thing anybody can send us, and it shapes what goes on this page.