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Consignment stores, are you looking for a way to let your consignors book a consignment appointment online? Google recently added an Appointments feature to Google Calendar. When you go to create a new Event, you will now see an Appointment slots option:
![New Consignment Appointment New Consignment Appointment](https://thecomputerpeeps.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/new_consignment_appointment.png)
You can then publish this calendar online for free and consignors can schedule appointments online:
![Online Consignment Appointments Online Consignment Appointments](https://thecomputerpeeps.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/book_online_consignment_appointment.png)
You can block-out appointment times and specify the length of each consignment appointment:
![Consignment Appointment Blocks Consignment Appointment Blocks](https://thecomputerpeeps.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/consignment_appointment_blocks.png)
Once the appointment has been booked, the appointment time shows as booked online…
![Booked Consignment Appointment Booked Consignment Appointment](https://thecomputerpeeps.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/consigment_appointment_booked.png)
If you have a website, you can easily embed this calendar into a web page, or, just post a link to it on your Facebook page.
Google’s Appointment Scheduler offers consignment stores the following features:
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- Set specific time frames when consignment appointments are available.
- Publish your calendar online for free, so consignors can schedule appointments online.
- Set specific days and times when consignments are accepted.
- Receive a notification when a consignor books an appointment.
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Your consignors will have to have a Gmail account, which is free and many already utilize Gmail.
Edit [12/4/2012 @ 2:19PM]: Added additional screenshots.