Booking capacity: by job count or by time
Cap each day with a simple job count, or switch to filling the day by how long the work takes within your opening hours.
Last updated 2 September 2026
Two ways to cap a day, set on the Booking hours page under Booking limits. For working out what the number should be, see planning bench capacity for a workshop.
Counting jobs (the default)
- Each arrival window holds a set number of jobs. A morning window with a capacity of four takes four drop-offs, puncture or rebuild alike.
- Capacity lives in each cell of the week table, so the same window can take four on Tuesday and two on Saturday.
Filling by time
- Switch Booking limits to Fit within opening hours and Velobook counts time instead of jobs.
- Each service carries a duration, and the day fills as durations add up against the hours you are open. A day of long jobs fills sooner than a day of quick ones.
- Suits shops whose jobs vary a lot in length.
In time mode, a day's capacity is your open hours multiplied by the mechanics working that day. Two mechanics on a nine-to-five day is sixteen bench-hours; one takes the day off and it drops to eight; nobody rostered and the day takes no service bookings. Keep each person's working days and time off current.
A service with no duration, or a window with no times, falls back to counting jobs. Set realistic durations before you switch.
Capacity decides how much lands in a day. How far into the future customers can reach is separate: see how far ahead customers can book.