Should the first release offer instant prices and appointment booking?
- Calculate price and reserve a time from the public website
- Collect a minimal request and keep it pending staff review
Choose: Start with a pending request unless service eligibility, price rules, authoritative availability, duration, assignment, time-zone handling, conflicts, provider behavior, and recovery have been reproduced end to end.
Tradeoff: Staff review adds a handoff, but it prevents a visitor preference from looking like a price, available slot, confirmed booking, accepted appointment, or safe-to-groom decision.
