Services
Sell services such as hourly work, fixed-price projects, and recurring retainers directly from your E2C store.
Services let you offer work alongside (or instead of) physical or digital products. Customers browse your services, book one through checkout, and you deliver the work.
Each service has a service type, a location type, and one of two payment options: Pay Now (the customer pays by card at checkout) or Pay After Service (the customer books now and pays you once the work is done). This works for remote consulting, on-site jobs, and subscription retainers alike.
Turn on services first
The Services menu only appears in your admin sidebar once services are switched on for your store.
- Go to Settings → Store.
- Under What I Sell (or What We Sell for business accounts), tick Services.
- Click Save Changes.
Switching on services also adds a Services link to your storefront's navigation bar. If you later untick it, you have to delete all your services first.
Service types
| Type | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Hourly | Tutoring, consulting, coaching |
| Daily | Photography, event staffing, day-rate work |
| Fixed Price / Project | One price for a defined scope of work |
| Recurring / Subscription | Ongoing work, e.g. a monthly retainer |
The type is a label that tells customers how the service is structured. It doesn't change how checkout works: each booking is a single order for one unit of the service.
How customers book a service
- The customer opens your store's Services page (
e2c.store/your-store/services) or a service page. - If the service has variants (for example a package tier), they pick one, then click Add to Cart. Services are always booked one at a time; there is no quantity selector.
- At checkout they enter their details. If the service is At Customer's Location, they also enter their address.
- Payment depends on the service:
- Pay Now services are paid by card through your connected Stripe or PayPal account.
- Pay After Service services are booked without payment. The customer sees "No upfront payment required. You will pay after the service is completed."
- Both you and the customer get an order email, and the booking appears in your Orders.
Customers don't choose a date or time at checkout. Once you get the order, contact the customer to arrange when and how the work happens.