How to copy Wix Bookings services to another Wix site

By Kayabyte

You can’t move a Wix Bookings setup from one site to another with a button. Wix lists it as a feature request and says: “Currently, you cannot transfer your Wix Bookings App from one site to another.” This guide covers the options that exist: duplicating the site, rebuilding by hand, and an app that copies the setup.

Option 1: duplicate the whole site

If you want a full copy of a site to change, Wix can duplicate it: in the dashboard, use the Site Actions menu and choose Duplicate Site. Wix’s article lists what the duplicate does not carry over: store orders and invoices, contacts and members, settings for third-party apps, email campaigns and some other items. It does not say what happens to your Bookings services, so open the duplicate and check them before relying on it.

Duplicating gives you the whole site, design included. If you only want the Bookings setup on a site that already has its own design, it is the wrong tool.

Option 2: rebuild by hand

In the new site’s dashboard, install Wix Bookings and create each category, service, policy and staff member again, then set each staff member’s working hours and the sessions of each class or course. For a handful of services this is an afternoon. For an agency that sets up the same salon or studio on many client sites, or a business with a site per location, it is the same afternoon every time, and details drift between sites.

Option 3: copy the setup with an app

Copy Bookings to Another Site reads the setup on one of your sites and creates it on another. It copies services of all three types (appointments, classes, courses) with price, duration, capacity, description and images, categories, booking policies, staff members and their custom working hours, and the upcoming sessions of classes and courses. Optionally it copies the default business hours too.

How it works for you: install the app and Wix Bookings on both sites. On the old site click Show code. On the new site enter the code, read the check (what will be created, what is already there, what cannot be copied) and click Copy now. A report lists what was copied and what was skipped.

What it does not do, so you can plan for it: it never copies bookings, customers or members. It does not copy pricing plans or their links to services, custom booking forms, add-ons, price options, rooms and equipment or business locations. Services that depend on those are listed in the check with the reason. If the two sites use different currencies, paid services are not copied.

It only adds to the new site and matches existing items by name (staff by email), so you can run it again after you change the old site.

Free: the check plus 3 services per site. Paid: $29 one-time for 30 services or $79 one-time for any number. See the app.

Which one should I use?

• You want the same site design with a new name: duplicate the site and check Bookings in the copy.
• You have one or two services: rebuild by hand.
• You set up many sites, or services, staff and hours are many: use an app.

FAQ

Does the copy include my customers and past bookings? No. Bookings and customers stay on the old site.

Do I need Wix Bookings on the new site first? Yes. Install it before you copy; the app tells you if it is missing.

Can I undo a copy? The app only adds items. To undo, delete the copied services, staff and categories in the new site’s Bookings dashboard.

More: Set up Wix Bookings for several locations or client sites · What to check after copying