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Set up consultation services

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Offer 1‑on‑1 video consultations with built‑in scheduling, payments, and video calls. Set your weekly availability, create free or paid services, and control who can discover and book them — the platform handles scheduling and payment collection automatically.

Before you get started

  • You need an active BrainsMingle account to offer consultation services.
  • You retain 85–90% of your consultation fees — 90% on paid plans, 85% on free plans.

Set your availability

  1. Click Services in the top navigation bar.
  2. Under Availability Settings, click Set Availability.
The Consultation Services page showing Your Services in an empty state with a Create Service button, and Availability Settings in an empty state with a Set Availability button
The Consultation Services page before any services or availability have been configured
  1. In the Set Your Availability modal, select your Timezone from the dropdown. All availability times are set in your selected timezone.
  2. Check the box next to each day you are available. Each day switches from Not available to Available.
The Set Your Availability modal showing a Timezone dropdown set to Africa/Cairo, seven days of the week all unchecked and marked Not available, and Save Availability and Cancel buttons
The Set Your Availability modal with all days set to Not available
  1. For each available day, set a Start Time and End Time.
  2. To add multiple time ranges in one day, click + Add another range and set the additional Start Time and End Time. To remove a time range, click Remove.
  3. Click Save Availability.
The Set Your Availability modal with Sunday checked and showing two time ranges — 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM — each with a Remove link
Sunday configured with two time ranges and a break in between

Create a consultation service

  1. Under Your Services, click Add New Service (or click Create Service if you have no services yet).
  2. In the New Consultation Service modal, enter a Service Title (e.g., Career Consultation).
  3. Optionally enter a Description that tells clients what to expect from the consultation.
  4. Select a Duration for the consultation (e.g., 1 hour).
  5. To offer the service for free, leave the Free service toggle on.
The New Consultation Service modal showing Service Title, Description, Duration set to 1 hour, Free service toggle enabled with a note that clients will not be charged, Visibility set to Public, and a Create Service button
The New Consultation Service modal with a free service and Public visibility

Set up paid consultation

  1. Toggle Free service off.
  2. Under Pricing, set a price in USD, EGP, or both. Clients pay in the currency that fits them.
The paid consultation settings showing Free service toggled off, a Pricing section with a US Dollar price field, and a Discount codes section in its empty state with a link to create a discount code
Paid consultation with pricing field and discount codes empty state

The Discount codes section shows any codes that automatically apply to this service. If no codes exist yet, you can click Create a discount code to set one up on the Coupons page. When a code is active, it appears with its discount percentage and an Always applies badge.

The paid consultation settings with an active OFF30 discount code showing 30% off with an Always applies badge, and a link to the Coupons page to create additional codes
An active discount code automatically applied to the paid consultation

Set visibility

Under Visibility, select who can find and book your service:

  • Public — anyone can find and book this service.
  • Profile — only visible on your profile page.
  • Private — only accessible via direct link.
Three visibility options shown in their selected states — Public with the description 'Anyone can find and book this service', Profile with 'Only visible on your profile page', and Private with 'Only accessible via direct link'
The three visibility options: Public, Profile, and Private

Click Create Service to publish your consultation.

Share your services

Once your services are live, use the share buttons (X, LinkedIn, or copy link) above your services list to promote them to your audience.

The Consultation Services dashboard with two services created and availability settings configured, including share buttons for X, LinkedIn, and copy link
The Consultation Services dashboard with services created and share options

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