Enrollment in BookConsult.in – Open for Alumni of CCS Academy only

We started this venture BookConsult.in as a unit of CCS out of a personal pain of experimenting many Appointment Booking Platforms in the market as a Beginner. This will help beginners in the profession set up their private practice. It provides a platform to book appointment online for the clients and avail counseling services either online or offline/in-person. This is open only for CCS Alumni who have completed our PG Diploma Course.

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Fee:

Profile Creation Fee: INR 1180/- (1000+18% GST)
1 Year Membership Fee: INR 2950/- (2,500 + 18% GST) for a year which includes Free 12 Supervision Meetings.
TOTAL FEE for enrollment: 4130/- (3500+18% GST)
For every appointment when booked: INR 200 + 2% of the fee collected. Read Refund and Cancellation Policy before you pay. https://counselingchennai.com/refund-and-cancellation-policy/

Want to take your counseling career to the next level?

₹4,130Register & Pay

Details

Membership is valid

for 12 months – Refer the Alumni Group

Last Date to enroll

Refer the Alumni Group

Eligibility

PG Diploma from CCS Academy.

We reserve the right not to accept your membership or cancel your membership any time if we are not comfortable working with you.

Open for

First 25 members on First Come First Served Basis

Highlights of the Site

Pro-Consultants
Lots of Payment Options for the clients with 2 Payment Gateways
Easy Appointment Process for Clients
Reminder Mails to Counselors & Clients

Follow Up mail for Google Reviews
No cancellation/rescheduling possible by Clients
Supervision Meeting Attendance
Low Pricing

Popular Questions

We have answers to common questions people ask

1. Why should I join bookconsult.in?

Your clients can book appointment by making the payment anytime without contacting you instantly. It usually takes 3 minutes only. You can avoid the following scenarios:
- Usually clients ask for appointment process when they feel low and then they never come back or they take longer period of time to come back. Then all your efforts of giving all the details go waste.
- If you ask them to do advance payment, they may think whether you are really credible to make advance payment.
- If they want to make payment in advance through Gpay, you need to give your gpay number they will send a hello message, you need to respond or they will send 1 Re and check with you whether you have received it. Sometimes your bank server will be down and the client cannot make payment and you will end up giving appointment without getting the payment and the client may not come for the session
- Getting money in advance makes the client committed to come for counseling. He/She cannot cancel and cannot ask for refund as per our refund and cancellation policy which they would agree at the time of booking appointment.
It will give you professional identity as a private practitioner.
Multiple ways for the clients to make payment such as debit/credit card, netbanking and UPI. To receive money from clients outside India, we have got government approval to receive money in foreign currency.
Easy way to maintain records
We give you a workflow/protocols that will eliminate many issues you may face as a beginner practitioner.
Automatic Reminder to you and client before 2 hours of the session
Automatic follow up email to the client
Automatic email to get Google Review
Saves money from creating an e-commerce website which might cost upto 30K if you do it from a good website company who would take care of the full maintenance of the website.
We update the website regularly according to the safety norms of the industry and keep it secure to protect the webpages from any threat.
If the proposed licensing body – National Commission for Allied and HealthCare Professions NCAHP) asks for the proof of your practice to give you the license, Chennai Counseling Service’s GSTIN records may be shared. So you don’t need to take a separate GST Registration for your practice.
You are committed to attend Supervision Meetings to hone your skills and network with people.

2. What is the process after registration in bookconsult.in? Can we fix our own fee and Timings?

After registration, you will be added to a separate WhatsApp group for further updates on Profile creation and orientation meeting, will be sent an excel sheet to get all your details such as Profile (100 words), Photo (optional), Udyam Registration Number (optional), Educational Qualifications (Only 3) Phone Number, E-Mail id, Google Location (optional if you don’t do in person sessions), Fee for each services (Max 3) etc. and you will have to fill them up and send to us back.

Based on the information you give, a webpage will be created. You will be given a profile webpage link which you can share with your prospective clients, username and password for backend to set your own slot timings, block certain days if you don’t work and set custom schedule for certain days. We will give you an orientation through Google Meet on how to use the backend and share a help document and workflow document that will guide you further.

3. When will we get the settlement of money for our appointments?

Right now, the settlement will take place in the next month between 1st and 5th to your bank account or or UPI id.

4. I don’t have a practice that big enough to get into a platform like this. Will you bring me new clients through this platform?

BookConsult.in is primarily aimed at giving the platform for your clients to book appointments. However when you share your bookconsult.in appointment link in your google business profile and have good google reviews, you may get direct appointments from new clients of your neighborhood. When you share your BookConsult.in profile to all your WhatsApp contacts and social media, they would see you as a real professional in private practice and refer clients. (Otherwise you may be seen as a freelancer doing counselling in your free time). Moreover we help you to get more Google Reviews by automatic mails sent to your clients after each session.

5. Should I be having a commercial physical space to join bookconsult.in?

No. We take the counselors who have only online counselling practice also. You may initially take clients online and when you set up your own space for counselling, you may add the in-person counseling service later.

6. What is the pricing?

For every appointment: INR 200 + 2% of the fee collected will be taken.
Open to CCS Academy Alumni Only:
Joining Charge: INR 2,500/- + 18% GST for a year (includes 12 Supervision Meetings. Otherwise you will be paying 250 + 18% GST for each meeting).

7. If we want to get out of bookconsult.in, what is the process?

Please do not renew the membership in the next year.

8. How clients will book appointments?

You will share your profile link such as bookconsult.in/raja and clients will press Book Appointment Button in your profile page, choose one from the available slots, give their contact details and make payment. Both you and client will get confirmation e-mail for the appointment.

9. What are the documents required to join bookconsult.in?

If you are a CCS Alumni, no document is required.
If you have Udyam Registration number, it will be good. If you want to take it, please contact Futuron Consultancy Services @ +91 95979 21311/Futuron.in. It would cost 1000 INR. You will have to give your Aadhar, PAN and Bank Account details for getting Udyam registration.

10. Can clients cancel or reschedule the appointments?

No, Clients cannot cancel or reschedule the appointments as they will not be given any access to the backend. Only they can request the consultant. If the consultant is ok, he/she can cancel and provide refund or reschedule in the backend. For Refund, counselor has to inform the admin manager.

11. What are the details that we can change?

You can change your timings, your client’s details and you can reschedule or cancel the session. You can add notes of the session in the backend for your reference.
If you want to change the fee, location, name, photo, phone number, email id, languages known and to add a new service, you need to inform the admin manager. Changes in the profile each time costs INR 100/-

12. Why not Practo or any other platform? (If you view from Mobile, Scroll Right to see the comparison table)

S.No.	Practo	BookConsult.in
1	High Pricing	Low Pricing
2	Reviews will appear in their platform. If you do not renew your membership, you may lose the reviews.	Reviews will appear in your Google Business Profile. You will retain it even if you get out of bookconsult.in
3	Sponsoring of Counselors will affect your clientele	No sponsoring in the listing of the clients.
4	Slot availability will be shown in the list of counselors to compare.	We don’t provide such things. Clients can NOT see the total list of counselors.
5	Sorting of Counselors based on Fee(Low to High), Experience, Gender, Recommendations etc.	No sort option for clients to get confused. They will directly go to the consultant’s profile and book.
6	Allowing clients to reschedule the appointment in the last minute and many number of times (Pro-clients)	Clients cannot reschedule the appointments (Pro-practitioners) https://bookconsult.in/refund-cancellation-policy/
7	Long link which cannot be remembered by clients (e.g.) https://www.practo.com/chennai/therapist/karthik-lakshmanan-rm-psychologist	Short link for practitioners with their first name which you can share to your prospective clients (e.g) https://bookconsult.in/raja
8	Clients have to download Practo App for video calling in case they are using smart phone. Video calling through their app which did not work properly	Google Meet will be used. Since it is Google meet, their Gmail app will automatically help. No need of downloading any more app.
9	Not letting the client to contact the counselor directly	Clients will contact the practitioners directly. Phone number, email of the practitioner is given in the profile itself.
10	Paying lump sum amount in advance to recharge the wallet. Paying lump sum amount in advance to recharge the wallet.	No such things.
11	Payment options are less	Payment options are more. Clients can pay through 100+Methods via Razorpay.
12	Getting confused having different plan names – Prime, Prime Wallet, Ray, Qikwell Lite etc.	Only 1 plan- No confusion at all
13	Getting out and getting refund was tough.	Yearly once you pay and join. You may choose to renew it next year.
14	Clients getting many mails such as birthday wishes and SMS once in 10 days to 1 month for follow up and the irritation gets reflected on the practitioner	Appointment confirmation Mail, Reminder Mail for appointment, Follow Up mail for Google Review and Follow up mail for next session. So maximum 4 mails clients will get.
15	OTPs were not received by the clients when they try booking.	No OTP system – Hassle free appointment booking
16	They may assure to give more clients but it rarely happens.	We clearly say we will not do marketing. You will do your own marketing. (Actually no platform can bring clients to you)
17	Difficult to get in – Many Documents to be submitted	No documents required
18	Difficult to get in as they ask for license or membership in associations	We don’t ask for any membership in associations. We know there is no licensing body for counselors
19	People who have not received certificates cannot join. People who do not have the prescribed degree as per their rule book cannot join.	All those who are trained in CCS Academy through PG Diploma/Diploma can join.
20	Customer Care cannot be reached over phone or chat. Only through raising ticket it can be done and then it may take up-to 3 days to get the query answered.	Customer Care can be reached anytime through WhatsApp chat and phone call to resolve the issue as soon as possible mostly within 24 hrs.