Getting started
Signing up and having a link you can actually send takes about five minutes. Nothing here needs a calendar, a Stripe account or a card. You can add all of that afterwards.
Go to app.marubox.jp, sign in with Google or Microsoft, type what people book with you and how long it takes, and press Create my link. You now have a working booking page.
Step 1: Sign in#
There is no password to create. Business Box uses your existing Google or Microsoft account to sign you in, which is also how it will later ask permission to see your calendar.
- Open app.marubox.jp.
- Choose Continue with Google or Continue with Microsoft.
- Approve the sign-in on Google's or Microsoft's own screen. It only asks for your name and email address at this stage — not your calendar.
Your account is tied to the provider you first used. If you sign up with Google and later try Microsoft with the same email address, you will see This email is already registered with Google and be asked to use Google instead. Pick the account you actually run your business from — usually the one your work calendar is in.
Step 2: Create your first booking link#
You land on the Booking section with a panel headed Let's get your first booking link. It asks one question, because everything else has a sensible default you can change later.
- Under What do people book with you? type the name your customer will see — Intro call, Initial consultation, 60-minute massage. You can write it in Japanese.
- Pick a length: 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes.
- Press Create my link.
The panel then shows your live link and a Copy code button for putting it on your website. Press Open it to see exactly what your customer sees.
What it decided for you#
Every one of these is editable, and the rest of this guide explains where. Nothing is hidden: they are the defaults a new event type gets.
| Setting | Default | Change it in |
|---|---|---|
| Working hours | Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:00, in your own time zone | Availability |
| Japanese public holidays | Closed, if your time zone is Asia/Tokyo | Availability |
| Location | A phone call, where the customer gives you their number. If you had already connected a calendar, a video link instead | Event types |
| Shortest notice | 4 hours before the start | Event types |
| How far ahead | 60 days | Event types |
| Reminder email | One, a day before | Event types |
| Customer may move the booking | Twice | Event types |
| Price | Free | Payment |
Step 3: Understand your link#
Your booking link looks like this:
https://app.marubox.jp/ben-smith-7k2q/intro-callThe first part is your public handle, assigned automatically from your name when you signed up, with a few random characters so it is unique. The second part is the event type's own name.
Both are yours to change. A tidier handle makes a tidier link, and it is worth doing before you start sending it out — see your public handle.
Dropping the last part gives you a page listing everything you offer:
app.marubox.jp/ben-smith-7k2q. See
Your booking page and links.
Step 4: The three things worth doing next#
In this order, because each one makes the next more useful.
- Connect your calendar. Until you do, Business Box does not know when you are busy, so it will offer times you cannot make. It also means each booking appears in your calendar automatically and can carry a Google Meet or Teams link. Connect Google Calendar · Connect Outlook
- Set your real hours. Weekdays 9 to 5 fits very few businesses. Availability
- Decide how you get paid. Free, paid online by card before the booking is confirmed, or paid in person at the appointment. Charging for bookings
Finding your way around#
On a computer the menu sits down the left. On a phone it is behind the ☰ button at the top left.
- Bookings
- Everything booked, split into Upcoming, Past and Cancelled.
- Event types
- The things people can book. This is where you edit prices, questions, buffers and the embed code.
- Availability
- Your hours, days off and public holidays.
- Calendars
- Connect Google or Microsoft, choose which calendars are checked for clashes, and choose which one receives bookings.
- Payments
- Connect Stripe and see the payments you have taken.
- Invites
- Single-use booking links for replying to an enquiry.
- Billing and Settings
- At the foot of the menu. Your plan, your handle, your language and time zone, and who gets notified.
Common questions
How do I create a booking link in Business Box?
Sign in, and on the Booking screen type what people book with you and how long it takes, then press Create my link. If you already have event types, use New event type on the same screen instead.
Can I use Business Box without connecting a calendar?
Yes, and bookings still work. But nothing else in your diary blocks out times, so you may be offered a slot you cannot make, and bookings will not appear in your calendar. Connecting one takes about a minute.
Can I sign in with an email address and password instead?
No. Sign-in is through Google or Microsoft only. It means there is no password for anyone to steal, and it is the same permission Business Box needs to read your calendar later.
I signed up with the wrong account. What now?
Sign out, and sign in again with the account you meant to use — it creates a separate account. If the first one has nothing in it, delete it from Settings → Delete account so the email address is freed up.
Last reviewed 28 September 2026.