BT Tradespace offers a new payment system for social commerce

BT Tradespace introduces its new online booking and payment system, BT Book It Now. Its aim is to help SMEs utilize social networking to capture business opportunities.

Book It Now is based on the Libersy online booking software. This service now is available for free to all members of BT Tradespace. BT Book It Now is the first e-commerce service for service industry, such as hairdressers, restaurants, sports clubs and consultants. It is a first solution allowing integrating the PayPal payments system directly into an online bookings platform within a social network environment.

"Social commerce is clearly on the rise and we are always looking for ways in which we can help the BT Tradespace community make the most of this upward trend," said Ivan Croxford, general manager at BT Tradespace. "It's not only important to be able to display your services, it's also vital to interact with your customers. BT Book It Now is just one of many value added services that we aim to introduce for members to help them do just this and we're delighted to partner with Libersy on this particular one."

"BT Book IT Now offers a unique online system for UK consumers and businesses," said Karin Loeffen, founder and creator of Libersy. As he added, “for small businesses it's often difficult to take time off, because they fear missing opportunities. Thanks to this system, that's now a thing of the past."