Observed arrival · 2026-08-22
Held: booking software that makes the deposit the booking
Held gives professionals a shareable booking page where clients choose a package and time, then pay a deposit to hold the date.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
Why it surfaced
Its central argument is unusually clear: “A reply in chat is not a booking.” Held charges $12 a month, takes no cut of the job, and is built for consultants, tutors, tradespeople, photographers, and anyone whose diary still lives in chat.
Held gives professionals a shareable booking page where clients choose a package and time, then pay a deposit to hold the date.
Observed signals
Read the marks
Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
⊠LoginAccess appeared gated
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
ƒJavaScriptBrowser-side code central
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