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What is 42min?

42min is a free online meeting‑scheduling platform — share a link, let people pick a time that works for both of you, and the meeting lands on everyone's calendar automatically. It's a full‑featured alternative to tools like Calendly, Cal.com, TidyCal, and SimplyBook.me, with no artificial limits on bookings, event types, or team members.

What it is

At its core, 42min turns your availability into a public booking page. You define when you're free and what kinds of meetings you offer; invitees pick a slot; 42min handles the confirmation emails, calendar invites, reminders, and follow‑ups.

It also goes further than a basic scheduler:

• Routing forms — qualify leads with a short questionnaire and send them to the right person, page, or message based on their answers.
• Round‑robin event types — share one link for a whole team; 42min distributes bookings fairly across available members.
• Workflows — automated email/SMS reminders and follow‑ups before and after meetings.
• Multi‑tenant by design — organizations, admins, groups, branding, and per‑plan limits, so it works for a solo consultant or a sales team.

When to use it

Reach for 42min when you want to:

• Stop the back‑and‑forth of "what time works for you?"
• Publish a booking page for sales calls, demos, interviews, or office hours.
• Route inbound leads to the right rep automatically.
• Give a team a single scheduling link with fair load distribution.

How to do it

1. Create your account at 42min.us and confirm your email.
2. Connect your calendar (Google Calendar or Microsoft / Outlook) so 42min knows when you're busy and can write events back — details.
3. Set your availability — create a schedule with the hours you're open for meetings — details.
4. Create an event type — for example a 42‑minute intro call — and customize the booking form — details.
5. Share your link — 42min.us/your-username or a direct event link — and start taking bookings.

Common pitfalls

• No calendar connected. Without a connected calendar, 42min can't detect conflicts — you may get double‑booked. Connect Google Calendar early.
• Availability looks empty. If your booking page shows no slots, check the schedule attached to that event type, your minimum‑notice setting, and your date range.
• Wrong time zone. Slots are shown in the invitee's time zone, but your schedule is defined in yours — make sure your profile time zone is correct.