Want to have more control over when buyers can book meetings with you? Drift has two advanced calendar settings, Buffer Time, and Minimum Notice Time, you can enable to help control when buyers can book meetings with you. 

Billing Plan: Buffer Time and Minimum Notice Time are available on the Premium, Advanced, and Enterprise plans.

In this article, we'll cover:

• What are Buffer Time and Minimum Notice Time
• Enabling Buffer Time and Minimum Notice Time

What Are Buffer Time and Minimum Notice Time?

• Buffer Time: This is the amount of time that must be empty on your calendar in order for a next meeting to be booked to make sure that you have time in case calls run late. For example, if your buffer time is 15 minutes, that means if you have a meeting from 2:00 - 2:30, the next available meeting that somebody can book on your calendar will be 2:45.
• Minimum Notice Time: This is the minimum amount of time that it needs to be from now (the moment somebody is trying to book you) before somebody can book a next meeting with you. For example, if your minimum notice time is 30 minutes and it's currently 2:53pm, the next available slot will be for 3:30pm so that somebody doesn't book you at 3pm and you have time to prepare for the call.

Enabling Buffer Time and Minimum Notice Time

To enable these settings you must have a calendar connected to Drift. You'll first want to click Settings > App Settings > Meetings and scroll down to Availability. In that section you can set the minimum notice time and the buffer time between meetings.