Appointment Trader

This website and app feel like they were created in the 90s. The UX is just so so bad. Most of the links seem to just redirect to the main listing page, and even without that the site is just opaque and badly designed. This coming from an internet native who can usually make sense of any site in a short time. I found using this site very frustrating. Everything on the site is market place based, so there’s no real guarantee that you’ll get something useful for your money. You can’t really take any actions, just put bids out for other people to maybe take actions or maybe nothing happens. This applies to the “customer support” as well, which seemed to be a black hole. That said, it did work in the end for what I wanted. I ended up canceling my bid for a reservation and when I got a notification for an instant buy option. I ended up having to personally text message the person listed on the resy reservation and ask them to contact the restaurant to transfer it to my name. Otherwise what’s to stop the person from just showing up? So I’m giving this a 2 because it worked, but I would not recommend it to anyone unless they were truly desperate.

Scalping reservations is just awful. Bots snatching reservations and selling them before real people can get them is…if not evil then at least morally disgusting. Don’t support this service!

Works as expected

I’ll preface by saying that Appointment Trader is my preferred platform for selling, but there is a huge learning curve. The documentation for anything is difficult to find. There are many rules and limitations that one isn’t aware of until they’ve already broken them and are being punished. The staff is very responsive and generally helpful which is a big plus. If you’re getting into this yourself though thoroughly read through everything. The site is a bit messy and buggy but do your best to learn all that you can before you start selling. Right now I have $1000 locked up because I wasn’t aware of the limitations on withdrawing, and that might get locked up even further because I didn’t know they penalize you for removing listings that don’t sell

It’s a good app to use when you need a reservation. The app can be a lot to look at and navigate at first but you get use to it. I wish it was easier to change the name of the reservation.

AT has been good to me. Excited for opportunity.

The easiest place to get a reservation for restaurants that usually have months long wait lists.

Please do not feed into this. This app is just for people to make money off of your impatience.

Ate some food. Drank some drinks.

The app itself feels very dated and overly complicated. It should reflect supply and demand in a sense, more than it does. Kind of feels like there is a lack of proper connection and communication allowed between sellers and buyers.