Hello, let me start of by saying that I am 100% not wanting to be a developer :P. I really hate website set-ups etc but I would like to think that I have enough wits about myself to be able to achieve what I am envisioning for my small business. 🙂 

I am trying to create a scenario where I have my customer either create a paid account or log in to their account to book an appointment. 

I am operating a subscription model - where my customers pay $150/yr subscription and that allows customer to book my services for a reduce rate ($50)/hr. 

From a "customer portal" type page, I would like my customers to either sign up or log in and that takes them to the calendar page. They are not required to pay for hours scheduled (I have no problem invoicing monthly - manually for right now). 

I currently accept payments via square and I have purchased a plan with Acuity Scheduling, but their model requires that you book an appointment FIRST and then log in/sign up. That will not work for what I am trying to do. 

My questions are:

1) Is Square and Acuity the same thing, or are they competing entities 

2) If they are not the same thing, can Square do what I would like to achieve?

3) Do I need to buy a plan with woo commerce in ADDITION to everything else?

Thanks in advance for any guidance 🙂