For extension specialists

Booking app for hair extension specialists and booking site for hair extensions

An extension install is the longest and most expensive appointment on any menu, and the hair is ordered before the client sits down. Your booking page should know that: consult first, install only after you say yes, move-ups on their own rhythm.

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Service list

What you charge, and how long it takes

Extension color match consultation 30m $40
Hand-tied weft install, one row 3h $450
Tape-in install, full head 2h 30m $380
Move-up, every 6 to 8 weeks 2h $220
Removal and reinstall 3h 30m $300

Availability on the booking page is generated from these durations. Sample list.

Short answer

Hairdressers.io is a booking app for hair extension specialists who sell long, expensive installs. Consultations, new installs and move-ups are separate services with their own real lengths and prices, and every online booking reaches you as a request you approve, so nobody books a four hour install before you have matched their color and ordered hair. Each client card keeps the shade, method and notes. It costs $49 a month for one chair or $89 for up to eight stylists, with 0% commission.

Most booking apps treat an extension install like a long haircut. A client finds an open afternoon, taps it, and the slot is hers. For a specialist that is backwards. You need to see the client's hair, match the shade, pick a method, order the wefts or tapes and agree the price before a three hour block goes into the week. Then you need her back every six to eight weeks for a move-up, which is where most of an extension business actually earns. The software has to be built around that cycle, not around a twenty minute cut.

What is the best booking app for hair extension specialists?

The best booking app for a hair extension specialist keeps consultations, installs and move-ups as separate services with honest lengths, lets you approve an install before it lands in your week, and records the shade and method for every client. A fee on each new client hurts more here than anywhere, because a first install is often several hundred dollars.

Extension specialists in the US mostly book through a beauty app with payments, a marketplace app or a general scheduler. The table compares how each one builds the bill. We compare models and not numbers, because every vendor changes its prices, so read each pricing page on the day you sign.

Software	How the bill is built	Where new clients come from	Best for an extension specialist who
GlossGenius	Monthly tiers by team size, flat card processing on each payment	Your own link, no marketplace	Wants card deposits and checkout in the same app
Vagaro	Per bookable calendar, features sold as add-ons, a fee on a first marketplace booking	Its marketplace	Wants inventory for hair stock and payroll in one account
Booksy	Subscription, a fee per added team member, a one-time commission on new clients while Boost is on	Its consumer app	Has clients who already book through the app
StyleSeat	Monthly subscription plus a one-time capped share of the first visit of each new marketplace client	Its consumer marketplace	Is new to an area and needs the app to find install clients
Acuity Scheduling	Tiers by number of calendars, no marketplace	Your own link	Wants long intake forms before each booking
Hairdressers.io	Flat $49 a month for one chair, $89 for up to eight stylists, 0% commission	Your own link and a listing on your city directory page	Wants approval on every install, shade notes per client and a fixed bill

Consult first, install only after you say yes

A hair extension specialist matching a client's hair color against a ring of sample wefts during a consultation

Put the consultation on your menu as its own short service with its own price. A new client books that first, comes in, and you match her against your color ring, check the density and condition of her hair, choose between hand-tied wefts, tapes or beads, and quote the install. Nothing about that requires a phone call while you are holding a needle.

When she is ready, she requests the install from your link. It reaches you as a request with the service, its length, the date and her email as the reply address. You confirm once the hair is ordered and the delivery date fits, or you reply with a later day. An install request from someone you have never met, or for a method you no longer do, stops in your inbox and never reaches your chair. That one step is what protects a whole afternoon of your week.

Separate services: Consultation, install, move-up, removal and reinstall each carry their own minutes and price.
Approval on every booking: Nothing is booked until you reply, which suits work where the hair has to arrive first.
Your policy in every confirmation: The deposit, hair-order and cancellation wording you write goes out with each confirmation email.

Real install lengths on a calendar that protects them

A hair extension specialist installing hand-tied weft extensions on a seated client in a quiet studio

A row of hand-tied wefts is not a ninety minute slot, and a removal and reinstall is longer again. Every service holds the minutes you give it plus the cleanup buffer you set, and the booking page only offers start times where the whole thing fits. A client cannot ask for a three hour install at 4pm when you finish at 6.

Your week sits on a calendar: every stylist side by side for the day, or one stylist across the week. Drag a booking to move it and the client gets an email with the new time. Block a morning for a hair delivery, a class or a day off and it disappears from the booking page. If a senior specialist charges more than a newer one for the same install, set each stylist's level and the page shows the right price for whoever the client picks.

Shade, method and move-up notes on every client

An extension client is a long relationship. You need to know, at every move-up, which shade blend she wears, which method, how many rows or tapes, the length, the hair batch and how her own hair is holding up. Every client who books gets a card with visit count, last visit, a free note and a color formula field, plus the last patch test date and the consent date if you test tape adhesive or take signed consent before an install.

The card opens from the booking on your calendar, so the notes are in front of you when she sits down. The whole list downloads as a spreadsheet any day you ask. If you leave a salon for your own studio, the list goes with you. The salon client management software page goes through the card field by field.

How much does booking software for hair extensions cost?

Booking software for hair extension specialists usually costs a monthly subscription plus whatever is attached to it: card processing on each payment, text credits, add-on features and, on marketplace apps, a fee or share on the first visit of each new client. On a $450 first install a per-new-client charge is real money, and it repeats with every new head of hair.

Here the price is flat. One chair is $49 a month or $288 a year. An extension salon with up to eight stylists pays $89 a month, and up to 25 across several locations pay $199. No setup fee, no add-on list and 0% commission on every booking, including clients who find you through your city directory page. All plans are on the pricing page.

What it does not do for an extension business

We would rather say it before you sign up. It does not take card payments, so a hair deposit is collected the way you take it today, and your written policy goes out in every confirmation so the client sees it in writing. There is no card on file, no text message reminders, no retail store and no hair inventory tracking. If you want a deposit charged automatically at the moment of booking, a payments-first app such as GlossGenius or Square Appointments does that and charges processing for it.

What you get instead is control: an install only enters your week when you say yes, every service is the right length, and the bill does not move when you take on more clients.

Who this fits

If you work alone from a private suite, see salon suite software. If you also do braids or locs, the booking app for braiders page covers very long protective-style appointments, and StyleSeat alternative compares the two billing models for a solo stylist.

A solo extension specialist in a suite: Installs and move-ups make up most of your week and every new client starts with a consultation.
A colorist adding extensions: You already keep formulas and want the shade and method next to them on the same card.
An extension studio with a small team: Each specialist has their own link, hours, level and the methods they are certified in.
A specialist leaving a marketplace: Your book is mostly regulars on move-ups and you are tired of paying on the first visit of every new install.

How it works

Most specialists finish setup in one sitting.

1. Pick a plan: $49 a month for one chair, $89 for up to eight stylists. Sign in with a code sent to your email.
2. Build the menu: Consultation, each install method, move-up and removal, each with its real length, buffer and price.
3. Share your link: Instagram bio, texts and your aftercare card. Your city listing goes live with it.
4. Approve each install: Requests arrive by email with the client as the reply address. Confirm when the hair is ordered.

Pricing

Flat monthly, from $49. Never a cut of a booking.

Four plans by team size, from a single chair to a multi-location group. The 0% commission line is the same on all of them, including bookings that come from your city directory listing.

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Questions

About booking app for hair extension specialists

The rest are on the salon booking system FAQ.

What is the best booking app for hair extensions?

For a specialist whose book is installs and move-ups, the best booking app keeps consultation, install and move-up as separate services, lets you approve each install, and stores shade and method per client. Payments-first apps suit you if card deposits at booking are a must. A flat app suits you if approval and a fixed bill matter more.

Should hair extension clients book a consultation first?

Most specialists require one for new clients, because shade, method, density and price depend on seeing the hair. Put the consultation on your menu as its own short service. Because every booking here is a request you approve, an install request from a client who skipped the consultation waits for your reply.

How do I take a deposit for hair extensions?

Collect it the way you already do, by card reader, payment link or app. Your deposit and hair-order policy goes into every confirmation email, so the client has it in writing. The app does not hold a card or charge a deposit automatically.

Can clients book move-ups online?

Yes. The move-up is its own service with its own length and price, and existing clients request it from your link at any hour. They can also move or cancel from a private link in their confirmation, inside the notice window you set.

Can each specialist in my studio have their own booking link?

Yes, on the Salon plan and up. Each specialist gets a personal link, their own hours and days off, the methods they do and their own price level.

Is there a commission on extension bookings?

No. Every booking carries 0% commission on every plan, including new clients who find you through the city directory page.

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