Retire the paper book at the front desk

Salon appointment book app, the appointment book for hair stylists and salons that takes bookings while you work

The same columns you draw in a paper book, one per stylist, except clients fill in their own requests from their phone at 10pm and you approve them with one reply. Your service lengths, your hours, your say on every booking.

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Service list

What you charge, and how long it takes

Women's cut and style 1h $60
Single process color 1h 30m $95
Balayage 3h $180 to $240
Blowout 45m $45
Men's cut 30m $35

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

Short answer

Hairdressers.io is a salon appointment book app that replaces the paper book at the front desk. Each stylist gets their own column, hours and booking link, clients request a service and a time inside those hours from their phone, and every request lands in your inbox to confirm with one reply. It costs $49 a month for one chair or $89 for a salon of up to eight stylists, with 0% commission and a city directory listing included.

Most salons that search for an appointment book are about to buy another paper one: a six column spiral book from the beauty supply store, good for a year, then the next. It works until two people write in the same slot, a client calls while every stylist has wet hands, or a page of phone numbers ends up under a coffee cup. A salon appointment book app keeps the part of the paper book that works, a column per stylist and a clear view of the day, and removes the part that costs money: the phone tag, the double bookings and the Sunday evening spent calling people back. This page explains what switching looks like and where Hairdressers.io fits, including what it does not do.

Paper salon appointment book or app, which one should a salon use?

A spiral paper appointment book open on a salon front desk, pages crowded with crossed out pencil bookings

A paper salon appointment book suits a single stylist whose clients all book in person. Once a salon has two or more stylists, or clients who want to book outside opening hours, an app wins, because only one person can write in a paper book, it cannot take a booking at night, and losing it loses the whole week.

The table compares the two on the things that actually go wrong at a front desk.

	Paper appointment book	Salon appointment book app
Who can add a booking	Whoever is holding the pencil	The client, from your link, inside your hours
Bookings after closing	None, the phone goes to voicemail	Requests arrive at any hour and wait for your reply
One column per stylist	Yes, 2 to 8 columns depending on the book	Yes, each stylist has their own hours and link
Long services	You block the time by hand and hope nobody writes over it	Each service carries its own length, and you see it on the request before you say yes
Client phone numbers	Written in the margin, gone when the book is	Saved with every request, downloadable as a spreadsheet
Next year	Buy a new book, copy the regulars over	Nothing to buy again
Cost	A few dollars a year	$49 a month for one chair, $89 for up to eight stylists

What is the best appointment book for hair stylists?

The best appointment book for hair stylists is the one clients can write in themselves without breaking your day: every service with a real length, hours per stylist, and a final say for the stylist before anything is confirmed. For a booth renter or a solo stylist, it should also be in the stylist's own name, so the client list moves with them.

On Hairdressers.io, a stylist on the Chair plan at $49 a month gets one booking link, their own service menu with lengths and prices, and their own hours. Clients open the link from an Instagram bio or a text, pick a service and a time, and send a request. The stylist confirms it by replying to the email, or offers another time. Nothing lands in the book that the stylist has not seen. If you are choosing between booking apps for yourself rather than for a salon, the hair stylist scheduling app page covers that side in more depth.

A six column appointment book, as an app

A hairstylist replying to a booking request on her phone between clients at her styling station

Salons buy the six or eight column books for one reason: one column per stylist. The Salon plan does the same thing for up to eight stylists at $89 a month flat. Each stylist has a personal link and working days, and the salon page shows every stylist and every service in one place, for clients who just want the first opening.

The difference is who fills the columns in. Instead of the front desk writing every booking by hand, clients send requests from their phone, each for one service and, if they pick one, one stylist. The request arrives by email with the client as the reply address, so confirming it, moving it or saying no is one message. Adding a stylist inside the eight does not change the bill, which is not true of apps that charge per team member.

A column per stylist: Each stylist has their own hours, days off and link, just like their column in the book.
Services with real lengths: A 45 minute blowout and a 3 hour color arrive as different requests, with the length on each.
Every booking needs a yes: Requests wait for you or the stylist to confirm, so nobody books a four hour color into a Friday you already know is full.
Client list included: Names, phone numbers and booking history, exportable as a spreadsheet on any day.

How do I switch from a paper appointment book to an app?

Run both for a few weeks. Keep the paper book for everything already booked, send every new booking through the link, and hand the link to each client as they sit down. As the old pages run out, so does the paper book, and there is no data to move across.

1. Pick the plan: Chair at $49 for one stylist, Salon at $89 for up to eight, Studio at $199 for up to 25 across locations. You sign in with a code sent to your email, no password.
2. Enter services and hours: Every service with its length and price, the salon's hours, and each stylist with their working days.
3. Let the paper book run out: Honor what is already written in it, and point every new booking to the link.
4. Hand out the link: On your Google Business Profile, your website, the salon Instagram, and in the text you send when a client calls.

New clients, which no appointment book has ever sent

A paper book and most scheduling apps only hold the clients you already have. Every Hairdressers.io plan includes a listing on the directory page for your city, with your services, prices and hours, and booking from the listing. The clients it introduces carry 0% commission, now and in year two, which is the opposite of marketplaces that take a share of each new client's first visit. If you are comparing those, see booking sites for hair stylists and salon software for small business, and if you are weighing the listing against paid ads, see hair salon advertising.

What it does not do

There is no card reader, checkout or in-app payment, so payment stays on the terminal you already use. There is no inventory, payroll or text message campaign tool, and clients cannot lock a slot instantly with a card on file: every booking is a request you approve. There is no drag and drop calendar view either: the book is your inbox plus a spreadsheet download of every request, sorted however you like.

For a salon that wants one system for everything, an all-in-one suite fits better. For a salon that wants its book off paper, a column per stylist and a flat bill, this is the shorter route.

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 salon appointment book app

The rest are on the salon booking system FAQ.

Is there an app for a salon appointment book?

Yes. Hairdressers.io works as a salon appointment book app: a column, hours and booking link for each stylist, with clients sending requests from their phone that you confirm by reply. It runs in any browser, so there is nothing for you or your clients to download.

How many stylists can share one appointment book?

The Salon plan covers up to eight stylists at $89 a month, the same as an eight column paper book. The Studio plan covers up to 25 across several locations at $199. A single chair is $49. Adding a stylist inside your plan does not change the price.

Can clients book themselves?

Yes, but only inside the hours you set and only for services on your menu, each with its own length. Every booking is a request until you or the stylist replies to confirm it, so you keep the final say the way you did with the paper book.

Do my clients need an account?

No. Clients open your link, pick a service, a stylist and a time, and send the request with their name and contact details. No download and no password on their side.

Can I still see the whole day at a glance?

Each request arrives in your inbox with the service, stylist, date and time. The client list download in your panel carries every request with the same fields, so if you like a page on the desk, sort it by date and print the day.

What happens to my client list if I stop?

It is yours. Download it as a spreadsheet from your panel on any day, including the day you cancel. There is no commission on any booking and no contract.

More salon software pages

Each one covers a different angle on the same product. The directory side lives on the salon directory.

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