Salon reservation software

Salon reservation software: a salon reservation app and salon reservation system with 0% commission

Clients reserve a service, a stylist and a time from one link, inside the hours you set. Every reservation lands in your inbox, you confirm with a reply, and nothing is charged per booking.

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Saturday, reservation requests

9:00am 10:30am 12:00pm 1:30pm 3:00pm 4:30pm 6:00pm 7:30pm

Request sent · Saturday 7:30pm · Silk press · 1h 30m

Sold this week: 78%
Rebooked: 61%
No-shows: 2

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Short answer

Salon reservation software lets a client reserve a service with a specific stylist, at a time inside that stylist's hours, without phoning the salon. Hairdressers.io works as a reservation request system: the client opens your link or your city listing, picks a service with its real length and price, chooses a time and sends the request, which reaches your inbox with the client as the reply address. You confirm with one reply. It costs a flat $39 a month for one stylist, $89 for up to eight and $199 for up to 25, with 0% commission on every reservation.

Reservation is the word restaurants taught everyone, and it is the word a lot of salon clients now type when they want to lock in a Saturday blowout or a two hour color. For the salon it names something specific: a held time, with a named person, for a named service, agreed in advance. Software that handles that well saves the front desk twenty calls a day. Software that handles it badly books a balayage into a forty-five minute gap, or charges you a fee for a client who was always going to come.

What is the best salon reservation system?

The best salon reservation system is the one whose reservation model matches how your salon takes appointments and whose bill does not rise every time a new client reserves. Those are two separate questions and most comparisons only ask the first. Instant booking suits a salon with short, predictable services and a full team. A request you approve suits long color work, new clients you want to vet, and stylists who build their week by hand.

The table below compares the reservation systems US salons use most on those two lines, using each company's own published model. Prices change, so check their current pages before you sign.

Reservation system	Where reservations come from	What a new-client reservation costs you	Best fit
Booksy	Your booking link plus the Booksy consumer app	Boost takes a one-time commission on the first visit of new clients it brings, and each added team member is a monthly fee	Salons that want a consumer app sending reservations
StyleSeat	Your profile link plus the StyleSeat marketplace	A one-time share of the first appointment for each brand new marketplace client, capped	Solo stylists building a first book of clients
Fresha	Your link plus the Fresha marketplace	A one-time fee on brand new marketplace clients, plus paid add-ons	Salons that want a register and a marketplace together
Vagaro	Your link plus the Vagaro marketplace	A one-time fee on the first marketplace appointment, and the plan steps up with each bookable calendar	Multi-chair salons that want payroll and forms in the same place
GlossGenius	Your own booking page only, no marketplace	Nothing per reservation; tiers step up by team size	Stylists who already have the clients and want a polished page
Square Appointments	Your booking site plus the Square Go consumer app	A tier with no subscription fee, paid tiers per location, card processing on top	Salons already taking payments on Square
WordPress booking plugins	Your own website only	Nothing per reservation beyond the plugin license, but you run the hosting, updates and email delivery	Salons with a developer and an existing WordPress site
Hairdressers.io	Your link plus your city directory listing	0% on every reservation, including the ones the listing sends. $39, $89 or $199 a month by team size	Salons that want a flat bill and a way to be found

Instant booking or a reservation request: which should a salon use?

Instant booking writes the appointment straight into the calendar the moment the client taps confirm. It is fast and it is the default in most marketplaces. The weakness shows up on the services that matter most: a first-time client booking a full head of highlights with no consultation, a four hour sew-in reserved by someone you have never met, a Saturday slot taken by a service that is not really a Saturday service. Instant booking also needs a card-on-file or deposit engine behind it, because otherwise nothing makes the reservation real.

A reservation request keeps a person in front of every appointment. The client chooses the service and a time inside your hours, the request arrives in your inbox, and you confirm, adjust or decline by replying to the client directly. That is how Hairdressers.io works. It is the right shape for colorists, braiders, locticians, suite renters and any salon whose appointments are long, expensive or need a quick conversation first. It is the wrong shape if you want a front desk that never touches the calendar, and it is better to know that before you pay.

Nothing enters your day unapproved: Every reservation is a request until you reply, so a three hour color never lands in a one hour gap.
Only inside your hours: Clients can only ask for times inside the hours you set for that day or that stylist.
One reply confirms: The request email has the client as the reply address, so confirming is answering an email.
Real lengths on every service: A client picking balayage sees two and a half hours and the price range before they send anything.

How much does salon reservation software cost?

Hairdressers.io is $39 a month on the Chair plan for one stylist, or $390 billed yearly, with a booking page on its own link, services with lengths and prices, your hours, a listing in one city, reservation requests by email and a private panel you run from your phone. The Salon plan is $89 a month for up to eight stylists, each with a personal link and hours, and priority placement on the city page. Studio is $199 a month for up to 25 stylists across several locations. You pay by card, cancel any time, and the full breakdown is on the pricing page.

When you compare, price the reservations, not just the subscription. Write down how many brand new clients reserved with you last month and where they came from. On a marketplace, each of those can carry a one-time fee or a share of the first appointment. On software priced per team member or per bookable calendar, the next hire raises the bill too. A salon with three stylists and eight new clients a month can end up paying far more than the headline number, and the gap grows as the salon does. On a banded flat plan it stays where it is.

Chair, $39 a month: One stylist, one link, one city listing, reservation requests by email.
Salon, $89 a month: Up to eight stylists with personal links and hours, priority city placement.
Studio, $199 a month: Up to 25 stylists across several locations.
0% commission on every plan: Nothing per reservation, first visit or fiftieth.

Is there a salon reservation app clients do not have to download?

Yes. The salon reservation app your clients use is your link, opened in whatever browser their phone already has. They tap it in your Instagram bio, a text message or your city listing, pick a service, pick a stylist on a multi-chair plan, choose a time and send. No app store, no account, no password. That matters more than it sounds: every download or sign-up screen in front of a first-time client costs a share of the people who were ready to reserve.

On your side the reservation app is the private panel, which is also a web app. It runs on the phone in your apron and the tablet at the desk without installing anything, so there is nothing to update on a shared salon device. If you want to see the client flow step by step, the hair salon booking app page walks through it screen by screen.

A salon reservation system for more than one stylist

In a salon with several chairs, a reservation is usually for a person, not for the building. A client who has sat with the same colorist for years will not reserve "whoever is free", and a new client who does not care should be able to take the first open time. On the Salon and Studio plans each stylist has a personal booking link, their own service list and their own weekly hours, and the salon page shows the whole team. A client can reserve the salon or the person.

Because the plan is banded, adding a fourth or fifth stylist inside the band of eight does not change what you pay. That is the line that separates this from reservation systems priced per bookable calendar or per team member, and it is worked through with real headcounts on the hair salon appointment software page.

A link per stylist: Each stylist can put their own reservation link in their own bio.
Own hours, own menu: The Tuesday colorist and the Saturday barber keep separate weeks and separate prices.
Reserve the person or the salon: Regulars pick their stylist, new clients pick the first open time.
Flat inside the band: Up to eight stylists on one $89 bill.

Can a salon reservation system bring in new clients?

Most reservation software cannot, because it only handles people who already have your link. The ones that can do it through a consumer marketplace, and a marketplace charges for the introduction in some form, usually on the first visit of every brand new client. That is a reasonable trade in your first year. It gets expensive once most of your book is regulars and you are still paying on the new ones.

Every Hairdressers.io plan includes a listing on the directory page for your city, with your services, price range and hours, and reservation straight from the listing. Nothing is charged on the clients it sends. It is a page on the open web rather than a national consumer app, and it is priced as one. See how listings look on the city directory, or read the Booksy alternative page if a first-visit commission is the line on your bill you want gone.

What salon reservation software does not do here

Being exact about the edges saves you a bad month. Hairdressers.io is a reservation and booking page with a directory listing and a client list. It is not a point of sale, it does not run payroll or inventory, and it does not lock a slot the instant a client taps, because every reservation is a request you confirm. Your page shows your city and, if you choose, a neighborhood; there is no street address field, so the exact address goes out in your confirmation. The request form carries the service, the time and the client's contact details and nothing else.

If you need a till and stock control, keep the tools you already use for those. If what you need is fewer calls, a page clients can reserve from at 11pm, one predictable bill and a way for new people in your city to find you, that is the job this does. Salons running treatment rooms as well as chairs can compare the wider picture on salon and spa software.

Switching reservation systems without losing a week of appointments

Export your client list from the old system before you cancel anything. Write out your service menu with the real length and price of each line, which is the only slow step and usually takes an hour. Enter the reservations already on the books so nobody has to reserve twice. Then put the new link in your Instagram bio, your Google Business Profile and your voicemail message on the same day, and text your regulars the link twice, a week apart.

Run both for two weeks: new reservations only on the new link, while the old calendar empties itself. On Hairdressers.io your client list exports as a spreadsheet from the panel at any time, including the day you leave, which is the first thing worth checking on any system you move to.

Pricing

Flat monthly, from $39. 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 reservation software

The rest are on the salon booking system FAQ.

What is salon reservation software?

Salon reservation software lets clients reserve a service, a stylist and a time online instead of calling. It holds your service list with real durations and prices, your working hours and your client list. Hairdressers.io takes each reservation as a request inside your hours and sends it to your inbox, where one reply confirms it.

What is the best salon reservation app?

The best salon reservation app is one clients can use without downloading anything. Hairdressers.io runs in any phone browser from your link or city listing, with no account or password for the client. Marketplace apps such as Booksy and StyleSeat add discovery but charge in some form for the new clients they send.

How much does a salon reservation system cost?

Hairdressers.io costs $39 a month for one stylist, $89 for up to eight and $199 for up to 25, with 0% commission on every reservation. On other systems add any per-team-member fee, any first-visit fee on marketplace clients, paid add-ons and card processing before comparing.

Can I approve reservations before they go in my book?

Yes. Every reservation on Hairdressers.io arrives as a request by email with the client as the reply address. You confirm, suggest another time or decline by replying, so nothing enters your day without your agreement.

Can clients reserve with a specific stylist?

On the Salon and Studio plans, yes. Each stylist has a personal link, their own services and their own hours, and clients can choose the stylist they always sit with or the first open time at the salon.

Is there salon reservation software with no commission?

Yes. Hairdressers.io charges 0% on every reservation on every plan, including clients who find you through the city directory. GlossGenius also takes no share of bookings but has no marketplace of its own.

Does salon reservation software work for booth renters?

Yes. A booth or suite renter runs on the Chair plan at $39 a month with their own link, their own bill and a city listing that shows a city and optional neighborhood rather than a street address.

Can I take my client list with me if I leave?

Yes. Your client list downloads as a spreadsheet from the private panel on any day, including the day you cancel.

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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