For independent stylists and booth renters
Website for hair stylist bookings and a hairstylist website in your own name
One page with your name on it: what you do, how long it takes, what it costs and when you work, with a booking form at the bottom. Put the link in your Instagram bio and your Google profile, and every request lands in your inbox.
0% commission · Your client list stays yours · No card required
Service list
What you charge, and how long it takes
- Silk press 1h 15m $85 to $120
- Cut and finish 45m $60 to $95
- Root touch up 1h 30m $90 to $130
- Balayage 3h $240 to $360
- Consultation 15m $20
Availability on the booking page is generated from these durations. Sample list.
Short answer
A website for a hair stylist needs to do one job: show a new client what you do, what it costs and when you work, then let them book. Hairdressers.io gives an independent stylist exactly that page, in her own name, with every service, its length and price, her hours and a booking form, plus a listing on the directory page for her city. It costs $49 a month flat, with 0% commission on every booking.
Most stylists who search for a hairstylist website are not looking for a hobby project. They have just gone independent, or they are tired of a booking app that puts its own brand above theirs, and they want somewhere to send people that looks professional and actually ends in an appointment. The trouble is that the usual advice sends them to a general website builder, where they spend a weekend choosing fonts and still have to bolt on a booking tool. This page is about the shorter path: a booking page that is the website.
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Do hair stylists need a website?
Yes, but most hair stylists need a booking page more than a full website. A new client wants three answers before they commit: what you do, what it costs, and when they can come in. A page that shows your services with prices and hours, and lets them request a time, answers all three. Instagram shows the work, but it rarely closes the booking.
Think about where your last few new clients actually decided. Somebody saw a silk press on your feed, tapped your bio, and either found a way to book or sent a message asking "how much and are you free Friday?" Every message like that is a booking you might lose while you have a client in the chair. A page with your menu, your prices and a booking form answers the question before it is asked.
That is also why a stylist website does not need ten pages. Nobody reads your mission statement before a cut. They read the service list, check the price, look at your hours and book. Everything beyond that is decoration you pay for and have to keep up to date.
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What is the best website for hair stylists?
The best website for a hair stylist is the one that turns a visitor into a booking with the fewest steps, stays in your own name, and does not charge you more when a new client finds you. Website builders, marketplace profiles and booking tool pages all clear some of those tests. The table compares them on what you actually pay for.
| Option | What you get | What you pay for | Fits a stylist who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website builder (Squarespace, Wix, WordPress) | A full custom site with galleries and pages | The site plan and domain, with booking through an add-on or a connected scheduler such as Acuity | Wants a portfolio site and has time to build and maintain it |
| Marketplace profile (StyleSeat, Booksy) | A profile inside the marketplace app, with reviews and discovery | A subscription, plus on several of them a fee or share on new clients the marketplace brings | Is new and needs strangers to find her first |
| Booking tool page (GlossGenius, Square Appointments) | A booking site tied to payments and checkout | The booking plan, plus card processing | Has a full book and wants a polished checkout |
| Hairdressers.io | A page in your name with services, lengths, prices, hours and a booking form, plus a city directory listing | $49 a month flat, 0% commission on every booking | Wants a professional page that books, and a way to be found, on one bill |
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What should a hair stylist website include?
A hair stylist website should include your service menu with prices and lengths, your working hours, where you are, a short line about who you are, and a way to book that does not depend on you answering the phone. Everything on a Hairdressers.io page comes from the details you fill in once, so it stays accurate when you change a price.
- Service menu with real lengths
- Up to twelve services, each with how long it takes and its price in dollars, so a client knows a balayage is three hours before they ask.
- Your hours
- The days and times you take clients. Booking requests are only accepted inside them.
- Where to find you
- Your neighborhood and city, and a phone number if you want one shown.
- About you
- A short paragraph on what you specialize in and who you love working with.
- A link to your work
- Your Instagram or portfolio site, linked from the page, because that is where your photos already live.
- A booking form
- The client picks a service, a preferred day and time and leaves a note. You confirm it with one reply.
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How much does a website for a hair stylist cost?
A website for a hair stylist usually costs a monthly website plan plus a domain, and then a separate booking tool on top, which is where the bill quietly doubles. A designer-built site adds a one-time build fee. A booking page that is the website, like Hairdressers.io, costs one flat amount: $49 a month for a solo stylist, or $24 a month on yearly billing.
The comparison that matters is total cost per month for the whole path from "found you" to "booked". With a builder, that is the site plan, the domain and the scheduler. With a marketplace profile, it is the subscription plus whatever a new client costs you on their first visit, which lands hardest on long services like a color or a sew-in. With our page, it is the one number, and there is no commission on the bookings it brings, from the first visit on.
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A hair stylist booking website versus a marketplace profile
A marketplace profile is a page inside someone else's app. It is good at one thing, putting you in front of people who are browsing the app, and the price of that is usually a cut of new clients and a brand that is not yours. Your clients learn to open the app, not to come to you, and the app shows them other stylists on the way.
A booking website in your own name works the other way round. The client lands on your page, sees only you, and books you. The link is yours to print on a card, put in your bio or add to your Google profile, and it keeps working if you change salons, because your page and your client list move with you. You can download the client list as a spreadsheet on any day.
You do not have to give up discovery to get that. Every plan includes a listing on the directory page for your city, where clients browsing salons can find your page and request a time at 0% commission. The directory covers New York, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta and Austin. If you want the full comparison of marketplace apps, booking sites for hair stylists lays out how each one charges.
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How a booking request reaches you
A client opens your page, picks a service, chooses a preferred day and time inside your hours, and adds their name, email and a note, for example a photo reference they will bring or how long it has been since their last color. The request arrives in your inbox with the client as the reply address.
You answer the way you already answer clients: confirm the time, suggest another one, or ask a question first. Nothing goes on your calendar that you have not agreed to, which matters for a stylist who needs to see a consultation before quoting a four hour service. If you also want a scheduling app view of your week, the hair stylist scheduling app page covers how the same link works day to day.
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What it does not do
This is not a general website builder. There is no drag and drop layout, no photo gallery, no blog and no online shop, and the page lives on a hairdressers.io address under your name rather than on a custom domain. If you own a domain, forward it to your page, and keep Instagram as your portfolio.
There is also no card reader, checkout or deposit collection, and every booking is a request you approve rather than an instant charge. If you need a full portfolio site with a store, a website builder is the better tool, and you can still use this page as the place its "Book" button points to. If you run a salon with a team rather than a solo chair, the salon website builder page shows how the Salon plan gives each stylist a link of their own. Barbers have their own version on the barber website page, and braiders on the braider website page.
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.
Can I use StyleSeat or Booksy as my website?
You can, and many stylists do, but the page belongs to the marketplace: their brand sits above yours, other stylists are shown to your visitors, and new clients they introduce can carry a fee. A page in your own name keeps the client relationship with you and costs the same every month.
Do I need a website if I have Instagram?
Instagram shows your work but does not take bookings by itself, so clients end up messaging you and waiting. Keep Instagram as the portfolio and put a booking page link in your bio, so someone who likes a post can see your prices and request a time without a conversation.
How long does it take to set up?
Most stylists finish in one sitting. You choose a plan, sign in with a code sent to your email, and fill in your services, prices, hours and a short about line. Once the plan is paid, your page and your city listing are live and the link is ready for your bio.
Is there a fee when a new client books me?
No. Every plan is 0% commission on every booking, including a new client's first visit from the city directory. You pay the flat monthly or yearly price and nothing per client.
What if I move salons or start renting a suite?
Your page and your client list stay with you. Update your neighborhood and hours, and the same link keeps working for every client who saved it. You can download the full client list as a spreadsheet on any day.
More salon software pages
Each one covers a different angle on the same product. The directory side lives on the salon directory.
- Salon and spa software
- Beauty salon management software
- Salon scheduling software
- Hair salon booking app
- Barber shop appointment software
- Hair salon software
- Nail salon booking system
- Salon website builder
- Booking app for braiders
- Booking app for locticians
- Booking sites for hair stylists
- Hair salon appointment software
- Salon reservation software
- Hair stylist scheduling app
- Mobile hair stylist app
- Salon software for small business
- Salon appointment book app
- Hair salon advertising
- Barber website
- Braider website
- Salon software for independent stylists
- Salon client management software
- Hair salon CRM
- Hair salon scheduling app
- Online booking for salons
- Salon software for luxury salons
- Salon suite software
- Affordable salon software
- Hair color formula app
- Booking app for hair extension specialists
- Vagaro alternative
- Vagaro alternative for barbershops
- Square Appointments alternative
- Booksy alternative
- Fresha alternative
- StyleSeat alternative
- GlossGenius alternative
- Acuity Scheduling alternative
- Setmore alternative
Get started
Get your chairs booked and your salon found
One flat monthly price. No commission on any booking, ever. It takes an email address to start.
0% commission · Your client list stays yours · No card required to sign up