Free appointment software for your hair salon
Customers schedule hair appointments without you having to put down your scissors. And be fully booked before you can even do your own hair in the morning.
What is hair salon software?
In its simplest form, it is software that will help you manage your hair salon. A tool, just like a good pair of scissors, to make your life easier. It depends on how advanced you want to go, but hair salon software can do several things for you:
- Have clients book their appointments online
- Manage all your bookings via an easy calendar view
- Accept online payments
- Prevent clients from having to wait
- Lower the number of no-shows
Working with booking software for hair salons you have a designated spot on the internet where people can browse availability, schedule, and manage their appointments. People will pick slots that work for them, and only see the slots that haven’t been booked by anyone else yet. This way you prevent double bookings (except for when you want double bookings of course, then just change the settings).
Booking software also allows you to accept pre-payments. It makes the experience at the salon less transaction oriented, and allows you to provide the best experience for your clients.
That experience will most definitely be enhanced by booking software as your clients know exactly when to arrive at your hair salon. Knowing exactly when your clients arrive empowers you to welcome them with open arms. Keep in mind that you need to put the scissors aside when you do so, otherwise it might be a bit of a scary sight ;-).
“Remove all the back and forth to get hair appointments and focus on your customer ”
How do you manage a hair salon?
When running your hair salon there are many things you have to consider. Buying the right tools, hiring the right people, and most importantly finding a continuous stream of clients. And that is not always easy, but there are some ways in which your life as a hair salon manager can become a whole lot easier.
It’s a great feeling to just forget about your calendar when clients can simply reserve their preferred time slot online. From the ease of the system, you just see all slots being taken one by one. Double bookings are only possible if you want to allow double bookings (for example when you have 3 hairdressers working in your salon).
Besides, booking software will help to prevent no-shows as it automatically sends a reminder about upcoming appointments to your clients. And it reminds you when certain clients probably have to be cut again so you can send them a personalized message inviting them back to your hair salon.
Some key tips for managing your hair salon:
- Start using a hair salon software
- Share your link with the world
- Have clients book their hair appointments online
- No more manual planning
- A more relaxed hair salon manager
How can a hair salon track appointments?
There are some different ways in which a hair salon can track appointments.
- Use a paper agenda
- Use an online calendar
- Use hair salon appointment software
You might have guessed it, but we are big fan of that last option. No more deciphering your colleagues handwriting, no more answering the phone while you are in the middle of shampooing someone’s hair, and no more double bookings.
Hair salon appointment software does a lot of the heavy lifting for you, like taking bookings from your clients. People will easily book their preferred available time slot online and the software automatically keeps track of all others bookings so there will never be a double booking in the system.
All you need to do when using a CRM for your hair salon is take a look at your dashboard every morning. You’ll find an overview of today’s appointments and just cut, shave, and dye to the best of your ability.
Don’t get interrupted while cutting hair, let your customers book themselves
How do I choose a good hair salon software
The most important thing with salon software is that it works for you. No crazy difficult application with words you haven’t seen since high school. Simply a tool that does the job, helping you run your hair salon.
Here at Vev we try to offer just that. No gimmicks, just a very easy-to-use tool that makes your life a whole lot easier. And the best part is that it’s free of charge!
Why?
We want to create an equal playing field between big companies and small businesses by making the best possible tooling available to everyone. Nothing should hold anyone back from starting their own business and realizing their dream.
So, try Vev out, and put us to the test! We are sure we won’t disappoint you.
What is the best software for booth renters
That all depends on what you want to do with the software. But if you want to do the same thing as all the other booth renters that use Vev, then here is the easy answer for you:
We help many booth renters from all over the world manage their bookings. For free, no need to pay for expensive tooling. It’s strongly encouraged that you try the tool for yourself (much better than us talking about it), but if you need a list of features first then here it is:
- Let clients book their appointments online
- Or easily add a manual booking from your dashboard
- Accept online payments and have clients prepay
- Automatic reminder messages to prevent no-shows
- Have clients add their appointments to their calendar and Apple wallet
- Smart re-scheduling algorithm that helps you reach out to clients right when they need to be cut
Create your booth renter page today and try it out for yourself!
Run your hair salon on auto-pilot With your new toolset
Sell
Marketing
Payments
Business
Learn
Auto pilot
Overview
No-shows
Customers
Add your hair treatments and more
Decide what you offer at your hair salon. Add descriptions for your hair treatments, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your hair salon makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Book again
In just a tap your clients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your clients are reminded to book a hair treatment again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your clients book.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another client.
Book deadline
Choose till what time clients can book a hair treatment.
Sell
Add your hair treatments and more
Decide what you offer at your hair salon. Add descriptions for your hair treatments, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your hair salon makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Book again
In just a tap your clients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your clients are reminded to book a hair treatment again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your clients book.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another client.
Book deadline
Choose till what time clients can book a hair treatment.
Marketing
Cover your hair salon
Add a cover to your header that matches your hair salon. Impress your clients of your hair salon even more.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your hair salon up to 40%.
Book with a QR-code
Include your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers and other placements in your hair salon to let your clients book hair treatments by scanning it on their phone.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your clients know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Page description
Add a slogan that describes why you're the best hair salon. So your clients can spread the word.
Show your colors
Choose how your page looks, so it connects to your hair salon.
Get reviews from your clients
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.
Payments
Tap to Pay
Use your iPhone (iOS) as a complete replacement of your payment terminal. You can even hold your card to it to pay.
Scan to Pay
Let your clients scan your QR for you to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their hair treatment so your hair salon administration is always up to date.
Get paid ahead
Enable your clients to pay ahead for their appointment. Only if you want to, you as the hairstylist is in control.
Deposits
Let your clients put down a deposit to get their appointment.
No extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and charge that extra device in your hair salon. Simply use your phone to have clients pay for their hair treatments on the spot.
Discounts
It's easy to give your client a discount on their hair treatment. Choose a percentage or fixed amount. Whatever works best for your hair salon.
Upsell & Tipping
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the appointment, in the simplest way possible for you as a hairstylist.
Refunds
Clients who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their appointment is cancelled. Yet another thing less to worry about for hairstylists.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up automatically for you. So you can get paid out of the gate. No need for any set up.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your clients know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Business
Your overview of hair treatments
See exactly who will get what hair treatment, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your opening hours
You decide when your hair salon is open (or closed) for appointments.
Choose a time and date
Let your clients choose what time works for them. You can decide how strict or flexible you want to be with your time.
Add your breaks
Plan when you want a fixed break. Looking for more flexibility? Turn on smart breaks.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way clients can't make an appointment.
Exceptions
Want to open up during public holidays? Or close for a vacation? Your decide when your hair salon is open.
Book deadline
Choose till what time clients can book a hair treatment.
Make your accountant smile
Export data of your hair salon on a monthly basis. Including all the information of your appointments. Giving you the information you need.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Ahead of time
Set up your booking horizon, meaning how far in the future clients are able to book hair treatments.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another client.
Notifications for you
When your client makes an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Plus, a lot more
There's a lot more coming in Vev+ that will make doing business even easier. But we keep those under wraps for the moment.
Learn
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your hair salon. This way you know exactly how your hair salon is doing.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your hair salon makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Auto pilot
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your clients. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the clients of your hair salon.
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your client receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their hair treatment.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your hair salon. This way you know exactly how your hair salon is doing.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your hair salon up to 40%.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way clients can't make an appointment.
Plus, a lot more
There's a lot more coming in Vev+ that will make doing business even easier. But we keep those under wraps for the moment.
Overview
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your hair salon makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Notifications for you
When your client makes an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Your overview of hair treatments
See exactly who will get what hair treatment, and at what time the appointment is due.
Focus on your clients
Your daily overview of clients. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you book again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver hair treatments. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your hair salon. This way you know exactly how your hair salon is doing.
No-shows
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your client receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their hair treatment.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your clients know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Change the time
Clients can change the time of their upcoming appointment as long as the cancelation deadline hasn't passed.
Add to Calendar
Clients can add the appointment to their calendar. This way they receive a notification before their hair treatment. The address, travel time and link to their confirmation page can be found in the event details.
Add to wallet
After clients book hair treatments, they get a pass for their digital wallet. When added they get a notification on their phone at the right time. The pass contains all the details like; date, time, location, total cost, payment details and link.
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your clients. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the clients of your hair salon.
Client details
For hairstylists it's super handy to have all the details of clients at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Cancelation deadline
Decide until what time clients can cancel for free. Whenever a cancelation is made, clients receive a message including a link to schedule their next hair treatment with your hair salon
Client history
See exactly what kind of hair treatments your clients had at your hair salon last time.
Customers
Notes
Add notes about your clients. These notes show up around the appointment, so you can pick up the conversation with your client where you left off last time.
Client details
For hairstylists it's super handy to have all the details of clients at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Customer management (CRM)
See your clients in the best way. This lets you build relationships and get more appointments. You can search and find your most valuable clients.
Focus on your clients
Your daily overview of clients. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you book again.
Book again
In just a tap your clients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your clients are reminded to book a hair treatment again.
Client history
See exactly what kind of hair treatments your clients had at your hair salon last time.
It's your data
It's your data. The client information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your hair salon. Of course not!
Get reviews from your clients
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.