Booking websites for barbers, salons and tattooists
Clients see your free times and book themselves, day or night. They get a confirmation and a reminder the day before, and every booking lands in the diary on your phone.
From £695, paid onceNo monthly fees. No commission, ever.
For barbers, hairdressers, nail, lash and brow techs, and tattooists. Based in Stony Stratford, working across Milton Keynes.
Try a booking website
This is Copper & Comb, a pretend barbershop with two barbers. It runs on a Freehold booking website, so it works just like yours would.
- Book yourself in. Clients only ever see times that are really free.
- Read the emails. Your client’s confirmation and reminder, and the new-booking email you get.
- Check the diary and the sheet. Your booking appears in the barber’s column and in your Google Sheet.
- Change a price or your hours on the sheet, then see your website update.
Nothing you book here is real, and no emails are sent.
Online booking that runs itself
Clients book without calling or messaging you. The confirmation, the reminder and your diary take care of themselves.
What your clients see
- Your services, with prices and how long each one takes
- Only the times that are really free
- A choice of who they see, or whoever’s free first, on Shop
- A confirmation email straight away, and a reminder the day before
- Your notices, like “Walk-ins welcome when a chair’s free”
What you see
- Every booking in a diary on your phone, with a column for each person on Shop
- An email the moment someone books
- Your bookings and client list in a Google Sheet, in your own Google account
- Your prices and opening hours, changed from your phone
- No double bookings: each time is checked again at the moment it’s booked
Booking website prices
Paid once, when your order’s confirmed. Usually live within a week.
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Solo, just you
£695For one person taking bookings.
Order Solo -
Shop, 2 to 5 people
£995A column for each person in the diary, and clients pick who they see.
Order Shop -
6 or more people
QuoteTell me how many of you there are and I’ll send you a fixed price.
Ask for a quote
Every booking website comes with
- Your own domain, like yourshop.co.uk, with the padlock
- Confirmation and reminder emails
- The diary and your Google Sheet, set up in your account
- 30 days of free tweaks after launch
- Free fixes if something I built stops working
Optional care plan: £10 a month for photo updates and small changes whenever you need them. Without it, photo updates are £20 each. Extras: Google Business Profile set up £50, QR code cards £30. Your only running cost is renewing your domain name once a year.
Work out your price, and how soon it pays for itselfBooking app or your own booking website?
Booking apps charge every month, and some take a cut. A Freehold booking website is paid for once and stays yours.
Booking apps
- CostA fee every month, and some charge for each person
- CommissionSome take a cut of your bookings or new clients
- Your pageSome list you beside other shops nearby
- Client listKept in the app
- If you stop payingYour booking page stops working
Freehold
- CostPaid once: £695 Solo, £995 Shop
- CommissionNone, ever
- Your pageYour own website, on your own domain
- Client listIn your own Google account
- If you stop payingNothing to stop. It’s yours
How it works
Chat
Tell me about your shop, your services and who takes bookings. I’ll come to you, or we can message.
Order
You pay once your order’s confirmed. I’ll need a free Google account, your prices and a few photos.
Set up
I build your booking website and set up the emails, the diary and your sheet. It’s usually live within a week.
Handover
Everything goes into your name, with a one-page title deed of every login.
Questions about booking websites
Do you take a cut of my bookings?
No. Every penny your clients pay goes to you.
Is there a monthly fee?
No. You pay once. Your only running cost is renewing your domain name once a year, plus the £10 a month care plan if you choose it.
How do clients pay?
In the shop, as they do now. If you’d like to take deposits to cut down on no-shows, ask me and I’ll tell you what’s possible for your setup. Card payments cost a small fee each time, paid by you to the card provider.
Do clients get reminders?
Yes. They get a confirmation email when they book and a reminder the day before. Text reminders can be added too. Each text costs a small amount, paid by you to the text provider.
Can clients choose who they see?
Yes, on Shop. Each person has their own column in the diary, and clients pick who they want or whoever’s free first.
Can two people book the same time?
No. The time is checked again at the moment someone books, so each slot can only be taken once.
Can I change my prices and hours myself?
Yes. They’re in a Google Sheet you can edit from your phone, and your booking website shows the change the next time it’s opened.
Where are my bookings kept?
In a Google Sheet in your own Google account, along with your client list. Not in mine, and not in an app.
What if there are more than five of us?
For 6 or more people I’ll send you a fixed quote.
How long does it take?
Usually live within a week of your order.
Order or ask a question
Tell me about your shop and I’ll get back to you within a day or two.
Not sure what you need yet? Answer a few quick questions and get an estimate straight away.