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- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Works out of the box
Reviewed on 2023/06/12
Overall am very happy. Fast support and a solid product that does not break my site. Thats why I...
Overall am very happy. Fast support and a solid product that does not break my site. Thats why I renew my license every year,
Pros
Easy to setup and admin. Logic display for the customer.
Cons
Could have been more front-end layout template options.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great Scheduling plugin, not just for Salons.
Reviewed on 2023/06/13
Salon booking is a powerful solution with lots of options to customize the process to what you need.
Salon booking is a powerful solution with lots of options to customize the process to what you need.
Pros
When I researched scheduling plugins salon booking was the only solution I found that would allow us to drill down from what a customer wanted and match someone to book a meeting.
Cons
While all the options are amazing sometimes it's difficult to configure the solution you are looking for as some of the logic seems backwards. Maybe this has been fixed or bettered in the past years but that's the experience I had when we started using salon booking.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Salon Booking support needs to listen to the customers
Reviewed on 2021/03/10
Overal it works but we need to tweak the usage and keep an eye on updates to be sure everything is...
Overal it works but we need to tweak the usage and keep an eye on updates to be sure everything is still working. So the software isn't working like expected. Same count's for the way e-mail forms are setup. It's very basically and not able to customise the look of the mails to company designs.
Pros
When we started using the software it looks handy, but in real there is a lot of trial and error when new features are developed. I think this shouldn't belong on life software usage, but for instance on a user group that like to test beta software.
Cons
I don't like the way errors and problems are handled, most of the time SB is telling me that other plugin are causing the issues. But it's not honest to say that you need to use a Wordpress website without general plugins that solves security issues and protect your website for hackers. I'm now waiting for over a year to solve issues with the mobile app, so employees can make bookings with the mobile app.
Besides that i don't like the settings for timeblocks, e.g., when set to one hour, customers are only able to make appointment at e.g., 9.00 or 10.00 AM instead of the starting time 8.30 AM so only on whole hours. Thats a bit stupid in my opinion.
Response from Salon Booking System
Hi,
thank you very much for the time you spent for submit your experience with our software.
Your considerations are very valuable to us as we can use them for our software improvements.
Just to share with the readers of your review we want to add some more information.
Salon Booking System is a WordPress plugin and not a stand-alone software so the chance to see some conflicts with other plugins is ( unfortunately ) in the nature of WordPress environment.
WordPress has countless plugins and guarantee a total compatibility with all of them it's impossible for every kind of plugin authors. Many times you need to choose your priority.
We strive to limit the number of this kind of cases but we cannot succeed 100%.
In your case we provided all the support possible, answering to all your requests up some days ago and in many cases you confirmed that some of the issues you reported were fixed or simply doesn't exist.
Anyway I repeat, we need this kind of feedback, positive or negati
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Excelente service
Reviewed on 2023/06/12
Pros
Recomend to every business in internet use it
Cons
The pricw if i hace to say something because i LOVE it
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
10 out of 10
Reviewed on 2023/04/28
Pros
This is a WP extension that is very easy to set up, and has many very good settings. Highly recommended!
Cons
The only thing I could think of that would be better is time slots where you can put more than one customer at the same time and that this is taken into account during the setup for how many customers you can take at the same time
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
One of the best booking systems on the market!
Reviewed on 2021/09/15
Customer service has a always super helpful and will get most things fixed in a day or 2. They give...
Customer service has a always super helpful and will get most things fixed in a day or 2. They give you so many features as standard in the free version but as stated before, just allowing one payment option like PayPal would be a game changer!
I would highly recommend this software to anyone who needs a scheduling app that is very intuitive to use with options to suite almost every need.
Pros
This system allows my students to manage bookings online. They can manage and track how many bookings they’ve had before and can reschedule whenever they may need to. The automated system allows them to receive emails with booking reminders and their bookings sync with my google calendar which helps keep me organised.
I leave a rest period per booking of 30 minutes to enable me to drive from house to house. This system enables you to this plus so much more!
The customer service team is second to none! Whenever I’ve had a problem in the past they have been super quick in assisting me and on occasion have sent a beta version with the fix in order to test it.
Cons
I would like there to be at least 1 payment option on the free version. PayPal has a very simple gateway and is standard everywhere now on all plugins that are free. I know the program is already feature rich but this would help it top the market! Then a paid version could allow more specialised payment options like strip.
- Industry: Cosmetics
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Good Software
Reviewed on 2022/05/05
Our overall experience has actually been pretty great!
Our overall experience has actually been pretty great!
Pros
Any software that makes it easy for my team to transition as far as user options is a great software for me. They are very very reasonably priced and have so many plugin options to choose from.
Cons
Anytime we feel that there may be a need for something to improve they make so many improvements monthly that I think everything gets covered. The booking reports may be a little difficult to read at first but after using it, it is easier to understand once practiced enough.
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent salon booking if you run your own site
Reviewed on 2019/09/24
Salon booking WordPress plugin allows a client friendly booking experience online, integrates with...
Salon booking WordPress plugin allows a client friendly booking experience online, integrates with sms and email reminders etc. It really solves a lot of our problems. You would need to be a bit au fait with WordPress but the support is out there. I was very happy to find it after searching a long time for an acceptable online booking system. After a couple of years I started paying which allows online payment, but this is more to support the developer. Prepaying hair appointments is a bit of a minefield however we can take a deposit only, which has reduced no shows and encourages new clients to call and talk to a person instead. Shift workers like nurses love it. Calendar integration is the only hiccup but we bypass this by receiving copies of messages sent to clients and manually update calendar from there however the mobile app might resolve this for us. Highly recommend for any salon managing their own site.
Pros
Easy to install and configure on WordPress.
Good support.
Free unless you want to accept payments or support the developer.
Good integrations - messaging and payments.
Frequently updated.
Good customer experience.
Cons
We don’t use google calendar so interface with real calendar is a bit clunky however this should be resolved with the mobile application.
Response from Salon Booking System
Hi,
thank you for your precious review.
We'll try to improve the lack of the plugin as soon as possible.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent - for customers and for running my business
Reviewed on 2021/03/12
As I said above, it wasn't just that clients loved it, it was that it made it so easy for me to...
As I said above, it wasn't just that clients loved it, it was that it made it so easy for me to organise my schedule. Every day, my list of appointments appeared on my Google calendar and if I needed to check when a client has last visited, how many appointments they had had, it took just a couple of minutes.
Now I am setting up a new business and I never even though about using an alternative booking system.
Pros
This is all I needed to know: when I had my massage business (pre-Covid), clients would say that they choose me because it was son easy to book. Or they would just spontaneously complement me on the booking system.
It's a very flexible system. For example, I set it up so that I could make more slots available to regular clients (by using categories for my services), and I always had 15mins between clients and I could change this any time I needed to.
When it came to applying for corona, I could just download as CSV file to show all the bookings I had had to cancel - this made it so easy.
Cons
Nothing comes to mind - I can't think of anything at this time.
Response from Salon Booking System
Thank you very much for your feedback, if you find any kind of possible improvement please report it to us.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great system
Reviewed on 2021/09/16
Pros
I've been using the free version for about two years.
Since we started using it, we have become a hair salon that attracts 100% of its customers from online. Another advantage is that the management screen is available in Japanese.
It is very easy to use and has a more unique look than any other online system. I would like to use the professional version in the future to build a reservation system that is easier for customers to use.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
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Reviewed on 2021/09/22
It is a great software.
It is a great software.
Pros
How easy is for end user to create appointments
Cons
The new UI in last update on daily calendar view.
Does not support mobile application for end users
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
This is bad
Reviewed on 2021/07/01
I'm very disappointed, very frustrated, the team behind the system has created a bad product.
I'm very disappointed, very frustrated, the team behind the system has created a bad product.
Pros
It is a piece of software with a lot of features and options
Cons
It just doesn't work well. It's buggy. The system charged me twice but I bought just one licence. The customer support is super fast but the level of support is below average. Bad use of English language.
Response from Salon Booking System
This kind of reviews are the most useless ones as they will not focus on specific lacks of the product or service provided, that are possible, and we are used to improving by the time. This kind of feedback hides a sense of frustration that has much more to do with the client personality more than the quality of a product. But, this is part of the game and we are happy to continue play. Good luck to you.
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Good idea, Bad software
Reviewed on 2021/11/09
The website modul IS ok but almost useless without the mobile app.
The mobile app would be realy...
The website modul IS ok but almost useless without the mobile app.
The mobile app would be realy usefull if it was not that slaw to use. I wast almost 1h/day.
The idea IS realy good, but the dev of the user app IS to poor.
Pros
A lot of choice for custom use.
Does the work.
Cons
The software IS realy hard top use, to much option, not userfriendly, Bad french translation.
- Industry: Cosmetics
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Not satisfied at all
Reviewed on 2017/09/08
Experience. Now I know what are my requirements with a booking system.
Experience. Now I know what are my requirements with a booking system.
Pros
Salon software doesn't offer any benefits compare to other booking softwares except that for Salon you have to pay a lot of money.
Cons
I was very excited and happy after one month of trial version to start using Salon booking system on my website. Unfortunately very soon I had to realize the Pro version is not yet so professional than the trial version was.
I had a lot of issues not getting confirmation emails after a client booked an appointment. Then my client did't get confirmation email about her appointment. You also offer in the program that client get a reminder 24 hours before the appointment. In the beginning it was working well, but very unfortunately it stopped working as well! That was very disappointing.Problems again... My website designer was contacted you several times but we hardly saw any changes. This was extremely disappointing sinds I just started my own business few months before and I thought investing in Salon booking system was a great investment. I absolutely regret paying so much money for your program it caused me quite a lot of trouble with clients and looked very unprofessional. Instead of getting a discount I would prefer to have a refund!
- Industry: Online Media
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
always improving
Reviewed on 2020/10/26
Pros
It is possible to customize a lot of things according the client needs. Each update improves the system and make the plugin better to use.
The support is helpful and always available.
Cons
I didn't have any big problem. All small issues I had was solved contacting support.
Response from Salon Booking System
thank you very much for the review
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Exactly what we needed
Reviewed on 2021/04/16
We have implemented a salon booming system for two different shops that operate under one roof - a...
We have implemented a salon booming system for two different shops that operate under one roof - a barber and a beauty salon. We expect to add a hairdresser shortly, and that will now not present an issue - should be seamless.
Pros
The features meshed perfectly with our requirements - and, as we needed an extra feature, it turned out this was an add on that was included with our licence. With guidance from their exceptional support we got this working easily.
Cons
Some of the features were slightly counterintuitive - but this is more a case of a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing... my expectations of how something should work were not correct... once I read the manual (really!) it all made sense.
Response from Salon Booking System
Hi Steve,
thank you for your feedback especially the CONS, they'll help us to work on our weakness and give you a better product.
- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best booking schedule plugin for WordPress
Reviewed on 2021/09/15
Pros
I like the design, that easy use of the plugin and the backend for the adminrole.
Cons
Can’t connect all client data to mailchimp acc.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
This is a great booking system but a little hard to set up
Reviewed on 2018/07/12
Easy to use booking for clients.
Easy to use booking for clients.
Pros
This software has a beautiful interface and when set up correctly really is great for scheduling and booking.
Cons
It is a little difficult to set up this software. Some of the directions aren't very clear, especially when it comes to hours of the work day.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
on of the best plgin I use for my wordpress web sites
Reviewed on 2021/09/15
very interesting experience with a amazing plugin i can't wait to put it in some new web site for...
very interesting experience with a amazing plugin i can't wait to put it in some new web site for my customers
Pros
we find everything we need in it Calendar and services list and lot of usefull settings
Cons
google synchronisation ( the google to saloon side and css customisation not easy
- Industry: Cosmetics
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Good but some kind of things that i mis
Reviewed on 2020/10/05
It is good but I’ll miss the option in the app to block time out for the day, for example private...
It is good but I’ll miss the option in the app to block time out for the day, for example private appointment or time that i won’t use
Pros
Is easy in use but they have an app. That is what the most like about
Cons
Easy to use, you don’t have to be a smart person to understand the software
Response from Salon Booking System
Thanks for the review
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent software to manage bookings, daily work schedule and payments.
Reviewed on 2017/08/28
A daily work list for staff.
A daily work list for staff.
Pros
We needed an all around solution to new salon. This was the only one which offered all the things we needed. Simple for customer, even easier for assistants and staff. No hassle on setup or with Google calendar sync. Minimal effort on Admin side, staff can use it themselves. Excellent customer support, friendly and helpful. We also did get custom fix for out needs.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great product, easy to use and deploy
Reviewed on 2020/09/25
Overall experience was great!
Overall experience was great!
Pros
I am based out of the US and found this product to be very easy to use and simple to deploy for one of my clients. The price is great for what you get and having a dedicated iOS app is fantastic.
Cons
I’d like to be able to update the language used. As I am based in the US we have different spelling for words and need to be able to update this on the website.
Response from Salon Booking System
Hi, thank you for the review. You can manage your language preferences, write to our customer service.
- Industry: Publishing
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy to setup, does what we need it to do
Reviewed on 2020/09/30
It was a stress free process, and once up and running I have only heard from the client once about...
It was a stress free process, and once up and running I have only heard from the client once about adding a holiday slot for herself, so maybe that could be a little easier to do.
Pros
I liked how easy it was to create appointment slots, and manage staff in a simple way.
Cons
When adding appointment types it would be good to have a duplicate button or variations. Like Haircut & Blowdry - Short Hair / Long Hair with different prices & appointment lengths.
Response from Salon Booking System
Thanks for the review.
- Industry: Computer Networking
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Simple & Smart Booking, Attract my customer with extremely easy, fast & clear booking proccess.
Reviewed on 2017/09/22
I bought this booking systems for my spa website customers. At first I wasn't sure if it could fit...
I bought this booking systems for my spa website customers. At first I wasn't sure if it could fit my needs. But the flexibility and add-ons fixed it all without tuching any code. I am and my customers are so happy and will request some customization further, as soon as the salon booking team ready.
Pros
This plugins is fully customizable booking form with online payments, notifications, and Google Calendar sync. Perfect responsive and Detailed Documentations.
Cons
Fully customizable look & feel of the booking form, with no need for custom coding. Customize color scheme, interface copy, steps of booking process.
- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Thanks for the great customer help!
Reviewed on 2021/03/18
Pros
Its easy to understand and there are lots of video tutorials.
Cons
Wasnt sure when i had an mistake where it was. Support fixed it then.
Response from Salon Booking System
Hi Alex,
thank you for your precious feedback.