About Salon Booking
Designed specifically for barber shops, beauty centers, therapists and spas, the Salon Booking WordPress plugin provides a complete set of features for managing booking agendas, online payments and customer reviews.
Salon Booking offers a two-way sync with Google Calendar, skills based appointment routing, automatic email notifications & follow-ups, multiple booking methods, and a drag & drop interface.
Pricing starting from:
€59,00/year
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Salon Booking
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Pricing starting from:
€59,00/year
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to Salon Booking
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Features
Total features of Salon Booking: 36
Alternatives
Fresha
Bookly
Google Calendar
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- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great plugin
Reviewed on 2020/09/12
After COVID19 we need to shedule and limit the access into our structure.
Thanks to the plugin we...
After COVID19 we need to shedule and limit the access into our structure.
Thanks to the plugin we have solved all the users' waiting problems, guaranteeing them distance and safety
Pros
I like the versatility and ease of use and setting
Cons
it can be improved in the back office interface especially when using the multi-shop add-on
Response from Salon Booking
Thank you, we hope to improve the back-end for multishop as soon possible.
- Industry: Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Exactly what my customer needed
Reviewed on 2020/09/25
Pros
It is easy to customize and easy to use.
And the big plus is the app. My client was very happy to learn that she will be able to manage her bookings from wherever.
Cons
I won't say they were things I didn't like.
Reasons for Switching to Salon Booking
To have a third option and I wasn't disappointed. The app sold it for me :)Response from Salon Booking
Thanks for your review
- 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
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: Consumer Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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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
Hi,
thank you for your precious review.
We'll try to improve the lack of the plugin as soon as possible.
- Industry: Wholesale
- Company size: 1 001–5 000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Flexible and comprehensive booking solution
Reviewed on 2019/09/10
this is a somple solution that integrated straight into the website we built. Paretns can choose...
this is a somple solution that integrated straight into the website we built. Paretns can choose the subjects that they want to help their children with and are then able to see what slots are available, book them, get an instant confirmation and pay for the lesson in advance by card (there is the option to pay cash on the day). Everything is automated and does not need to be manually assisted. Overall and excellent soltution.
Pros
Low cost of entry. To get the booking system up and running and seeing how it will work was simple and we were able to take the leap without worrying about the cost. Has many of the features of expensive system, so you dont feel that you are missing anything. Adding PayPal to take payments from the booking system was easy, although that is a chargable feature. Actually using the solution day-to-day is simple enought.
Cons
The solution is clearly geared towards hairdressing, spa treatment business and the like. As we were looking to set up a tutoring buisiness, it felt that there were some compromises to be made. In reailty, we have manage to achieve most of what we were looking for - a lot of the differences were down to terminology. Maybe some templates for different types of business might help.
Installation is easy but setting up the rules can be a steep learning curve. Not everything is in the menu that you expect it to be, so as an admin it can be tricky to start. Takes a couple of passes to get a grip on how things work.
Salon Booking FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Salon Booking.Q. What type of pricing plans does Salon Booking offer?
Salon Booking offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: €59,00/year
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Salon Booking costs €69 for up to 6 installs, and €150 for up to 20 installs. A 100-booking free trial is available.
Q. Who are the typical users of Salon Booking?
Salon Booking has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200
Q. What languages does Salon Booking support?
Salon Booking supports the following languages:
English, Finnish, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish
Q. Does Salon Booking support mobile devices?
Salon Booking supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Salon Booking integrate with?
Salon Booking integrates with the following applications:
Google Calendar
Q. What level of support does Salon Booking offer?
Salon Booking offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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