Beauty
Booking software for Barbershops
Your client books his cut and beard trim at 11pm from the sofa, picks his barber, and the chair that frees up at 5pm fills itself.
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The challenges facing barbershops
Clients always want the same barber
You know that; a shared diary does not. He turns up, his barber is busy, and he either leaves or sits waiting.
Fifteen-minute slots that break up the day
A beard trim between two cuts works. Badly placed, it leaves a twenty-minute hole nobody will ever book.
Saturday fills up while Tuesday stays empty
You turn people away two days a week and twiddle your thumbs the other three, with nothing to shift the demand.
Friday evening no-shows
The most wanted slot of the week, booked by someone who is not coming and left nothing behind to prove otherwise.
How Kagenda helps
The problem
Clients always want the same barber
With Kagenda
History, preferences and follow-up notes gathered on one record per client.
Client records
The problem
Fifteen-minute slots that break up the day
With Kagenda
A gap held automatically, to breathe and write up your notes.
Buffer time between sessions
The problem
Saturday fills up while Tuesday stays empty
With Kagenda
Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.
24/7 online booking
The problem
Friday evening no-shows
With Kagenda
Take a deposit at booking time and get paid online before the session.
Deposits and payments
The features that matter to you
24/7 online booking
Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.
One central calendar
Every session in one place, by day, week or month.
Client records
History, preferences and follow-up notes gathered on one record per client.
Deposits and payments
Take a deposit at booking time and get paid online before the session.
Automatic reminders
Texts and emails go out before every appointment, with nothing to remember.
Hours per service
Each service gets its own slots: some in the morning, others late in the day.
Buffer time between sessions
A gap held automatically, to breathe and write up your notes.
Fewer no-shows
Reminders, required confirmation and a deposit: three brakes on last-minute drop-offs.
Practical guide: Barbershops
- Open a diary per barber: the regular picks the hands he knows, and that is what brings him back.
- Put five minutes of buffer after every cut. That is the sweeping, and without it you are behind by the third client.
- A deposit on the cut-and-beard package: it is the long one, and the expensive one to lose.
- Open booking 60 days ahead: regulars book next month's slot on their way out.
- A promo code on Tuesday morning slots moves part of Saturday into an empty day.
Frequently asked questions
Can my clients choose their barber?
Yes. Each barber has their own diary and their own services.
How do I handle treatments of different lengths?
Each service carries its own duration, and the slot follows.
Can I ask for a deposit on some services only?
Yes, service by service.
What about walk-ins?
They carry on as before. Online booking sits alongside them and fills the gaps.
Is barbering a regulated trade in the UK?
No, and this surprises people who have worked in Germany or Italy. Hairdressing and barbering are not regulated professions in the United Kingdom: there is no licence to hold and no qualification required to open a shop. Registration with the Hairdressing Council under the Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964 is voluntary; what it protects is the title of State Registered Hairdresser, not the right to cut hair. Where obligations do bite is elsewhere: public liability insurance, health and safety, and a council registration for premises in some London boroughs. If you offer wet shaving, check your insurer's position on razors explicitly.
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