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Booking, the calendar, walk-ins, texts, checkout and pay, with an AI receptionist on the phone. Everything on this page is in the product today.

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Looking through a barbershop's front window on a winter afternoon at three empty chairs, mirrors and pendant lights
Sample shop and sample data. Jordan's 1:30 was booked by phone in one of our real test calls.

The book.

One calendar for the whole shop, the walk-in list beside it, and the desk's own screen. The phone, the booking page and the front desk all write to it.

The calendar

Day and week, barbers as columns, live on every screen in the shop. Drag to move, pull to resize, and Undo when you didn't mean it.

  • Everyone's hours, breaks and time off; a barber booked at another shop shows as busy elsewhere.
  • Taken times are refused by the database itself, so two channels can't book one chair.
  • The Now rail keeps the live call, what needs you and the walk-in list in view.

Walk-ins

A queue beside the calendar with each wait worked out from everyone's real afternoon. Booked clients keep their times; walk-ins fill the gaps.

  • Add a walk-in, or start them now, in two taps.
  • For a named barber or the next one free.
  • Callers hear the wait and can join the list by phone.
Walk-ins 3Sample

3 waiting · next free Priya 2:30

JOJordan O. · 1st in lineWaiting · 6 min · Line-upAbout 2:30 · PriyaStart
ALAli · 2nd in lineWaiting · 2 min · Buzz cutAbout 3:30 · MarcoStart
RBRob B. · 3rd in lineWaiting · 1 min · Kids cutAbout 3:55 · DiegoStart
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Shop screensSample

Owners and managers turn the front desk's computer or tablet into a shop screen: the calendar and check-in, never money or settings.

  • 17th Ave front desk17th Ave · Used 2 min ago
  • 17th Ave tablet17th Ave · Used yesterday
Use this device as a shop screen

Shop screens

Turn the front desk's computer or tablet into a screen for one location: it books, checks in, checks out and runs walk-ins, and never sees money or settings.

  • No PIN to slow the desk down; everything it does is recorded as the screen.
  • Sign a screen out from your own phone, wherever it is.

What clients see.

Corner Chair

Cuts, fades and beard work. Walk-ins welcome.

17 Ave SW, Calgary · (403) 555-0100

Mon–Fri9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Saturday9 a.m.–5 p.m.
SundayClosed
Book at 17th Ave

Online booking

Your own booking page with your logo, colour and cover photo. Clients pick a service, a barber or anyone, and a time; nothing is added to their bill.

  • A ten-minute hold while they fill in their details, and fresh times if someone else gets there first.
  • A confirmation with a link to add it to their calendar, reschedule or cancel inside your deadline.
  • Joining the waitlist from a full day, and an offer by text when a time frees up.
CC(403) 555-0100
Today 9:12 AM

Corner Chair: Hi Leah, you're booked tomorrow at 5:15 p.m.: Line-up with Marco at 17 Ave SW. To change or cancel: app.booktender.app/m/R4tw9 Reply STOP to opt out.

Today 5:15 PM

Corner Chair: Hi Leah, see you tomorrow at 5:15 p.m. for Line-up with Marco, 17 Ave SW. Reply C to confirm or R to reschedule. To cancel: app.booktender.app/m/R4tw9 Reply STOP to opt out.

C

Corner Chair: Thanks, Leah! You're confirmed for tomorrow at 5:15 p.m. (Line-up). See you then. Reply STOP to opt out.

Texts and reminders

Confirmations, change notices and two reminders, from your shop's name. Edit every word or switch any of them off.

  • Clients reply C to confirm or R for a link to change; STOP always works.
  • Replies land in a two-way inbox for each location.
  • A booking made by the AI on the phone says so in its confirmation, with who to ask about privacy.

The phone.

The AI receptionist

On Shop + Phone, your booktender answers your line, says it's an AI, recognises regulars and books, moves and cancels during the call.

  • Answers every call, when nobody picks up, after hours, or not at all.
  • Choose its name, voice and what it may do; give it notes to answer from.
  • Every call in the log with its outcome, summary and transcript.
Hear the real test calls
Live callTest call0:37
JordanNew client · (403) 555-0161

Robin · AIThanks for calling Corner Chair, this is Robin, the shop’s AI assistant. Calls are transcribed to help with bookings. How can I help?

JordanHi, it’s Jordan Lee. Can I get a skin fade Tuesday at 1:30?

Robin · AILet me check what’s open around that time.

Robin · AIIt’s a skin fade with Diego on Tuesday the 27th at 1:30, about 40 minutes, $55. Shall I book it?

JordanYes, please.

Robin · AIYou’re booked: skin fade with Diego on Tuesday the 27th at 1:30. Your reference is Z for Zulu, Z for Zulu, M for Mike, 2, 2, S for Sierra.

Booked during the call · Skin fade with Diego · Tuesday the 27th at 1:30

Phone lineSample settings

Answers

Every callWhen nobody picks upAfter hoursOff

During the shop's hours its phones ring first and the agent answers after 20 seconds; after hours it answers at once.

What it may do

  • Book appointmentsFinds open times and books one once the caller says yes.
  • RescheduleMoves a booking to another time, after checking who's calling.
  • CancelCancels a booking, after checking who's calling.
  • Take messagesWrites down a message and a callback number for the shop.
  • Transfer to a personPuts the caller through to the shop during its hours.

After the cut.

The money, the people and the records: what happens once the cape comes off.

Checkout · QuinnSample

Skin fade with Diego · Fri, Nov 6 · 4:00–4:40

Items

Skin fadeDiego$55.00

Tip

No tip15%$8.2518%$9.9020%$11.00Custom

All to Diego

Subtotal$55.00
GST 5%$2.75
Tip$9.90
Total$67.65

Payment

CardCashE-transferOther
Charge $67.65

Checkout

Check a visit out in one step: services, products, a tip and a discount, GST worked out, and the payment recorded as card, cash, e-transfer or a split.

  • Refunds and corrections with a reason, never by editing a paid sale.
  • Reports by day, week or month: sales, GST, payouts owed, payments by method.
  • Cards are taken on your own terminal; Booktender records the sale.
ASAndre S.Booth renter · his own book of 35 clientsSample
Services and products$1,240.00
Tips$186.00
Chair rent, this week−$300.00
He keeps$1,126.00

Team, renters and pay

Employees, booth renters or both. Each person's pay plan has dates, so a new rate never rewrites last month.

  • Commission by category and on products, hourly pay, or chair rent for renters.
  • Tips go to the person who earned them.
  • Everyone sees their own earnings across every shop they work at, and nobody else's.
QQuinnRegular · 11 visits · (403) 555-0118Sample

The usual

Skin fade with Diego · 40 min · $55.00

Cut note

#1 on the sides, faded to a #3; scissor top, leave length at the front.

Book the usualMessage

Clients and regulars

Every client's visits, their usual, cut notes and photos, and their texts, in one profile. Book the usual in a click.

  • Search by name or any part of a number.
  • Several numbers per client, and households that share one.
  • A renter sees only their own book.
Your dataSettings · Billing

Everything the shop holds, as one file (JSON) you can keep: its locations, team, services, clients and their numbers, appointments and sales. It downloads while the shop is paused too.

Download data

Your data

Download everything the shop holds, in one file, from Settings, any time, even while a shop is paused.

  • Each team member signs in with an email code or link.
  • Support sees your clients and calls only while you grant access, for the time you choose.

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