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Apps for salons and beauty businesses

Online booking with deposits, fewer no-shows, and clients who rebook without phoning. Built around how your salon actually runs.

The everyday problem

Most salon owners juggle a booking tool, a card reader, a WhatsApp group with staff and a notebook of client preferences. Each one does a job, none of them talk to each other, and the gaps cost you no-shows and empty chairs.

A custom app puts those pieces in one place, shaped around how your business works. You describe it, we plan it, build it, host it and keep it running.

What do you want to build?

Describe it in your own words. No tech talk needed. We read every idea.

Free. No account needed to send it.

Ideas

What salons and beauty businesses ask us to build

Booking with deposits

Clients pick a treatment, a stylist and a time, and pay a deposit that is kept if they do not turn up.

Reminders that cut no-shows

Automatic reminders by email or text the day before, with a one-tap link to move the appointment.

Client cards

Colour formulas, allergies, preferences and photos of past work, visible to whoever is doing the appointment.

Rebooking and loyalty

A prompt to book the next visit at checkout, and simple points for regulars.

The bonus

More included, fewer surprises

App builders charge by the message and leave you to fix what breaks. We do it the other way round.

No credits, no meter

Idea Lab plans and changes are not counted in credits. One fixed monthly price once your app is live.

Website included

Every app we build comes with a website on our builder, so customers can find it.

Domain for the first year

We register a .co.uk or .uk for your app and include the first year.

Free hosting while we build

Your app runs on our servers from day one. Billing starts when it goes live.

Website, domain and hosting bonuses apply to apps we build for you under a monthly plan.

Questions

Can clients book on my existing website?

Yes. The booking screen can sit on your current website, or on a new one we build for you.

Can each stylist see only their own diary?

Yes. Staff can see their own day on their phone while you see everyone's.

Do I have to switch payment provider?

Not necessarily. Tell us what you use today and we plan around it.

What does it cost?

It depends on what the app needs to do. Sending your idea is free, and you get a clear quote before anything is built.

Apps for other businesses:

Your version of this, built for you.

Two minutes to describe it. A real reply from a person.