STAGINGStaging: separate database, no real money, nothing here reaches a customer.
For independent salons and barbers

Take orders online.
Keep 100% of what you make.

No subscriptionNo setup fee
No cut of salesNothing off what you make

You pay us nothing. A small fee is added to your customer's order at checkout, and they see it before they pay.

No card needed. Nothing to cancel. Setting up takes about half an hour.

GGGilt & GlossOPEN
Services
Cut and finish1h$60.00
Balayage2h 30m$160.00
Gloss treatment45m$45.00
Book a time
$0
monthly fee
0%
cut of your takings
100%
of the client list is yours
~5 min
to get your services live

Here is all you have to do.

1

Sign up

Your name and email. Two minutes. No card.

2

Add your services

Type them in, or send us your price list and we will.

3

Share your link

Put it on Google, Instagram, and a QR code at the desk.

That is the whole thing. Orders then show up on your phone or laptop.

The difference

The math on a $14 coffee order.

A delivery app
15-30%
of every order, gone
  • They keep the customer. You get one order, not a regular.
  • You raise your prices to cover the cut, so the customer pays anyway.
  • The restaurant down the road is one tap away on the same screen.
$10.10
you keep on one order · ~30% cut of the order
$3,030
at 300 orders a month · $4.21 an order goes to them

They own the customer. You get an order, not a regular.

A subscription platform
$400-700
every month, before you sell anything
  • You need about 35 orders a month just to pay for the software.
  • The bill still comes in a slow month, and in a bad one.
  • Usually a year long contract, so you cannot just stop.
$13.60
you keep on one order · the same per order
$3,581
at 300 orders a month · after the $499 bill

The per-order number matches ours. The monthly bill is the whole difference, and it arrives in a slow month too.

Your own ordering page
0%
you keep the order, minus the card fee you already pay
  • Every order gives you the customer's name and number.
  • Your page, your prices, your photos. Nobody else on it.
  • The small fee is on the customer's side, and they see it first.
$13.60
you keep on one order · nothing taken from you
$4,080
at 300 orders a month · no bill to subtract

The service fee sits on the customer's line. Nothing comes off what you made on the food.

That is $1,050 a month more than the delivery app, and $499 a month more than the subscription platform. Against the delivery app the gap is the cut itself. Against the subscription platform you keep the identical $13.60 per order, and the difference is only the bill, which is why it is the same $499 whether you sell 300 orders or 30.

Illustrative on a $14.31 order after card fees, at 300 orders a month. Your customer sees a $1.40 service fee on their receipt before they pay. Delivery app rates vary by agreement, and so does what a platform quotes you.

What to do next

So set up your own ordering page.

It is free. There is no card to enter. You can have your best sellers online before service tonight.

Start free

Free forever. No card needed.

How it works

Three steps, and you are taking orders today.

01

Add your services, or let us do it with you

Type in your services, prices and how long each one takes, or send us the price list you already have and we will build it for you, free. That is the one part we do for you, because it is the part people give up on. Everything else is a few minutes each and you do it yourself, tonight, without waiting on anybody.

02

Connect Stripe, then share your link

Every deposit is paid by card at booking, so you connect Stripe once and the money goes straight to your own bank - never through us. Then put your link on your Google listing, your Instagram bio, and a QR code at the front desk. When someone taps Book, they land on your page and nobody else's.

03

Get bookings, and get the client

Bookings show up as an email on the phone or laptop you already own, which costs nothing at all. What we recommend on top is a tablet on a stand at the front desk, so the day's appointments have a screen of their own - a spare tablet you already have works, or the pair we recommend is about $75 from Amazon. Every booking also saves the client's name and number to a list that is yours to keep.

Start here

Type your salon name and press the button.

That is step one. It takes you straight to your account with the name already filled in. Nothing to pay.

No card needed. Nothing to cancel.

What you get

All of it, on the free plan.

There is no basic version and no upgrade. This is the whole product, and it is what every salon on it gets.

Your own booking page

Your logo, your photos, your colors. Loads fast on a phone.

As many services as you want

Categories, durations, photos. Change a price and it updates right away.

Every person who takes bookings

Each with their own hours, their own services and their own time off. No per-seat charge.

Deposits that hold the chair

Set one per service, or none at all. Taken through Stripe into your own bank account.

Reminders that go out for you

A confirmation on booking, then a reminder the day before and a couple of hours ahead.

Bookings on your screen

Use the phone or laptop you already own and it costs nothing. The setup we recommend is a tablet on a stand at the front desk - a spare one you have, or about $75 from Amazon.

A link for them

Each client gets a page showing their appointment, what they paid, and your address.

Your client list

A name and number from every appointment. Download it whenever you want.

We build your service list for you

Send us the price list you already have and we type it in, free. It is the longest part of setting up and the part people abandon, so it is the part we do. Everything else takes minutes and you do it yourself, whenever suits you.

Coming next

Rescheduling from the client's own link, emailing the client list you build, and free apps for iPhone and Android so your day sits on the home screen. None of them is ready, so do not sign up for them today. There are no text messages in the product and none are planned, and the client list itself is yours from your first appointment.

Everything you get, and what it costs everywhere else.

Salons normally buy this as four or five separate subscriptions. Here it is one page, and the page is free.

Online booking pageClients pick a time and pay on their phoneBooksyVagaroNormally$30/moIncluded
Your salon websiteA page with your logo, photos and pricesWixSquarespaceNormally$29/moIncluded
Deposits taken at bookingMoney goes to your own bank accountSquare AppointmentsGlossGeniusNormally$29/moIncluded
A calendar per stylistTheir hours, their days off, their own servicesVagaroMindbodyNormally$45/moIncluded
Reminders before the appointmentThey get a nudge the day before, so they turn upBooksyAcuityNormally$29/moIncluded
No-show protectionA deposit you keep when nobody arrivesGlossGeniusStyleSeatNormally$25/moIncluded
Your client listEvery name and number, downloadableMailchimpHubSpotNormally$99/moIncluded
Install-to-home-screen appYour booking page saves to their phone like an appBuildFireAppInstituteNormally$99/moIncluded
Booking and client reportsWhat was booked, when, and who keeps coming backMindbody reportingNormally$49/moIncluded
Email your clientsBeing built now, and it will be free tooPodiumMailchimpNormally$99/moComing next
Buying all of it separately
$533/mo
What you pay us
$0/mo
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Typical published prices for tools restaurants commonly use, per location. They change, and some bundle things together differently. The exact total is not the point: the point is that none of it is on your bill here.

Your next move

Get your page online this week.

Sign up, add your services, share your link. About an hour in total, and you can do it in bits.

Start free

Free forever. No card needed.

Straight answers

What you are probably wondering.

It is free? What is the catch?

There is a fee. It is just not on your side. A $2.99 booking fee is added to your client's payment at checkout, and they see it on their receipt before they pay. That is what pays for the whole thing. You pay no monthly bill, and we take none of your takings.

Will the fee cost me bookings?

It is under three dollars on an appointment somebody has already decided to make, shown to them before they pay rather than buried in your prices. A client who is booking a $60 service and picking a time they like does not walk away over $2.99.

My clients just text me.

Plenty still will, and nothing here stops them. This is for the ones who thought of it at 9pm, when you were not going to answer, and for the ones who would have booked and then not turned up. A deposit taken at the moment they book is the part a text message cannot do.

Do I need a new register or tablet?

No. Bookings show up on the phone, tablet or laptop you already have, in the same browser you read this on, and that alone is the whole thing working, free. What we recommend on top is a tablet on a stand at the front desk showing nothing but the day - a spare tablet you already own works, or the pair we recommend is about $75 from Amazon, bought by you at Amazon's price. A free Android app for the tablet is coming.

I am not good with computers, and I have no time.

Adding your services is typing in names, prices and how long each takes. Start with your five most-booked and add the rest whenever. If you would rather not do it at all, send us your price list and we will build the page for you.

What if I want to leave?

You download your customer list and go. No contract, no notice, and no phone call to cancel. The whole point is that the list is yours, so keeping it from you would make no sense.

Start taking your own orders.

Sign up, add your services, share your link. Nothing to pay, and nothing to cancel if you change your mind.

No card needed. Or send us a question first.

Free ordering page
No setup fee. No monthly fee. No cut of your sales.
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