AI for Salons & Beauty

AI & automation for hair salons & beauty services operators.

Independent salons and beauty service operators (hair, nails, lash, skincare) live on rebooking rate and the personal relationships behind it. The shops winning don't have the best chairs — they have the best client retention. Our work in this space is almost always about giving the stylist or owner-operator a tool that does the 'remember to text Sarah about her color in 5 weeks' work without making it feel automated.

Who this is for

The salons & beauty operators we work with

  • Independent salons with 1-10 chairs
  • Solo stylists, lash artists, nail techs, estheticians
  • Booth-rental and commission-based salon owners
  • Multi-service beauty businesses (hair + nails + skin)
Where you're losing money

The four highest-cost workflows in salons & beauty

Rebooking rate is the #1 metric and most operators don't track it
Cost: Top stylists rebook 75%+; average rebooks 40-50%. The gap is six figures of annual revenue for a senior stylist
Client comms (color refresh reminders, special-occasion bookings) inconsistent
Cost: Lost regular bookings when clients drift to whoever texts them first
No-show and last-minute cancellation rate eats schedule density
Cost: Industry average 5-15% no-show; even small lifts pay for automation in a quarter
Instagram DMs flooded with booking inquiries the stylist handles between clients
Cost: Stylist's time eaten by DMs that should funnel into a structured booking flow
What we'd build for you

Three surgical tools that ship in weeks, not months

Build 1

Personalized rebooking nudge

Client's specific service interval (6 weeks for color, 4 for trim, 8 for full lash) triggers an SMS at the right cadence. Feels like the stylist remembered, runs automatically.

Time
2-3 weeks
Price
$1,200-$3,000
Build 2

Instagram-to-booking funnel

DMs answered with a structured booking prompt + link. Stylist stops triaging DMs between clients; serious inquiries land in the schedule.

Time
2-3 weeks
Price
$1,500-$3,500
Build 3

No-show recovery sequencer

Confirmation 48hrs out + 24hrs out + 2hrs out, with one-tap reschedule for clients who can't make it. Reduces no-shows and last-minute cancels without feeling pushy.

Time
1-2 weeks
Price
$800-$2,000
Stack we typically build around

We integrate — we don't replace

  • Vagaro, Mindbody, or Square Appointments
  • Acuity Scheduling for solos
  • Instagram as primary discovery channel
  • QuickBooks Online (for shops with employees)
  • Cash + Venmo + Cash App for booth-renters
Frequently asked

Common questions from salons & beauty owners

Will you replace Vagaro or Mindbody?
No. Those handle the appointment core well. We build around them — Instagram automation, personalized rebooking nudges, no-show recovery. Most of our automation talks to Vagaro/Mindbody via their APIs.
Do you work with solo stylists and booth renters?
Yes. Solo operators benefit the most from automation because every hour saved is an hour they could be earning revenue or taking off. We size the build to a solo operator's revenue.
Can you help with Instagram?
On the booking-conversion side, yes — DMs to structured booking funnel, post-engagement to rebooking nudge. We don't do content strategy or actual posting (different specialist domain).
What about commission tracking for salon owners?
Yes, especially for shops with mixed booth-rent and commission stylists. Most existing tools are clunky here; a clean commission summary per stylist is one of the easier wins.