Set your salon up in an afternoon

The order that works

1. Add your treatments before anything else

   Almost everything reads from the price list — the calendar, the booking page and checkout all build themselves out of it. Go to Services and add your treatments first.

   Worth knowing. You do not need the whole menu on day one. Ten treatments is enough to open the calendar; add the rest as they come up.

2. Add your team

   Open Staff and add each person, then set which treatments they do. A specialist with no treatments assigned will not be offered online.

3. Set your opening hours

   In Settings, set the days and hours the salon is open. Online booking never offers a time outside them, and the calendar greys out closed days.

4. Turn the booking page on

   Open Website, pick a template and press Use this. Your booking page is live at once; share the link or point your own domain at it.

Before you invite anyone

1. Ring up a test sale

   Open Checkout, tap a treatment and take a cash payment for it. This proves checkout, the day’s earnings and the receipt all work before a client is standing at the desk.

   Worth knowing. Void the test sale afterwards from Accounting → Transactions so it does not sit in your figures.

2. Book yourself in from the client side

   Open your own booking link in a private window and book an appointment. You will see exactly what a client sees, and the booking lands on the calendar.

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