Brisbane, Australia
Booking software for Brisbane salons
Your clients book at 11pm when they remember they have a wedding Saturday. Bookaiq takes the booking, texts the reminder, and holds the deposit — while you are asleep or mid-foil.
Made for how Brisbane salons actually work
Whether you are in Fortitude Valley, West End, New Farm or Paddington, the problem is the same: a full diary that leaks revenue through no-shows and phone tag. Bookaiq runs on Australia/Brisbane, so every reminder lands at the right local hour.
- A no-show on a three-hour balayage costs you the whole afternoon
- You answer the phone with gloves on, mid-colour, and lose the booking anyway
- Every stylist keeps hours differently and the paper book cannot cope
- Clients text your personal number at midnight to reschedule
How Bookaiq handles it
Deposits on the services that need them
Turn a deposit on per service — a fixed amount you set. Leave a trim deposit-free and put a deposit on colour, so no-shows stop being free for the client on your expensive chair time.
Per-stylist calendars and rules
Each stylist gets their own availability, service menu and days off, with buffer time set per service. A junior stylist is not offered for corrective colour, and overlapping bookings are rejected outright — nobody gets double-booked.
Cancelled slots that resell themselves
When a booking is cancelled, the slot goes straight back on sale and Bookaiq emails it to the next client on the waitlist automatically — instead of the afternoon dying quietly.
Reminders that actually get read
An SMS reminder 24 hours out, plus an email reminder with a self-service link. Clients who need to move an appointment move it themselves, and the slot goes back on sale immediately.
Your appointment types, ready to edit
- Cut and finish
- Balayage and highlights
- Root touch-up
- Keratin treatment
- Blow-dry
- Bridal and event styling
- Colour correction
- Extensions
Works with what you already use
Google Calendar · Stripe · Zapier
Brisbane questions
- Do reminders send in the correct time zone for Brisbane?
- Yes. Your business time zone is set to Australia/Brisbane, so a reminder scheduled for 24 hours before an appointment arrives at the right local hour for Brisbane clients rather than being offset from wherever the server sits.
- Can clients across Brisbane find my booking page?
- Your Bookaiq booking page has its own address you can share anywhere — your Google Business Profile, your social bio, an email signature, or a QR code at reception. Businesses around Fortitude Valley and West End typically see most bookings arrive through their Google Business Profile link.
- Does Bookaiq work for a small salon with one or two staff?
- Yes. Bookaiq scales from a single-person practice to a multi-location business, and setup is the same either way. Many Brisbane salons start solo and add staff calendars as they grow.
- Can I run more than one QLD location from one account?
- Multiple locations sit under one account, each with its own staff, hours and services, while you keep a single view across all of them.
- Is Bookaiq used outside Australia?
- Bookaiq works anywhere. Time zones, currency and reminder timing follow the location you set, so a practice in Brisbane and one abroad can run under the same account without either being wrong.
Join the Brisbane salons using Bookaiq
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