Melbourne, Australia
Booking software for Melbourne 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 Melbourne salons actually work
Whether you are in Fitzroy, South Yarra, Carlton or Richmond, the problem is the same: a full diary that leaks revenue through no-shows and phone tag. Bookaiq runs on Australia/Melbourne, 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
Melbourne questions
- Do reminders send in the correct time zone for Melbourne?
- Yes. Your business time zone is set to Australia/Melbourne, so a reminder scheduled for 24 hours before an appointment arrives at the right local hour for Melbourne clients rather than being offset from wherever the server sits.
- Can clients across Melbourne 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 Fitzroy and South Yarra 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 Melbourne salons start solo and add staff calendars as they grow.
- Can I run more than one VIC 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 Melbourne and one abroad can run under the same account without either being wrong.
Join the Melbourne salons using Bookaiq
Free to start. Live booking page in about fifteen minutes.
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