Sydney, Australia
Booking software for Sydney 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 Sydney salons actually work
Whether you are in Surry Hills, Bondi, Newtown or Chatswood, the problem is the same: a full diary that leaks revenue through no-shows and phone tag. Bookaiq runs on Australia/Sydney, 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 long services
Charge a deposit only on services over a length you set. A 30-minute trim books free; a full head of foils takes card details up front. No-shows stop being free for the client.
Per-stylist calendars and rules
Each stylist gets their own availability, service menu, buffer time and day off. A junior stylist is not offered for corrective colour. A senior stylist is not double-booked during a processing gap.
Processing-time gaps that resell themselves
Mark the 35 minutes a colour is developing as bookable for a quick blow-dry. Bookaiq offers that slot to clients automatically instead of leaving it dead.
Reminders that actually get read
SMS 24 hours out with a one-tap reschedule 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 · Instagram Book Now · Reserve with Google · Square · Stripe
Sydney questions
- Do reminders send in the correct time zone for Sydney?
- Yes. Your business time zone is set to Australia/Sydney, so a reminder scheduled for 24 hours before an appointment arrives at the right local hour for Sydney clients rather than being offset from wherever the server sits.
- Can clients across Sydney 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 Surry Hills and Bondi 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 Sydney salons start solo and add staff calendars as they grow.
- Can I run more than one NSW 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 Sydney and one abroad can run under the same account without either being wrong.
Join the Sydney salons using Bookaiq
Free to start. Live booking page in about fifteen minutes.
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