How to reduce no-shows in a small studio
A client does not turn up, the hour is gone and you cannot sell it again. Three things that genuinely help, and one that does not.
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Nail work means long appointments with the same people coming back every three or four weeks. Losing one of those slots to a no-show costs more than in trades where clients come once a season.
A two hour slot that disappears is two hours you cannot resell the same day. Ask for a deposit on the work where that matters.
Add the next appointment by hand in seconds, and the client gets the confirmation before they leave.
A fill, a full set and a repair are separate services with their own durations, so the calendar stops guessing.
What your client sees on their phone, and what you see when you open the laptop in the morning.
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Bookings from your site and the ones you add by hand, in one list.
Not a platform with forty modules. The dozen things you touch every day.
Two people can never take the same slot. That is enforced by the database itself, not by hoping the code got it right.
Lunch splits the day, and time for cleaning up after a client is taken into account before the next slot is offered.
Confirmation right after booking, reminder the day before, and a cancel link that actually works.
Ask for a deposit on the bookings worth protecting. The money moves from the client to your account, never through us.
Each person has their own services, schedule and days off. Clients can pick a person or let you decide.
Pick a template, add photos, set one colour. No blocks to drag, nothing to break on a phone.
Czech, Slovak, English, Ukrainian and Russian. The confirmation email goes out in the language the client booked in.
Export the full client list whenever you want. No lock-in, no marketplace owning your regulars.
Both sides work in portrait on a mid-range Android, because that is what your clients hold.
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Deposits live here. Most studios pick this.
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For larger studios and several locations.
Prices exclude VAT. In Czechia we charge in koruna: 349, 749 and 1 490 Kc a month.
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It loses the bookings that were never going to happen. Clients who had decided to come pay it without a second thought, and the ones who vanish stop costing you the slot.
Yes. The deposit is set per service, so you can protect long appointments and leave quick ones open.
Add the repeat appointments by hand once. Each one sends its own confirmation and reminder to the client.
The business side of a small studio: no-shows, deposits, pricing and getting bookings out of your messages.
A client does not turn up, the hour is gone and you cannot sell it again. Three things that genuinely help, and one that does not.
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Most owners are afraid a deposit will cost them bookings. In practice it costs them the bookings that were never going to happen.
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It works fine until it does not: two clients in one slot, a booking lost in a thread, and no way to know what next week looks like.
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The first studios come on board in the first quarter. Early access means we set your studio up together, and you keep your launch price for as long as you stay.
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