Appointment management for salon businesses
Salon Booking System PRO is a paid edition for salons, barbershops, beauty salons, nail studios, and spas that need appointment booking on a WordPress website. It builds on a salon-focused booking workflow in which clients select a date, service, and stylist, while the business manages staff schedules, services, reservations, notifications, and customer records.
The booking form can be adapted through its step order, colors, fields, and direct booking links. The system also supports weekly timetables, holidays, services assigned to particular staff members, service durations, processing breaks, secondary services, and exclusive services.
PRO capabilities
- Online payments through Stripe or PayPal by default
- Deposits, tips, tax calculation, minimum order, and transaction fee settings
- Service prices based on the selected assistant
- Variable-duration services
- Multiple assistants required for one service
- Service Lock and Service Parallel Execution
- Booking cloning and resource-based reservations
- Time zones based on customer location
- Limits for assistant access privileges
- Mobile web app for salon managers and staff members
- RESTful API for use inside third-party applications
Scheduling and customer workflows
Staff can work with individual schedules, holidays, service assignments, and booking notifications. The system provides back-end calendar views for monthly, weekly, daily, and assistant-based planning. Reservations can be added or edited from the daily view, and time slots can be blocked when needed.
Customer communication tools include email notifications for new reservations, selected assistants, reminders, follow-ups, and review invitations. Custom email messages, logos, and SMS notifications can be configured for supported booking events. Google Calendar synchronization supports reservations appearing in a calendar, with additions or cancellations kept in sync.
Extensions and integrations
PRO provides access to a collection of add-ons for extending the booking system. Listed options include Multi-Shops for multiple branches, WooCommerce Checkout, Services Packages, Communicator, SOAP Notes, Geo Referencing Shops, and Geo Referencing Assistants. The product also lists integrations with Mailchimp and Zapier, along with additional payment and SMS provider add-ons.
The Multi-Shops add-on can be used when a business needs to manage multiple locations. Services Packages can support bundled services, while SOAP Notes can help record customer progress. Availability of individual extensions and providers should be reviewed for the intended setup.
Installation and setup
Install the plugin in WordPress, activate it, and configure the booking page, services, assistants, schedules, notifications, and style settings. Add the PRO edition features needed for payments or advanced scheduling, then connect any selected payment, SMS, calendar, or other integrations. Test the booking flow on the front end and review confirmation, reminder, payment, and staff-management steps before inviting clients to book.
When using caching plugins, exclude the booking pages from page caching so availability remains current. Documentation covers configuration and setup details.
