Online booking for nail salons
Your clients book their gel, SNS or lash set from Instagram at 10 pm, and you see it in the morning. A deposit on lash extensions, a queue for walk-ins, and reminders that go out on their own.
No monthly fee · Card, bank or cash · Works with your website · $20 launch credit
What a nail bar needs from online booking
A deposit on the long bookings
Lash extensions take a 20% card hold when the client books, charged when you confirm, into your own Stripe account. Manicures, pedicures and brows stay deposit-free and are paid at the visit.
Walk-ins and check-in
Switch on Check-in and a QR code on the counter lets walk-ins join a queue from their phone. They get a text when you call them, and booked clients scan the same code to check in.
The right questions
Before they sit down you know what's on their nails now, any allergies, and whether they've had a patch test for lashes or tint.
A nail salon booking page, with your services already on it
Pick Nail bar & beauty at sign-up and these services, prices and booking questions are pre-filled. Change anything, or let AI draft them for you.
One booking, from Instagram to the chair
She taps your link at 10 pm
From your Instagram bio or the Book now button on your website, she picks Classic lash extensions, sees the two hours it takes and the next free Saturday, and books in about a minute. Nothing to download.
The deposit is held on her card
20% of the $150 is held on her card as she books. The booking lands in your dashboard as a request; one tap confirms it and the hold is charged, straight into your own Stripe account.
She gets a reminder the day before
A free email reminder goes out the day before. You didn't send anything, and every message between you is kept with her booking.
Saturday: she checks in, a walk-in waits
She scans the QR code on the counter to check in. A walk-in scans the same code, joins the queue for a gel manicure and gets a text when a chair is free. The rest is paid at the counter, and the invoice goes out on its own.
You do the work.
We'll handle the money.
Take a card deposit when they book — through your own Stripe account, so the money lands with you, never with us. Settle the rest by card, bank transfer or cash and the invoice goes out on its own — a GST tax invoice if you’re registered. No monthly fee: 1.5% on card payments, 50¢ when you record a cash or bank payment.
Questions nail salons ask us
Can I take a deposit for lash extensions?
Yes. The Nail bar & beauty setup holds a 20% deposit on the client's card when they book lash extensions, and charges it when you confirm the booking. You can set any percentage on any service, and card payments go through your own Stripe account.
Can clients book from Instagram?
Yes. Put your GoBookka link in your bio, or add the Book now button to your website. Clients pick a service and a time and book from their phone, with no app to download. Bookings without a deposit arrive as requests you confirm with one tap.
What about walk-ins?
Switch on Check-in, then turn on the walk-in queue. People scan the QR code on your counter, join from their phone, and get a text when you call them, which costs about 10 cents a text from your credit. Booked clients scan the same code to check in.
Do my clients need to download an app?
No. Clients book from your link in any phone or computer browser, and they can add your page to their phone's home screen like an app.
Can I change the services and prices?
Yes. The eight starter services are a starting point: rename them, change prices and durations, add nail art or removal, or let AI draft a list from a description of your salon.
How much does it cost a nail salon?
There is no monthly fee. GoBookka charges 1.5% on card payments and 50c when you record a cash or bank transfer payment, and every new business gets $20 of launch credit at signup.
Ready to GoBookka?
Set up in about ten minutes. No monthly fee, no card needed — and $20 of booking credit to start.
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