Scheduling Software
Salon scheduling software that ends the paper diary and the double booking
One shared salon calendar, real opening hours, holiday closures, service durations, and automatic WhatsApp confirmations and 24-hour reminders. Built for Indian single-location salons. Free for 7 days.
Quick answer
What is salon scheduling software?
Salon scheduling software manages when appointments can be booked and where they land on the salon's calendar. Appointly's scheduling covers weekly opening hours, per-date holiday closures, service durations, a global capacity for parallel bookings, and one shared salon calendar. Clients book only into real available slots through your online link, and each booking triggers an automatic WhatsApp confirmation and a 24-hour reminder — with self-reschedule until 2 hours before the appointment.
Scheduling problems every small Indian salon knows
Two clients booked at 4 PM in the diary. You notice when the second one walks in.
One shared calendar in Appointly. When a slot is booked online, it disappears from availability instantly.
Clients book at 9 PM Sunday when the salon is closed. You spend Monday morning apologising.
Weekly opening hours and per-date closures. The booking page only shows real available slots.
Festival week: too many parallel appointments and you're overwhelmed.
Global max-parallel-capacity plus per-date overrides. Cap 11 AM to 3 bookings on Karva Chauth without redoing your calendar.
Rescheduling is a phone-call ping-pong: 'is 5 free?', 'no try 6', 'busy, try 7'.
Clients pick a new slot themselves from the WhatsApp manage link until 2 hours before. You don't answer the call.
The scheduling features that keep the day under control
Weekly opening hours
Set Monday–Sunday opening hours once. Bookings can only land inside those windows.
Per-date closures & holidays
Block Diwali, Holi, Rakhi, a wedding you're attending or a full week off. Booking page respects them.
Service durations
Each service has its own duration in minutes — a facial isn't booked into a 15-minute gap meant for threading.
Global parallel capacity
Cap how many appointments can run at the same time so 6 bookings at 11 AM don't crash into each other.
Per-day capacity overrides
Lower capacity on festival day, raise it on a slow Tuesday — without redoing your weekly schedule.
Shared salon calendar
One calendar the whole team sees on the Android app or web dashboard. No parallel calendars to reconcile.
Auto-confirm + 24-hour reminder
Every scheduled booking gets an instant WhatsApp confirmation and a reminder the day before. No missed messages.
Client self-reschedule
Clients change their slot themselves until 2 hours before. The freed slot goes back to online availability.
What proper scheduling software changes at a small salon
Zero double bookings
One shared calendar and live availability on the booking page mean the diary contradiction ends today.
Bookings only when you're open
Real opening hours and holiday closures on the booking page — no 9 PM Sunday bookings you didn't want.
The day flows, not chaos
Duration and parallel-capacity limits stop back-to-back overlaps and 4-clients-at-once panic.
Fewer no-shows
Automatic 24-hour WhatsApp reminders catch the client who genuinely forgot.
Reschedules without a phone call
Clients pick a new time themselves from the manage link. The freed slot appears online for someone else.
Mobile-first for Indian owners
Manage everything from an Android phone in your apron pocket — no laptop required.
How it looks on WhatsApp
Your client never installs an app. The booking happens online and the confirmation and 24-hour reminder are delivered through WhatsApp.
Appointly scheduling vs the tools salons currently use
| Feature | Appointly | Paper diary | Google Sheets | WhatsApp chat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live availability for clients | ✓ | — | — | Only if you reply |
| Blocks bookings outside opening hours | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Per-date holiday closures | ✓ | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| Service duration awareness | ✓ | — | Manual | — |
| Prevents double bookings | ✓ | — | Manual | — |
| Auto 24-hour reminder | ✓ | — | — | Manual |
| Client self-reschedule | ✓ | — | — | — |
Frequently asked questions
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- Pricing
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