Booking software for self-employed stylists who run their own business.

Built for one chair, not a whole salon

A lot of salon software is priced and designed for a team: per-seat fees, front-desk screens and features you will never open. If you are self-employed, you need the opposite. One calendar, one login, everything a busy column needs, and a price that makes sense for one person.

That is what ResNeo’s Appointments Light plan is for. It costs £20 a month, gives you one bookable calendar and one login, and includes 100 texts a month for reminders. It has the same booking page, deposits, reminders and client records as the bigger plans. You simply pay for one chair.

What a self-employed stylist actually needs

1. 1

   A booking link that works while you do

   Clients book themselves at any hour from your link, so you are not answering DMs between foils. Put it in your Instagram bio, on Google, on your website, or on a QR code at your chair.

2. 2

   Deposits that land in your account

   Ask for a deposit, the full price, or a card for a no-show fee, service by service. Payments go directly to your connected payment account. ResNeo does not hold booking money.

3. 3

   Reminders that go out on their own

   Automatic email and text reminders before every appointment, so fewer clients forget and more cancel in time for you to refill the slot.

4. 4

   A client list you own

   Every client who books you is saved in your account with their notes and history. Not the salon's list, and not a marketplace's.

5. 5

   Your diary in your pocket

   iOS and Android apps for checking your day, adding a walk-in, or moving a booking between clients.

6. 6

   No cut of your bookings

   A flat monthly fee, with no commission on any booking. See what commission costs on a real appointment.

Your clients are your business

For a self-employed stylist, the client list is the business. It is what you take with you, what pays your rent, and what you have spent years building. So it matters where it lives.

HMRC’s guidance for hair and beauty describes a self-employed stylist as someone who provides their own clients and is paid by them directly. If your clients sit in the salon’s booking system and pay through the salon’s till, that is hard to show. On ResNeo, every client who books you is saved in your own account, and their payments go to your own Stripe account.

It also matters for data protection. The business that decides why and how personal details are used is what the Information Commissioner’s Office calls the controller. Keeping your clients in your own account keeps that picture simple. And because it is yours, you can export it whenever you like.

Wherever you work

• Renting a chair in a ResNeo salon. Link your account to the salon’s and appear on its booking page, while keeping your own diary, clients and payments. Read how chair rental salon software works.
• Renting in a salon on other software. Run your own ResNeo account alongside it. Your link, your diary and your clients do not depend on the salon’s system.
• Renting a room, or working from home. The same booking page, deposits and reminders, with your own address and hours.

If you share a space with other independents, each of you can keep your own payments while sharing one page. Our page on salon software with separate payments explains how the money stays apart.

Getting set up in an afternoon

1. 1

   Sign up for Appointments Light

   Start your 14-day free trial. Your subscription is free for the trial, and you can cancel at any point in it without paying.

2. 2

   Add your services

   Type them in, or let ResNeo read your old booking page or a photo of your price list. Try the free services tool without an account, or follow the services guide.

3. 3

   Set your hours

   Your working days, breaks and days off, so clients only see times you actually work. The hours guide covers it.

4. 4

   Connect Stripe, if you want deposits

   Optional, and about fifteen minutes. In Settings, open Payments and click Start Stripe setup. The Stripe guide walks through it.

5. 5

   Bring your clients across and share your link

   Import your clients from a spreadsheet, then share your booking link on Instagram, Google and your website.

Every ResNeo business also gets a free listing on the ResNeo marketplace, where local clients can find and book you, with no commission on those bookings either.

What it costs

One flat monthly fee. No commission, whether a client is new or has been coming to you for years. Standard payment provider fees may apply. Want to see how that compares with a platform that charges on new clients? The booking software price calculator works it out for your own numbers.

Keeping your records straight

As a sole trader you must keep records of what you earn for your Self Assessment. ResNeo is not accounting software, but its reports show what was booked and taken over any dates, and you can download them as a spreadsheet for yourself or your accountant.