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Top Game Changing Features for a Salon Booking Application
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Top Game Changing Features for A Salon Appointment Booking Application

Sanjay Kidecha,

“Just incredible! Operating my Salon online has been made easy peasy by this app. I would give it 10 stars if I could. I love it.”

Imagine receiving this review from a user on your salon services appointment booking mobile application. We know how amazing it feels to receive positive feedback. That’s why we provide a user-centric salon booking app solution that turns your imagination into reality. Just like Fresha does for its users and partners.

What is Fresha?

Launched in 2015 London-based beauty and wellness marketplace platform has gained quite traction. The beauty salons and spas app is available in nearly 120 countries and has marked 250M+ booked appointments. 

Users can quickly sign up, discover excellent beauty services nearby, book appointments, and pay online effortlessly. The totally free-to-use salon software has whooping 50k+ business partners and 150k+ local and professional stylists. 

Do you know what contributes to Fresha’s success and stands it apart from other online scheduling services?

Its features, functionality, and accessible nature

That’s why we help you develop a multi-vendor salon booking app with features and functionalities your target audience admire. But what kind of features, you may ask?

Well, that’s what this guide is for. From essential to advance, let’s explore features that make salon appointment booking apps user-friendly and accessible. 

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Prime Features for Spa & Salon Appointment Booking App

Several Policy Features You Need to Consider for your on-demand salon booking app Project Requirements.

Booking Confirmation

The app should send a written confirmation regarding online booking to customers and respective service providers, either by email or mobile app notification.

Cancellation Policy

There should be a policy for late cancellation whereby a vendor or stylist may charge the customer a specific fee for a canceled booking.

In-app Payment Services

The online and in-app payment facilities are paramount for making an app like the Fresha salon marketplace.

Web Application

Despite being a mobile app, it offers an accessible web app that users can operate through a standard web browser on their mobile devices.

No Show Protection

Similar to booking cancellation, you should let your salon partners charge a certain fee from customers for failing to show up to a salon on the appointment time.

Pay Cash In-Store Booking

Sometimes, customers may not have adequate wallet balance, thus allows them to book their stylist on your salon marketplace and pay in-store.

Features for Delightful Customer Experience in Salon Appointment Booking Apps

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Visualizing Salon Catalogue

Appealing app design always entails quality and relevant graphics with compelling product/service images or videos to make the app engaging.

Discover Services

The salon marketplace app must offer a magical search bar that lets users narrow down their search for beauty services to a specific location, price, stylists, etc.

Photo Library Of Services

In addition to discover services, high-quality and demonstrative service images make it easier for users to figure which service is right for them.

Login Or Register

Certainly, facilitating users to register or log in via Gmail or social media account is quite a handy and quick way to enable them to get started with the salon booking process.

Appointment Booking

Booking appointments are the primary service of your app. Hence, you need to make sure it takes only a few taps for users to book a salon seat.

Calendar

Allowing users to sync their smartphone calendar with the app and track appointments evidently, render a better experience.

Booking Confirmation

Building an algorithm that notifies appointment booking confirmation status to service providers and customers via email, push notifications, SMS, or in-app notifications.

Book Appointments On Social Media

It’s one of the trending features in mobile commerce used by diverse shopping and on-demand service apps. With this feature, you allow your social media addict users to book an appointment without wasting a second quickly.

Payment On Booking

Prepaid appointments tend to be more successful and save from the risk of no-shows or late cancellations. This feature also helps users to go cashless and pay directly from their accounts online.

Booking History

Your app needs this feature to help users decide where to book the next appointment based on their previous booking. You can also leverage their booking history to offer a personalized user experience.

Push Notifications

To alert users about any discount, voucher offer, or loyalty program, you will need this feature.

Read And Give Review

Feedback from other users works like word of mouth for your and your partners’ brand. Positive ones promote your services, while pessimistic reviews draw your attention towards areas of improvement.

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Valuable Features for Vendors to Streamline their Salon Management Operations

Appointment Managing Calendar so salons can track all incoming and scheduled appointments.

Managing Staff Members & Working Hours allows salon and spa owners to keep profiles of their staff and manage their tasks and working hours.

Service Listing feature helps vendors to add quickly, edit, and remove service without mistakes.

Packages And Paid Plans to allow vendors to create custom service packages like skin or hair care combo and sell customized beauty service plans on the app.

Customer Management allows building a relationship with customers by sharing useful personalized and feedback messages at the right time.

Receive Booking From Social Media is to let vendors add an online booking link or button either on the website or their social media profiles.

Track And Charge For No-shows And Late Cancellations will empower vendors to set up their no-show and cancellation policy. It asks customers to secure the appointment with their payment card, and the vendor charges a fee if they cancel or don’t show up.

Report And Analytics are to aid vendors in tracking their sales, revenue, invoices, taxes and offered voucher or discount status.

Account And Business Profiles entail the salon owner and the salon brand details like opening hours, pin location on the map, services, and staff.

We have seen quite a long list of features. However, you don’t have to add all of them. You might require to add more or less features to your Salon & Spa Appointment Booking App. 

The feature set depends on what services you want to offer your target audiences through salon appointment booking app development. But the number of features is directly proportional to the salon booking app development cost. Let’s see how!

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How Much Does It Cost To Develop A Spa & Salon Appointment Booking App Like Fresha?

Now for the Spa & Salon Appointment Booking App Development Cost, it may cost you around $10k to $15k. However, you need to understand some cost-affecting factors before hiring on-demand app developers. Why? Because a better understanding of these elements can prevent you from making a hole in your pocket.

In addition to the above-mentioned, various factors cause variations in the development cost. For example, 

  • More features = increased development hours = higher cost
  • Hiring developers from the USA, Europe, Singapore, etc. = higher development cost
  • Advanced-level UI/UX Design = requires extra effort = may enhance the cost.

A solution to all such factors can be outsourcing your project from a reliable Asian company at a fixed-cost model. In this model, the development company provides the service for a predetermined price for your project scope and deliverables. 

In simple words, regardless of the actual time and resources required, you pay the agreed-upon fixed cost for your salon app development. 

Have you listed out Salon App Features already? 

You must know the features required to develop a salon booking app that drives more users. As mentioned earlier, the cost to make an app like Fresha depends on development factors. 

However, by prioritizing the features and learning cost factors, you can strategically reduce your initial app development cost.

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Sanjay Kidecha

Sanjay Kidecha is the Chief Operating Officer at Kody Technolab, where he seamlessly blends his expertise in operations, finance and technology to drive innovation and operational excellence. A passionate advocate for digital transformation, Sanjay writes extensively about how various industries can leverage technology to stay ahead. His insights on emerging trends and practical guides helps leading companies navigate this fast-paced tech world.

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