Sound familiar?
What barbershops tell us before a project starts.
Public business listings show 1,576 independent barbershops in Massachusetts, and 39% are listed with no website. Source: Pushbuild crawl of Overture Maps place listings, October 2026. Chains excluded.
- The phone rings mid-cut and nobody can answer it.
- No-shows leave a chair empty on our busiest day.
- Regulars stop coming and we only notice months later.
- Our website shows a different schedule from the booking app.
- Each barber tracks their own clients in their own way.
What we build
Each one is a working piece you can open and check when it's done.
Booking from every page
A book-now button on your site, Google profile and Instagram that opens the same calendar, so the schedule is right everywhere.
Booking and scheduling systems Website bug fixesReminders that cut no-shows
Texts the day before and a few hours before each cut, with a one-tap way to move the appointment instead of skipping it.
n8n, Make and Zapier automationRebooking nudges
A friendly text when a regular is past their usual gap, with a link to their barber's next open slots.
n8n, Make and Zapier automation CRM setup and lead pipelinesMissed call text back
Callers who reach no one get a text with the booking link, so a busy afternoon does not lose them.
n8n, Make and Zapier automationReview requests
A short text after each visit asking happy clients for a Google review, sent only once per client.
n8n, Make and Zapier automationChair and sales view
Bookings, walk-ins and product sales by barber on one page for the owner each week.
Dashboards and reportingBarbershops software we work with: Booksy, Square Appointments, Squire, Vagaro, Fresha.
And the general tools around it: Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, Google Sheets, Twilio, Zapier.
Public data we can wire in: State Professional Licenses.
Choosing software? Is Booksy a fit for barbershops.
Example projects
Illustrations of the shape of the work, not past clients. Yours gets its own written scope.
Example project
Regulars brought back
Example: a two-chair shop texts clients who are two weeks past their usual cut with their barber's next openings.
Booking app, SMSExample project
Calls turned into bookings
Example: when the shop misses a call, the caller gets a text with the booking link within a minute.
Twilio, booking linkExample project
Owner's weekly numbers
Example: the owner sees cuts, no-shows and product sales by barber every Monday morning.
Booking export, Google SheetsNot sure where to start? Start with an Automation Audit.
Questions people ask first
Do we have to change booking apps?
No. We build around the app your shop already uses and only suggest a change if it truly cannot do what you need.
Will clients get too many texts?
No. Each kind of message has a limit, and clients can reply STOP at any time.
Can each barber keep their own clients?
Yes. Reminders and nudges go out under each barber's name, from the shop's number.
How do we start?
Tell us which booking app you use and what costs you the most chair time. We reply with questions or a written scope.
Tell us what you need built.
Email a few lines about what you want and which tools you use, or call. We reply with questions or a written scope.
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