BookCut
Online booking and client management for barbershops and hair salons.
● The Problem
Most barbershops and small salons still take bookings by phone or walk-in. They lose clients who want to book online after hours. Generic booking tools like Calendly do not handle multiple stylists, service durations, or no-show protection.
● The Solution
A booking system built for salons: multi-stylist calendars, service-specific durations, deposit collection for no-show protection, text reminders, and a simple client CRM. Mobile-first because owners run everything from their phone.
Key Signals
MRR Potential
$20K-100K
Competition
High
Build Time
1-3 Months
Search Trend
stable
Market Timing
The shift to online booking is permanent. Younger clients expect it. Salons that do not offer online booking lose customers to ones that do.
MVP Feature List
- 1Online booking page
- 2Multi-stylist support
- 3Text reminders
- 4No-show deposit collection
- 5Client history tracking
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Next.js prototype
v0 by Vercel
Marketing landing page
Go-to-Market Strategy
Door-to-door sales in local markets. Free 30-day trial. "Your next client is searching online right now" pitch. Instagram ads targeting salon owners. Partner with beauty supply distributors.
Target Audience
Monetization
SaaS SubscriptionCompetitive Landscape
Fresha, Vagaro, and Square Appointments are established. But Fresha takes a commission on bookings. Vagaro is complex. A simple $29/month flat-rate tool with no commissions can win small shops.
Why Now?
Post-pandemic, online booking expectations became permanent. Small salons that survived now want to modernize operations.
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