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How to make a website for a hair salon

A hair salon wins on looks and a full book. Here is how to make a website for a hair salon that shows your work and books clients around the clock.
THE SHORT ANSWER

Show the work, book the chair

A website for a hair salon should show your cuts and colour and let clients book by stylist any hour. Instinctor gives you booking, deposits, a gallery and reviews in one site, free to start, so your book fills without a stack of apps.
WATCH IT HAPPEN

How to make a website for a hair salon

STEP BY STEP

Six steps to a hair salon site

1. List your services
Add each service with its length and price, from a trim to full colour.
2. Add your stylists
Let clients book a specific stylist, each with their own hours.
3. Turn on booking
Clients book any hour, with reminders to cut no-shows.
4. Show your work
A gallery of cuts and colour is your best pitch. Lead with your strongest looks.
5. Take a deposit
Ask for a deposit on colour and long services, so a no-show does not cost you hours.
6. Gather reviews
Ask happy clients for a review, so new clients trust you and you rank locally.
ONE SITE VS A STACK

Why one site beats a pile of apps

A booking app, a gallery plugin, a review tool and a host never quite fit together. One site that does it all is cheaper and keeps your work front and centre.
Free to start
Booking, gallery, reviews and hosting in one place, free to start, not a stack of app fees.
Books after hours
Clients book in the evening when you are closed, so you catch the ones the phone never would.
Your work sells
A fast gallery of colour and cuts is what turns a browser into a booking.
WHAT A HAIR SALON SITE NEEDS

The work, the menu, the booking

A hair salon is chosen with the eyes and booked on convenience, so the site needs a strong gallery of real cuts and colour, a clear service-and-price menu, and online booking by service and stylist that shows real availability. Clients increasingly decide and book after hours, so a phone-only salon loses them to the one that lets them reserve at 10pm. Colour and treatment work photographs beautifully and does the persuading, and a deposit option protects the long, expensive appointments from no-shows. Because salons live on regulars, effortless rebooking is worth as much as winning new clients. The site should turn a scroll into a booked chair.
WHERE HAIR SALONS LOSE BOOKINGS

The mistakes that cost you clients

The first is booking by phone only, losing the client who decided late at night. The second is a weak gallery or a hidden price list, when new clients choose on visible work and want to know what colour costs before they commit. The third is no deposit on long colour appointments, so no-shows quietly wreck the schedule. Show the work, publish the menu, take the booking online, and protect the big appointments.
THE RIGHT FEATURES

What to put on a hair salon site

A gallery of real cuts and colour, and a clear service-and-price menu. Online booking by service and stylist with live availability. Deposits on long appointments, text reminders, and one-tap rebooking for regulars. With Instinctor the booking, deposits and reminders are one site, live in about a minute, free to start.
COMMON QUESTIONS

Questions about a hair salon website

A gallery of your work, booking by stylist, deposits and reminders to cut no-shows, and reviews. Instinctor includes all of it in one site.
Yes. Add each stylist with their own hours, so clients book the person they want at a time that person is free.
Take a deposit on colour and long services and send reminders, so a no-show does not cost you hours of chair time.
No. Booking is part of the site, so there is nothing to embed, and your appointments sit with your clients and payments in one place.
With Instinctor it is free to start, with Pro about $1 a day, including booking, gallery, reviews and hosting, rather than a stack of subscriptions.
Yes. A fast, mobile gallery is built in, so you can lead with your best cuts and colour, which wins new clients.
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