Barbers · Christchurch, Canterbury
Booking software for barbers in Christchurch
Christchurch barbers get a mix of regulars, students and tradespeople who want a cut at the end of the day. BookAndGo lets them book online, choose their barber or the first available, and know the chair is ready when they arrive.
Each barber has their own calendar and working week, and quick cuts can sit close together with fixed or generated start times.
A flat monthly price
No per-client fees and no commission on your bookings. Your bill doesn't climb as you grow.
GST invoices with your NZBN
Tax invoices with your GST number, your NZBN and a GST line, numbered in order and sent by email.
Email reminders + a waitlist
A confirmation and a reminder by email, with a link to reschedule or cancel, and a waitlist for the times that are taken.
Built for Christchurch barbers
With students around the university in Ilam and a big trades workforce from the rebuild years, Christchurch shops see busy late afternoons. Putting those times online lets clients grab them early instead of waiting on the bench.
Christchurch barbers serve a city of tradies, students and young families. The rebuild and the new subdivisions out to Rolleston and Rangiora brought trades workers who want an early or after-work cut, and students from the University of Canterbury want a cheap quick cut between lectures. Late afternoons and Saturdays are the crunch, and Show Week, school prizegivings and Christmas bring short bursts of demand.
Each barber in BookAndGo keeps their own days, so clients book the barber they trust. Fixed start times keep a shop on schedule, a longer service covers a cut with a beard trim, and a minimum booking notice stops the last-minute booking that starts as you close. Regulars can keep a three-weekly booking, and walk-in hours can stay off the page.
Christchurch also has a lot of shift work, from the hospital, the airport and the distribution centres around Hornby and Islington. Shift workers want a cut at times other shops do not open, and a barber who opens early on some days and late on others, and shows those times online, picks them up. The University of Canterbury's academic year empties the student suburbs in summer and fills them again in late February, so Ilam and Riccarton shops change pace through the year. Setting your hours by season, rather than leaving them fixed, keeps the chairs full.
Frequently asked
Late afternoons are our busiest time. Can we keep them for bookings only?
Yes. Make those hours bookable online and block other parts of the day for walk-ins, so both work side by side.
Can each barber set their own days?
Yes. Every barber has their own calendar with their own working week and days off, inside the shop's opening hours.
Can we put booking on our website and Facebook page?
Yes. Add the booking button to your website and share your booking page link on social media, so clients book from wherever they find you.
Regulars come every three weeks. Can they keep that rhythm?
Yes. A repeating booking holds the same time on a regular cycle, and any single cut can be moved without changing the rest.
Tradies want a cut at 7am. Can only some barbers start early?
Yes. Each barber sets their own working hours inside the shop's, so early starts only show for the barbers who work them.
Can we close for Show Day?
Block Canterbury Anniversary Day, or any day you take off, and the booking page will not show times on it. Public holidays are suggested for closing too.
Shift workers from the airport want early cuts. Can we open early only on some days?
Yes. Set each day's hours separately, so early starts appear only on the days you open early, and only for the barbers working them.
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