Hair salons · Dunedin, Otago
Booking software for hair salons in Dunedin
Dunedin salons serve a city where students and long-time locals live side by side. BookAndGo gives each stylist their own calendar and gives clients a booking page where they pick the stylist and service they want.
Services carry their own lengths, a waitlist catches clients when you are full, and invoices carry your GST number, NZBN and a GST line.
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 Dunedin hair salons
Around the start of the academic year and before graduations and the formals season, Dunedin salons get very busy. Opening a few extra hours for those weeks, and letting clients book them online, helps you make the most of the rush.
Dunedin's salons ride the student tide. Orientation in late February, the Otago Anniversary weekend in March, mid-year balls and the graduation ceremonies held in the Town Hall and around the university each bring a wave of bookings. In summer, when most students go home, the permanent population of families, professionals and retirees is the salon's whole trade.
That makes flexible hours worth more here than in most cities. A salon that opens late on weeknights during semester and shortens its week in January keeps its chairs full without paying for empty hours. Students often book late at night and want to manage the booking themselves, while long-standing clients prefer a set time every six weeks.
BookAndGo lets clients choose a stylist by name, gives colours and cuts their real lengths, and keeps a waitlist for graduation week. Invoices carry the salon's GST number, NZBN and a GST line for clients who want one.
Dunedin's big nights shape a salon's week. Highlanders home games and concerts at Forsyth Barr Stadium bring Friday and Saturday rushes, the mid-year ball season fills the winter term, and the city's graduation ceremonies bring families in from across the country who want hair done the same morning. Clients from Mosgiel, Port Chalmers and the Peninsula drive in and prefer a booked time to a wait, and many of them have used the same stylist since before the students arrived.
Frequently asked
Can we open extra hours for busy weeks like graduation?
Yes. Set one-off special hours for those days, and the extra times appear on your booking page just for them.
Our clients thin out when students head home for summer. Can we change our hours for those months?
Yes. Change your working week whenever you need to, or block out the days you close, and the booking page shows the new hours straight away.
Before graduation and the start of the year every chair is booked. Can clients wait for a gap?
Yes. A client who misses out can join your waitlist, and you accept them into a time when someone cancels or you add hours.
Students often want the same stylist they saw last time. Can they ask for them?
Yes. Clients choose a stylist by name, and only see the days and times that stylist is actually in the salon.
Graduation ceremonies fill our mornings. Can families book for the morning of the ceremony?
Yes. They choose a time on your booking page as far ahead as you allow, and can join the waitlist when that morning fills.
Long-standing clients like a set time every six weeks. Can they keep it?
Yes. A repeating booking holds the same time on that cycle, and each visit can be moved on its own.
Can we open late on stadium nights?
Yes. Add one-off special hours on those days, and the extra times appear on your booking page for those dates only.
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