Hair salons and barbers
Keep the scissors in your hand while the AI agent fills your appointment book
Phone booking for your hair salon or barber shop, even when everyone is at the basin or the chair: the AI agent books the right service, for the right length of time, with the right stylist.
- 14-day free trial
- 30 minutes included
- Nothing charged during the trial
- No commitment
- Add minutes at any time
- Move up a plan when your volume grows
Hair salons and barbers agent
Katie · Call ended · summary sent
Hello, I’d like a colour and a cut, ideally on Saturday morning.
Of course. Is it a root colour or a full head? I’ll allow the right amount of time.
Just the roots. With Sophie, if she’s in.
Sophie can see you on Saturday at 9:30 am, for 1 hr 45 min. Shall I book it?
Request created
- Service
- Roots + cut
- Duration
- 1 hr 45 min
- Stylist
- Sophie
- Slot
- Saturday 9:30 am
What changes when an AI receptionist answers for you
Hair salons, independent hairdressers, barbers, colourists, mobile hairdressers. In your trade, every unanswered call is an enquiry that goes elsewhere.
Without an AI agent
- The phone rings mid-colour or halfway through a cut, and nobody can pick up.
- Clients who reach voicemail book at the salon down the road.
- Forgotten appointments leave gaps in the Saturday diary.
With PermanenceAI
- Appointments booked without putting the scissors down
- Every call answered, even in the Saturday rush
- Reminders the day before from the Assistant plan to cut no-shows
What the agent handles for your business
It asks the questions you would ask, in a natural order, and sends you a complete request.
- Service: cut, colour, highlights, balayage, blow-dry, beard
- Duration based on the service and hair length
- Preferred stylist or barber
- New or regular client
- First available slot or a specific date
- Rescheduling and cancellations
- Listed prices, opening hours and directions
What it changes for your salon
- Appointments booked without putting the scissors down
- Every call answered, even in the Saturday rush
- Reminders the day before from the Assistant plan to cut no-shows
- Durations respected: a colour is never squeezed into a cut slot
- Clients matched with the right stylist or barber
How it works
- Step 1
The client calls
During a cut, a colour or after closing time.
- Step 2
The agent identifies the service
Cut, colour, beard, preferred stylist.
- Step 3
The slot is booked
For the right length of time, in the right stylist’s diary.
- Step 4
The reminder goes out the day before
By SMS or WhatsApp from the Assistant plan, with the option to reschedule.
What’s included
The most useful modules for your trade, all available in your customer area.
Appointment booking
AI appointment booking: confirmations, reminders and rescheduling in your calendar.
See what’s includedAI receptionist
Answers every call, qualifies the request and transfers what matters.
See what’s includedWhatsApp and messages
SMS, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram in one place.
See what’s includedOutbound campaigns
Automated outbound calls: follow-ups, confirmations and check-ins, within clear limits.
See what’s includedWeb widget
Website call widget: callbacks and calls from your site, in one click.
See what’s includedKnowledge base
Your PDFs, web pages and procedures become the agent’s answers.
See what’s includedYour customer area, clear from the first login
Calls, appointments, leads, messages and minutes: everything is visible in one place, on desktop and mobile.
- Summary of every call and next action
- Listen to recordings and read transcripts
- Minute tracking and usage alerts
- Set up your agents without code
One secure area per customer, with its own agents, numbers and data.
Dashboard
Sample data · last 30 daysCalls
412
Appointments
96
Leads
183
Minutes
62%
- New patientAppointment Tuesday 9:30 amBooked
- Water leakPriority callback requestedUrgent
- Two-bed flat buyerViewing Saturday 11 amQualified
- Opening hours questionAnswer givenResolved
Try our agent live now
Talk to the agent from your browser, or leave your number to receive a demo call tailored to your sector.
- 14-day free trial
- 30 minutes included
- Nothing charged during the trial
- No commitment
- Add minutes at any time
- Move up a plan when your volume grows
Your demo agent
Katie
- British English
- Receptionist
- Hair salons and barbers
Our assistant opens right here. Start the voice conversation or type, and tell it your trade and the role to play.
Your browser will ask for microphone access for the voice conversation.
Useful integrations
Your calendar, CRM, messaging and telephony stay the same: the agent connects to them.
Google Calendar
Free slots and live bookings.
Outlook
Microsoft calendar kept in sync.
Cal.com
Appointment types and teams.
Calendly
Bookings on your events.
HubSpot
Contacts and deals kept up to date.
Zoho CRM
Leads created after every call.
GoHighLevel
Lead Connector and pipelines.
Google Sheets
One row per enquiry, no retyping.
Work out your return on investment
Enter your call volume: the calculator picks the cheapest plan for that volume, shows the real per-minute price and compares it with the cost of a human receptionist.
Assumptions: 1 min of wrap-up work after each call for an employee, 20% of missed calls become customers. Prices excl. tax in US dollars; phone number extra. Indicative estimate, to compare with your own figures.
Prices excl. tax, no commitment
For the hair salons and barbers sector, we recommend the Receptionist plan. Start with the free trial: 14 days and 30 minutes included.
See the Receptionist plan details
Receptionist
Sole traders and small businesses
$99
excl. tax / month
350 min / month
that’s $0.28 excl. tax / min
+ dedicated number from $5.99 / month
- 24/7 AI receptionist
- Connected calendar
- Web widget, SMS and WhatsApp
- Transfer to a person
- 2 concurrent calls
Assistant
Local businesses with steady call volume
$249
excl. tax / month
1,000 min / month
that’s $0.25 excl. tax / min
+ dedicated number from $5.99 / month
- Everything in Receptionist
- 3 agents, 5 concurrent calls
- Flow builder and automations
- Follow-up campaigns
- 1 cloned voice
Call Centre
Teams, multiple departments and high volumes
$499
excl. tax / month
2,300 min / month
that’s $0.22 excl. tax / min
+ dedicated number from $5.99 / month
- Everything in Assistant
- Unlimited agents and campaigns
- 20 concurrent calls
- Custom dashboards
- Priority support
- 3,000 message credits included ($30)
- Add minutes at any time
- Move up a plan when your volume grows
Security and compliance for your AI calls
Your calls contain information about your customers. The platform gives you the settings to protect it and respect their choices.
Consent and opt-out
Consent to callbacks, handling of refusals, permitted calling hours and an exclusion list.
Data protection
Encryption in transit, account-protected access and configurable retention periods.
Traceability
Call history, transcripts and an activity log for every account.
Access control
Each customer has their own secure area; the agent only accesses the information you give it.
Regulatory readiness
Tools to apply data protection law: information, right of access, deletion, retention.
Infrastructure
Platform hosted with established cloud providers, with backups and monitoring.
Frequently asked questions — Hair salons and barbers
You give it your service menu with durations: men’s cut, colour, balayage, beard trim. It asks whatever is missing, such as hair length or the type of colour, and books the matching duration in the connected calendar (Google, Outlook, Cal.com or Calendly).
Yes. Enter your walk-in hours: the agent shares them and offers an appointment to clients who would rather not wait.
Yes, the prices you give it. For services priced on consultation (weddings, updos, smoothing treatments), it takes the request and passes it on to you.
From the Assistant plan, a reminder goes out automatically the day before by SMS or WhatsApp, with the option to reschedule. Any slot freed up becomes available to book again.
Get in touch: leave your number and we’ll call you back
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Prices in US dollars (USD), excl. tax — local taxes added where applicable. Dedicated number from $5.99 excl. tax per month, depending on the country.