Clients book their stylist online, and Magpie keeps each visit on their contact. It sells your products and gift cards too.

Yes. Clients choose a service, a stylist or Anyone available, and a free time. They enter their name and email address, and a phone number if they like. Magpie checks the time again as they book. It will email a confirmation with the service, the stylist, the time and the place.

Yes. When more than one stylist does a service, the client picks one by name. Anyone available shows each start time once. That time goes to the first stylist who is free. A client who moves their appointment keeps the same stylist.

Yes. Each stylist has one range of hours a day, such as 10am to 7pm. A day can also be Closed. A stylist is offered only for the services you choose them on. A colourist can then take only colour services, and a barber only fades and beard trims.

Yes. You type a service's length as you would say it, such as 2 hours. Its price is shown on the booking page. Time can be kept free before and after it, such as for cleaning down a station. A time is offered only when it all fits inside the stylist's hours.

Yes. The confirmation email links to a page for that booking, with no password. On it, the client picks another time with the same stylist, or cancels. After the notice you set, the page asks them to contact you instead. Magpie will email them the new time or the cancellation.

Yes. New appointment books a service for a client who calls or walks in. You choose the service, stylist, date and start time, and add their name and email. The time has to be one the booking page would offer. The client will get the same confirmation email.

You can pin a note to the client's contact with the formula, developer and processing time. It is shown near the top of the contact. After each colour, a dated note records what you used, and search finds every note. Internal notes on an appointment are seen by your team, never by the client.

Yes. The client's contact lists each appointment, beside your notes and their invoices. Each shows whether it was cancelled, completed or a no-show. The Past list of appointments shows every earlier one, with the client, service and stylist.

Each booking adds an event to the stylist's calendar, named after the service and the client. The list of appointments shows Today, Upcoming, Past and Cancelled. Each row has the time, client, service and stylist. The overview shows today's appointments, or the next ones when there are none today.

An event on the stylist's calendar for the time away keeps it off the booking page. Booked appointments stay, and you can move each to another free time with the same stylist. Magpie will email the client the new time.

You invoice the client's contact for the service and send it. With Stripe connected and card payments on, the email has a Pay online button. The client pays by card without signing up first, into your Stripe account. Magpie takes no fee. You can also record a payment in cash or on your own card terminal.

Yes, with a Form that asks your consultation questions, such as recent colour and allergies. One question can take a photo of the look they want, up to 10 MB. Clients answer from its link or a QR code, without signing up first. You will get an email for each response. Only people who can see the responses see the photos.

Yes. You set a follow-up on the client's contact, with a date and a reason. The reason can be Root touch-up due. It becomes a To-do with the usual reminders. Follow-ups lists every open one as Overdue, Today, Upcoming or No date.

Yes. A service can require one resource, such as a pedicure chair or the lash room. A time is offered only when that resource is open and free. Each booking reserves it, with the time kept around the appointment. Moving the appointment moves the reservation, and cancelling frees it.

Yes. With Track stock on, each size of a product has its own stock count. A shampoo can come as a 250 ml and a 1 litre bottle. A sale you record at the desk takes from it, as an online order does. Online sales stop when none is left.

Yes. Clients pay on Stripe's checkout page, into your own Stripe account. They can choose to collect their order at the salon. When you mark it ready for pickup, Magpie will email them.

Yes. A gift card has fixed amounts and, if you choose, a custom range. The buyer can have it emailed to someone on a date they choose, or keep it. Its holder spends it on products and shipping in your online shop. A bought card never expires and has no fee.

Yes. You write the post with your photos and choose its time. When the time comes, Magpie will email you a reminder to post to Instagram. On a phone, Magpie copies the text and opens the share sheet with every photo. Posts to Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn will be published at the time you choose.

Your booking page has its own address, which you copy from the overview. Share booking page starts a social post with it. A Link-In-Bio List and a button on your website can link to it. A QR code of the address can go on the mirror or a business card.

Yes. You write the job with its description, salary range, location and closing date. You choose the questions on its application form and publish it to your job board. Applicants apply without signing up first, and you move them through the job's stages. When you hire someone, Magpie will add them to the rota.