For salon owners & independent stylists
FolioCut for salons.
Your artistry. Your business.
Salon booking software with a clear brief at every station. Appointments, deposits, AI cut and colour consultations, and your private client formula vault — working together.
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Choose your look
Previewed on the client's own photos
Switching from Booksy or Squire?
Switch in 5 Minutes.
Bring your client list — not a blank address book. Import clients from a ready-to-upload CSV in as little as 60 seconds, then share your new booking link.
CSV and contact-card (.vcf) imports supported. Export and setup times vary. Future appointments are not imported automatically; keep your existing calendar while you transition.
A reference isn't a brief.
Agree on length, layers and framing before the scissors come out.
Your time has value.
Deposits and a card on file give appointments a little more commitment.
One salon. One view.
Keep appointments, client history and chair earnings together.
AI haircut consultation
Today's cut or a longer-term plan.
Clients choose “Cut & style achievable today” for options within their current length, or a grow-out plan for future goals. Front and side photos inform the preview; you assess texture, density and condition before agreeing on the service. The chair sheet puts perimeter, layers, framing and finish in your language.
Colour consultations & formula vault
Your formula. Your professional judgment.
The colour brief is advisory: estimated lift, placement, timing, risk flags and strand or patch-test prompts. It does not prescribe brand formulas or guarantee a colour result. You choose the products and record the actual mix in a staff-only client formula vault for future visits.
AI Quality Check
Grade the Cut.
Snap a photo before they leave the chair. Compare the finished cut with the client's agreed preview — blend, shape and the details that matter.
- Check length, layers and framing against the agreed look
- Catch a perimeter or layer that needs one more pass
- Give newer stylists a shared visual reference for consistent work
AI feedback supports professional judgment; it is not a guarantee or a licensing assessment. The finished-cut check is optional.
The salon, connected / Live demo
From the first inspiration to the next appointment.
- Illustrative demo · Sample people, appointments and records
Atelier / salon
DEMOThe agreed direction
Soft layers. Keep the length.
A clear visual starting point before the appointment.
Built around your work
Beyond the appointment book.
Booking
- 24/7 booking link
- Request approval
- Per-stylist schedules
Payments
- 10% deposits
- Card on file
- Every payment method recorded
AI consultation
- Looks on the client's photos
- Chair sheet: layers, framing, parting
- Grade the Cut AI Quality Check
Growth
- 24/7 AI receptionist: calls & texts
- Salon-wide reports
- CSV client import
Express Lane · regulars
Your usual, rebooked in a tap.
- No consultation, no app download, no password
- Clients get a One-Tap Rebook Link by text — straight to your open times
- Make Me Busy texts regulars when you have openings
- Their last stylist, service and details remembered on their phone
New Look Lane · new clients
Agree the look before they sit.
- Optional AI preview on the client's own photos
- A chair sheet you can actually cut from
- Deposit holds the slot; free cancellation 18+ hours out
For salon owners+
Shop management
Run the whole shop, not just the book.
FolioCut is full shop management software for barbershops and salons: a Chair Register POS with no proprietary hardware to buy or lease, automated booth rent and commission payouts, walk-in rotation, expenses and tax exports — on the phones and tablets you already own.
Chair Register POS
No proprietary hardware required.
- Itemized tickets with add-ons and retail products, built at the chair
- Shop sales tax calculated the same way at booking and checkout
- Charge the card on file, or record cash, Square or another payment
- Deposits and no-show credits applied automatically — runs on the phones and tablets you already own
Automated commission & booth rent payouts
Weekly reports, zero spreadsheets.
- Weekly booth rent, percentage commission or student chairs side by side
- Weekly chair payout and commission reports with CSV export
- Card tips go 100% to the professional; cash tips self-reported
- Each professional keeps a portable booking link and client book
Walk-in rotation
Renters choose to join.
- Walk-in queue for next-available clients
- Rental chairs can opt in to house walk-ins
- Shop sets an agreed flat or percentage walk-in fee
- Clients who ask for a professional by name stay fee-free
Expenses & tax time
Ready for your accountant.
- Track expenses and attach receipt photos or PDFs
- Schedule C categories and product costs (COGS)
- Profit & loss by month or quarter
- One-tap tax pack: PDF summary, CSV and receipt ZIP
The difference
More than an appointment book.
Your chair link and client book belong to you. Wherever you cut, your clients follow you. How ownership works
Run your numbers
Pick the plan that fits your chair.
At a $120 average visit, 5% is $6 a visit — so monthly is cheaper once a chair does 5 or more FolioCut bookings a month.
Estimates only. Deposits are 10% of the service and charged when the client books.
Your chair books / month
$2,598
Walking out the door to no-shows
$208
Deposits + card on file put a cost on ghosting you.
Monthly
$24.95/mo
Cheaper for you
5% per cut
$130/mo
Every FolioCut package
Commission
$0/mo
No monthly fee
5% of completed services booked through FolioCut
Standard
$24.95/mo
$19.95 Founders Rate
Booking, deposits, AI work orders, Grade the Cut, POS & payouts
Front Desk
$49.95/mo
$39.95 Founders Rate
Everything in Standard + AI text receptionist on your own local number
Receptionist
$74.95/mo
$59.95 Founders Rate
Everything in Front Desk + AI voice receptionist that answers calls
Card processing 2.9% + 30¢ at Stripe cost, no markup. Full pricing →
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Name your salon
Type it below. You get your link right away.
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Add services & hours
Your prices, your schedule. Nothing goes live until you say so.
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Share your link
Bio, Instagram, a QR at the station. Bookings and deposits start coming in.
Questions stylists ask
Do my clients have to use the AI?+
No. Clients can book straight from your link. The visual consultation is optional — for clients exploring a new cut or colour who want to agree on the look first.
What does it cost?+
Founding pilot salons get 30 days free. After that, $24.95/month per chair — or $0/month and 5% of completed services booked through FolioCut. At a $120 average visit, monthly is cheaper from 5 bookings a month. Switch any time. A card on file is required to start, and you link a bank account to receive payouts.
I rent a suite or work independently. Does this work for me?+
Yes. Choose an independent studio and you get your own studio and link. Join a salon later and your link comes with you.
Is this also for color consultations?+
Yes. Clients share their colour goal, chemical history, grey and scalp sensitivity. The work order adds a colour strategy — estimated lift, placement, timing and risk flags, with strand and patch test prompts — and you log your real formula in each client's formula vault for next time. You always choose the products.
Can I bring my existing clients?+
Yes — import contacts from a CSV and send them your booking link.
Is there an app?+
Yes — FolioCut is available on the Apple App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android, and the whole app is under 5 MB (about 2.8 MB on iPhone) so a client can download it in seconds right from the chair. It also works in any phone browser, for you and your clients.
Is the deposit the full appointment price?+
No. The 10% deposit is credited toward the service total. For approval-based requests it is authorized first and captured when you confirm. At close-out, collect the remaining balance on the card on file or record cash, Square or another payment. Your service pricing can include processing gaps so availability accounts for colour-development time.
What costs are separate from my plan?+
Card processing is 2.9% plus 30¢ per charge, covered by the professional. Booking consultations have a $1.00 AI usage allowance charged to the professional. These are separate from the monthly or percentage chair plan, and are shown before you start.