The revolutionary new Shortcuts online booking platform includes a total makeover and new features that make online booking as easy and simple as your clients require.
Clients are booking in different ways and salons need to keep up with those needs to allow them to self-serve. Shortcuts’ data shows that over 56 per cent of clients are trying to book outside of business hours, which means that if you don’t offer these capabilities, your competitors will take that business opportunity from you.
Online booking is the most efficient way a client can book with your salon – putting the booking and admin in the clients’ hands while boosting your bottom line. The new Shortcuts system is an intuitive, industry-specific, and revolutionary online booking experience, connecting guests with their favourite salon.
“There is always a hesitation with starting online booking in the past, because of the fear technology couldn’t work with my appointment book effectively, but with Shortcuts’ new online booking platform, I have control over what my clients see. Now I can’t wait to open the salon in the morning and see all the bookings that have come in overnight – and I didn’t lift a finger,” shared Emma, owner of C’Ba Hair in Capalaba, Queensland.
The company’s new online booking tool evolves Shortcuts’ original online booking platform, which was one of the first to market over 10 years ago, merging insights from this site with evolving customer trends and the user experience. It also draws insights online booking tools across other industries and service models to deliver an intuitive design and inimitable booking experience for clients.
Features include the ability to customise the booking experience to suit your business, from setting how far in advance clients can book, to which services and stylists can be booked online. The platform can also capture accurate client data and system syncing to ensure all mandatory fields are entered and up-to-date into their Shortcuts client profile, for consistent, ideal systems all the time. The site additionally allows for one-time time payment card collections so salons have the option to take deposits or the full payment upfront, becoming an important tool against no-shows and late cancellations.
Shortcuts sees this system as an extension of the salon brand, meaning use and aesthetic is paramount. It has been rated 5 stars for usability and can be fully customised with the salon’s imagery and colours, for both desktop and mobile. It also has the flexibility to easily sync with and accommodate existing salon websites, social media accounts or apps.
Ease of use for clients is similarly a focus, and clients can therefore book for themselves or on behalf of another person, at any time, from any location, with a few simple clicks.
Putting the business side of the salon into tech so you can focus on the creative aspects of the business you love, Shortcuts’ modern and new online booking platform ensures your salon is where it should be in 2022, with a user-friendly, client-focused, business-building system that makes you money at any hour.
Experience it first at https://www.shortcuts.com.au/online-booking/sneak-peek/