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An empty chair doesn’t pay the booth rent.
Missed cuts, twelve months
$1,920
$40 a cut × 4 missed a month × 12, or $160 a month. Your figures, our multiplication.
A gap in the book is money you cannot make back. Sessurely takes a deposit, holds a card, charges the no-show for you, and hands the freed-up slot to your waitlist.
Want late cancels and your own deposit rules in it? Open the full calculator.
A barber’s booking page, on their own link. Demonstration shop.
The business you are actually in
A chair is perishable. The two o’clock expires at two o’clock and cannot be sold at ten past.
Which is why a no-show is not rudeness. It is a cost.
A Tuesday in your chair
Left is how it goes now. Right is the same Tuesday with a deposit and a policy behind it.
Today
What it costs you
With Sessurely
What changes
Today
The two o’clock doesn’t show.You text twice. Nothing back. Forty minutes of chair time gone and the booth rent does not care.
With Sessurely
The two o’clock doesn’t show, and the fee is already charged.The $20 deposit is forfeited to your Stripe balance before you have finished sweeping up.
Today
A regular cancels at nine, for a ten o’clock.Technically that is notice. Practically the chair is dead and you are not filling it before ten.
With Sessurely
Nine for a ten is inside your window, so it is charged like a no-show.You set twelve hours once. A late cancel and an empty chair cost you the same hour, so they are treated the same.
Today
“You free Thursday?” arrives while your hands are busy.Four messages later there is still no time in the book, and you have lost your rhythm twice.
With Sessurely
They pick from your link and it is booked.Your page, your prices, your deposit rules. Nobody needs you to answer a DM to get into the chair.
Today
A cancel opens a hole at three.You put it on your story and hope somebody is free at short notice and near enough to get here.
With Sessurely
The waitlist is offered it.The next person in line is told the slot is free, automatically, usually before you have noticed the gap.
Today
You cannot remember his usual.Number one on the sides or number two. You ask, he says “same as last time”, and it lands badly.
With Sessurely
It is on his record.Last cut, the fade length, the beard trim he adds on. Written once, in front of you every time he sits down.
Today
Charging a no-show fee means asking a grown man for money for nothing.So you do not. And the policy taped up by the mirror quietly stops meaning anything at all.
With Sessurely
Nobody has to ask. The card was authorised at booking.The awkward part happened in writing, weeks earlier, when he agreed to the policy on your page.
Deposits, the card on file, no-show and late-cancel fees, packages and gift cards, follow-ups drafted for you, and a freed slot offered to your waitlist on its own are part of Pro. Starter keeps the booking page, the client book, intake forms, a waitlist you offer by hand, and email and text reminders, free with no clock on it. Compare the plans.
What a $20 deposit on a $40 cut is worth
One sum, at barber prices, that you can check on the back of an appointment card.
Four missed cuts a month
$1,920
A year of empty chairs at $40 a cut. Nothing recovers any of it, because there was nothing held.
With a $20 deposit on each
$960
Forfeited to you across the same year, on the card the client agreed to at booking. Stripe’s processing and our 2% come off that, line by line here.
Pro, for the year
$599.99
An effective $49.99 a month. Two recovered no-shows a month more than cover it at these prices.
Arithmetic, not a forecast. Most of the value is that fewer people miss at all once a deposit is attached, and that is deliberately not in these figures because we cannot measure it for your shop.
Day one
What to set, and then leave alone
A deposit that gets noticed
$10 to $20 on a $40 appointment is enough to make someone turn up or tell you they can’t. It counts toward the price, so nobody pays extra to book. Keep a quick line-up free if you like.
Twelve to twenty-four hours
A fair window for a chair you could refill, and short enough that regulars never trip over it. Inside it, a late cancel is charged the fee you set. Outside it, they move themselves and nothing is charged.
Then nothing
Reminders go out before every appointment. The waitlist offers a freed-up slot to the next person. Follow-ups are drafted so a client who has not been in for six weeks gets a nudge instead of forgetting you.
None of this is a tactic you can run from a notebook. A deposit needs a payment processor, and a no-show fee needs a card that was authorised at booking. That is the part software has to do. How the charge works.
Never the same word twice
A saved card is not a payment. You should never have to wonder which one you have.
Deposit paid
$20 taken · counts toward the $65
Money already in your Stripe account, set aside for that appointment. It comes off what he owes on the day.
Card held
$0 taken · $65 on the card
Nothing charged. The card is saved and only used if he misses the chair or cancels inside your window.
No deposit
$0 · nothing to charge
If he doesn’t arrive, the hour is simply gone. This is the state every other booking link leaves you in.
Different words, different borders, and the amount on every row. Your accent colour is yours to choose, which is exactly why colour never carries the meaning on its own.
More than no-show protection
No-show protection is where most barbers start. Sessurely runs the whole chair: your own booking page, a calendar that stays in sync, and a real client book with history, notes and photos. Add your services and deposits, sell gift cards and packages. Reminders go out on their own, and follow-ups are drafted for you to approve.
You keep what you earn. There is no commission on your appointments, money goes straight to your own Stripe account, and your clients are always yours.
Pricing
Free for everyone, with no clock on it.
Starter does not expire and never asks for a card. We would rather be paid when appointment protection actually produces money than charge you for a calendar.
So when it produces money, we take 2% of a deposit or a no-show fee, capped at $10.
Nothing on your cut prices. Nothing on packages or gift cards. Nothing added to what your client pays.
Starter
Free for everyone
Start on StarterNo card. No trial clock. It does not expire. Your booking page, client book, calendar, intake forms, a waitlist, email reminders and 100 texts a month to U.S. numbers.
Pro
Free for 7 days$69.99/mo
Get paid with ProOr $599.99 a year, an effective $49.99 a month. Deposits, no-show and late-cancel fees, card on file, packages, gift cards, and unlimited texts to U.S. numbers. Follow-ups are drafted for you to approve, never sent on your behalf.
FAQ
Questions from barbers
Can I take a deposit for a haircut?
Yes. Put a deposit on any service and Sessurely collects it at booking. Keep quick consultations free if you like.
What about walk-ins?
Your booking link handles appointments and walk-ins still work as always. Many barbers use the link to lock in regulars and fill quiet hours.
How much deposit should I ask for on a cut?
Most barbers set a small one. $10 to $20 on a $40 cut is enough to make someone turn up or tell you they can't. It counts toward the price, so nobody is paying extra to book.
Will a deposit put my regulars off?
Rarely. Your regulars are the ones who already show up, so the deposit costs them nothing and takes two taps. You can also keep a service deposit-free and protect only the longer ones.
I rent a chair in someone else's shop. Is this for me?
Yes. If you set your own prices and keep what you charge, this is built for you. The account is yours, not the building's: your booking page, your clients, your policy and your prices stay separate from whoever else works in the room, and you can export everything we hold in one file on any plan.
I am on commission at a shop. Is this for me?
Probably not yet, and we would rather say so. The deposit, the no-show fee and the cancellation window would be your employer's decisions rather than yours, and those are the parts of Sessurely that do the work. When you go independent, this is here.
Get started
That $1,920 is still sitting in your book.
Set your page up in minutes and let Sessurely protect every appointment. Start free on Starter with no card and no trial clock. Pro is $69.99/mo, or $599.99/yr for an effective $49.99/mo, and free for your first 7 days.