Cancelled slot recovery

The empty chair now advertises itself

A client cancelled? Slotora spots the freed-up slot, knows which treatment fits it and what it costs, and — if you switch it on — can advertise it on Facebook and Instagram by itself. The guest does not land on a general booking page. They land on that exact appointment.

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It knows when the slot came free

The diary and the availability engine are the same system, so a cancellation is known the moment it happens — not when somebody remembers to check.

It knows what fits

It will not advertise a 90-minute treatment for a 45-minute gap. The service in the post is one that can actually be done in the time that is free.

It knows the price

The post carries the real treatment and the real price — including a stylist's own price override, so nobody is quoted a figure they will not be charged.

It can publish it

Straight to your Facebook Page, and to Instagram with your logo, from inside Slotora. You connect the accounts once and turn the switch on.

It takes the guest to the exact slot

No hunting for the treatment, the day and the time again. The link opens the booking page with that one appointment already selected.

When it fills, it closes

The moment somebody books the time, the Facebook post is deleted — so five people do not message about one chair and four are not disappointed.

Cancellation → post → booking. And you do nothing in between.

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Sound familiar?

Somebody cancels at 2pm. You reach for your phone and put up a story: “2pm tomorrow just came free! Anyone? 🙏” And then:

  • five people message you
  • one of them has already booked it
  • you have to write back to four people and apologise
  • the post is still up
  • and you were trying to work

A booking system should handle this too. Not just when you have a free slot — but helping you fill it.

How it runs, start to finish

  1. A client cancelsThursday 14:00 comes free
  2. Slotora notices60 minutes of free time
  3. Slotora advertises it“Thursday at 14:00 — gel refill, £25. Book →”
  4. A new guest books itOne tap, straight into that slot
  5. The slot is fullPromotion closed

The cancelled appointment became revenue again.

What we will not pretend

The takedown runs every fifteen minutes, so a Facebook post can outlive its slot by up to a quarter of an hour. Deleting a published Instagram post needs a Meta permission we have not been granted yet, so those stay up — which is why anyone arriving late is told on the booking page that the time has gone, and shown what else is free that day. At most one post a day per salon, and only when the day already has work in it: a quiet diary should not be announced.

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