Instagram and Facebook booking for salons in Canada
Your next client probably finds you on Instagram, scrolls your work, and then has to message you to ask whether you have anything Friday. Slotora shortens that to one tap: a booking link in your bio and on your Page that opens your real availability, and posts written from your own services and prices that you can publish without leaving Slotora.
Start free for 14 daysOne link, in the places people tap
Your booking page has one address. Put it everywhere a client might decide to book.
Instagram bio
Edit profile, then the Website or Links field, and paste your booking link. Say “link in bio” in your posts and stories, because that is where people look.
Your Facebook Page
Facebook's Book now button only opens its own partner scheduling tools, and Slotora is not one of them yet. Choose a button that opens a website, such as Learn more or Contact us, and put the link in the Intro and a pinned post too — those get tapped more than the button.
Google Business Profile
Paste the link into the booking link field of your profile and a Book button appears on your Google and Maps listing, usually within a few days.
On paper, too
Print the QR code for the mirror, the front window or a card in the gift bag. Clients scan it and land on the same page.
Posts written from what you actually sell
Choose a goal — fill a slow week before the long weekend, bring back the clients who drifted after the holidays, show off a new service — and Slotora writes the Instagram caption with its hashtags and a Facebook post that reads as sentences. It works from your own services, prices in Canadian dollars and opening hours, so the post says something only your salon could say.
Edit it until it sounds like you, then pick a photo from your own gallery. Writing a post uses 2 credits, a picture drawn from a sentence uses 6, and the figure is on the button before you press it. Credits are priced in Canadian dollars, and the ones you buy do not expire.
From draft to your feed
Connect once; after that each post is one button.
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Connect your Page and your Instagram account
You sign in with Facebook and choose the Page and the Instagram professional account Slotora may post to. Linking gives permission, not instructions.
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Turn on only what you want
Separate switches decide what Slotora may actually do — publish a post you approved, post a free time in your diary — and every one of them starts off.
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Publish
The post you approved goes to your Page without you opening Facebook. For Instagram, choose a photo first: Instagram refuses a post without a picture, and Slotora tells you before you press the button rather than after.
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Let the empty hour post itself, if you like
With its switch on, a gap in tomorrow's diary goes to your Page with a link that books exactly that time, and is taken down once someone books it.
Where social media still needs you
Meta's platforms set some of the limits here, and we would rather you heard them from us.
- No Book now button on Facebook
- Until Meta lists Slotora among its booking partners, the link goes in a Learn more or Contact us button, your Intro and a pinned post.
- Instagram captions do not carry a working link
- In our experience Instagram does not make a web address in a caption tappable. That is why the bio link matters, and why posts say “link in bio”.
- Some Instagram posts cannot be taken back
- Slotora can delete what it posted on Facebook, but it is not yet allowed to delete Instagram posts. A free-time post on Instagram stays up after the time is booked; your booking page tells anyone who arrives late.
- Slotora does not grow your following
- It writes, publishes and links. Reaching new people on Instagram is still about your work and how often you post.
Questions about Instagram, Facebook and bookings
Do clients need an account to book from Instagram?
No. The link opens your booking page, where they pick a service, a person and a time, and leave a name and an email. No app to install and nothing to sign up for.
Can I post to Instagram straight from Slotora?
Yes, once your Instagram professional account is connected and its switch is on. Pick a photo from your gallery and the caption goes with it.
Does Slotora post anything without asking me?
Only the free-time post, and only if you switch it on. Everything else waits for you to approve and press publish.
What do the AI-written posts cost?
2 credits for a written post and 6 for a drawn picture, shown on the button before it runs. Linking your accounts, publishing and the free-time post cost nothing.
Will the prices in my posts be in Canadian dollars?
Yes. A post is written from the prices on your own service menu, and a Canadian salon's menu is in Canadian dollars.
Make every scroll one tap from a booking
Put your link in your bio, connect your Page, and let the next post be written from your own menu.