Salon software for a UK salon
Everything on this page is what a British salon gets today, in pounds, with the prices read out of the same table the card is charged from. Where something is not built yet it says so.
What is true for a salon in the UK
Four things a salon owner asks before she reads any further. Three of the four answers below are computed from the billing code rather than written here, so this page cannot quote a price the bill does not.
- The money
- Your prices, deposits, card payments and day-close all run in GBP. Card payments and deposits land in the salon's own Stripe account, and Slotora takes 0% of them.
- The language
- The whole product is in English: the diary, the app, your booking page, and every confirmation and reminder your guests are sent.
- Texts to your guests
- An SMS reminder to a UK mobile costs 4 credits a part and is optional — the e-mail confirmation and reminder cost nothing at all. Credits are bought in packs, priced below.
- What the salon pays
- £0 a month for the salon's account, however many people are on the team. Nothing is charged per person and nothing is charged per booking.
What a salon gets
The three things a busy salon cannot get from a diary built for one person, and what is still on the plan. Each one has its own page.
A login for the front desk
The person on reception gets her own login: the whole team's diary, the client book, and payment or a refund at the counter. The salon's takings, the prices and the settings stay with the owner.
Chair rent, with the money kept apart
When somebody rents a chair from you rather than working for you, her takings are hers. The day-close counts the salon's cash and names hers beside it instead of adding the two together.
What you owe each person at month end
One worked statement per person: what she took, what of it is hers, and what the salon keeps. Each person sees her own row and nobody else's.
The rest of the plan
ComingThe parts that are written down and not built yet, each marked so you can tell which is which. Nothing on that list should decide whether you choose Slotora today.
What a text costs a UK salon
Reminders by e-mail are part of the free account. A text is the one your guest reads without opening anything. Texts, and what the AI makes for you, are paid from one credit balance, and the bigger pack makes each credit cheaper.
| Credits | Pack | Each credit |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | £2.00 | £0.0200 |
| 200 | £3.80 | £0.0190 |
| 500 | £9.00 | £0.0180 |
| 1000 | £16.50 | £0.0165 |
A text to a British mobile is 4 credits a part. Credits do not expire and there is no monthly minimum, so a salon that texts nobody pays nothing.
Comparing us with what you pay now
Most UK salons reading this already pay for something. Two pages answer that in pounds rather than in adjectives: one works out a year of Fresha on your own numbers, and the other is the plain head-to-head.
Both are about the booking side, which is the same product underneath — the pages in this cluster are the part a salon gets on top.
- A year of Fresha, worked out on three sliders
- Slotora next to the systems UK salons use
- Fresha, Treatwell, Booksy, Phorest and Timely for a team of five
- What a team costs when nothing is charged per seat
- Switching with your booked appointments
- Self-employed stylists in a UK salon
- A second salon on the same account
- A rota the booking page follows, and holiday asked for in the app
- Colour formulas and patch tests, with a warning on the booking
- A colour and a cut with two stylists, booked online in one go
- One bill at the counter, switched on for your salon on request
- Packages and courses across several services
- Your bookings in Zapier, Make or your bookkeeper's tools
- What is free and what is not
Questions a UK salon asks
Is it really free for a salon with staff?
Yes. The account costs nothing however many people are on the team, and there is no commission on a booking, a deposit or a card payment. What costs money is what you switch on: text credits, the phone receptionist, and the credits the AI spends on a post, a campaign or an image.
Where does the card money go?
Into the salon's own Stripe account, in pounds. Slotora takes none of it; Stripe charges its own processing fee. Deposits and no-show fees are collected the same way, from the card saved at booking.
Can I open a salon account today?
Yes. The salon product has its own sign-up, separate from the one for people working on their own, and it is open in the UK. The account costs nothing, and you can add your team and your hours the same evening.
Do my guests need an app?
No. They book on a page with your own link, on a phone, without installing anything or creating an account. The app is for you and your team, on iPhone and Android.
The rest of this product
The other pages about Slotora for busy salons.
- The team's diary
- Rooms and chairs
- Reports and the log
- Fresha compared
- Treatwell compared
- Timely compared
- More than one location
- No per-seat fee
- UK salon software compared
- Switching software
- Self-employed stylists
- API and webhooks
- Rota and holidays
- Colour records and patch tests
- Two stylists, one visit
- One bill at the counter
- Packages and courses
Set up tonight, take bookings tomorrow
Register, add your services and each colleague's hours, and your booking page is live. No card, no contract, no notice period.