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A booking widget for your salon website

Avana's booking widget adds online booking to the website you already have with one line of code, so clients pick a service and a time without leaving your site. It's in every paid Avana plan, and each appointment goes straight into your Avana calendar.

In every paid planIn your own colorWorks on any website
Putting it on your site

From your website to a full calendar

You copy one line from Avana, paste it on your website and choose your color; the widget then works like your booking page.

Adding it

One line on your site and booking is live

Copy the snippet from Avana and paste it where you want it. It works on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and any other site.

  • No web designer or technical knowledge needed
  • On your home page or a page of its own
  • Adjusts to the width of your page
Your look

In your color, with your own services

Pick one color for the button on your site and the buttons inside the booking screens. On Business Max you can even run booking on your own web address.

  • Your color, with the button on the left or right
  • The same services and prices as your booking page
  • Booking on your own domain, from Business Max
After that

Avana takes care of the rest

The appointment is in your calendar, the client gets their confirmation and the reminder is scheduled. If you take deposits, it's paid in the same step.

  • In your calendar straight away
  • Confirmation and reminder go out by themselves
  • A deposit is paid in the same step
Why on your own site

Fewer clients who give up halfway

Every time a client has to leave your website to book, some of them don't come back. The widget keeps the whole booking on your own site.

Clients stay on your page

Every jump to another site costs you bookings. With booking on your own page, nobody has to go anywhere and they simply finish.

It matches your website

You choose the color of the button and of the booking screens, so it fits in with everything else on your site.

Nothing to maintain

Change a price or your opening hours in Avana and your website shows it straight away. No more calling your web designer for that.

With your own site

Getting more out of booking on your website

People who book on your site end up in the same Avana as every other client, so everything you've already set up works here too.

WidgetOwn domain

Booking on your own web address

Clients book under your name from start to finish. It reads more calmly and feels like your salon.

WidgetDeposit

Paying up front on your own site

If someone books a two-hour color through your site, the deposit is asked for straight away, in the same step and without leaving your site.

WidgetWaitlist

Even a full day still earns something

If the time they wanted is gone, clients can join your waitlist on your site. When someone cancels, the people waiting get an email straight away. From Business Plus.

Pricing

Three plans, and the price is right here

Every plan includes sales tax, takes no commission on your bookings and can be canceled any month. Try Avana free for 7 days, no card needed.

MonthlyYearly save up to $142

Business

For the independent salon that takes bookings seriously.
$20.99/month

$0.70 a day, and no commission on your revenue.

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Business Plus

For the salon that wants every gap in the week filled.
$35.99/month

$1.20 a day. One extra appointment a month covers it.

Start free

Business Max

For the salon that also teaches, with Avana Academy included.
$70.99/month

$2.37 a day, with Avana Academy included.

Start free
  • Mobile app for iPhone and Android
  • 2 extra team members includedEach with their own calendar. After that, $7.99 a month per person.
  • Avana Academy includedSell courses with certificates for your students.
  • Treatment rooms in your calendarAdd the room or chair to each appointment, so two treatments never clash.
  • 5 free SMS a month included
  • Email campaigns
  • Automatic birthday and win-back emails
  • Use your own domain name
  • Your own branding in campaigns
  • Advanced settings
  • Early access to new features

All prices include sales tax. Move to another plan and you only pay the difference.

Questions

The booking widget: common questions

What is a booking widget for a salon website?

A booking widget is your salon's booking screen built into your own website. Clients pick a service and a time without leaving your site, and the appointment goes into your Avana calendar. With Avana the widget is included in every paid plan.

Can I add online booking to my WordPress, Wix or Squarespace site?

Yes, Avana's booking widget works on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and any other website. You copy one line from Avana and paste it on the page where you want booking to appear. If you can fill in a text box on your site, you can do this.

Do I need a web designer to add a booking widget?

No, adding Avana's widget takes no technical help. It's copy and paste, and you can see straight away whether it worked. If you get stuck, get in touch and we'll take a look with you.

Can I match the widget to my brand colors?

Yes, the widget takes on a color you pick. You choose one color for the button on your site and the buttons in the booking screens. If you change it later, the button updates by itself and you don't need to paste the line again.

Is the booking widget included in every Avana plan?

The widget is in every paid plan, starting at $20.99 a month, tax included. Booking on your own web address comes with Business Max. The pricing page lists what each plan includes.

What happens after a client books through my site?

The appointment appears in your Avana calendar straight away, and the client gets the confirmation and later the reminder. If you take deposits, the deposit is paid in the same step.

Does the widget work for a yoga or Pilates studio?

Yes, the same widget works for studios. For a studio, the widget puts your class schedule on your website: members browse the weeks, see how many spots are left and book with their class pass or membership, or buy a single or trial class. If a class is full, they can join the waitlist. Read more about Avana for studios.

Do I need a website to use Avana's booking widget?

Without a website you don't need the widget at all. Your booking page stands on its own and is enough for most salons: share the link in your bio and clients can book.

Is there a service fee, and who pays it?

When a client pays online, a small service fee is part of the price they see from the very first screen: 3% of the booking, at least $1.99 and at most $2.79. You pay nothing on your takings, because Avana charges no commission. That small amount from the client is what lets us pay you out in full, so the whole treatment price stays with you.

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The short answer

What is Avana's booking widget?

Avana's booking widget adds online booking to a salon's own website. You paste in one line of code, and from then on clients choose a service and a time without leaving your site. The widget takes on your own color, appointments go straight into your Avana calendar, and clients automatically get a confirmation and a reminder. The widget is part of every paid plan. For a solo salon, Avana Business costs $20.99 a month, tax included, which is $0.69 a day. Booking on your own web address comes with Avana Business Max, at $70.99 a month.

A booking widget for your website

Building online booking into your own site

If you already have a website, you don't want clients to leave it to book an appointment. Every extra step costs bookings. With Avana's booking widget, booking sits right inside your own site: clients pick a service, see your free times and book without going anywhere else, whether your site runs on WordPress, Wix or Squarespace.

The widget pulls everything from your Avana account, so nothing needs updating twice. Change a price or take a day off, and your site shows it straight away. The appointment lands in your calendar, the confirmation and reminder go out on their own, and a deposit is paid in the same step. On Business Max you can run booking on your own web address.

Without a website, your booking page does the same job on a link you share in your bio. Lots of salons use both: the page for social media and the widget for their site. Plans and prices are listed on the pricing page.

What is a booking widget, and when does a salon need one?

A booking widget is your salon's booking built into your own website. Clients choose a service, a day and a time there and finish the booking without going to another site. You need one if you have a website that clients land on, for example from a search, and you want them to be able to book straight away instead of calling or messaging first.

Avana's widget is for the independent salon with its own site: a hairdresser on WordPress, a nail tech on Wix, a beauty therapist whose web designer built them something. It takes your services, prices and free times from Avana, and every booking lands in the same calendar as your booking page.

How do you add a booking button to WordPress, Wix or Squarespace?

Copy one line from Avana and paste it onto your site. It takes a few minutes and you don't need a web designer.

In your Avana settings, open the booking widget, choose to show it on your website and copy the line. Then pick the platform your site runs on, and Avana shows you where to paste it; on Wix that's under custom code, on Squarespace under code injection. Save, open your site and you'll see a floating button at the bottom. Once someone has visited your site, Avana shows the widget as active with your site's address. If someone else runs your site, you can email them the code in one tap.

Floating button, embedded page or plain link: which suits your site?

For most salons the floating button works best, because it's on every page of your site and stays visible while clients read. A tap opens booking in a window over your site, so they never lose your page.

If your site can't take code on every page, choose to embed it in a page instead: you paste a snippet into an HTML or embed block, for example on a page called Book an appointment. If you just want a link behind your own button, in a newsletter or at the bottom of an email, use the plain link. You can combine them, with the floating button on your site and your booking page link in your Instagram bio, since that page also shows your photos and reviews.

What can you change in the widget itself?

You decide how booking looks and what clients can choose, and every change appears on your site immediately. You never have to paste the line again.

You pick the color and whether the button sits on the left or right. You choose whether clients pay nothing, a deposit or the full amount while booking, which works once online payments are on. You can also let clients book several services at once, choose a team member, see the whole month, or join the waitlist when a day is full (from Business Plus). Your booking rules, opening hours and days off apply in the widget just as on your booking page, and the widget only ever shows services and free times, never client details.

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