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Salon software integrations with Google Calendar, Stripe and Instagram

Avana connects with Google Calendar, Stripe card payments, your Instagram DMs and your own website, so nothing gets filled in twice. The calendar connection, payments and booking widget are in every paid Avana plan.

Switch it on onceMoney in your own bank accountNo technical know-how needed
Works with
  • Google Calendar
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Stripe
  • Instagram
Why connect

Nothing to keep track of twice

Every tool that doesn't talk to your booking system means copying something by hand. Avana's integrations take those jobs away.

Nobody books over your private time

Put the dentist in your Google Calendar and that time is closed in Avana. You never enter it in two places.

The money lands in your own account

Clients pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Avana takes no commission, so the whole amount is yours.

No retyping

Coming from another system? Bring your clients across with an Excel or CSV file instead of typing them in.

Switching it on

Switch on, sign in once, done

Each integration is switched on in Avana's settings with one sign-in, or for the widget one line pasted onto your site.

Your calendar

Private time stays closed by itself

Connect Google Calendar by signing in once. If something private is on, nobody can book you at that time.

  • Sign in to Google once
  • Private events keep your hours closed
  • Appointments on your iPhone or in Outlook too
Payments

Clients pay the way they're used to

Online, clients pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Stripe processes the payment and the money goes to your own bank account.

  • No account for the client to create
  • For deposits too, and for gift cards from Avana Business Plus
  • 0% commission on your takings
No connection needed

Your booking link works everywhere

For your bio, your messages or your own site there's nothing to connect. Paste the same link everywhere, and at your desk it hangs as a QR code.

  • In your Instagram bio and messages
  • Built into your own site
  • As a QR code at your desk or in the window
Everything talks to each other

Where a connection really saves you work

Each connection takes away one job you'd otherwise do yourself.

Google CalendarYour hours

Nobody books over your private time

Put something private in Google Calendar and that time is closed in Avana straight away. You don't enter it twice.

InstagramAvana Connect

From a DM to an appointment

Your link is in your bio, and with Connect a question in your DMs gets an answer straight away. The client books in the same conversation.

Your websiteThe widget

Booking without leaving your site

If you have your own site, booking sits right in the middle of it. A booking from your site, your bio or the code at your desk lands in the same calendar.

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.

Start free
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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.

Add-ons when you need them

Three things you can add on their own

On the same bill as your plan, and you can stop any month.

Avana Connect

Link your Instagram once. From then on, an assistant answers client messages with your own prices and free times, and clients can book right there in the chat.

$12.99a month
Add Avana Connect

Avana Academy

Sell your own course to people who want to learn your craft. You record the lessons once, the practical day sits in your calendar and certificates go out on their own.

$11.99a month
Add the Academy

An extra team member

Someone joins you on Tuesdays and Saturdays? Add them with their own hours and their own column in the calendar, and clients can book with them by name.

$7.99a month
Add a team member
Questions

Integrations: the details

What apps can I connect to Avana?

Avana connects to your Google Calendar, and with a calendar link your iPhone, Mac or Outlook calendar too. Online payments run by card, Apple Pay and Google Pay through Stripe. With Avana Connect you connect your Instagram messages, and the booking widget works on any website.

Can I connect Google Calendar to Avana?

Yes, by signing in to Google once. From then on your private events keep your working hours closed in Avana, so no client books over them, and your Avana appointments appear in a calendar of their own in Google. More on Google Calendar.

Can I connect Outlook or my iPhone calendar?

Yes, with a calendar link you create in Avana's integration settings and add once to Outlook or your iPhone or Mac calendar. Your appointments then appear there and your calendar app refreshes them on its own, usually within the hour on an iPhone or Mac and a few times a day in Outlook. To have private events close your working hours, connect Google Calendar.

Which payment methods can salon clients use online?

Clients pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, without creating an account. Stripe processes the payment and pays the money into your own bank account, and Avana takes 0% commission. More on payments.

Do I need technical skills to connect things?

No. In Avana you flip a switch and sign in once to the service you want to connect; for the widget you paste one line onto your site. If you get stuck, contact us and we'll help.

Can I bring my client list from another system?

Yes, Avana imports client lists from other systems. Export your clients, appointments, services or products from your current system as Excel or CSV and import them in Avana's settings. Avana works out which column is which, and nobody gets an email during the import. More on the switching page.

Are the integrations included in every Avana plan?

The calendar connection, online payments and the booking widget are in every paid plan, starting at $20.99 a month, tax included. Avana Connect is an add-on at $12.99 a month. See the pricing page.

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 does Avana work with?

Avana connects with what a salon already uses, so nothing is done twice. You connect Google Calendar by signing in once: private events keep your working hours closed and your appointments appear in Google too, and with a calendar link in your iPhone, Mac or Outlook calendar. Clients pay online by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe, with the money paid into your own bank account and no commission. The booking widget adds booking to any website, and with Avana Connect an assistant answers your Instagram messages. For a solo salon, Avana Business costs $20.99 a month, tax included, which is $0.69 a day.

Integrations for salons

A booking system that fits with what you already use

A new system is only useful if it fits around the rest of your day. That's why Avana's integrations focus on what salons really use: your calendar, your payments, your Instagram and your website. No technical knowledge needed.

You connect Google Calendar by signing in once. From then on, private events block your working hours and your Avana appointments show up in Google. Online payments run through Stripe by card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, including deposits, and the money goes to your own bank account. Your invoices are created after each appointment and can be downloaded for your bookkeeper each month.

Your booking link doesn't need connecting at all: it works in your Instagram bio, in messages, as a QR code at your desk and built into your own site with the booking widget. To have your DMs answered automatically, add Avana Connect. Coming from another system? See the switching page and the pricing page.

Which integrations does a salon booking system need?

Mainly your calendar, your payments and your bookkeeping, because that's where you'd otherwise do things twice. A self-employed hairdresser, nail tech, beauty therapist or barber often has a private calendar on their phone, a bank account the money needs to reach, and someone who asks for the figures every quarter. When those are separate, you retype appointments, chase payments and occasionally miss a private appointment that clashes with a client.

Avana works with Google Calendar and your iPhone, Mac or Outlook calendar, with Stripe for online payments, and with Instagram through Avana Connect. You don't need any technical skills: you flip a switch or sign in once. Your booking link itself works everywhere without connecting anything.

How do you get salon appointments into Google Calendar, Outlook or your iPhone?

For Google Calendar, open the integration settings and continue with Google. A calendar called Avana appears in Google with all your appointments, updating within a minute. Switch on the option that busy time in Google closes Avana, and nobody can book online while there's something private in your main calendar.

For your iPhone, Mac or Outlook calendar, create your calendar link in the same settings. On an iPhone or Mac you add it and subscribe; in Outlook you subscribe to it from the web. Avana updates that link within ten minutes and your calendar app fetches it at its own pace. A calendar link only shows appointments, though; to have private events close your hours, you need the Google connection.

How do you connect online payments to your booking system?

Switch on online payments in your payment settings. You fill in your details with Stripe, Avana's payment partner, with your business details, bank account and photo ID to hand. It takes about five minutes, and while Stripe checks your details, clients keep booking and paying at the salon.

After that, clients pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay while booking. The money goes to your own bank account automatically on working days, and Avana takes 0% commission. The same connection handles deposits and, from Business Plus, gift cards and products, so you don't set anything up separately for each.

How do you move your data from another salon system?

Use the export files from your old system, as Excel or CSV. You import them yourself in Avana's settings. Avana reads files with clients, appointments, services or products from any system and works out which column is which. Tips, past product sales, payments and locations don't come across.

Afterwards, check your services, prices and opening hours, make a test booking and only then share your new link. Put it in your Instagram bio, add the booking widget to your site and replace the old code at your desk, and every new booking lands in the same calendar.

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