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Online booking for your salon, live this afternoon

Avana gives your salon its own online booking page, where clients see your services, prices and free times and book themselves, even when you're closed. Every booking lands straight in your calendar, and you don't need a website.

No website neededClients book without an account0% commission on your takings
Why let clients book themselves

Your calendar fills up while you're busy working

Many clients want to book the evening, when you're not answering the phone. Your booking page takes those bookings for you.

No website required

Your services, prices, photos and free times sit on one page under your name. For most salons that's their whole presence online.

The "any space tomorrow?" messages stop

No more answering the same question ten times a day between clients. People see what's free and lock it in themselves.

Your clients stay yours

On your own page it's just you, with no salon down the road listed next to you. No commission comes off your prices.

How it comes together

From a blank screen to your first booking in one afternoon

You add your services and hours in Avana, share one link, and clients book from it on any phone or computer.

Your services

Add what you do, with your own times and prices

Each service gets a name, a length and a price. Avana then works out which times still fit, so a three-hour balayage never lands in a one-hour gap.

  • As many services as you like, in your own groups
  • A different length and price for each
  • Extras like a blow-dry offered as an option
Your link

Share it wherever your clients already are

You get your own link with your salon name in it. Put it in your bio, send it in a message and print it as a QR code by your mirror.

  • In your Instagram and TikTok bio
  • As a QR code at the front desk or in the window
  • Clients don't have to download anything
The booking

Clients book themselves, long after you've closed

Your page is open day and night. A client picks a time, you get a notification, and the appointment is in your calendar before you've even read it.

  • Two clients can never book the same slot
  • The client gets an instant confirmation with your address
  • Rescheduling and canceling within your rules
What fills your page

Three things that make your booking page worth more

Your page brings in bookings on its own. Add one of these and it also wins back hours you'd otherwise have lost.

Booking pageReminders

People who book themselves also turn up

The confirmation goes out after booking and the reminder before the appointment. If it no longer suits, the client reschedules and your slot is free again.

Booking pageDeposit

A long slot is secured before they walk in

The client picks the time and pays the deposit in the same step, with no payment request afterwards. If nobody comes, you keep the deposit.

Booking pageAvana Connect

An 11pm message becomes an appointment

Someone asks in your DMs what something costs. The assistant answers with your price and your free times, and one tap opens your booking page with everything filled in.

What's on it

Everything a client wants to know, on one page

Avana's booking page comes with all of this from day one; anything that needs a bigger plan is marked.

Also on your page

  • Your own cancellation rules
  • Client reviews
  • Discount codes for quiet hours
  • A waitlist when you're full, from Business Plus
  • Gift cards for sale, from Business Plus
  • How far ahead clients can book
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

Your booking page: what people ask

What is an online booking page for a salon?

An online booking page is the part of your booking system that clients see: your own page where they book an appointment themselves. They see your services, prices and free times, pick a moment and get an instant confirmation. In Avana every salon gets a page in its own name, and every booking goes straight into your calendar.

Do I need a website to take online bookings?

No. Your Avana booking page stands on its own and is the only online presence many salons need. If you already have a website, you can add booking to it with the booking widget.

How do I set up online booking for my salon?

You can set up your booking page in Avana in an afternoon: add your services, enter your hours and share your link. There's nothing to install and you don't have to wait for anyone's approval.

Can I put my booking link in my Instagram bio?

Yes, your Avana booking link is made for that. Put it in your bio, send it in a message or print it as a QR code for your mirror. Anyone who taps it can book straight away in their browser.

What does an online booking page cost with Avana?

Your Avana booking page is part of every plan, starting at $20.99 a month, tax included, with no commission on your takings. You can try Avana free for 7 days first, and the pricing page shows what each plan includes.

Will I be listed next to other salons, like on a marketplace?

No. On your own booking page it's just you, with your own link and your own clients, and you pay nothing per booking. If your page is set to public, your salon can appear in Avana's listings for your town; if you'd rather not, choose link-only visibility.

Do bookings go into my calendar automatically?

Yes. Every Avana booking appears in your calendar straight away and you get a notification. There's nothing to copy across, and two clients can never book the same slot.

Can clients reschedule or cancel themselves?

Yes, clients can reschedule or cancel in Avana within the rules you set. You decide how late that's allowed and what happens if someone cancels late, in your cancellation policy.

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.

Question not answered here? Send it to us and a real person at Avana will answer it.

The short answer

What is Avana's booking page?

Avana is an online booking system for salons that gives you your own booking page, where clients book appointments themselves day and night. You add your services, prices and working hours, share one link, and every booking goes straight into your calendar with an automatic confirmation for the client. You don't need your own website and most salons are live in an afternoon. For a solo salon, Avana Business costs $20.99 a month, tax included, which is $0.69 a day. Avana takes 0% commission on your service prices.

Online booking for salons

Taking bookings online without a website of your own

An online booking system for your salon does more than hold a time slot. It shows what you do, what it costs and when you're free, and it takes over the back-and-forth messaging. In Avana every salon gets that page in its own name, whether you run a hair salon, a nail studio, a barbershop or a beauty salon.

The big difference from a marketplace is who the client belongs to. On a marketplace you're in a list next to the salons around you, and a share of bookings goes to the platform. Your Avana page sits on your own link, your client details stay yours and we take nothing from your service price. How clients pay online in advance is covered under payments, and for long services you can ask for a deposit.

If you work alone, this is often all you need: your link in your bio, a QR code at your desk and your calendar on your phone. As you grow, you add an extra pair of hands or build booking into your own site with the booking widget. The pricing page shows what comes with each plan.

What is an online booking page, and do you need one?

An online booking page is a page of your own where clients choose a service and a time without you having to be there. They see what you do, what it costs and when you're available, and they book. You need one as soon as you notice you're answering messages about free slots between clients, or losing people because you could only reply in the evening.

Avana is made for the independent salon: the hairdresser, nail tech, beauty therapist, barber or massage therapist who often works alone. Every salon gets a page with its own link. Whatever clients book appears in your calendar at once, they get a confirmation automatically, and the same slot can never be taken twice. If you already have a website, add booking to it with the booking widget.

How do you get your booking page live in an afternoon?

Start with what you offer and when you're there, and share your link last. That way nobody lands on an empty page. In Avana it's five steps, on your phone or laptop.

First add your services with a price and a length. Then set your opening hours for each day, including your break. Check your name, photos and description on your page settings, and add your address and town, because your page isn't online until it has a location. Make one test booking yourself, exactly as a client would. If everything looks right, copy your link and put it in your bio. Online payments aren't needed to start; switch them on later if you want to take a deposit.

What should be on a booking page so people actually book?

Whatever a client wants to know before committing to a time: what you do, roughly what it costs and what your work looks like. A missing price or a list without photos makes people hesitate, and when they hesitate they message you anyway.

A nail tech puts photos of their own sets in the portfolio and says how long an fill takes. A hairdresser who charges by length shows a "from" price for color. A beauty therapist with a new treatment adds intake questions, so you know what to expect. To tell clients something like where to park, write a short welcome message; your cancellation rules and how clients pay are added to the page automatically.

Who can see your booking page, and how do clients find it?

You decide, with three settings. Public means your page can be found in search engines and in Avana's listings for your town, and anyone can book. Link-only means your page can't be found but anyone with your link can book. Private takes your page offline so nobody books online, while your calendar and client list keep working.

Most new bookings come through places your clients already are. Put your link in your Instagram bio and your Google Business Profile, send it to your regulars and display the QR code at your desk, so people paying can book their next visit straight away. If you get lots of questions in your DMs, Avana Connect answers them with your free times.

Get your salon taking bookings this afternoon

Create your booking page, set your hours and share your link. Avana is free for the first 7 days.

Set up your booking page