Barber Booking Software for Bookings, Walk-Ins & the Till

Most barbers got into the trade for the craft, not the admin — chasing no-shows on text, scrawling walk-ins on a sticky note, juggling a card reader and a cash drawer, and trying to remember whose punch card was on its ninth cut. OneBookPlus pulls the whole shop into one app so the business runs itself around your chair. Here's how every part of a barbershop day comes together.

Bookings & the Walk-In Queue

New clients find you on Instagram, Google, or a mate's recommendation, and land on your branded booking page. They pick a barber, a service — skin fade, beard trim, hot-towel shave, kids' cut — and a time that suits, on your real-time availability. You can require a deposit at booking so the slot is genuinely locked in. But barbershops live on walk-ins too, and OneBookPlus runs a live walk-in queue right alongside the appointment book: add a walk-in, the system SMSs them their place in line so they can wait at the café instead of the doorway, and when your booked client's done the next walk-in is already at the top of the list. A busy Saturday with both booked clients and a stream of walk-ins stays calm and visible instead of chaotic.

Deposits & No-Show Protection

No-shows are the quiet killer of a barbershop's day — an empty 9am chair is revenue you never get back. OneBookPlus lets you take a deposit at the time of booking, set a cancellation window, and automatically charge late cancellations or no-shows so the cost lands on the client, not on you. A clear, enforced policy does most of the work: once clients know a deposit is on the line, they turn up or they reschedule properly. Combined with automatic SMS and email reminders a day before and an hour before, the empty-chair problem largely disappears.

Point of Sale & Retail

When the cut's done, you take payment at the chair. Tap the client's card on your phone with tap-to-pay POS — no separate terminal — and add any retail to the same sale, whether that's a tin of pomade, a bottle of beard oil, or a wax. Every sale produces a GST-compliant receipt with your ABN, texted to the client on the spot, and both service and retail takings flow into one set of books rather than a card reader on one side and a cash tin on the other. At close, the day's total reconciles itself, with tips tracked per barber so the end-of-day split is fair and obvious.

Loyalty, Rosters & Growth

Keeping a chair full is about regulars coming back and new clients finding you. The digital loyalty card replaces the cardboard punch card — a reward like a free tenth cut applies itself automatically, so regulars feel looked after without anyone tracking tallies by hand. For multi-barber shops, you can roster each barber, let them see their own chair schedule, and approve shift swaps from your phone. After a great cut, OneBookPlus can automatically request a Google review at the right moment, so your five-star reputation does the selling when someone searches "barber near me." Email and SMS campaigns bring quiet clients back with an offer, and the dashboard shows exactly where the shop stands — bookings, takings, retention — at any point in the day.

Getting Started

Sign up free — no credit card, no lock-in. OneBookPlus pre-configures your account for a barbershop with typical services and durations, your booking page, and an invoice template that carries your ABN. Import your client list via CSV from Square, Fresha, Booksy, or a spreadsheet, add your barbers, and set your deposit and cancellation rules. Most barbers have their booking link in their Instagram bio within minutes of signing up, and switching from a Square-plus-loyalty-plus-accounting stack typically takes a single evening — with the commission and add-on fees back in your own pocket.