Salon Booking Software That Fills Your Chair

Running a salon means you're paying for a stack of software that barely talks to each other: Fresha or Timely for bookings, Xero for invoicing, Mailchimp for email campaigns, and maybe Podium or Google Business tools for review management. Each subscription adds up, and you still end up copying client details between systems or manually reconciling your till at the end of the day. OneBookPlus brings bookings, client management, invoicing, reminders, review requests, and marketing into one platform built specifically for Australian hair salons, beauty studios, barbers, and spas.

The system is designed around the client journey. A new customer finds your booking page through Instagram, Google, or your website and books an appointment online, choosing their service, preferred stylist, and a time that suits them. They receive an automatic confirmation email immediately. Twenty-four hours before the appointment, OneBookPlus sends a reminder to reduce no-shows. When they arrive, you can see their full profile: previous visits, colour formulas, allergy notes, preferred products, and any special instructions. After the service, you process payment and send a GST-compliant invoice. Then OneBookPlus automatically sends a polite review request with a direct link to your Google Business listing.

Your Daily Workflow

Imagine a busy Saturday. You arrive at the salon and open your OneBookPlus dashboard: sixteen appointments booked across three stylists, two of which came in overnight through your online booking page. A regular client messages asking to reschedule her balayage. You pull up her profile, see her colour history and preferred stylist, and move the appointment in two taps. She gets an updated confirmation automatically. Walk-ins during the day are added to the schedule with a quick tap. At checkout, each service is invoiced with GST calculated automatically. End of day: you close the till, check your dashboard: $3,400 across card and cash, twelve clients served, two no-shows flagged. On Monday, you send a bulk review request to Saturday's clients. The invites go out automatically, timed to land when the visit is still fresh.

Bank Feeds & Accounting

Connect your business bank account and OneBookPlus pulls in transactions daily. Card payments from your terminal are matched to invoices automatically. Cash takings are logged at end of day and reconciled against your bank deposit. Product expenses, rent, and supplier costs are tracked and categorised so you can see your real salon profitability, not just turnover. GST is calculated on every invoice and expense. When BAS time arrives, export a clean summary of GST collected and GST paid in one click. No more weekend spreadsheet sessions or shoebox accounting.

Getting Started

Sign up in under five minutes. No credit card, no lock-in contract. Add your services, durations, prices, and team members. Upload your logo and customise your booking page colours to match your salon branding. Share the booking link on your Instagram bio, Facebook page, and Google Business profile. Most salons receive their first online booking within a day of going live. The free plan supports up to 250 contacts, 10 invoices a month, and automated reminders, enough to test the system on real appointments before upgrading. Paid plans start at a fraction of what Fresha charges in per-booking commissions.

Most salon software stops at the front desk. The bookings look after themselves, but the money side still means a separate accounting subscription, a shoebox for the bookkeeper, or a Sunday night with a spreadsheet. OneBookPlus treats salon accounting as part of the same workflow as the appointment book: every checkout becomes a GST-compliant invoice, every colour order or rent payment is an expense against the business, and the reports draw on live figures rather than a month-old export.

Bookkeeping that mostly does itself

Connect your business bank account and transactions flow in daily. Card settlements from your terminal match against invoices, cash takings reconcile against the bank deposit, and supplier costs (colour, foils, retail stock, rent) are categorised as they arrive. GST is calculated on every sale and every expense, so the BAS summary is ready when the quarter closes, and profit and loss shows what each month actually made after product costs, not just turnover. See the finance and accounting features for the full picture, or sanity-check a quarter with the GST calculator.

Payroll and the Hair and Beauty Award

Wages are the biggest line in most salons, and the Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2020 makes them fiddly: classification levels for stylists, apprentices and beauty therapists, penalty rates, and super on top. OneBookPlus includes payroll with PAYG withholding calculated to the current ATO tax schedules, Single Touch Payroll (STP Phase 2) reporting and super guarantee accrual, plus commission tracking per stylist on the Growth plan. You set the pay rates, and the Hair and Beauty Award rates guide keeps the current classification minimums on hand while you do. The result is one login where the Saturday takings, the stylist wages and the BAS all agree with each other.