Phones ringing while you’re with a client
The cut stops. The caller wants a time. The person in the chair waits.
Appointment operations
AppointHiveSchedule smarter.Operate better.
Run your chair, not your inbox. Booking, the live floor, and staff pay in one product for barber shops and salons.
The floor today
Three things that steal the chair.
Staff asking who’s next
Three people on the bench. Two chairs. Nobody has the same answer.
Sunday payroll with a calculator
Receipts, a spreadsheet, and a lamp. Commission is a guess until Monday.
What AppointHive does
The same three moments, handled.
Clients book themselves
They pick a time. You get a ping. They get a confirmation. The chair stays in the cut.
One live queue everyone sees
Waiting, in the chair, done. Walk-ins land on the same list as booked visits.
Pay is ready before you lock up
Commission, revenue, and the payslip come from the same visit. No Sunday calculator.
One visit record
Booking, the floor, the email, and the payslip read the same visit.
- 01BookingThe time is taken.
- 02StaffThe chair is named.
- 03Client historyThe visit stays.
- 04EmailThey get the note.
- 05ReportsThe day is counted.
- 06PayrollPay comes from it.
Two ways to run it
Same product. Two ways to own it.
The feature list is the product. Hosting is the only split. Customers never create a login.
Standalone
Your servers. One business.
- A single shop, installed on infrastructure you control.
- Sales-led. A license or a quote, not a monthly rent.
- No Super Admin control plane, and no public signup for other businesses.
- It does not phone home to check a license.
Hosted
We run the cloud.
- Many shops on the service we host and upgrade.
- Monthly or annual. A 7-day trial. Cancel when you want.
- No card when self-serve signup is open.
- You do not run a server, and you do not install anything.
The whole product
Everything the floor needs.
Book
- Online booking and an embed for your site
- More than one location
- Assign the chair: least busy, round robin, highest rated, or by hand
- Visit statuses, from booked through done
- Email confirmation and reminders
- Your branding and a business page you can edit
Operate
- Owner dashboard and a bookings calendar
- Live queue and walk-ins
- Staff profiles, leave, and timesheets
- Staff floor access by PIN or magic link
- Customer history on the visit, with no customer login
- Activity log, in English, Spanish, or French
Grow
- Ask for a review after the visit
- Waitlist in order, with a time-limited claim
- A nudge when a client is due back
- A bell on the owner side when someone books
- Email always sends
- WhatsApp only after a Meta-approved number
Earn
- Reports by staff, service, and location
- Trends, utilization, and CSV export
- Payroll periods and a payslip PDF
- Commission you can explain
- Service invoices for your clients
- Those invoices are their bill, not a platform fee
Through AppointHive
The services on the floor.
- Online booking
- Embed for your website
- More than one location
- Smart chair assignment
- Live queue
- Walk-ins
- Staff PIN and magic link
- Leave and timesheets
- Customer history
- Email confirmations and reminders
- Waitlist
- Reviews and return nudges
- Reports and CSV
- Payroll and payslip PDF
- Commission
- Service invoices
- WhatsApp after Meta approval
Product tour
See AppointHive on the floor.
A short walk through booking, the live queue, and how a visit becomes pay.
FAQ
Questions from the floor.
Who is AppointHive for?
AppointHive is salon and barber shop software for shops that need online booking, a live floor queue, and staff pay from one visit. It takes the phone mid-cut, the who’s-next argument, and the Sunday calculator off the floor.
Do clients need an account?
No. On AppointHive, customers never create a login. They pick a time, get email confirmation, and show up.
What is the difference between Standalone and Hosted?
AppointHive is the same product either way; hosting is the only split. Standalone is a single-business license on servers you control. Hosted is the cloud we run—monthly or annual, with a 7-day trial—and you can cancel when you want. No card is taken when self-serve signup is open.
What does one visit carry?
In AppointHive, one visit record carries the booking, staff member, client history, email, reports, and payroll. Nothing is copied into a second book.
How does the floor staff get in?
AppointHive floor staff get in by PIN or magic link. There is no password for the chair to remember.
Does WhatsApp send with the email?
On AppointHive, email confirmation and reminders always send. WhatsApp sends only after a Meta-approved number is in place.
What is a service invoice?
A service invoice in AppointHive is the client’s bill for the visit. It is not a platform fee charged by AppointHive.
How do we start?
Email hello@appointhive.com with how many chairs you run and whether AppointHive should live on your servers or on ours. A note starts a conversation; it does not buy a license or open a subscription.
Write to the shop desk
Tell us about the chairs.
Name the shop, how many chairs you run, and whether AppointHive should live on your servers or on the cloud we run. We answer by email. A note here starts a conversation. It does not buy a license or open a subscription.
- Standalone is one business, on machines you control.
- Hosted is the same product. We run the servers.
- Leave client lists and card numbers out of the message.