Bottleneck — Beauty & MedSpa
Salon and MedSpa No-Show Prevention
A 15% no-show rate on a $1,500-a-day chair costs $225 in evaporated revenue. Every day. Deposits, waitlists and smart reminders take that number under 5% — and every dollar of the recovery drops straight to profit.
Salons and medspas share the exact no-show pathology as clinics, but with more expensive time slots and less regulatory friction on collecting deposits. That makes prevention both more urgent and easier to solve.
The four levers
- 1Deposits at booking for high-value services (colour, extensions, injectables consultation, laser). A 50% refundable-on-attendance deposit cuts no-shows by 60-80% almost immediately.
- 2The 'still coming?' SMS — 24 hours out, one line, requires a reply. Non-responses are pre-flagged for waitlist offer.
- 3Waitlist auto-fill — cancelled slots are offered by SMS to the next three waitlist clients within 60 seconds.
- 4The recovery text — a genuine no-show gets 'we missed you, tap here to rebook' within 15 minutes. About 40% rebook the same day.
Booking platforms we integrate with
We build on top of Fresha, Timely, Phorest, Mindbody, Vagaro and Square Appointments — see the full list on the beauty and medspa industry hub.
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Common questions
Will asking for a deposit lose bookings?
In practice, no — genuine bookers pay the deposit without issue, and the small number who refuse were the highest no-show risk anyway. Net revenue almost always increases.
How much should the deposit be?
50% of service price for high-value bookings (colour, injectables, laser). $30-50 flat for standard bookings. Zero for regulars with a clean attendance record.
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