The Salon / barber office that answers at 2am — and books the job.
Per-stylist booking, no-show policy, waitlist & service menu. Your assistant knows this trade: what counts as an emergency, which jobs are common, and which questions to ask — because it starts from a playbook built for salon / barber, then learns your services and policies.
Salon booking is per-chair logistics: the right stylist, the right service, the right length of time — a root touch-up and a full balayage are not interchangeable slots, and a double-booked chair ruins two clients' afternoons. The phone rings most while every stylist's hands are in someone's hair, which is why walk-ins get the open chair a waitlisted regular would have paid for.
Conduit's salon assistant books by stylist and by service, with the durations your menu really takes. It enforces your no-show and late-cancel policy politely and consistently, keeps a waitlist of clients who asked for an earlier time so a freed chair is easy to refill, and sends the confirmations and reminders that keep the book honest. Color-service questions get captured with enough detail to book the right block, and a client reaction mid-service escalates to a human instantly.
These escalate to a human immediately — the caller gets safety guidance while the owner's phone rings:
- a client has a chemical burn or scalp reaction from color or a relaxer
- an allergic reaction - swelling, hives, or trouble breathing - during a service
- a cut or bleeding injury during a service needing first aid
- Per-stylist calendar booking
- No-show and late-cancel policy enforcement
- Waitlist fill for open chairs
- Service-menu booking by service and length
- Appointment reminders and confirmations
Plus quiet-hours texting, missed-call text-back, appointment reminders, and the morning briefing — the standard Conduit office.
A cancelled balayage and a full waitlist
A client texts to cancel tomorrow's 1pm balayage — three hours of chair time. The assistant applies your late-cancel policy exactly as written and releases the block, and your waitlist — who asked for that stylist, and when — is sitting right next to the freed slot, ready to offer. A regular calls in twenty minutes later asking whether anything earlier opened up; the assistant offers her the 1pm on the spot, books it, and texts both confirmations. Two more booking calls land during the shuffle — both answered, neither waited on hold behind a cancellation.
Common salon / barber services it knows on day one
Setup starts here; you confirm or edit the list. On the phone the assistant never states a price — it books the right length of visit and takes the details, and pricing stays yours.
| Women's haircut & style | ~60 min visit |
| Men's haircut | ~30 min visit |
| Single-process color | ~120 min visit |
| Balayage | ~180 min visit |
| Full highlights | ~150 min visit |
| Root touch-up | ~90 min visit |
| Blowout / style | ~45 min visit |
| Bond-building treatment (add-on) | ~30 min visit |
Questions from salon / barber owners
Can it book by stylist, not just by time?
Yes — per-stylist calendars are the core of the salon playbook. Clients can ask for their stylist by name, each stylist's services and durations are respected, and a request for someone who's booked out gets honest options: another time, another stylist, or the waitlist.
How does it enforce my no-show and late-cancel policy?
Exactly as you write it, on every call, without the awkwardness: the policy is stated at booking, reminders reference it, and a late cancel triggers whatever you've set. Consistency is the point — the assistant never makes an exception you didn't approve.
Can it help me fill a chair when someone cancels?
It keeps the slot from quietly dying: the freed time shows on your calendar with the waitlist — who asked for that stylist and when — right there to offer it to, and any client who calls or texts in asking for an earlier time gets offered the opening on the spot. What it deliberately doesn't do is text clients out of the blue; unprompted outreach stays in your hands.
What about color services that need a consult first?
The assistant captures what the service needs — current color, history, what the client wants — and books either the consult or the service with the block your menu specifies. Anything that genuinely needs a stylist's eye is flagged rather than guessed at, and chemical-reaction calls during a service escalate to a human immediately.
Will it quote prices on the phone?
No — never. It books the visit and takes the caller's details; pricing stays yours to discuss. Setup starts from a template of common services for your trade so it knows what you offer and how long each visit runs.
How fast can I be live?
About 30 minutes of setup, then your assistant gets its own local number — instant, nothing to forward. Prefer your existing number? Forward it any time; it stays yours and it's reversible.
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