Can it book the right amount of time for each service?

Yes. You teach it your menu once: services, durations, prices, and which stylists do what. A balayage books the hours it needs with someone who does balayage; a fringe trim doesn't block an afternoon.

Most of our bookings come through Instagram. Does it handle that?

Yes. Instagram and Facebook DMs, website chat, and the phone all route to the same receptionist. The 9 PM DM gets answered in seconds and booked in minutes.

Do we keep Vagaro, GlossGenius, or Square Appointments?

Yes. Your book, your client history, and your payments stay in the system you run today. Whitmore answers, books, reminds, and rebooks in front of it.

How does the rebooking nudge work?

You set the interval per service, say six weeks for color. When a regular drifts past it, Dorian sends a friendly note in your salon's voice, and follows up once or twice, never more. Opt-outs are honored automatically.

What happens with cancellations?

Eleanor offers the open slot to clients who wanted an earlier time, so a same-day cancellation gets a second chance at being filled instead of sitting empty.

Plans start at $49 a month for the whole team. 7-day free trial, no card required, so you can watch a week of DMs turn into bookings before you pay.

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The 9 PM DM, booked into tomorrow's chair.

An AI receptionist for your salon. Iris answers the calls and DMs that arrive mid-blowout, books them into open chairs, and Dorian brings the regulars back on schedule, while your stylists stay with their clients.

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Fig. 1 · The 9 PM DM, booked into tomorrow's chair.

Answers: Calls, chats, DMs
Books: Into open chairs
No-shows: Reminded down
Regulars: Rebooked on time

The short answer · “ai receptionist for salons”

What does an AI receptionist for a salon do?

An AI receptionist for a salon answers the phone and the DMs while every stylist's hands are busy, and books the appointment on the spot. Salon inquiries arrive at salon hours: the 9 PM Instagram message asking about balayage, the lunchtime call for a Saturday cut. Iris answers in seconds, quotes the services and prices you've taught her, and books straight into an open chair, with the right stylist and the right amount of time for the service.

The rest of the room protects the book you've already built. Eleanor sends confirmations and reminders that keep no-shows down, and fills sudden gaps by offering the slot to clients waiting for an earlier time. Dorian notices when a six-week regular hits week eight and sends a friendly nudge in your salon's voice, until they rebook or opt out. Whitmore hands you one recap of the day: who booked, who moved, which chairs have room tomorrow.

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Your booking system stays yours. Whether the book lives in Vagaro, GlossGenius, or Square Appointments, it keeps living there; Whitmore answers, books, reminds, and rebooks in front of it. Setup takes minutes: point your number and your Instagram at Iris and keep cutting.

Iris, Receptionist — IrisReceptionist · The front desk“Calendar holds. Three new leads booked today.”

Meet your front desk

Four specialists who keep the chairs full while your stylists stay with their clients.

Iris

Receptionist

Answers every call and DM in seconds and books the right service into the right chair.

Dorian

Sales Rep

Notices the regular who's overdue and nudges them back, politely, in your voice.

Eleanor

Executive Assistant

Confirms, reminds, and fills sudden gaps so a cancellation never stays empty.

Whitmore

COO

Sends one recap: who booked, who moved, where tomorrow has room.

The demonstration

A week of chairs, filled between clients.

An illustration of the book filling itself: DMs, calls, and rebooking nudges, each entry carrying its source so you know how it arrived.

Week of June 85 booked

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Demonstration data. On your book, the names are your clients'.

How does it start?

Pointed at Iris today, booking by tonight.

01
Point your channels at her
Your number, your Instagram, your website chat. One front desk on all of them.
02
Teach it your menu
Services, prices, durations, and who does what. She books the right time with the right stylist.
03
Stay behind the chair
Calls and DMs answered, gaps filled, regulars rebooked, and a recap after close.

Mid-blowout

The book kept full from behind the chair.

Every call and DM answered while your hands stay busy.

The room· Brief in progress

Live

OwnerBack to back till 7. What's the desk look like?
Iris · Receptionist
Nine contacts. Four booked, including a balayage DM from last night into Dee's Tuesday. Two price questions answered. One bridal party inquiry, I took the date and headcount for you.
Eleanor · Executive Assistant
Tomorrow's 2 PM canceled. I offered it to the waitlist; Tasha took it within the hour.
Dorian · Sales Rep
Six regulars are past their usual rebooking window. Nudges are drafted in your voice, say the word.
OwnerSend them.
Whitmore · COO
Done. Recap after close.

A salon never loses clients to bad haircuts. It loses them to unanswered phones and lapsed rebookings, both of which are curable.
Whitmore · COO

Reference · typed and signed

To the owner with foils in one hand,

From the room. Your best marketing is the client in your chair, which is exactly why you can't answer the phone. Iris takes the calls and the DMs, quotes what you've told her to quote, and books the right service into the right chair.

And when a regular quietly drifts past their usual week, Dorian says the small, timely thing that brings them back. The book stays full without anyone standing at the desk.

Whitmore

COO · The Whitmore Agency

The honest comparison

How does it compare to a booking link and voicemail?

A booking link works for the client who goes looking for it. Most of them just call or DM, and then call the next salon.

Capability	Whitmore	Voicemail and a booking link
Answers calls while stylists work	Every call, first ring	×Rings out to voicemail
Answers Instagram DMs and website chat	In seconds, at 9 PM too	×Waits for a free moment at the desk
Books the right service and stylist	Durations and chair assignments respected	~Client guesses; desk fixes it later
Rebooks lapsed regulars	A friendly nudge at your interval	×
Fills last-minute gaps	Offers the slot to waiting clients	×
What it costs	Plans from $49 a month	~Free, and paid for in empty chairs

Comparison reflects a salon running without dedicated front-desk coverage.

Before you point the phone at her

: Yes. You teach it your menu once: services, durations, prices, and which stylists do what. A balayage books the hours it needs with someone who does balayage; a fringe trim doesn't block an afternoon.
: Yes. Instagram and Facebook DMs, website chat, and the phone all route to the same receptionist. The 9 PM DM gets answered in seconds and booked in minutes.
: Yes. Your book, your client history, and your payments stay in the system you run today. Whitmore answers, books, reminds, and rebooks in front of it.
: You set the interval per service, say six weeks for color. When a regular drifts past it, Dorian sends a friendly note in your salon's voice, and follows up once or twice, never more. Opt-outs are honored automatically.
: Eleanor offers the open slot to clients who wanted an earlier time, so a same-day cancellation gets a second chance at being filled instead of sitting empty.
: Plans start at $49 a month for the whole team. 7-day free trial, no card required, so you can watch a week of DMs turn into bookings before you pay.