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Flat-Fee Booking & Loyalty for Salons
A flat monthly booking, reminders and loyalty app for independent hair and beauty salons — commission-free, local-language, and built for salons burned by marketplace fees.
- Category
- Local business
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Revenue potential
- Solid
- Startup cost
- €3k
Fresha changed its pricing in 2025. What used to be a free way to run a salon now costs you commissions and a subscription. That opens the door for a flat-fee, commission-free alternative in the EU.
Executive summary
Here's a good local software angle: stop making salons depend on a marketplace. Give them flat-fee booking, reminders, and loyalty tools instead.
This idea targets independent EU salons that are actively re-evaluating booking software after Fresha’s 2025 monetization changes. The core pitch is simple and commercially legible: pay one predictable fee, keep 100% of revenue, and own the client relationship.
The market isn't massive, but the buyers are angry and ready to move. There's real demand from solo stylists and salons with 1 to 5 staff. They want no commission, no hidden fees, plus reminders and loyalty tools.
This is a sales and operations business, not a tech business. You win by staying narrow, onboarding people well in their own language, getting them live fast, and keeping them with workflows they can't easily leave. Not by piling on features.
- Start with solo stylists and salons with 1 to 5 staff in EU markets.
- Strongest message: no commission, no hidden fees, keep 100% of revenue.
- The timing is good because Fresha's 2025 changes made salons want to act now.
- To win you need onboarding, trust, and support just as much as the software.
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Questions, answered
What actually happens when a client books with Chairkeep?
They pick a slot on your own booking page, get an automatic SMS confirmation and reminder, and collect loyalty points at checkout. You keep 100% of the appointment revenue, no commission, no per-booking fee.
We're on Fresha already. How painful is switching?
We move your client list over for you, onboard your team in your own language, and you can trial Chairkeep before committing. Your calendar never goes dark.
Won't the big platforms just drop commissions too?
Maybe, but a slogan is easy to copy and support isn't. We compete on fast local-language onboarding, regional focus, and a loyalty programme that keeps your regulars rebooking with you.