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Set up online booking this afternoon

Last reviewed 2026-08-31 · The NxtSeat team

Set up online booking by writing a short menu, setting hours you can keep, adding a late policy, and sharing one link everywhere. Then book yourself as a test client. If the confirmation looks right, you are live. Photos and domains can wait an hour.

Decide the rules first

How late is late. How far out can they book. Do you take same-day. Write it in the words you would text a regular.

Build the service menu

Name, minutes, price. Add a line if two services look alike. Wrong bookings are usually a writing problem.

Set availability

Put the hours you actually sit in the chair. Block class, kids, and the Tuesday you always leave early.

The setup walk is inside the product.

Open a shop and follow along

Add how you get paid

Cards through your Stripe. Venmo and Cash App if that is already how the shop works. Cash still counts.

Share one booking link

  • Instagram bio
  • TikTok bio
  • Google Business Profile
  • A QR at the register

Test the booking

  1. Book a fake name on your phone
  2. Read the email like a client would
  3. Cancel it
  4. Fix the one sentence that felt weird

Questions people ask

How long does this take?

A first version can be live in an afternoon. Pretty can come later.

Do I need SMS on day one?

Email confirmations are enough to start. SMS is a later add-on, not a launch blocker.

Keep going

Add the website layer

Domain, mobile, local search.

Students

If this is your first chair.

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