My clients like talking to me.
You keep the chair. Foreman takes the booking you cannot take with color on your gloves.
Foreman for salons and barbers
Hands in a client's hair. The phone still gets answered.
Saturday, 11 AM. Color on one client, a cut halfway on another, and a new client calling to book.Foreman books the appointment, confirms it, rebooks your regulars, and works your client list. The list stays yours, and the chair stays with the stylist.
Sound familiar?
If you run a salon or barbershop, you know these.
Your hands are in a client's hair, the phone rings, and the DMs pile up unread.
Clients message on Instagram and text at night, and nobody answers until the next day.
You want your own client list, and you worry you cannot take it with you if you leave.
A closed day does not reopen, an outage drops a week of bookings, and you find out from a client.
The regular who comes every 5 weeks stops coming and nobody notices.
Studio Nine Salon, example
What a Saturday looks like.
5 conversations Foreman handles for a salon or barbershop like yours, in your voice, written into the system you run. Swipe through them.
Today 11:08 AM
Hi, do you have anything this Saturday for a haircut?
Hi Hannah, this is Studio Nine. Saturday 2:30 PM with Priya, about 45 minutes. Want it?
Yes please
Booked: Saturday 2:30 PM with Priya. We text a reminder Friday. Reply C to cancel.
Delivered
Today 4:30 PM
I want to go blonde, it is dark brown now. Can I book a balayage?
Going that far usually needs a consult first so Priya can plan the time. I have a free 20 minute consult Tuesday 11:00 AM or Wednesday 5:00 PM.
Tuesday
Booked: Tuesday 11:00 AM consult. Priya will confirm the time for the color appointment after.
Delivered
Today 8:00 AM
Hi Derrick, you are due for your cut around Oct 17. Thursday 6:00 PM or Saturday 10:00 AM with Marco?
Saturday 10
Booked: Saturday 10:00 AM with Marco.
Delivered
Today 1:20 PM
We missed you at 1:00 PM. Rebook? Today 5:30 PM or tomorrow 10:00 AM.
Sorry! Tomorrow
Booked: tomorrow 10:00 AM. A $20 deposit holds it, link sent.
Delivered
Today 7:05 PM
Do you do wedding updos? Date is Jan 17
Yes. A trial first, then the day of. The owner will text you today to plan it. What is your name and a good number?
Noelle, 214-555-0188
Thanks Noelle, passed to the owner.
Delivered
Sent as iMessage. Blue bubbles from a real number, text message for Android. Names and numbers are examples.
The math
A week of missed calls and DMs, in appointments.
Change these to your own numbers. This is arithmetic, not a promise of results.
Industry figure: median ticket $77 for a salon and $34 for a barbershop (Zenoti 2026 benchmark, vendor report); no-show 1% to 4%. No independent study ties missed calls to lost salon bookings, so these are your numbers to set.
Your numbers
That is about a month in appointments that booked elsewhere.
Calls a week x 52 / 12 x value x share. Defaults are industry figures you can overwrite.
Your objections
What salon or barbershop owners ask first.
Will it book the wrong service or length?
It uses your service menu and durations. Color consults and anything new go to a human.
I do not want another platform that owns my list.
Your client list stays yours, exported on exit. No contract, cancel with 30 days notice.
I rent a booth and my clients are mine.
Each stylist's calendar and clients stay separate. We set it up per stylist on the first call.
Another fee?
Per location per month. Setup is done by us and scoped on the first call. No contract, cancel with 30 days notice.
Works with what you run
Foreman sits in front of your systems. It does not replace them.
Vagaro Live
Booksy Live
Fresha Live
Square Appointments Live
Phorest Live
GlossGenius On request
Boulevard Live
Mangomint Live
Mindbody Live
Instagram Live
Google Business Live
Google Calendar Live- All 331 integrations
Live: we connect during setup and tell you what the connection covers. Logos belong to their owners and indicate integrations, not endorsement.
The Monday text
Six lines a week. That is the whole report.
Every Monday at 7:00 AM, one text, in salon or barbershop terms. No dashboard to open.
Monday 7:00 AM, Studio Nine Salon, example
- 1Calls, texts and DMs answered: 74. Median reply: 22 seconds.
- 2Appointments booked by Foreman: 31, 9 after hours.
- 3Regulars rebooked: 18 of 27 texted.
- 4Open Saturday chairs filled: 4.
- 5No-shows: 2, both rebooked.
- 6Needs you: 2 color consults, 1 wedding enquiry.
Questions
Straight answers.
Does it work with Vagaro, Booksy or Fresha?
Yes. Vagaro, Booksy, Fresha, Square Appointments, Phorest and GlossGenius are live connections, and we tell you what each one covers.
Can it work with chair-rental stylists?
Yes. Each stylist has their own calendar and clients.
Can it take deposits?
Yes. Deposits for color and long services, set by you.
Who owns my client list?
You do. Your data and customer list are yours and are exported on exit.
Is there a contract?
No. Per location per month, cancel with 30 days notice.
Pricing
Per location, per month. No contract.
- OperatorFrom $495. Answers every lead, follows up on every quote, works your list, sends the Monday text.
- Operator + GrowthFrom $995. Everything in Operator plus managed Meta and Google ads, reported as cost per booked job.
- CustomFrom $2,500. Multi-location groups, agencies, API and white label. Scoped on a call.