Appointment booking software

Bookings, walk-ins and shifts — finally, in one calendar.

Take online appointments 24/7, set recurring bookings for regulars, manage walk-ins from the same view, and let staff shifts decide who's available — without the colour-coded chaos. Purpose-built for salons, spas and clinics.

★★★★★ 4.9/5 from 500+ salon owners No credit card required 14-day free Pro trial

Every kind of booking, every kind of client

ZibaDesk handles online appointments, repeat-client subscriptions, and unplanned walk-ins through the same intuitive interface. No more juggling a paper book, a calendar app and a spreadsheet.

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Smart Appointment Calendar

Day, week and month views with colour-coded services, staff columns, and drag-and-drop rescheduling. Time blocks automatically size to each service's duration so double-bookings can't happen.

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Online Bookings 24/7

Every salon gets a hosted booking page — clients browse services, pick a stylist (or "any staff"), see live availability and confirm. Optional Stripe deposits stop no-shows before they happen.

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Recurring Bookings

For your regulars: weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Set the cadence and number of occurrences once — ZibaDesk generates the whole series on the calendar and rebooks them automatically into the same slot.

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Walk-in Queue Management

Live waiting list right alongside booked appointments. One tap to add a walk-in, one tap to assign a free stylist and start the service. Real-time wait estimates calculated from current shift load.

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Shift Management

Each staff member has working days, shift hours, and the services they're qualified for. The calendar refuses to book outside those windows — no more accidentally promising a client a stylist who's off.

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Real-time Staff Availability

The Salon Center dashboard shows who's ready, who's mid-service, and who's off-shift — at a glance. "Any staff" online bookings flow to whoever's actually free, not a fixed roster.

Recurring bookings that actually save you time

You shouldn't be re-entering Sarah's 4-week colour appointment ten times a year. With ZibaDesk's recurring bookings, you set it up once and the whole series populates the calendar.

  • Weekly, fortnightly, or monthly — match the cadence to the service (lash fills weekly, colour every 4-6 weeks, massage monthly)
  • Up to 52 occurrences in a single setup — a year's worth of regulars in seconds
  • Edit one or all — clients reschedule? Move one appointment without affecting the rest of the series
  • Smart skip on closed days — bookings that land on a public holiday or your closed day prompt for a reschedule
ZibaDesk daily appointments list showing scheduled bookings — recurring clients appear automatically each week

Walk-ins on the same screen as bookings

Bookings and walk-ins are the same business — they shouldn't live in different apps. ZibaDesk's Salon Center merges both into one live view your front desk runs the day from.

  • Add a walk-in in 5 seconds — name, optional phone, optional service, assign or leave for any staff
  • Queue order with real wait times calculated from in-service durations and shift availability
  • One tap to "Start service" — moves the entry from Waiting → In Service and starts the elapsed-time clock
  • Walk-ins convert to a sale in the POS — same client record, same loyalty points, same history

Shifts and availability — the source of truth

Half the chaos in a salon is bookings made for a stylist who isn't actually there. ZibaDesk treats staff shifts as the source of truth — the booking calendar, the public booking page, and the walk-in queue all respect them automatically.

  • Working days per staff — Maya does Tue/Wed/Thu, Jack does Wed–Sun, the calendar greys out everyone else's columns automatically
  • Shift start/end times — a 9–5 stylist won't accept an 8am online booking, ever
  • Service skills — Sarah doesn't do colour? The colour services don't appear when clients pick her
  • Live status dashboard — Ready / In Service / Off-shift counts at a glance, so you always know who's free
ZibaDesk appointment calendar with per-staff columns — Emma and Olivia's bookings only show in their working hours
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Common questions

Everything you need to know about appointments, recurring bookings, walk-ins and shifts in ZibaDesk.

Does ZibaDesk support recurring appointments?

Yes. Create weekly, fortnightly or monthly recurring bookings for regulars in a single step — set the cadence, the number of occurrences (up to 52), and ZibaDesk generates the whole series on the calendar at once.

Can clients book online 24/7?

Yes. Every ZibaDesk salon gets a hosted booking page on its own subdomain (yoursalon-booking.zibadesk.com). Clients browse services, pick a stylist or "any staff", select an available time, and confirm. Deposits via Stripe are optional but recommended.

How does ZibaDesk handle walk-ins?

The Salon Center page shows live walk-in queues alongside booked appointments — same view, same staff columns. One tap to add a walk-in, another to assign a stylist and start the service. Wait-times calculate from real shift availability.

Can I set staff shifts and working days?

Yes — each staff member has their own working days, shift start/end times, and the services they're trained for. The booking calendar and the public booking page automatically respect these windows so you never get a booking for someone who's off.

What happens if a client wants any available stylist?

The booking modal has an "Any staff" option both internally and on the public booking page. The booking is created without a specific assignee and your front desk allocates it to whichever staff member is free at the time.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The free plan gives you the calendar, online bookings, walk-ins, customer records, POS and basic reports. Recurring bookings, SMS reminders, WhatsApp confirmations, gift cards and loyalty are on the Pro plan, which every new business can try free for 14 days. See the pricing page for the price in your currency.

Run a smarter booking diary with ZibaDesk

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