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 Australian salons, spas and clinics.

★★★★★ 4.9/5 from 500+ salon owners No credit card required 45-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 (A$19.99/month) with a 45-day free trial.

Run a smarter booking diary with ZibaDesk

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