ChairHoldSet your hours
Tap Opens or Closes. Flip a day closed. No one can book a chair you are not sitting in.
For barbers, not a marketplace
The deposit settles. The chair holds.
A client texts, then ghosts. ChairHold takes a prepaid deposit at booking so Friday night is not an empty chair. They pay to hold it. You keep the hold if they no-show. Not another Booksy.
Pay to holdDeposit at booking, not a gift card
No take-rateShop fee only. Keep the haircut.
No client appLink or QR. They book in the browser.
Set hours. Add the menu. Share the chair.
Get started
Three things. Then share the QR.
Built so a barber can do this between cuts. Clients only see open chairs inside the hours you set.
Menu and the hold
Add what you sell. Set the hold percent — how much is charged now to hold the chair.
Share the chair
Put the QR at the station. Finish Settings → Payments so the deposit can land. Then send the link.
How a booking works
They pick a time. The deposit holds it.
Client
No account. No app.
They open your link, pick a service and an open chair, and pay the deposit in the browser. Charged now toward that appointment — not a gift card.
You
Today is the book.
Prepaid appointments show on Today. Mark show or no-show. Keep the deposit or apply it to the cut.
Money
Your Stripe. Your chair.
Deposits go to the shop through Stripe Connect. ChairHold does not take a percentage of the haircut. Card processing is Stripe’s fee, not ours.
Why barbers leave marketplaces
Your clients stay yours.
Booksy and Fresha put you next to the shop down the street and take a cut of new clients. ChairHold is a shop tool: your link, your policy, your deposit.
| Compare | ChairHold | Marketplace apps |
|---|---|---|
| Who finds the client | Your QR, your texts, your page | Their feed and nearby shops |
| Fee on the haircut | None from us | Commission or boost cut |
| Deposit at booking | Percent you set | Sometimes, extra setup |
| Client needs an app | No | Often yes |
| Empty-chair job | The hold is the product | Booking first, money later |
Guides
Plain talk on deposits and no-shows.
No-shows
Barber no-show deposits
Why a text reminder is not a hold, and how a prepaid deposit changes Friday night.
Deposits
How to take a haircut deposit
Percent, cancel window, and the words to put on your policy so clients know the rules.
Start
Get started with ChairHold
Hours, menu, hold percent, Payments, then the QR at the chair.
FAQ
Short answers before you download.
What is ChairHold?
A prepaid deposit booking app for barbers. The client pays to hold the chair. You keep the deposit if they no-show after your cancel window. Not a marketplace.
Do my clients need an app?
No. They use your booking link or the QR at the chair. Pick one or more services — a fade, a beard, or both — then a time, pay the deposit, done. No account.
Does ChairHold take a cut of the haircut?
No. The shop fee is a monthly subscription through Apple or Google. Deposits go to your Stripe account. We do not take a percentage of the cut. Stripe’s card fee still applies.
How do I get started?
Set hours, add the menu and hold percent, connect Settings → Payments, share the QR. Full walkthrough.
What happens on a no-show?
Mark no-show on Today. After the cancel window you set, keep the deposit. If they show, apply it to the haircut.
Get the app
ChairHold for iPhone and Android.
Coming to the App Store and Google Play. Try the client booking demo first, then email Natalie. Shop fee is billed in the store. Haircut deposits never go through us as a cut.