Online booking system for nail salons
The simple booking system for nail salons.
Back-to-back sets with no dead gaps: clients book the right thing from the link in your bio, a deposit holds the long appointments, and your fortnightly regulars keep their slot.
- Reduce no-shows
- Set up in minutes
- Get more bookings
Free for 20 bookings a month. No card, no contract, no commission.
Back to back, or not at all
An empty chair is money drying
Nail work is booked tight. One no-show or one overrun and the whole afternoon slips.
No-shows on full sets
Ninety minutes held, products ready, nobody arrives.
The DM booking spiral
Date, time, which set, infills or new - twelve messages to make one booking, while your hands are busy.
Overruns that domino
One appointment runs long and everyone after it waits. You need to see the day slipping while there is still time to fix it.
Try it
Book yourself in, the way your clients will.
Four taps on the phone, and watch the booking land in the diary beside it. That is all your clients see: no app, no account, no password to invent.
Polished
22 South Street, Perth
What would you like?
Booking by FullDiary
The salon's diary, Mon 28
What the salon seesBook on the phone and watch it land here. Nothing is saved - it is a picture of the real thing.
The diary
The screen your salon lives on.
Every technician is a column, a 75-minute set holds its real 75 minutes, and free times are offered from the end of the last appointment so nothing strands a half hour.
Someone running late? Drag their booking to another column or time and drop it. The diary updates and the customer gets the new time by email. (A real screen recording.)
- Drag a booking to a new time - the emails follow it
- Draw across an empty space to book a walk-in
- Done, no-show or cancelled, marked as you go
- One tap makes it full screen for the tablet by the till
Set up in minutes
Three steps and you are taking bookings.
- 01
Answer six quick questions
Pick your trade on screen one and the services, hours, forms and words nail salons use come filled in. Change anything, then go live.
- 02
Share one link
In your bio, on WhatsApp, or as a printed QR card. Your clients only ever see times that are genuinely free.
- 03
Run the day in the book
Every booking lands in the live diary. Drag to move, draw to add a walk-in, mark done as the day goes.
Filled in for nail salons on screen one
- Gel manicure, acrylics, pedicure and removal, each timed and priced
- Notes for next time on every visit record
- Deposits ready to switch on per service, for the long sets
- A rebook reminder when the next infills are due
- Photos on the booking page, so the work sells the salon
Every one of these is a starting point. Change the prices, the hours or the words on the screen where they live, and the booking page updates as you type.
Six questions with nail salons' answers filled in. Live in minutes, no card.
What comes with it
Everything FullDiary handles for nail salons.
Before they arrive
- A booking link for your bioOne link in Instagram and TikTok answers 'when are you free?' forever. Your photos, prices and times, always current.
- Deposits that protect the slotAsk for a deposit on full sets and leave quick infills deposit-free. Charged through your own Stripe account.
- Reminders that keep the day fullThe day before and the morning of, by email, and by text on Pro. Clients move their own booking from the confirmation.
- A QR card for the deskPrint it from your dashboard. They book the next infills before they leave.
On the day
- No dead gaps between setsTimes are offered from the end of the previous appointment, so a 75-minute set never strands a half hour nobody can book.
- Mani and pedi in one bookingTwo services, one visit, the combined time held. Infills and a new set are their own options.
- A waiting list for full daysWhen the day is full, clients join the list. A cancellation messages the first in line a link that holds the slot.
- Messages, both waysRunning late? One tap. They reply from their booking page and it lands in your inbox.
After
- Fortnightly infills, on repeatSet a regular's slot to repeat every two weeks and the diary keeps it topped up.
- A rebook reminder when infills are dueOne email with a link to book, and a review ask after the visit with your Google link.
- The numbers, without a spreadsheetTakings, your busiest hours and what is in the book for the month, live on the overview.
Every feature above is live today, and because invoices and quotes are built in, they are on the same login. See every feature.
Messages
"Running ten minutes late", without the phone number swap
Open a booking, press Message, tap a quick reply. The client sees it on their booking page with an email nudge, and their answer lands in your inbox with an unread count on your phone. Aftercare notes go the same way.
- Quick replies for the messages you send every day
- Their reply lands in your inbox, live
- Included on every plan, Free included
Their side
Your page, on your clients' phones.
Your name, your services, your prices, in your colours. This is what opens when one of your clients taps the link in your bio or scans your QR card. No app, no account, booked in under a minute.
- Real times, not requests: slots come from the live diary's actual gaps
- Nothing to download and no password to invent
- Confirmation lands by email, with add-to-calendar and a link to move it
Businesses using FullDiary
Built for people who are busy running a business.
"FullDiary makes managing bookings simple, organised and completely stress-free."
"Finally, a booking system that doesn't feel complicated. I set everything up in 5 minutes and my clients were booking straight away."
"Our customers love booking online, and we love the simplicity."
Switching is simple
Already using a booking system?
Switch in a few minutes.
Bring your customers with you, answer six quick questions and share your new link. No retyping, no starting again.
Bring your customers
Export your list from your old system and drop it in. We match up the columns and show you before anything imports.
clients.csv
312 customers
- Client nameName
- MobilePhone
- EmailEmail
Works with exports from Fresha, Booksy and spreadsheets.
Set up your page
Six quick questions: what you do, your hours, your services and prices, then go live and make it look like yours.
- Skin fade30 min£22
- Kids cut20 min£14
- Beard trim15 min£10
- + Add a service
Start taking bookings
Share your link on Google, Instagram and WhatsApp, and customers start booking themselves in.
Free to start, no card required.
Why FullDiary
Your business. Your customers. Your money.
No commission.
Keep what you earn. FullDiary doesn't take a percentage of your bookings.
No marketplace.
Customers book directly with your business.
Your customers stay yours.
No competing businesses or marketplace listings getting in the way.
Simple pricing.
One simple monthly price. No surprise booking fees.
Simple pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you need to.
No commission. No contracts. No surprise booking fees.
A technician on her own starts free and moves to Pro when the book passes 20 a month. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP for the whole salon, each technician with their own login.
Free
£0 forever
20 bookings a month
- Booking page
- Live diary
- QR card
- Reminders
- Messages
- Forms
- Customer import
Pro
£9.99 a person, a month
Never more than £39.99 a month, however big the team
Everything, for you and your whole team.
- Unlimited bookings and stores
- As many people as you need, each with their own login
- 50 text reminders a month for each person
- Packages, discount codes, gift vouchers, gallery and social links
- Unlimited invoices and quotes, card payments and QuoteChaser
- Send with your own branding
- Priority support
Every plan starts free. No card required. No commission on any booking, ever. See the full comparison
FAQs
Questions from nail salons, answered straight
What it costs, what your clients see, and how FullDiary fits the way nail salons actually work.
Something else on your mind? Ask a human.
Can I take a deposit for full sets?
Yes, per service. Set a deposit on the long appointments and leave quick infills deposit-free. Deposits charge through your own connected Stripe account, the slot is confirmed when it is paid, and the deposit counts toward the price on the day.
Can clients pick between infills and a new set?
Yes. Your services list shows each option with its own duration and price, so the right amount of time gets booked. Price options let one service carry short, medium and long, each with its own price.
Do I need a card machine or a website?
Neither. FullDiary gives you the booking page, your link and your branding, and card deposits run through Stripe online. In the salon, clients pay however you already take payment.
Can a regular keep the same slot every fortnight?
Yes. Open their booking in the diary, press repeat, and pick every two weeks. The diary keeps the slot topped up ahead, on every plan including Free.
What happens when a day is full?
Clients join the waiting list for that day from your booking page. When a booking on that day is cancelled, the first suitable person is messaged a link that holds the freed time for two hours. One press books it.
Can a mobile nail tech use it?
Yes. Under Your salon, Booking rules, switch on 'Ask for the customer's address when they book' and every booking arrives with the address and a maps link. On Pro, the Travel card under it adds a travel charge: your own price per mile after any free miles, worked out from the real driving distance and shown before they book.
Is it really free to start?
Yes, and it is not a trial. Twenty bookings a month, with the booking page, the live diary and the QR card included, for as long as you like. No card, nothing expires, and there is never commission on bookings. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP, when you outgrow it.
Do my clients need an app?
No. Your booking page is a link. It opens in their browser, they pick a service and a time, and the confirmation lands by email with an add-to-calendar file. Nothing to install on either side, and no password for anyone to forget.