Book your next appointment
Customers pick a service, a day and an open time on their phone, even at 10 p.m. The reminder texts schedule themselves.
Pick a service, choose who you'd like to see, and grab an open time. You'll get a text to confirm.
Missed call while cutting
When nobody can pick up, the caller gets a text within a minute, so they don't just call the next name on Google.
The scene
Marcus is mid-fade at 2:47 PM and can't grab the phone. A walk-in caller gets a text back and books himself in.
What happens
- Marcus has clippers in hand
- Text goes out within a minute
- Offers a real open slot
- Booked without anyone picking up
- Shop sees it on the phone On the owner's phoneNew booking from a missed call: Tyler, (641) 555-0142, fade with Marcus, today 4:15 PM.
- Late heads-up lands in one thread
Why it matters: In a 2025 survey of 1,000 US consumers, 82% said they would call a competitor when a business didn't answer (CallRail, as reported by AINORA). Source
Reminder and confirmation
Reminders go out by text on their own, and one reply confirms or reschedules, so an empty slot gets refilled instead of discovered.
The scene
Brooke booked a root touch-up with Jenna online. She gets a confirmation, a reminder the day before, and a morning-of text.
What happens
- Client books after hours
- Instant confirmation
- Day-before reminder asks to confirm
- Chair confirmed, no phone tag On the owner's phoneBrooke confirmed: root touch-up with Jenna, Thu 10:00 AM.
- Morning-of nudge cuts no-shows
The scene
Megan joined the waitlist for a cut with Kayla. When another client cancels Thursday morning, Megan gets the open spot by text.
What happens
- Client asks for a sooner spot
- Another client cancels
- Waitlist offer goes out automatically
- Empty chair filled in minutes
- Shop sees the swap On the owner's phoneWaitlist filled: Megan, (641) 555-0163, took Kayla's 1:00 PM cancellation.
The money part
What a salon or barbershop often pays every month, and what it could keep
These are the tools salon & barber owners most often pay a monthly bill for, at their published or reported prices. Tick the ones you pay for, pick your plan, or type your real bill. The math is yours to check.
Keep GlossGenius on Standard ($24/mo). Praxis adds the automatic reminders, follow-ups and two-way texting you moved up for.
Reported price, June 2026 · source 1
What Praxis builds instead: review-request texts after each job, two-way texting from your own number and missed-call text-back.
Reported price, October 2026 · source 2
What Praxis builds instead: review-request texts after each job, two-way texting from your own number and missed-call text-back.
Reported price, 2026 · source 3
What Praxis builds instead: missed-call text-back and an after-hours text that sorts emergencies from routine calls, so urgent calls still reach you.
Reported price, September 2026 · source 4
What Praxis builds instead: missed-call text-back and an after-hours text that sorts emergencies from routine calls, so urgent calls still reach you.
Reported price, 2026 · source 5
What you pay now, and what you'd pay after (0 if Praxis replaces it, or the cheaper plan's price).
Software you'd keep (accounting, practice or shop records, payroll) isn't on this list: Praxis works alongside it, it doesn't replace it. Prices change; every one below links to where it came from.
Where every price comes from (5 sources)
- GlossGenius: as reported
The Gold plan starts at $48/month annually or $56/month monthly, while the Platinum plan starts at $148/month annually or $168/month mon...
koalendar.com
The cheaper plan (Standard (yearly billing), $24):According to GlossGenius’ pricing page as of the 9th of June 2026, Standard starts at $24/month, Gold starts at $48/month, and Platinum starts at $148...
koalendar.com - Podium: as reported
Podium price is structured into three plans, i.e., Core Plan for $399/month, Pro Plan for $599/month, and Signature Plan with custom pricing tailored ...
softwarefinder.com - Birdeye: as reported
Alternatives: Feature Comparison | Feature | Podium Core | RepliFast | Birdeye | Monthly Price | $399 | $15-29 | $299+ | ...
replifast.com - Ruby answering service: as reported
Ruby's $250 plan is 50 minutes. A five-minute fill inquiry is 10% of the month.
bukkii.ai - Smith.ai human receptionist: as reported
On live vendor pages checked September 1, 2026: Smith.ai human receptionist Starter is $300/month for 30 calls; Ruby virtual receptionist plans start ...
bukkii.ai
What no-shows could be costing you
The other side of the money: the work that slips away today. Type in your own numbers.
The starting numbers are examples for a typical salon & barber business, not yours. Type your own; nothing you type leaves this page. A review of 29 studies found reminders cut missed appointments by about a third on average (Hasvold & Wootton, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare). Source
Who builds it
One person you can call
I'm Chris, and I run Praxis AI Solutions out of Mason City, Iowa. When something needs changing, you call or text me, not a support line. The real version would take bookings from your own link, text back callers when you can't pick up, and send reminders and waitlist offers on its own. You would see and approve every message, service and setting before anything goes live.
(641) 530-2599- One price, in writing, before you pay a dime.
- Nothing sends, posts or charges without your okay.
- You own what I build. It keeps working even if we never talk again.
- If I can't build it, there's no charge.
In person around North Iowa; anywhere else over a screen share. Same price, same person.