A full book, a calm front desk.
A check-in and chair-status app for salons and barbershops. Clients check in from their phone, relax while their chair is prepped, message their stylist, and rebook — so your front desk stays calm and no one waits on a clipboard.
The front-desk bottleneck
A clipboard, a full waiting area, and names called across the room.
Walk-ins hover by the desk, clients aren't sure when their chair is ready, and adding a service means catching the stylist between clients.
✕ The old way
- ✕Paper sign-in and a line at the desk
- ✕Clients crowding the waiting area
- ✕Names called across a noisy room
- ✕Phone tag to add a service or toner
✓ With SiteCheckin
- ✓Scan-to-check-in — the desk stays calm
- ✓Relax with a live chair status on the phone
- ✓A gentle chair-ready alert
- ✓Two-way chat to add a service in seconds
How it works
One QR code. The whole visit — both sides.
A full salon visit, shown as the moment in the chair plus the actual SiteCheckin screen at every step.
Check in from the QR
Scan at the desk and check in for your appointment — no clipboard, no line.
Confirms the booking and settles in.
The client joins the board with service and stylist.
Relax while your chair is prepped
Grab a coffee up front — your chair's status stays live on your phone.
Sees “Getting ready · ~10 min”.
Turns over the chair without rushing the client.
“Your chair's ready”
When the stylist is set, the client's phone updates — no calling names.
Sees ready and heads over.
Tap ready; the client is alerted gently.
Message your stylist, both ways
Add a toner, share a photo, or ask a question — right in the same thread.
Chats with the stylist without phone tag.
Answers from the board — no ringing phone.
Rebook & free the chair
When the client checks out, the chair opens and the next walk-in moves up.
Leaves looking great — rebooks in a tap.
Close it out → the next client is called.
The payoff
Why Salons teams switch.
No clipboard at the desk
Clients scan and check in from their phone — the front desk stays calm.
Clients relax, not hover
A live chair status on the phone means no crowding the waiting area.
Message the stylist, both ways
Add a service or answer a question in one thread — no game of phone tag.
Gentle chair-ready alert
The phone updates the second the chair is ready — a nudge, not a shout.
No app to download
Clients scan a QR and use their browser. You use the tablet you already have.
Works with your booking tools
It manages walk-ins and chair status alongside how you already book.
Illustrative sample figures, not guarantees. Some features (call-for-help, two-way chat) are switched on per location in settings; SiteCheckin complements your existing tools and doesn't replace them.
Questions
Salons FAQ
Do clients need to download an app?+
No. They scan a QR code and everything runs in their phone's browser — check-in, live chair status, and the chat with their stylist. Nothing to install.
Does it work for walk-ins and appointments?+
Both. Booked clients check in against their appointment; walk-ins join the waitlist. Either way they get a live chair-status link on their phone.
Can clients message their stylist?+
Yes — two-way chat lets a client add a service or ask a question, and your team answers from the board. It's a feature you switch on in settings.
How does a client know their chair is ready?+
Their status page updates live on their phone the moment you mark the chair ready — and they can opt in for an email so they can relax without checking.
How do we get started?+
Try the live demo to see both sides, then set up your salon in about a day — list your services, print the QR, and you're live.
See a full salon visit, both sides, in the live demo.
Watch scan-to-check-in, the live chair status, and two-way chat work together — then start free and print your first QR code.