Clients book while you cut
No answering the phone with clippers in hand: a client opens your link, picks a time, and you get a message.
For barbers and hairdressers
Online booking for barbers and hairdressers — no calls, no DMs
Short answer: create a page in @DockerVisitBot with your services — haircut, beard, colouring — and your working hours. Put the link in your Instagram bio or send it to a chat: clients pick a free time themselves while you work, you get a message, they get a reminder. Free; clients need only Telegram.
Docker Visit Bot
🆕 New booking
👤 James (@jamesb)
💈 Haircut + beard · 1 h
🗓 Fri, 6 November at 18:30
💰 35 EUR
👤 James (@jamesb)
💈 Haircut + beard · 1 h
🗓 Fri, 6 November at 18:30
💰 35 EUR
Details
This is how a new booking arrives in the bot
What you get
A tight schedule with short services
Start times every 15, 30 or 60 minutes — a 30-minute cut fits right after the previous one. A break between clients, from 5 to 30 minutes, if you need to tidy up.
Regulars come back on their own
Remind the client to book again 3–4 weeks after a haircut — the bot offers the same service, and “Book again” takes one tap.
Haircut and beard in one booking
A client adds a second service to the booking — the bot finds time for the whole visit.
No-shows are visible in advance
Reminders with “I’ll be there” and “Can’t make it”, no-shows marked in the booking — and you can stop accepting bookings from a specific client.
Bookings in your calendar
A secret subscription link for Google or Apple Calendar: new bookings appear there on their own (Google refreshes every few hours).
What your page might look like
An example — you write the names, duration and prices yourself. Free slots are calculated from the length of each service and your working hours.
- Men’s haircut45 min
- Clipper cut30 min
- Haircut + beard1 h
- Beard trim30 min
- Women’s haircut1 h
- Hair colouring2 h 30 min
How to start
Create a page
Name, services with prices and duration, working hours. Two minutes, right in Telegram.
Share the link
In your Instagram bio, Telegram channel or straight in a chat with a client.
Clients book
They pick a free slot — you get a message, they get a confirmation and a reminder.
📖 Step by step with screenshots — in the setup guide.
Questions
There are several barbers in our shop — how does it work?
Create a salon page (Profile → “I run a salon”): one price list, barbers join via an invite link, and clients pick a barber or “anyone available”. Each barber sees only their own bookings and clients; the owner and administrators see the whole shop. Free, up to 20 members.
A client called — how do I add them?
Add the booking to your schedule yourself, even outside working hours. A client without Telegram — by name and phone number.
How do I set a lunch break?
In working hours add a second interval to the same day — say, 10:00–14:00 and 15:00–20:00: bookings are closed during lunch.
Can I stop last-minute bookings?
Yes: the minimum notice is set in Booking rules, from none to 2 days (2 hours by default).
Other specialists
- For nail artists
- For brow and lash artists
- For massage therapists
- For beauticians
- For tutors
- For therapists
- For salons and studios
The bot works for anyone who sees clients by appointment — personal trainers, photographers, tattoo artists, speech therapists and many more.
Open bookings today
Create a page in a couple of minutes and send the link to your first client.