What's new

October 4, 2026

• Barbershop and salon defaults from sign-up, switchable in Settings with a preview of what changes
• One click exports everything (clients, appointments, payments, notes, signed forms): your client list is yours
• Checkout on one screen: products from your Clover catalog, a tip or a clear "No tip", card on file, cash, gift card plus the rest, pay by text (a secure Clover link; they add the tip) or the register, and a receipt by text or email
• Processing time: book someone else while colour develops; start times every 5, 10 or 15 minutes; buffers that always hold
• A client's own length for a service, used for their bookings
• Several services in one online visit, each with the right person
• A breakdown report by staff, service and channel; every report downloads as CSV; an evening close-out email
• Forms and waivers: build them, attach them to services, signed on the client's phone before the visit or at check-in, with a PDF of each
• Colour formulas, pinned notes and private before/after photos on the client page; allergies and the formula on the Today board and in My day
• Custom client fields and tags, in imports and exports
• Google reviews: one link to your review form from your Place ID, the same ask for every client (never filtered), a frequency cap you set, and requests sent next to reviews posted and your Google rating
• The walk-in link on the Get booked page for every business with walk-ins on
• Booth rent: late reminders, a yearly statement, this period's rent on the dashboard; product sales routed per pay plan; a 1099-friendly yearly export
• Walk-ins: "we're ready" texts, a no-show drop you set, the live line on the kiosk, each barber's walk-ins in My day, a QR poster and counter card per location; for salons too
• Rebook at checkout: the next visit at the client's own interval, one tap; rebooking rate per staff member
• Standing appointments: end after N visits or on a date, edit this and following, deposits or card on file per visit
• Waitlist auto-fill: freed times go to the next person waiting with a one-tap link, held for them while they decide; a waitlist count per day on the calendar; approve offers first if you like; when nobody is waiting, Open slots texts your regulars
• Reply C to confirm: the calendar shows who confirmed, one more ask for those who haven't, and (if you want) unconfirmed times released to the waitlist
• The manage link: confirm, add a service, update the card on file, directions
• No-show protection per client: a trusted regular never pays up front, a repeat no-show always prepays
• No-show and late-cancel fees wait 48 hours (you choose) so the barber can waive one with a reason, or charge it now, from My day
• Several saved cards per client; choose the one a booking's fees go to
• The cancellation policy in confirmations and every reminder
• A no-show report: rates by staff, service and channel, fees collected and waived

October 3, 2026

• Team: staff logins with roles (owner, manager, front desk, staff, booth renter) and a permission matrix
• Time off requests and approvals, breaks and schedule exceptions
• Staff notifications by push, text or email, as each person prefers
• Pay plans: commission, tips, hourly pay, booth rent and a payroll report
• My day: each person's day on their phone, and the dashboard installs like an app
• Tasks and checklists, and more than one location per business
• Text message marketing, and a promotions engine with ten kinds of offer

October 2, 2026

• We're now BookMarvels, at bookmarvels.com
• Email marketing: campaigns to your own clients, paid for with email credits ($5 per 10,000)
• Short booking links for texts: bookmarvels.com/b/your-salon
• Email log, delivery reputation and unsubscribe list screens

October 1, 2026

• Sign up on your own and get a step-by-step setup guide
• Connect Clover with API tokens while our Clover app is in review
• Send client emails from your salon's own domain

September 30, 2026

• Billing for the texting plan moved to Stripe
• A fresh look for the booking flow, the dashboard and the console
• The booking embed: put the booking flow on any website with two lines
• Website integration: allowed websites, an integration check and the onboarding kit
• Custom domains for hosted booking pages, with automatic certificates
• Emails redesigned for phones and dark mode

September 29, 2026

• Texting through BookMarvels: we register your number with US carriers (10DLC)
• Phone numbers formatted and stored the same way everywhere
• A summary bar in the booking flow, and the browser back button works between steps

September 27–28, 2026

• Memberships, packages and gift cards
• Review requests after a visit
• Dual pricing and cash discount programs
• The Get booked page: QR code and tracked links for Google, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Yelp
• Search and social previews for hosted pages
• Export all your data as CSV, JSON or a ZIP
• Choose who offers each service; two-step Add Staff

September 24–26, 2026

• The calendar: per-staff day view, timeline, week and month, drag and resize, iPad touch
• Staff order on the calendar by drag
• Payments: deposits, card on file and no-show fees through Clover
• A safer reschedule: the original booking stays if the new time was just taken