A missed appointment feels like a small miss. Stack them up across a year and it's real money walking out the door. Plug in your numbers and see the yearly total — then see what a simple deposit + reminder fix would recover.
When someone doesn't show, that slot rarely gets refilled on short notice. The chair sits empty, your team still gets paid, and the revenue for that block is just gone. One here and there is easy to shrug off.
But no-shows are steady, not random. A few a week, every week, quietly adds up to a number most owners have never actually put on paper. This puts it on paper — and shows you how affordable the fix really is.
Four quick inputs. The ledger on the right updates as you type — no button to press, nothing leaves your browser.
Tip: the "Try an example" button cycles through a few real-world setups.
Estimate only, built from the numbers you enter. It's meant to size the problem and the fix — not to predict an exact figure. Nothing here is saved to a server.
None of these are expensive. Most are a setting in the booking tool you already pay for.
A card on file or a small deposit at booking changes the math for the customer. People rarely skip something they've already put money toward — and you keep the deposit if they vanish.
One when the booking is made, one the day before — by text, not just email. Most no-shows are honest forget-me's, and a reminder with a one-tap confirm catches the majority of them.
Keep a short list of people who'd take a last-minute slot. When a cancel comes in, you fill the gap instead of eating it — and the cancellation policy is in writing up front.
Start with reminders — they're free and fast to turn on. Add a deposit only on your highest-value or most-flaked slots so you don't add friction everywhere. Watch your number for a month, then decide how far to push it.
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