Booking systems and social media for salons, barbers and aesthetics clinics across South and West Yorkshire. No commission on any booking, the prices on this page, and a fixed quote in writing from a studio in Wath upon Dearne.
Problem one
Our Fresha fees guide worked it through for a three-person salon on the Team plan, with five new clients a month from the marketplace: £29.85 in subscription and about £45 in new-client fees, roughly £75 a month (about £898 a year) before a single card fee. With card fees it came to near £223.
The fix: your own booking system
£2,500setup, then £59/mo care + VAT
Problem two
The clients who could fill a Tuesday are already scrolling past your work on Instagram. What gives them a reason to book is a steady run of before-and-afters, a Story saying two slots are left today, and a bio link that goes straight to a booking.
The fix: social media run for you
From£225a month + VAT, three months to start
“Thanks so much to Bee Viral for the amazing new website, booking system and social media management.”
“Tahir has taken care of of my website and social media content for my aesthetic business”
The first three have reviewed us on Google. Classica Beauty’s quote is a client testimonial rather than a Google review, so it carries no stars.
Aesthetics clinic · Wickersley, Rotherham
Pharmacist and Independent Prescriber first, with the GPhC number in full, every treatment priced on the page, and a five-step booking flow with the free consultation as the first appointment.
“The final result has exceeded my expectations, and I couldn’t be happier with how KAY Clinics is now presented online.”
Nurse-led aesthetics clinic · Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham
Booking used to be a link in her Instagram bio. Now every treatment on the price list opens a five-step booking flow that only offers the days Rachel works.
“Perfect service, really responsive and professional.”
Skin clinic · South Hiendley, Barnsley
Her first website: the whole menu priced across four tabs, booking straight into her live diary, and her social media content looked after alongside it.
“his work is amazing, communication is fantastic”
Nails, lashes and brows studio · South Yorkshire
Real-time online booking in place of DMs and phone tag, a gallery filtered by nails, lashes and brows, and a Refer & Save scheme.
“Since the new site launched my diary has barely had a gap.”
Every Fresha and Treatwell figure comes from our own guides, which read them off each company’s pages. Ours come from our price list.
| Fee | Fresha | Treatwell | Your own system (Booking Pro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | £14.95 working solo, or £9.95 per team member | Not published: Treatwell tells you when you sign up | £59 a month care, after £2,500 setup, plus VAT |
| Cut of a new client’s first booking | 20%, £4 minimum, when they find you on the Fresha marketplace | 35% plus VAT, “subject to location”, when they find you on the Treatwell app | None, on any booking |
| Regulars rebooking | No commission | No commission | No commission |
| Online card payments | 1.40% + 25p per online payment | 2.5% on online prepayments | Not part of Booking Pro; payments and deposits come with Elite |
| Leaving | No minimum commitment, cancel any month | 30 days’ notice | The site and the booking system are yours to keep |
Read the detail: Fresha fees explained · Treatwell fees explained · Fresha vs Treatwell · Fresha alternatives
Our free 10-point check, starting with the five things that decide whether someone who likes your work on Instagram books a slot and turns up for it. Written up and back within one working day, with no call unless you ask for one.
Free to join, not free to run. Fresha charges £14.95 a month if you work alone or £9.95 per team member, 1.40% plus 25p on each online card payment, and 20% of a new client’s first visit (at least £4) when the marketplace sends them. In our fees guide, a three-person salon came to roughly £223 a month.
Every Fresha fee, worked throughOf the first booking from a client its app finds for you, yes: 35%, plus VAT, and the rate can vary by location. Regulars rebooking and clients who book with you directly carry no commission. On top sit a monthly fee Treatwell doesn’t publish and 2.5% on online prepayments. Leaving takes 30 days’ notice.
Treatwell’s fees in fullPer new client, usually Fresha: it keeps 20% of that first visit where Treatwell keeps 35%. Fresha also puts its monthly price on its website and has no contract. Treatwell can still come out ahead if its app sends you noticeably more new clients, so compare a real month of your own bookings, not the headline rates.
Fresha vs Treatwell, side by sideWith us, Website is £1,500 setup and £39 a month. Booking Pro, which adds online booking with confirmations, reminders and a review request after each appointment, is £2,500 and £59 a month. Elite, with payments, deposits and a CRM, is £3,500 and £79. VAT is on top, and the written quote is the price.
All three builds, pricedInstagram doesn’t give a number, so the useful answer is a pace you can hold in December as well as January. A few strong posts every week beat a fortnight of daily posting and then silence, and Stories can sell a cancelled slot the same morning. Our social plan posts 12 times a month across Instagram and Facebook, from £225.
Our salon social media guidePartly. Fresha only takes its 20% when a new client finds you through its marketplace, so bookings that come from your own link cost nothing extra. The catch is that the subscription and card fees stay, and the page your clients book on is still Fresha’s. Your own system ends the commission and puts the booking on your own website.
How owning your booking worksYes. KAY Clinics in Wickersley is run by a pharmacist and Independent Prescriber, and Fresh Face Aesthetics in Wath and Derma Aesthetics in South Hiendley are both run by nurse prescribers. Each site puts the qualification and every price in the open, and lets a first-timer book a consultation without messaging.
See the KAY Clinics buildFive salon checks first: the taps from your Instagram bio to a booked slot, whether your booking page states a no-show policy, how many of your Google reviews you have answered, how consistent your before-and-afters are, and your Google Business Profile categories. Then five more on speed, mobile, titles, contact and tracking, written up within one working day.
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