0% commission · deposits straight to your Stripe

No deposit,
no booking.

Send your client one link. They pay the deposit, the slot locks into your diary, and they actually show up. No more no-shows, no more chasing bank transfers — the money lands in your own Stripe account.

For barbers, salons, tattooists, groomers, therapists — anyone whose time gets wasted by no-shows
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Your Shop
Barbers
Booking
Skin fade
Date
Sat 2 Aug, 11:30 AM
Deposit
£10.00
Balance of £20.00 due on the day
Pay £10.00 deposit
Secured by Stripe
Deposit received
Jamie L. · Skin fade · Sat 11:30£10.00Paid
The other problem

Right now, “booked” means
“probably, maybe, we’ll see.”

A DM says they want Saturday. You pencil it in. Then nothing is certain until money moves — and too often, it never does.

No-shows

They confirmed. They didn't show. You lost that slot — and the money that went with it.

Sat 14:00 · Dave S.Confirmed
Sat 14:00 · Dave S.No-show£45

Bank details back and forth

The chase, the screenshots, the “did it go through?” — this ends today.

can you send me your details?
it's 04-00-04, 12345678
did you get it?
i'll send it now, promise 🙏

The diary full of ghosts

You turn down other clients for a booking that was never real in the first place.

09:00turned away
11:00turned away
14:00held — unpaid
16:00turned away

A booking isn’t real until they’ve paid. Booker makes the deposit the booking.

Booker is £19 a month. One saved no-show pays for it — several times over.

The fix

Make the deposit the booking.
One link. They pay. It’s real.

No deposit means no booking — the slot never even enters your diary until the money lands.

Step 01

Set up in minutes

Create your account, add your services and pricing once. From then on, every new booking takes two clicks.

Your services
Add service
Half-day portrait session
4 hrs
£600.00
Mini shoot — natural light
1 hr
£100.00
Saved — every new booking is now two clicks
Step 02

Send them their link

Pick the service, date and time — Booker builds the booking and gives you a link to drop in any DM, text or email. Everything's filled in; all your client does is pay the deposit.

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Your Studio
Photography
Booking
Half-day portrait session
Date
Sun 12 Jul, 10:00 AM
Deposit
£100.00
Balance of £500.00 due on the day
Pay £100.00 deposit
Secured by Stripe
Step 03

Get paid, get booked

The deposit lands in your Stripe account. A calendar event appears automatically. You didn't have to ask twice.

Deposit received
Alex P. · Half-day portrait session · Sun 12 Jul · 4 hrs
£100.00Paid
Paid straight into your Stripe account
Google Calendar event created
Confirmation emails sent to you both
Step 04

Run your business from one place

See every upcoming booking, outstanding payment, and client at a glance. Your dashboard updates in real time.

Overview
Updates in real time
Revenue this month
£1,240.00
Upcoming
8
Upcoming bookings
Alex P.
Half-day portrait session
12 Jul · 4 hrs£600.00Paid
Jamie L.
Skin fade + beard trim
5 Jul · 45 min£30.00Paid
Trusted infrastructure

Powered by Stripe — the same payment infrastructure behind Shopify, Amazon, and Deliveroo.

When your client pays their deposit, the money moves through Stripe — one of the world’s largest and most trusted payment processors. Your clients aren’t sending money to a stranger’s bank account. They’re paying through the same system that powers millions of businesses. That’s the difference.

stripealso used by
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0% commission

We never take a penny of a booking. Every pound your client pays is yours.

Encrypted payments

Card details go straight to Stripe over encrypted connections. We never see or store them.

Instant payouts to your Stripe

Deposits land directly in your own Stripe account — we never hold your money.

Getting started

You’re two connections away from your first protected booking.

01

Connect your Stripe account

Free to create, takes 2 minutes. Your money lands directly with you — we never hold it.

02

Connect Google Calendar

Optional but powerful — every confirmed paid booking fills your calendar automatically. Zero manual entry.

03

Create your first booking and send the link

Your client opens it, pays the deposit, and the slot is locked. That's a real booking.

Google Calendar sync

Your calendar fills itself.

Every paid booking confirms directly into your Google Calendar. No manual entry. No copy-pasting. The client pays, the slot appears. You just show up.

Saturday 14 MarGoogle Calendar
09:00 — free
11:00 · Jane Smith — Portrait session PAID
14:00 — free
The question you’re asking

“Will my clients actually pay a deposit?”

Yes — and the ones who won’t are exactly who this protects you from.

It's already normal

Barbers, tattooists and photographers have asked for deposits for years. Your clients have paid one before — probably this month.

It costs them nothing extra

The deposit comes off your price, not on top of it. They're not paying more — they're paying a bit of it earlier.

It filters the flakes

Anyone who won't put down a tenner to hold a slot was never coming. The deposit finds that out before it costs you the afternoon.

Pricing

Simple. No surprises.

0% commission, no contract. One plan that does the whole job — and an AI receptionist on the way.

Booker
The deposit-first booking engine
£19/month
£19/month · no contract · cancel any time
  • Unlimited bookings
  • Client booking pages
  • Stripe payment links
  • Email receipts for you & client
  • Shareable booking links
  • Dashboard & booking history
Get started
Booker + NellComing soon
She answers when you can’t.
TBC
Price announced at launch
  • Everything in Booker, plus:
  • Nell — your AI phone receptionist
  • Picks up whenever you can’t, 24/7
  • Books straight into your real diary
  • Texts the deposit link before hanging up
  • Takes messages when it's not a booking
Coming soon
FAQ

Quick answers.

Do my clients need an app?

No. You send a link; it opens in their browser showing their booking — service, time and price already filled in. They tap once to pay the deposit. Nothing to download, no account to make.

When do I get the money?

The moment they pay. Deposits go through Stripe directly into your own Stripe account. We never hold your money and take 0% commission.

Does my client pay extra?

No. The deposit is part of your price, not a fee on top. They simply pay part of it upfront and the rest on the day — card, cash, however you normally take it.

How much should the deposit be?

Whatever fits the job — a tenner on a trim, half upfront on a big piece. You set it per service and can change it any time.

What if I need to cancel or refund?

Refunds are one click in your Stripe dashboard, and the booking updates itself. Read our refunds policy →

Am I locked into a contract?

No contract. £19 a month, cancel any time, and your bookings and clients export to CSV whenever you want.

Stop taking bookings.
Start confirming them.

No deposit, no booking — the slot only becomes real when the money lands.

Get started — £19/month

0% commission · no contract · cancel any time