AI Front Desk & Booking System for Tattoo Studios & Barbershops

Let it run your business
while you run your business.

Every DM, text, and website message — answered instantly and booked straight onto your actual calendar, not just promised to a customer. Even after you've locked up for the night. (Missed-call auto-text coming as part of onboarding.)

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Replies in seconds, 24/7 Set up and managed for you No new app to learn

Instagram

Text

Facebook

Booking

The problem

While you're working, this is piling up.

You're mid-cut, mid-session, hands full. Meanwhile, every channel a customer might reach you on keeps going.

Instagram DM"Hey do you have anything this Sat?"4 hrs, no reply

Missed callVoicemail left, no callback yet2 hrs, no reply

Website chat"What's your price for a sleeve?"6 hrs, no reply

Facebook"Are you open bank holiday?"1 day, no reply

Text message"Can I move my 3pm to 5?"3 hrs, no reply

Google Business"Do you take walk-ins?"5 hrs, no reply

By the time you reply tonight, some of them have already booked somewhere else.

How it works

Try the conversation. The rest gets built for you.

The chat above is real and working right now — that's the actual AI, not a mockup. Everything below is what gets set up as part of onboarding a founding client; it isn't automated out of the box for a random visitor today.

It has the actual conversation — live today

Asks the right follow-up questions — style, placement, size, preferred barber — the same way your best front-of-house person would. Try it above.

Every channel, one place — set up with you

Instagram, website chat, and texts get connected during onboarding — missed-call auto-text is available too, set up on request, so they all flow into one system instead of six different inboxes.

Real booking, connected to your actual calendar

Not a proposal you have to double-check — a real slot, held the moment a customer picks it and confirmed on your actual Google Calendar, live-tested end to end. It's a big enough part of what you get that it's got its own section below.

Then, over time, it keeps working

Reminders, no-show recovery, and rebooking nudges are part of the plan for every client, rolled in as your setup matures — not a promise of what a brand-new pilot gets on day one.

Booking, built in

Not just an AI front desk. A real booking system too.

This isn't a bolt-on. It's the other half of the product: a real-time booking engine connected to your shop's actual Google Calendar, included in every plan — not a chat bot that promises to "check and confirm."

Pick a service

Real services and real prices, pulled straight from your shop's own list — not a generic menu.

Pick a real open time

Actual free slots read live from your calendar. Never a guess, never double-booked.

Held, then confirmed

The slot is locked the second it's picked, and confirmed the moment they give their name — a real calendar event, not a promise.

See the live booking page →

Real example, not a mockup — Ironside Tattoo Co.'s actual calendar, live right now. Works two ways: inside the AI conversation, or as its own standalone page you can send customers straight to.

Built for your world

Not a generic chatbot. Yours.

What this looks like once fully set up for a shop like yours — built with you, not off the shelf.

Tattoo Studios

Ironside Tattoo Co.

Qualifies style, placement, size, and first-tattoo status naturally
Books a real consultation slot on your calendar, deposit link included once set up
Knows which artist suits which style
Can follow up on aftercare once that's built into your setup

Barbershops

Fade & Co.

Sorts fades, beard trims, and kids' cuts from one message
Matches customers to their preferred barber
Books the next real available slot, same day if needed
Can remind regulars when they're due back in, once set up

Right now, this is a working conversation demo and founding-pilot offer — not a fully automated system yet for a random visitor. The AI conversation above is real and live. Real-time booking, connected to a real calendar, is a proven, working system (see the live example above) — setup fee and month one are how it, along with every other channel and follow-ups, gets connected to your actual shop's details.

"We built this after watching the same thing happen over and over — a great shop, doing great work, quietly losing bookings because nobody had a spare hand to answer a DM. This isn't about replacing anyone. It's about making sure nothing falls through the cracks while you're doing the job you're actually good at."

— The Second Chair Team

Pricing

Simple, and set up for you.

No software to configure. No lock-in. Just tell us about your shop, and we handle the rest.

One-off setup £200 – £500

Monthly management £100 – £150/mo

Final pricing depends on how many channels you want connected. Month-to-month, 14 days' notice to cancel — no long-term lock-in.

✓ AI conversation on every channel you connect
✓ Real-time booking system included — connected to your actual calendar, not just a chat proposal
✓ A dedicated online booking page for your shop, so customers can skip the chat entirely if they prefer
✓ Set up and managed for you — no software to learn

Let it run your businesswhile you run your business.