Online booking for hair salons
Offer booking options for cuts, colour and longer treatments, each with its own duration. Leave time between appointments for preparation and cleaning.
One event type per service with an accurate duration, a fifteen-minute buffer after, and the hair types you work with named in the description.
The two ways a salon diary breaks#
The first is length. A client books "a colour", you allow ninety minutes, and it takes three hours because it was a correction. Everyone after them waits.
The second is discovery, and it is specific to Japan. Foreign clients are looking for a stylist who has cut curly, textured or fine European hair before, and they have usually had a bad experience. They will travel across a city for the right salon and they cannot tell from a price list which one it is.
Suggested booking settings#
A cut is an hour and a colour is three, so one booking length for everything either wastes half your day or runs you late by lunchtime.
| Duration | One event type per service: 60 for a cut, 150 for colour, 210 for a full head of highlights |
|---|---|
| Booking notice required | 4 hours |
| Time between appointments | 15 minutes after, to clear the station |
| Location | In person |
| Payment | Paid in person, or a deposit online for long colour appointments |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before, if you take a deposit |
Suggested booking questions: Which service? · Hair type and length · Have you been to us before?
English-speaking stylists who understand non-Japanese hair are genuinely hard to find here, and clients search for exactly that. Say which hair types you cut in the description — it converts better than any price.
Every service is its own event type#
Cut, cut and blow dry, root touch-up, full colour, highlights, treatment. Honest durations for each, taken from what the work really takes rather than what you wish it took. The client picks the service and the calendar offers times that can actually contain it.
Say whose hair you cut#
Put it in the description in both languages: curly, textured, fine, Afro, colour corrections on previously lightened hair. It converts better than any price, because it is the question the client is actually asking.
Deposits on the long appointments only#
A no-show on a thirty-minute cut is annoying. A no-show on a three-hour colour is a lost afternoon. Take a deposit online on the long event types and leave the short ones paid in person — you do not have to treat every booking the same way.
Getting started#
- Sign in at app.marubox.jp with Google or Microsoft. There is no credit card required and no time limit on the free plan.
- Create an event type with the settings above. Event types explained
- Connect your calendar so the salon floor never gets double booked. Google · Outlook
- Set your working hours, and close Japanese public holidays in one setting. Availability
- Put the link in your bio, or the widget on your site. Adding it to your website
Common questions
How do I book different lengths for cuts and colours?
Make each service its own event type with its own duration and price. The client chooses the service, and the calendar only offers slots long enough to hold it.
Can I take a deposit for long colour appointments only?
Yes. Payment is set per event type, so long appointments can require a card and short ones can stay paid in person.
How do English-speaking clients find my salon?
Write your service names and descriptions in English as well as Japanese, and say which hair types you work with. Clients searching in English for a stylist who understands their hair are looking for exactly that sentence.
Can two stylists take bookings on one page?
Not on one account — one account is one diary. Small salons usually run an account per stylist, each with their own page and link.
Start taking bookings online
The Free plan includes booking pages, Google Calendar and Outlook connections, working hours, Japanese holiday settings and booking on your website. No credit card is required, and there is no time limit. The Paid plan is ¥1,200 per month including tax and adds online card payments, team bookings and LINE integration. Business Box charges no booking commission; Stripe processing fees apply separately.
Last reviewed 16 October 2026.