Online booking system for barbershops
A barbershop day is short slots back to back: a skin fade at 09:20, a beard trim at 09:50, a father-and-son pair at 10:10. The phone rings while the clippers are running, and the message you did not answer is the booking you lost.
Obano gives your shop a booking page where a client picks the service, picks the barber they always go to, and takes a time that is genuinely free on that barber's chair. You keep the walk-in culture, without keeping the paper book.
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What usually goes wrong in a barbershop schedule
Every service is a different length
A buzz cut is 15 minutes, a scissor cut with a beard shape can be 50. When everything is booked as a generic 30-minute slot, the chair either sits empty or the 17:00 client waits twenty minutes. In Obano each service carries its own duration, so the calendar reflects real chair time.
Clients want their barber, not any barber
Regulars book a person. If the booking page only shows shop-wide times, someone ends up in the wrong chair and you have to phone them back. Obano lets clients choose a specific barber, or 'any available' when they only care about the time.
Walk-ins and appointments fight for the same chair
You still want to serve someone who walks in on a quiet Tuesday. Blocked time in Obano lets you hold back a part of the day for walk-ins, a lunch break, or a barber who leaves early, so those hours never get booked online.
Several chairs, one shared diary
With three or four barbers, one shared paper diary becomes unreadable by Friday. Obano shows each barber as a column, so you can see at a glance who is fully booked and who has a gap you can offer to the next caller.
How Obano fits a barbershop
Per-barber availability
Give every barber a weekly schedule, then override single days for holidays, courses or a late start. The booking page only ever offers times that barber can actually work.
Service list with real durations and prices
Cut, skin fade, beard trim, cut and beard, kids cut — each with its own length and price, and each assignable to the barbers who perform it.
Automatic reminders
Clients receive a confirmation and a reminder before the appointment, which cuts the quiet no-shows that cost a chair hour.
Recurring clients in two clicks
A client who comes every three weeks can be booked as a repeating series, and you can cancel this appointment or this and all future ones when their routine changes.
A typical Saturday with Obano
Here is what the same booking looks like from both sides of the chair.
- 1A client opens your booking link from Instagram and selects 'Cut and beard, 45 min'.
- 2They pick Miguel, because Miguel has cut their hair for two years.
- 3Obano shows only the times Miguel is free on Saturday, taking his lunch block into account.
- 4They confirm with a name, phone and email; the appointment lands in the Obano calendar in Miguel's column.
- 5The shop gets a notification, the client gets a confirmation, and a reminder goes out before the appointment.
- 6If they need to move it, they use the secure link in their email instead of calling during a fade.
Common questions from barbershops
- Can clients choose their own barber?
- Yes. The booking page lists the barbers who perform the selected service, and the client can also choose 'any available' if they just want the earliest time.
- Can I still take walk-ins?
- Yes. Obano does not close your door. You can block parts of the day so they are never offered online and keep those hours for people who walk in.
- What if a barber only works three days a week?
- Each team member has their own weekly availability plus date-specific overrides, so a part-time barber only ever receives bookings on the days they work.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. Obano runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or desktop, and your booking page is a normal link you can share anywhere.
Try Obano with your own services and team
Set up your services, add your team, share your booking link and take your first online appointment the same day.