Barbershops · Suites · Any chair that has a line
Your line,
online.
Clients see the wait and hold a spot from their phone. You see who’s next. Free for you. When someone holds a spot from home, you get paid.
Two minutes. No subscription. No card.
The money, in one breath
No subscription. No per-chair fee. No processing cut. Counter QR, the line, the board, your book — all of it.
You set it, $2–$5. Scanning the QR at the counter is always free. Nobody pays to stand in your shop.
We keep a dollar and pay the card fees out of it. Your share lands in your bank when you take the client.
theCut charges your client $0.95 a booking and keeps it. Squire charges $1–3 and keeps it. We charge a little more — and hand you most of it.
What the others actually charge
The price on the box
isn’t the price.
| Platform | Monthly | On top of that |
|---|---|---|
| ClientQ | $0 | Clients pay ~$3 to hold a spot from home — and you keep $2 of it. |
| theCut | $25 per barber | $0.95 charged to your client every booking + 2.75% processing |
| Booksy | $29.99 + $20 per barber | 30% of a new client’s first visit |
| StyleSeat | $35 per pro | 30% of new clients (up to $50) + a booking fee charged to your client |
| Squire | $100 per shop | +$150/mo for the waitlist + $1–3 per booking charged to your client |
Published prices, September 2026. Every other client fee on this table goes to the platform. Ours goes to you.
For the barber in the chair
Your owner sees
the line. Not your list.
Every other app bills you, then sells your clients to the barber down the street when they open the app. Here, your clients and your notes are yours — private even from the shop, and they leave with you.
- Your clients, your notesNot visible to the owner. Not visible to us as a “marketplace.” Export the whole list in one tap, any day.
- Your prices, your hoursSet them yourself. Days off are yours to take.
- Your walk-in switchAppointment-only today? Flip it. “First available” skips you.
- Your own linkPut it in your bio. It’s your page, inside the shop’s.
Saturday, with the line online
- 1Tape the QR by the registerWe give you a print-ready card. Scan it, tap your name, you’re in line. No download.
- 2Tap “I’m in”When you’re working, you count as an open chair. When you’re not, clients can’t pick you.
- 3Call the next nameTap “Take next.” The client’s phone tells them to head in. The board on the TV shows who’s up.
Clients don’t have to be in the building. They open your link from the house, see “~25 min · 3 waiting,” and pay a few dollars to hold a spot — which is what they’re texting you to do for free right now.
What we don’t do
— No app or account for your clients. A link has no password to forget.
— No marketplace. We will never put your client in front of another barber.
— No processing cut. Cash, Cash App, Zelle — none of our business.
— No subscription. Not for a suite, not for a shop.
— No “discovery” fee for reaching people who were already yours.
— No lock-in. Your list exports in one tap the day you leave.
Put your line online.
Free for you. Paid holds go to you. Two minutes to set up.
ClientQ · Atlanta