Online Bookings Went From 0% to 55% of Revenue
The Situation
A hair salon with two locations in Dubai was running entirely on walk-ins and phone bookings. The owner spent her evenings answering WhatsApp messages to confirm appointments. No-shows were costing her AED 8,000-12,000 per month. She had no way to track which services were profitable, which stylists were booked efficiently, or where her clients were coming from.
Her previous "digital presence" was a Facebook page with 200 followers and an Instagram with photos from 2022.
What We Built
An integrated booking and business management system. Online booking portal with real-time stylist availability, service menus with transparent pricing, and automated confirmation/reminder flow (WhatsApp + SMS) that crushed no-shows.
Client database with visit history, preferences, and spend tracking. Loyalty program that auto-triggers after X visits.
Google Business Profile overhaul that made both locations show up correctly in Maps with booking links.
Staff scheduling system so the owner stops manually building rosters in Excel every Sunday night.
The Results
What Made This Work
WhatsApp reminders. Not email. Not push notifications. WhatsApp. Because in Dubai, that's what people actually open. No-show rate collapsed.
We built the booking system around HER scheduling logic, not the other way around. Most booking platforms force you into their workflow. We mapped hers.
The loyalty program was the retention engine. Clients book their next appointment 40% more frequently when there's a visible reward approaching.
What We'd Do Differently
We underestimated how much staff training the booking system would need. The tech was ready in 4 weeks, but the team took another 3 weeks to fully adopt it. Two stylists kept taking phone bookings on the side for the first month, which created double-booking conflicts. On future local business builds, we now include a dedicated onboarding sprint with the staff — not just the owner.
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