SalonSites / Hair salons
Websites & booking for hair salons · Colchester & Essex
We checked 479 hair salons around Colchester. 92% can't take a booking online.
Two in three have no real website, and the phone rings mid-colour. Every service bookable online, confirmed by you, is fixable this week: one price, you own it, £0 a month to run.
WhatsApp answered the same day — usually within the hour, salon hours.
Our own analysis, August 2026 — every operating business of this type with a Google listing within 16 miles of Colchester, each website checked individually.
Sound familiar?
Things hair salons owners tell us
The phone rings when my hands are in foils.
Bookings arrive silently as WhatsApp requests, checked against your real availability. You confirm between clients, not mid-colour.
Clients want to book at 9pm. We answer at 9am.
Your site takes the booking at 9pm — around 40% of bookings happen out of hours. You just confirm in the morning.
My prices changed but the internet didn't.
One price list, on your site, edited by you from your phone. Google reads it too — no more 2023 prices floating around.
Colour needs a consultation — I can't have strangers booking it.
Every booking is a request you approve. Mark colour as 'consultation first' and let cuts and blow-drys book straight in — your rules, service by service.
What your site includes
Built for how hair salons actually work
Every service, its own listing
Cut, colour, treatments — each with true prices and durations, structured so Google reads them too.
Two ways to book
Web booking and WhatsApp booking against your real availability — both arrive as requests you confirm.
A price list that stays true
Edit prices and hours from your phone in 20 seconds, free forever.
Found on Google
Google Business Profile claimed and connected — 'hair salon near me' starts showing you, not just the chains.
Your reviews, working for you
Your real Google reviews on the site, where new clients look first.
£0 a month
No subscription, no commission, no per-stylist fees. Just your ~£10/yr domain.
Straight prices, like the list on your wall
Asked every time
Questions hair salons owners ask
Can each stylist have their own column?
Yes — services can be split by stylist with their own availability, so regulars book their usual person.
Colour consultations and patch tests — how are they handled?
Your booking rules go into the system: minimum notice, consultation-first services, patch-test warnings shown before booking. Clients see the rules before they pick a time.
What's the catch with £0 a month?
There isn't one — modern static sites run on world-class infrastructure free tiers. Your only recurring cost is your domain (~£10/yr, owned by you). The optional £25/mo care plan is for owners who'd rather we make their changes.
Send us your price list. See your hair salon online this week.
Or see the live example first: shieldsbeauty.com