Salon Booking & Appointments – Yatoon

Start accepting salon appointments from your own website

Yatoon gives salons, nail studios, spas, and beauty professionals a fast mobile booking flow without forcing customers into a separate marketplace. Clients can choose multiple services, book for a group, select staff, find a real available time, and manage their appointment after booking.

The free version runs locally in WordPress. Your service, staff, customer, and booking data remain in your WordPress database. No Square, Vagaro, or AI account is required.

Built by a salon owner, for salon owners.

• Guided setup with optional demo content – nothing is added unless you choose it
• Automatic booking, appointment-management, and customer-portal page creation
• Mobile-first booking for individual and group appointments
• Multiple services in one visit with combined duration and pricing
• Local staff schedules, availability, confirmations, reminders, and waitlist capture
• Customer self-service for viewing, rescheduling, and cancelling appointments
• Service photos, category navigation, gallery, staff profiles, and ratings

Live demo: https://yatoon.com/bookingdemo/

Launch in four guided steps

1. Add your business details.
2. Start blank or explicitly choose sample services for testing.
3. Set opening hours and email notifications.
4. Let Yatoon create the required pages and open the customer view for a test booking.

Free always uses local WordPress booking. Square and Vagaro credentials are requested only by the separate Pro package.

Optional AI, never a requirement

On a compatible WordPress installation with an AI provider connected, Yatoon can help customers choose a service and help owners improve service descriptions. Without AI, the complete normal booking flow continues to work. Yatoon does not sell AI credits or store provider API keys.

Official source and support

Yatoon is distributed under GPLv2 or later. Official downloads, updates, demos, and support are available from https://yatoon.com and the WordPress.org support forum.

What makes Yatoon different

Most booking plugins were built for generic businesses. Yatoon was built for beauty. That means:

• Clients can book multiple services in one visit – nails + pedicure + eyebrows, all in one checkout
• AI-guided service selection helps unsure clients understand which service fits their needs
• Group appointments – your client books for herself and her friend, with separate services and staff for each person, in one go
• A restaurant-style service menu with photos, pricing, and a Book button right on the page – not a separate popup or redirect
• Staff profiles with real star ratings from verified clients – clients pick who they trust
• A photo gallery that auto-scrolls your nail art – because your work sells itself
• Tip / gratuity at checkout – preset percentages or custom amount, right in the booking flow

This is the stuff that actually matters in a salon. Everything else is just noise.

Booking experience your clients will love

• Mobile-first – the entire booking flow is designed for phones first. Your clients book from the nail salon parking lot or their couch.
• Multi-step flow with animated progress bar – clients always know where they are and what’s next
• Real-time availability – live calendar that loads actual open slots from your schedule
• “Any staff” option – clients who don’t have a preference get the first available technician automatically
• Waitlist capture – when a time is fully booked, clients can join a list so you can follow up manually
• “Text Us” button – if nothing is available, clients can reach you directly with one tap
• Add to Calendar – Google, Apple, and Outlook with one click after booking
• Self-service portal – clients reschedule or cancel on their own, without calling you

Everything you need to run your salon

For your clients:
* Beautiful booking form that matches your website
* Instant confirmation email with full appointment details
* Automated reminder email before their appointment
* One-tap star rating after their visit – no login required
* Secure link to reschedule or cancel anytime

For your team:
* Staff portal – technicians view their own schedule on their phone, no logins needed
* Staff profiles with photos, bios, and real star ratings
* Each staff member linked to only their services

For you:
* Dashboard with today’s bookings, monthly revenue, and no-show rate at a glance
* Client list with visit history, notes, and allergy information
* Closed dates manager – block holidays for everyone with one click
* Custom booking form fields – add questions like nail shape preference, allergy notes, or reference photos
* Fully customizable confirmation email template

Service display shortcodes

• [yatoon_booking] – the full booking form. Put it on any page.
• [yatoon_service_menu] – restaurant-style menu with photos, prices, and Book buttons. Clients browse and book without leaving the page.
• [yatoon_catalog] – image card grid with category filters.
• [yatoon_gallery] – auto-scrolling photo carousel of your work. Supports mobile swipe, lightbox, and infinite loop.
• [yatoon_customer_portal] – client self-service: view upcoming bookings, reschedule, cancel.
• [yatoon_staff_portal] – technician schedule viewer. Installable as a home screen app on iPhone and Android.

Optional Pro upgrade – for salons that are growing

The WordPress.org version runs in local WordPress booking mode. A separate Pro package is available outside WordPress.org for salons that need live third-party integrations and higher-volume workflows:

• Square & Vagaro live sync – your Square Appointments or Vagaro availability syncs in real time. No double bookings, ever. Clients see exactly what’s open.
• AI reply drafts – turn Text Us messages into warm, staff-reviewed response drafts
• SMS reminders via Twilio – automated text messages before every appointment cut no-shows dramatically
• Google Calendar two-way sync – your bookings appear in your personal calendar automatically
• Unlimited staff members – no cap on technicians
• Deposits & prepay – require a credit card or partial payment upfront for clients with a no-show history, or for high-value services
• Waitlist auto-notify – email clients automatically when a matching slot opens
• No-show tracking – automatically flag clients who miss appointments
• Recurring bookings – clients set up weekly or bi-weekly repeats from the confirmation page
• Service packages, memberships, coupon codes & gift cards – sell and redeem prepaid value from your site
• Priority support – direct access to the team that built and runs this in a real salon

Get started in 5 minutes

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. The Setup Wizard launches automatically – follow 5 simple steps to configure your business info, hours, and booking page
3. Add [yatoon_booking] to your booking page
4. Add [yatoon_service_menu] to your services page
5. Upload photos to your services and add [yatoon_gallery] to your homepage
6. Preview the client booking experience at https://yatoon.com/bookingdemo/

That’s it. Your clients can start booking.

External Services and Privacy

The free booking flow runs locally in WordPress and does not require Square, Vagaro, Stripe, Twilio, or Google Calendar.

AI features use the WordPress 7.0 AI Client when a site administrator connects an AI provider in WordPress Settings > Connectors. Yatoon does not store AI provider API keys and does not charge for AI usage. Any AI usage cost depends on the site owner’s selected AI provider. On WordPress 6.9 and older, AI features stay hidden and the booking system continues to work normally.

The plugin bundles the Freemius SDK to provide optional account, upgrade, licensing, and software analytics screens. Freemius is only used when a site administrator chooses to connect or opt in. On opted-in sites, Yatoon sends one-time setup funnel event names together with the plugin version, Free/Pro tier, booking mode, and event time. It does not include customer names, contact details, appointment content, or payment information. Sites that do not opt in keep these milestones only in their own WordPress database.

• Freemius: https://freemius.com – Terms: https://freemius.com/terms/
• Freemius Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/