One chair, honest duration
Each service has its own length. The next client cannot book over wet gel.
Cobbtree for Nails
Nail work is timed to the minute. A gel set that overruns knocks the whole afternoon. Cobbtree books the chair for the service you actually do, takes the deposit, and keeps the client's last shape and shade on file.
The chair, not the waiting list
Nail businesses live on chair time. If a BIAB is 90 minutes, the diary has to be 90 minutes. Cobbtree will not let a 45-minute infill sit in a set slot, and it will not offer a time your technician is already in a set.
Each service has its own length. The next client cannot book over wet gel.
Last colour, shape and photos sit with the client so you are not starting from a screenshot in their camera roll.
Aftercare, oils and gift cards go on the same ticket as the set.
The useful parts
Not a shared Google Calendar with colours. A booking system that knows an infill is not a full set.
Each technician's column is their chair. Duration is the service, not a guess.
Different times, different prices, different deposits. Clients pick what they mean.
New sets can ask for money up front. No-shows do not empty a Saturday of two-hour slots.
Keep after-photos with the visit so the next appointment starts from the last shape.
Sell a voucher for a gel set or a month of infills. It sits on the same till.
Only people who actually sat and paid get the nudge to come back.
How a nail visit runs
Gel, BIAB, infill, builder, nail art: each one has its price and its time. No 'enquire for quote' dead end unless you want one.
Phone and till show the same chair diary. Walk-ins only land in gaps that are actually free.
Deposits on new sets. Card or cash at the desk. Tips if you take them.
Offer the next infill from the ticket, at the interval you set.
Technicians
Solo nail techs and busy bars use the same product. Add a chair when you hire. Reporting still splits by person.
One PIN on the phone for your chair, or a front desk taking payment for the room.
If you take walk-ins, they only land where the chair is actually empty.