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The AI operator for barbershops and salons.

Slad is the AI operator for barbershops and salons: show up first on Google and in AI search, fill every chair with online booking for every stylist, let an AI receptionist book the calls you miss mid-cut, keep clients rebooking, and recover unhappy clients before they go public. All of it, $208.89 a month, no agency, no team to hire, no ad spend, no app-switching, no extra tools.

More customers.
Less work.

Slad runs the front desk and the marketing for your salon or barbershop, and keeps every client close.

See what Slad would run for your salon. Free, in 30 seconds.

No name. No email. No card.

One AI operator. Integrates with the platforms you already use.

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Barbershops and salons quietly leak $1.5K to $5K a month to missed calls and empty chairs. Here's where yours is hiding:

Barbershops + salons

Where is your shop leaking?

Type your shop name. Pick it from the list.

30 seconds. No name. No email. No card.

What your client does on one tap

Six things your client can do in the chair, so you do not have to.

The magenta sticker at your front desk is a modern QR code, no scanning. When a client taps it, this is what happens, without you hiring more staff, training anyone, or buying a new booking system.

1

Turn a great cut into the next client

One tap asks the client if they would send a friend here. A yes becomes a Google review, in their words, where the next person searching for a barber or salon will find it. The reputation that gets you found, built one great cut at a time.

2

Hear the rough ones first, privately

If the visit fell short, the client tells you directly, straight to the shop, not the internet, so you can make it right. They can still leave a public review. You just get the chance to fix it before it shows up there.

3

Your services, in their language

The client sees your live service menu auto-translated to their browser language. Twelve languages tuned for your client mix, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Korean, Arabic.

4

Book the next appointment

The client books their next visit before they leave, routed to their stylist's calendar with no front-desk go-between. The visit that would have ended in a 'text us to rebook' becomes a booked return.

5

Pay from their phone

Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card. The client settles up on the same screen, tip included, and walks out without waiting on a card swipe or a line.

6

Join a program

Membership, loyalty club, or package, whichever recurring program you set. The client enrolls in one tap and you bank predictable monthly revenue from clients who would have stayed one-time.

One sticker, no QR to scan. No app for your client to download. No card swipe. No one at the desk needed to take a booking or run a payment.

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7 days free. No contract. Cancel anytime.

Everything a barbershop or salon needs.One app. No agency, no team, no ad spend.

Slad replaces the whole stack a barbershop or salon normally pieces together: a Google listings manager, online booking for every chair, an AI receptionist that books your missed calls, a video tool, a reputation tool, and reminders and rebooking, $208.89 a month.

Get Found on Google and AI Search

Show up first on Google, and surface when clients ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity for the best barber or salon nearby. Slad keeps your Google profile fresh with posts and review replies, turns your Instagram into Google posts, and features your shop on its channel and local guide, so you get found without doing the work.

Service Videos + Content Engine

Turn one service photo or clip into a polished video with the motion and warmth a flat photo can't show, then post it to Google, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in one tap, with a TikTok draft ready to publish.

Book + Pay, Deposits Built In

Clients tap the Slad sticker, a modern QR code with no scanning, or open your booking link, book straight with their stylist, several services in one booking, and pay from their phone. Take a deposit when they book, have them accept your cancellation policy first, and returning clients check out with their saved card. No app to download.

Reminders, Reviews, Rebooking

Reminders go out before the appointment. After it, a private "how did it go?" comes first: happy clients are sent to leave a Google review, unhappy ones get an apology and their answer reaches you privately before it goes public. Then a "time to come back" invite, and clients rebook just by texting or calling your Slad number, which offers real open times. Every message goes by text or email and is kept word for word in that client's conversation.

Never Miss a Call

Your shop gets its own number. Calls ring you while you are open; mid-cut, after hours, or when voicemail would answer, the AI picks up, books, reschedules, and cancels on your real calendar, and takes a message. If a caller hangs up first, you are told to call them back. You get a report after every call, and you can call or text your own number to hear the day's numbers.

Stop Overpaying Creators

Paste a handle. Get audience authenticity, real engagement, a fair-price range, and cross-platform reach across Instagram and TikTok in under a minute, before you wire a dollar.

A Video About Your Shop, Every Day

Every day Slad writes and makes one short video about your shop from your own services and reviews. You approve it, then it arrives by push or text, ready to post. Your first 2 are free.

Your AI Assistant

A built-in AI assistant that already knows your shop: your service menu, reviews, booking system, and channels. Ask it real questions and get specific, numbers-tied answers, not generic advice.

Outreach That Waits For Your Yes

Slad finds local businesses worth knowing, drafts the intro in your voice, and waits for your approval before anything sends. No reply? It follows up on the schedule you set, and stops the moment someone answers.

Live across your chairs and your feed in 3 simple steps

Set it up in one sitting, then run it in a few minutes a day from your phone. You approve; Slad makes the videos, posts to every channel, replies to reviews, runs the front desk, and answers the calls you miss.

Under an hour

to set up, and you go live the same day.

Minutes a day

to run it. You tap approve; Slad does the work.

No retraining

Clients self-serve at the chair. You just point at the sticker.

  1. 1

    Go live the same day

    Place your Slad stickers, connect Google and your social channels, link your booking system, and upload your service list. Setup takes minutes, your front desk and your feed go live the same day.

    Phase: Setup

    Appointments, Google, channels, and reputation flow live in one sitting.

  2. 2

    Run your front desk and your feed

    Clients tap a sticker, a modern QR code with no scanning, to book, pay, and join your loyalty club right from the chair, sent straight to your shop. Meanwhile Slad keeps your Google profile fresh, turns your work into videos that post to Google, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, and gets your shop featured so new clients find you in Google and AI search, all on your approval.

    Phase: Run

    Appointments get booked. Services become posts. You tap approve.

  3. 3

    Protect your name, keep them coming back

    Unhappy clients route into a private feedback loop before they go public; happy ones become verified reviews and content. Reminders and a "time to come back" invite keep them booking.

    Phase: Results

    More content. Less public fallout. More clients coming back.

Frequently asked questions

The questions shop owners ask before they sign up.

Pricing
What's the price, and what's the catch?

One plan, $208.89 a month, everything included. You get your Google and AI search presence, online booking for every chair, an AI receptionist that books your missed calls, service videos that post to every channel, payments and a loyalty club, Reputation Shield, reminders and rebooking, the AI assistant, and Slad stickers included. All on your Slad page, all continuously updated. 7 days free, no contract.

ROI
What return can I expect?

Fair question: Slad costs from $208.89 a month, and the return comes from filling chairs and keeping regulars. Higher tickets when clients book from the chair, a recurring loyalty club, new clients who find you on Google and in AI search, and reputation recovery that protects your rating. Put your own clients per day and average spend into the revenue calculator to see your estimated extra revenue, payback period, and return against what you pay. Every number it uses is grounded in published research.

Features
What exactly does Slad do?

A lot, all in one app: your Google presence on autopilot, AI service videos that post to every channel, book and pay at the chair, a loyalty club, Reputation Shield, reminders and rebooking, an AI phone line that answers when you cannot, influencer vetting, plus an in-app AI assistant that already knows your shop, and a client-facing page with rewards. For the complete, itemized breakdown of everything Slad does for you and for your clients, see the full feature list.

AI assistant
What can the in-app AI assistant actually help me with?

Quite a lot, because it already knows your shop. It reads your service menu, your reviews, your booking data, your connected channels, and your Slad settings. So when you ask things like "what is my best service mix for the busy season," "should I run a loyalty promo this winter," or "draft a reply to this 1-star review," you get specific, numbers-tied answers grounded in your actual numbers, not generic advice. It also walks you through how to do anything in the app, from connecting your booking system to scheduling a Google post. Per-shop chat thread, isolated to your account.

Front desk
What happens to the calls I miss mid-cut?

Your shop gets its own number. While you are open, calls ring you. Mid-cut, after hours, or when voicemail would answer, the AI receptionist picks up: it books, reschedules, and cancels on your real calendar with the stylist they ask for, answers hours, takes a message, or transfers to a person. If a caller hangs up before anyone answers, you are told to call them back, and you get a report after every call, so a ringing phone in the chair never costs you a booking.

Front desk
Will I know what happened on every call?

Yes. After every call you get a report on what happened. If a caller hangs up before anyone answers, you are told to call them back, so a hang-up never just disappears. And you can call or text your own Slad number any time to hear the day's numbers.

After the visit
What does Slad send my clients after they book?

A reminder before the appointment. After it, a private "how did it go?" comes first. Happy clients are sent to leave a Google review; unhappy ones get an apology, and their answer goes privately to you before it goes public. Later, a "time to come back" invite. These go by text once your business line is registered, and by email until then. Every reminder, ask, and invite is kept word for word in that client's conversation, so you see exactly what was sent.

Rebooking
Can clients rebook just by texting us?

Yes. A client can text or call your Slad number to rebook, and it offers real open times from your calendar. The conversation stays with that client, next to every reminder and invite you sent.

Booking
Can I take a deposit and set a cancellation policy?

Yes. You can take a deposit when a client books, and have them accept your cancellation policy before the booking goes through. Clients can book several services in one booking link, and returning clients check out with their saved card, so booking again takes seconds.

Content
Does Slad make videos about my shop for me?

Yes, one short video a day. Slad writes and makes it from your own services and reviews. You approve it before it goes anywhere, then it arrives by push or text, ready to post. Your first 2 videos are free.

Reputation
What if a client has a bad experience?

Before a client is guided toward sharing, they rate their visit. If they select a low rating, Slad routes that feedback privately to the owner instead of pushing them toward a public post. You get the chance to recover the moment while the client is still in the chair, before frustration becomes a Google or Yelp review. We do not block public reviews. We give you a chance to fix the issue first.

Content
How does Slad turn one photo into a video?

Slad runs your service photo through an AI video model that adds the motion flat photos can't show: natural movement, light, depth, and warmth. You get a polished short video in minutes, ready for Google, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. You can also start from a short clip and Slad will remix it. No camera, no crew, no editor.

Booking
Can clients book a specific stylist or chair?

Yes. Each chair has its own calendar; clients pick their stylist and time, and you never play phone tag.

Channels
Does Slad replace Google Business, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube?

No, Slad connects to them. You authorize Google Business, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube once, then every video, photo, and offer publishes across them with one tap. TikTok is the one exception: your post lands in your TikTok drafts, ready for you to hit publish. You keep your accounts and your audience. Slad handles the publish, the cross-posting, the Google profile and posts, and the review replies.

Discovery
Will Slad help new clients find me, even in AI search?

Yes. Slad keeps your Google profile fresh so you rank when clients search nearby, with a lasting page on the Slad local guide. Those pages help your shop show up in Google and in what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity tell people who ask where to find a barber or salon near them, with nothing for you to write or set up.

Operations
Will I have to retrain my staff?

No major training burden. Clients tap the Slad sticker, a modern QR code they never have to scan, for the service menu, booking, and rewards, and move through the flow on their own. You can point at the sticker the same way you would point at a poster. Marketing happens in the back office through your phone, not at the front desk.

Category
Is Slad an agency, or a tool, or a booking-system replacement?

None of the above. Slad is the AI operator for a barbershop or salon. It does not replace your booking system; it connects to it so clients can book and pay. It is not an agency: no person has to run your account, Slad does. It is the shop-grade alternative to a chain's marketing team, loyalty contract, and agency, $208.89 a month.

Ordering
Can clients book and pay at the visit?

Yes. Once your booking system is connected, clients tap the Slad sticker, a modern QR code with no scanning, see your live service menu, send their booking straight to the shop, pay from their phone, and can join a recurring loyalty club. No app to download, and you keep working the way you already do.

Setup
How long until we're live?

Most shops are live the same day they receive their sticker pack. Average setup is under an hour: place stickers, link your accounts (Google, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube), connect your booking system, and upload your service menu and a few photos. Your first service video and first multi-channel post can publish before your next day starts.

Ordering
Can clients book and pay at the visit without changing my booking system?

Yes, and you keep your existing booking system. Slad connects to it instead of replacing it: clients tap a sticker, a modern QR code with no scanning, see your live service menu, send bookings to the shop, pay from their phone, and join a loyalty club. No new hardware, and no app for clients to download.

Cost
What's a cheaper alternative to a marketing agency?

A marketing agency runs $2,500+/mo and only handles your posts. Slad is an AI operator that does the marketing and runs your front desk, your phone, and your reviews, $208.89 a month, with no agency, no team to hire, and no ad spend.

Reputation
How can I stop bad reviews before they go public?

Catch the unhappy client before they post. Slad asks for a quick rating at the visit; a low score routes privately to the owner instead of becoming a public 1-star, so you can make it right, while happy clients get steered to a public Google review.

Content
How do I turn service photos into videos automatically?

Upload one service photo and Slad turns it into a polished short video with the motion, light, and warmth a still photo can't show, then posts it to Google, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in one tap, with no filming or editing, and drops it into your TikTok drafts ready to publish.

Barbershops and salons
What's the best all-in-one app for barbershops and salons?

Slad is built for barbershops and salons: get found on Google, post your work to every channel, take bookings, payments, and loyalty at the visit, recover unhappy clients before they go public, and never miss a call, all in one app, $208.89 a month.

Research
Are Slad's claims and revenue numbers backed by real research?

Yes. Every claim on this site, and every default in the revenue calculator, is tied to a published source: peer-reviewed research (for example, the Harvard study linking a one-star-higher rating to 5 to 9% more revenue for independent businesses), established research firms like BrightLocal, Rival IQ, and Gartner, and clearly-labeled industry data. Where a study gives a range, we use the conservative end. You can read every source, tagged by how credible it is, on the research page.

Word of mouth
How does Slad get my clients posting about me?

When a client taps your Slad sticker, they browse a short reel of your work, then snap and share a photo of their fresh look to their own Instagram or TikTok for a reward, putting your shop in front of their followers. You see every share.

Category
Is Slad an alternative to Boulevard, Vagaro, or Fresha?

Slad is more than a booking app. Most salon software is booking-first (like Boulevard, Vagaro, Booksy, GlossGenius, or Fresha) and handles the calendar well. Slad does multi-stylist booking too, and adds what those tools usually leave to add-ons: an AI phone receptionist that books the calls you miss mid-cut, AI videos of your work auto-published to every channel, and a get-found and reputation layer. One flat price, from $208.89 a month.

Outreach
Can Slad help me find new business, not just get found?

Yes. Getting found is half of it. Slad builds a list of referral partners and local businesses worth knowing, researches each one, and drafts a personal intro in your voice. You see every draft before it goes. If nobody replies, Slad follows up on the schedule you set, and stops the moment someone answers or asks not to hear from you again. It sends from your own address, so replies come straight back to you.

Outreach
Will Slad email people in my name without me seeing it?

No. Every message is written for your approval and nothing leaves until you say so. If you later decide you want it running on its own, that is a switch you turn on, and follow-ups have their own separate switch, so you can let Slad chase a reply without ever letting it start a conversation you have not read. Every email carries your real business name and address and a plain way to opt out, and anyone who asks to be left alone is never contacted again.

Every shop gets a Slad page.

One plan, everything included. Get found on Google, fill every chair with online booking and an AI receptionist that books your missed calls, and keep clients rebooking. $208.89 a month, plus a small add-on per extra chair.

Slad

$208.89

per month per shop

7 days free to start

The full showcase, continuously updated by the content engine, automatically.

Automated content engine

  • Upload a photo, AI does the rest: service videos generated from your images automatically
  • Your shop's clone: AI learns your voice, aesthetic, and style. Every post sounds and looks like you
  • Auto-publish to Instagram: scheduled posts and reels, hands-free
  • Auto-publish to Google: active profile, fresh content, recency signals boosted continuously
  • AI search active profile: optimized for Google AI Overview and AI-powered discovery

Booking, payments, memberships

  • Book + pay at appointment
  • Memberships + clubs
  • Loyalty + points + rewards

Reputation + Google

  • Reputation shield, bad feedback routed privately
  • Google profile autopilot
  • Review reply automation
  • Multi-language review replies
  • Instagram to Google: your IG posts become Google posts to approve
  • Fresh photos pulled to your profile automatically
  • Promo graphics

Distribution + discovery

  • Multi-channel publishing: Facebook and YouTube publish directly; TikTok lands in your TikTok drafts, ready to post

Slad page

  • Front-desk sticker: a modern QR code, no scanning
  • Service video feed, clients browse your service menu
  • Page auto-translates to your client's language
  • Full shop showcase page: service videos, rating, vibe, continuously updated by the content engine
  • Permanent page on the Slad local guide: found in Google and AI answers like ChatGPT and Perplexity

Intelligence + tools

  • Local market intel: openings, closures, cost and policy alerts, and a weakness map of recurring competitor complaints
  • Full AI assistant: knows your shop + your block
  • Influencer vetting: real audience, fair price, engagement score
  • Cross-platform insights dashboard

Physical + onboarding

  • 100 front-desk stickers: full shop coverage
  • Automatic setup: connect your channels, Slad builds it for you
  • Priority onboarding: live same day
A chain's setup: $20,000+/mo
Everything included: $208.89/mo
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Every plan comes with 7 days free, and stickers are included. One plan, everything included, your Slad page is the full showcase from day one.

What changes the day Slad goes live

Slad is not another marketing layer your team has to manage. It connects your Google presence, your appointments, your channels, and your spend into one AI operator that runs it for the owner, with no agency, no team to hire, no ad spend, no app-switching, and no extra tools.

1 Before Slad

  • Your Google profile goes stale, posts are sporadic and reviews sit unanswered, so you slide down the results when clients search nearby.
  • Clients call during a cut and the phone goes unanswered, chairs sit empty between walk-ins, and you have no easy way to turn a one-time client into a regular.
  • Reputation management is reactive. By the time you see a 1-star review, it is already public.
  • Your best chair work sits flat on Instagram and Google, with no time or budget to film. You juggle five apps or pay an agency $2,500+/mo to post for you.
  • Clients forget, no-show, and nobody invites them back, so the next booking never happens.
  • Calls come in during a cut, the phone goes unanswered, chairs sit empty.
  • When you have an operating question (best service and stylist mix, fair labor cost, how to reply to a bad review), you ask your accountant, ask a fellow owner, or guess. The answer is hours or days away and rarely grounded in your numbers.

2 With Slad in place

  • Slad runs your Google profile on autopilot: posts on a cadence, your Instagram turned into Google posts, and a reply to every review in the client's language, so you rise in Google and in the AI answers clients now get instead of sliding down the results.
  • Clients tap a Slad sticker, a modern QR code with no scanning, to book, pay, and join your loyalty club, sent straight to your shop, and share their look as verified promotion that brings the next client in.
  • Unhappy clients route into a private manager feedback channel before they go public, and happy ones get steered to a public 5-star. Reputation Shield catches the moment.
  • One service photo becomes a polished video with real motion and warmth, and publishes to Google, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in one tap, with a TikTok draft ready to publish. No app-switching, no agency.
  • A reminder goes out before every appointment, a private check-in follows it, and a "time to come back" invite brings clients back, who can rebook just by texting your Slad number.
  • The AI receptionist books the missed calls and fills the chair while you work.
  • Your built-in AI assistant already knows your shop (service menu, reviews, booking system, channels), so you ask it real questions and get specific, numbers-tied answers in seconds, not generic advice.

In the shop

Simple for staff

Your team does not need a long explanation. They can simply say: “The service list, booking, payment, and rewards are right there at the front desk.” Slad handles the digital flow from there, with no new booking system and no retraining.

Online

Online, on autopilot

Slad keeps your Google profile fresh, turns your services into videos that post to every channel, replies to your reviews, and turns happy clients into verified promotion, all on your approval.

Outcomes

More control, less fallout

You get found on Google, recover bad moments before they go public, and never miss a call, so reputation risk goes down while client-driven demand goes up.