Answers the questions clients ask
What you offer, how long it takes, where you are, whether you do beards. Operator answers from what you tell it, day or night, so clients book instead of DMing and waiting.
The booking app for barbers that fills the chair
Clients book from your link, your Instagram bio or your website. Operator answers their questions, shows your real openings, takes the deposit and picks up the phone when you are mid-fade.
Free for 14 days · no card to start · keep your number
On your booking link
A booking at 11 p.m., while you were asleep
The questions come from Operator’s barbering question set. You decide which ones matter for your prices.
- CustomerHey, do you have anything Saturday? Need a cut before a wedding.
- OperatorLet’s get you in. What do you need done?
- CustomerCut and beard.
- OperatorHere are the times open on Saturday. Tap one to hold it.
- Customer10:30 works.
- OperatorThat time is held for you. Add your deposit below to lock it in.
Built for barbers
Why barbers use Operator instead of a plain booking app
A booking app shows a calendar and waits. Operator talks to the client, answers their questions and gets the chair booked.
Shows your real openings
Times come from your hours and your calendar, including events already on it, so a client can only pick a time you actually have.
A deposit locks the job
The customer pays a deposit you set, straight to your own Stripe account. Tire-kickers drop off, and a no-show costs them, not you.
Answers the shop phone too
Operator picks up when you are with a client, answers the question and texts the caller your booking link. The call is in your inbox with a summary.
Remembers your regulars
Every client is saved with their history. Reward regulars with a returning-client discount that applies itself, no codes needed.
Your brand, your link
A booking page with your name, your photos and your services, to put in your Instagram bio, your Google profile and your texts.
Why it books more
What changes when Operator takes your bookings
No more booking by DM
Most barbers spend part of every day answering “you got anything tomorrow?” between cuts. Every reply is a pause, and every slow reply is a client who booked somewhere else. Operator answers those messages from your booking link, shows the times that are actually open, and holds the one the client picks. You find out when it is booked, not while it is being booked.
Deposits end the no-show problem
An empty chair on a Saturday is money you do not get back. With Operator, the client pays a deposit you set when they book, straight to your own Stripe account. You choose it per service, as a percentage or a flat amount, or none at all for your regulars.
The phone, handled
The phone rings at the worst possible moment. Operator answers it in a natural voice, answers the question the caller has, and texts them your booking link to pick a time. If a call needs you, it is in your inbox with the recording and a short summary.
You pay for what it answers
There is no per-message fee and no booking fee. Each plan includes monthly credits, and a minute of answered call is 25 credits, where one credit is one cent. If the credits ever run out, calls ring your own phone the way they did before. The line never goes dead.
Services it books for barbers and hair pros
- Haircuts
- Hair colour
- Barbering
- Hair replacement systems
- Locs and braiding
Pricing
Start free. Pick a plan when it answers.
Three plans, no contract. Try Operator free for 14 days; the card is asked for only when you claim your number, and nothing is charged until the trial ends.
Starter
For a solo business or a small shop.
$49
per month · no booking fee
About 200 minutesof answered calls per month, or 500 conversations5,000 credits per month
Start your free trialPro
For a shop whose phone rings all day.
$129
per month · no booking fee
About 600 minutesof answered calls per month, or 1,500 conversations15,000 credits per month
Start your free trialScale
For a busy team, open to close.
$299
per month · no booking fee
About 1,600 minutesof answered calls per month, or 4,000 conversations40,000 credits per month
Start your free trial14-day free trial, card only when you claim your number · switch or cancel anytime
Calls you get a day6
130+
Starter
$49
5,000 credits
Pro
$129
15,000 credits
Scale
$299
40,000 credits
6 calls a day fits Pro. Answering them uses about 9,900 of its 15,000 monthly credits.
6 calls × 3 minutes × 22 working days × 25 credits a minute. Voice only: chats and texts use the same balance.
Questions from barbers
Can I put it on my website and Instagram?
Yes. You get a booking link to put in your Instagram bio, Google profile and texts, and a chat button you can add to your own website with one snippet. Every booking lands in the same inbox.
How does a deposit cut no-shows?
You choose the deposit per service, as a percentage or a flat amount, or none at all. It is paid by card when they book and settles to your own Stripe account, so a customer who books has already put money down.
Do clients need to download an app?
No. Clients book from a link in their browser. They confirm their phone number with a text code, pick a time and pay the deposit, all without an account or an app.
Which questions does it ask?
Operator comes with a barbering question set. It asks the ones that change your price or the job, based on the prices you set, and you can add questions of your own in your own words. Anything that does not change the price is not asked.
Does it work in Canada?
Yes. Operator works for barbers in Canada and the United States, in your own currency.
How much does it cost?
Operator is free for 14 days with no card to start. Plans start at $49 a month on Starter, which covers up to about 200 answered minutes. There is no booking fee on any plan.
Let Operator book your next client
Set up takes 5 minutes. Keep your current number.