A hairdresser styling a client in a salon
💇 Built for hair salons

The receptionist for salons with gloves on.

Colour takes two hours and the phone rings for all of them. Alfie answers, works out what they want doing, quotes it and books it into the right stylist's column — gloves stay on.

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Working for salons up and down the country

★★★★★ 4.9 out of 5 From 340+ working tradespeople
24/7 Always on shift Evenings, weekends, bank holidays. Alfie never misses one.
4 sec Average reply First to answer wins the job. Alfie's always first.
+38% More jobs booked What owners see in their first three months with Alfie.
£29 A month, all in Less than one job. No setup fee, no contract, cancel any time.
Watch him work

A real salon enquiry, start to finish

This is Alfie on a live chat at 20:31, while you were still on the job. No app to check, no call to return.

20:31
Alfie Online now
Live chat
£ Booked Sat 11amIn 4 seconds flat
Job bookedStraight in your diary

What he worked out while you were busy

  1. 1
    Cut, colour, or both? Colour needs double the chair time. Getting this wrong wrecks the day's column.
  2. 2
    Have you been in before, and who with? Regulars go back to their stylist. New clients go where there's room.
  3. 3
    Is your hair colour-treated already? The question that decides whether it's a two-hour job or a four-hour one.
  4. 4
    Do you need a skin test first? Legally you need it before colour on a new client. Alfie books it 48 hours ahead so you're covered.

Then he quoted it off your price list, checked your diary and booked it. Typical: £65 cut & blow dry, £120 full head.

Your settings

Your columns, your prices

Type your prices in once. Flick the switches that matter to salons. Alfie does the rest — and never goes off-script.

💇 Alfie › Salons › Setup ✓ Saved

Price list

Cut & blow dry £65
Full head colour £120
Half head / balayage £95
Skin test (new colour clients) Free

Alfie only ever quotes from this list. Change a price here, he uses it on the next call.

Rules for salons

Always book a skin test 48h before colour
Block 3 hours for a full head
Never put colour in a 1-hour gap
Take card deposits on big bookings

Switch things on and off. If a job falls outside the rules, Alfie asks you instead of guessing.

Takes about ten minutes. After that, he just gets on with it.

A hairdresser styling a client in a salon
While your gloves are on,
Alfie's filling Saturday.

Your receptionist. Never off sick. Never on a break.

The job description

What Alfie does all day

He's not software you have to fiddle with. He's staff — and he never calls in sick.

Answers your website chat

The bubble in the corner of your site. Someone types at 11pm, Alfie replies in seconds and gets their number.

Picks up the phone

A real voice on the line. Alfie takes the call, asks the right questions and never leaves anyone on hold.

Quotes your prices

You set the rates. Alfie asks the questions that size the job, then gives a straight price on the spot.

Books it in your diary

Straight into your calendar, around the jobs you've already got. No double-bookings, no back-and-forth.

Captures every lead

Even the ones that don't book. Name, number, what they wanted — all sat waiting in your leads list.

Replies on WhatsApp

Where half your customers already message you. Alfie's in there answering, quoting and booking too.

★★★★★
“The salon phone rings all through a colour. Alfie takes it, books it, and I never have to put my gloves down.”
PR
Priya R.Salon owner, Manchester
Wages

Cheaper than a round of teas

One extra job a month and Alfie's paid for himself twice over. Try him free for 14 days — cancel any time, no catch.

Chat

Alfie on your website and WhatsApp

£29/month

Billed monthly. Cancel whenever.

  • Website chat, answered 24/7
  • WhatsApp replies
  • Instant price quotes
  • Books straight into your diary
  • Every lead captured
  • Trained for salons
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Most salons pick this

Chat + Calls

Alfie picks up the phone as well

£49/month

Billed monthly. Cancel whenever.

  • Everything in Chat, plus:
  • Alfie answers your phone calls
  • Natural-sounding voice
  • Call summaries texted to you
  • Out-of-hours cover
  • Urgent jobs put through to you
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No setup fee · No contract · No card details until day 14

Straight answers

Questions salons ask us

Does he know about skin tests?

Yes, and he books them automatically for new colour clients, 48 hours ahead. It's the sort of thing a rushed receptionist forgets and you can't afford to.

Can he handle different stylists and different prices?

Each stylist has their own column, rates and hours. Alfie books into the right one and won't put a four-hour colour in a one-hour gap.

What about the walk-in who wants a trim now?

He'll tell them what's actually free and offer it. If nothing is, he takes their number and offers the first slot that opens instead of losing them.

Will customers know it's not a real person?

Alfie's polite, quick and speaks like a normal human — most people just think they got through to a very on-the-ball receptionist. If someone asks outright, he's honest about it. And if a call needs you, he'll put it through or take a message.

How long does setting up actually take?

About ten minutes. Pick your trade, enter your prices and hours, paste one line of code on your site (or send it to whoever built it). Most people are live the same day.

Do I need to give card details for the trial?

No. Fourteen days free, nothing to enter upfront. If Alfie's not earning his keep, walk away and you'll never hear from us again.

Not just salons

Alfie works for 16 trades

He knows what a customer asks a plumber, and what they ask a barber — and they're not the same.

While your gloves are on,
Alfie's filling Saturday.

Put him on the books today. Fourteen days free, cancel any time, and he starts answering the moment you hit go.

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