Can clients book themselves online?+
Yes — it’s a switch you turn on. Your salon gets a public booking page under your own logo and colour; guests pick a service, a stylist and a time, and the booking drops straight into the same calendar your front desk works in. The hours a guest is offered are that stylist’s published shift for the date — a split shift shows both blocks and nothing in the gap — and a day with no shift published falls back to 10:00–20:00 in your timezone.
How do memberships actually work?+
You define the plans — price, a number of visits or unlimited, and how long they’re valid. Selling one records the payment, so membership revenue lands in your reports and Day close like any other sale. Each visit draws the balance down atomically: two front desks can’t burn the last visit twice, and the remaining count shows on the client’s row.
What does the client portal do?+
Clients sign in with a one-time email link — no app to install, no password to remember. They see their upcoming appointments and visit history, and can cancel up to two hours before the start; the freed slot opens up immediately. It is also where your consent form is signed: they type their name, the time is recorded, and editing the text asks everyone to agree again. The portal carries your branding.
Do reminders reduce no-shows?+
We won’t quote you an invented percentage — we’re in beta and we measure with each pilot instead. What ships today: an email reminder the day before the visit, in your timezone, sent once per booking to clients who left an email. It’s opt-in, and the booking form captures the email for you.
Does Structa process card payments?+
Yes. Turn on Guest Payments and cards run through Stripe, paid straight to your own Stripe account — a guest settles an open check from their phone, from a link or a QR code at the desk. Prefer your current terminal? Structa still records every payment (cash or card, with tip and sales tax) for your books, reports and Day close.
Can I see who has stopped coming?+
Yes, as a list: the clients you haven’t seen in a while, longest away first, with their last visit and how many visits they made. Each row has an Invite back button that emails a “we miss you” note with your booking link in it. One client gets that at most once every thirty days, never after an unsubscribe or a bounce, and the button tells you which of those it was instead of failing silently.
Can I run classes, not just one-to-one appointments?+
Yes. A class is a group slot with a number of spots; people join its roster instead of booking a chair. Capacity is enforced server-side, so the last seat cannot be taken twice. Checking somebody in spends a visit from their membership, walk-ins go on by name, and a no-show is marked as one. Classes are staff-side today — a guest joins at the desk or over the phone, not from the public booking page.
Does it work offline?+
Partly, and we’ll be precise: if the Wi-Fi drops, a signed-in tablet keeps showing the day’s calendar and your client list from its cache. Creating new bookings while offline isn’t supported. Signing in and the AI assistant always need a connection.
How long does setup actually take?+
Enable modules, create roles, add your team — minutes. Entering your service list with durations and prices is the longest step; send us your price list and we’ll load it with you during onboarding, which is free for founding businesses.
Can my stylists see the revenue numbers?+
Only if you put Reports in their role. The front desk can run the whole day’s calendar without ever seeing a dollar figure — that’s the point of role-scoped workspaces.