Booking that fits a real salon week.
A cleanup buffer after every color. A freelancer who's only in on Thursdays. Walk-ins between booked appointments. Waitlists for the chair that opens up at 3 PM. Per-user salon software charges by the chair to ship this. Free booking tools charge 20% commission to skip it. Noodle Box is the third path — flat fee, all depth included.
The salon week, in software
Workflow primitives that match how a real salon runs — not a generic SMB booking template.
Cleanup buffer after every color
The chair isn't free the moment the appointment ends. 15 minutes after a single process. 30 after balayage. First-class buffers on the calendar — not something stylists have to remember to block manually.
Freelancer schedules
Thursdays-only stylist? Lunchtime-only colorist? Per-staff availability handles split shifts, on-call periods, and seasonal hours without per-seat upcharges.
Walk-ins between bookings
The 30-min gap between two cuts is a walk-in slot, not a hole in the day. Receptionists can drop a walk-in straight into the calendar from the Noodle Book iOS app (shipping in 2-3 weeks).
Waitlists with auto-offer
A client cancels Saturday at 3 PM — the next waitlisted person gets the slot offered over WhatsApp instantly. First to confirm wins. The chair stays filled.
Vacation and sick days as calendar entities
A stylist's vacation isn't a sticky note on the receptionist's desk. It's a calendar block that takes their availability offline and reschedules anyone already booked into it.
Deposits for the slots that get no-showed
The CHF 280 balayage on a Saturday afternoon is too expensive to lose to a no-show. Take a deposit via Payrexx — your Swiss merchant account, your funds — and forfeit on cancellation under N hours.
A booking page that looks like your salon
Every free salon booking tool gives every salon the same beige page. Noodle Book uses AI to theme the widget to your brand — colors, typography, tone — without a designer and without a template editor. Three salons, three brands, three visibly different pages. None of them rented.
What you really pay
For a CHF 8'000 / month hair studio with 30% new-marketplace-client mix, the platform comparison looks like this.
| Platform type | Subscription | Commission | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free + marketplace commission | CHF 0 | ~CHF 480 (20% of CHF 2'400) | ~CHF 660 |
| Per-user salon software (3 stylists) | ~CHF 160 | None | ~CHF 160 |
| Noodle Box Suite Pro | CHF 149 | Zero, ever | CHF 149 |
Approximate figures based on typical commission rates and per-user pricing. Your numbers will vary with marketplace mix and team size. See full pricing →
Run your salon week on Noodle Box
14-day free trial with full access. Credit card to start, no charges until the trial ends. Noodle Book is in Beta — talk to sales for the fastest path in.