Software that respects how a grooming day actually runs.
A 3-hour Bernese mountain dog groom that gets quoted as 2 hours. A wash station blocked because the previous dog was aggressive. A groomer's sick day that doesn't just take out the chair — it takes out the four dogs already booked into it. Generic salon software pretends these don't exist. Noodle Book ships them as first-class workflow.
The grooming calendar primitives
Every one of these shows up daily in a real grooming operation. None of them ship in a generic free booking tool.
Duration that matches the dog
A 90-minute groom for a poodle is not a 90-minute groom for a doodle. Override the default per booking, and the per-client duration learning roadmap item will start tracking each dog's real average.
Multi-table coordination
Two grooms simultaneously on adjacent tables — the calendar knows when both are blocked, and when only one is. Wash stations, dryers, and tubs are first-class resources the booking has to find free.
Aggressive-dog buffers
A buffer after a difficult dog isn't a luxury — it's how staff keep working. Tag a client and the wash station auto-blocks the extra cleanup time the calendar wouldn't otherwise know about.
Groomer sick days that cascade
One groomer out means a chair AND the dogs already booked into it. Noodle Book offers the affected clients a different time over WhatsApp, with the next available groomer pre-filled. No call list.
Rebooking on the schedule the breed needs
Poodles every 6 weeks. Doodles every 8. Bernese twice a year. Noodle Book sends the WhatsApp rebooking nudge at the cadence the breed actually needs — not a generic monthly blast.
Deposits for the slots you can't afford to lose
The Saturday-morning large-breed groom slot is too valuable to no-show. Take a deposit via Payrexx — your Swiss merchant account, your funds — and forfeit on cancellation under N hours.
"Before Noodle Book we kept the schedule on a paper diary and the client list in two different spreadsheets. The first month live, we caught three rebookings the diary would have lost, and our Saturday no-shows dropped because clients confirm on WhatsApp instead of forgetting an email."
Bark and Beauty AG · Pet grooming salon, Adliswil
The commission line on every groom
For an CHF 8'000 / month grooming operation 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 staff) | ~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 grooming day 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.