Booking system for barbershops in Colombia
Bookza talks to your clients, offers the slot with the barber they asked for and sends the reminder. You keep the clippers in your hand.
In Colombia the barbershop is a street-level business: in Medellín, Bogotá or Cali there are several per block and many stay open late, bundling the cut with brows and sometimes waxing in the same visit. Colombian clients arrive through word of mouth and the barber's Instagram feed, and they usually ask the price on WhatsApp before committing. Because services combine — cut plus brows, cut plus beard, cut plus design — the real time in the chair swings a lot, and that is where the schedule falls apart.
- When the client adds brows or a design on arrival, the service stretches and drags everyone waiting behind him.
- With that many shops per block, whoever fails to quote a price on the spot loses the client to the one next door.
The phone rings in the middle of a fade and there is no way to pick it up.
A client who only books with one specific barber walks away if nobody can check that barber's schedule right then.
Twenty-minute gaps between cuts go unsold because nobody offers them in time.
Built for your industry
One schedule per barber
Every barber has their own hours, services and days off. Clients pick who cuts their hair and the system will not let two bookings overlap.
Real durations per service
A cut does not take as long as a cut with a beard trim. You set each duration once and the schedule packs itself without dead gaps.
Fewer empty chairs
The automatic WhatsApp reminder before the appointment is what drives no-shows down. Revenue that leaks today comes back to the till.
History for every client
Which cut, with which barber, how long ago. No asking twice and no relying on whoever happened to be at the desk.
Everything you can book
Bookza works nationwide. These are some of the areas with the highest density of service businesses: Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena.
Your clients pay you the way they always have: Nequi, Daviplata, bank transfer, debit card, cash.
“I used to lose two or three cuts a week to people who never showed. Reminders nearly killed that, and I stopped stopping mid-cut to answer the phone.”
Frequently asked questions
- Can I charge differently when a client adds brows or a design to the cut?
- Yes. Each combination is set up as its own service with its own price and real duration, so the client picks what he wants from the link and the schedule already blocks the right amount of time. No more 30-minute cuts that turn into 50 in the chair.
- Can I charge different prices per barber?
- Yes. Each barber can have their own service list with their own price and duration, so a senior barber charges differently from someone just starting without you running two schedules.
- What if a client tries to book a barber who is off that day?
- The system only shows each barber's real hours. If they are off, those slots never appear: the client sees the open alternatives instead of booking something you have to cancel later.
- Does it make sense for a single-chair barbershop?
- Yes, and that is where it shows most. When you work alone, every minute spent replying to messages is a minute not cutting. The agent handles it while you keep working.
- Does Bookza work with Colombian mobile numbers?
- Yes. The agent replies and sends reminders over WhatsApp to any Colombian mobile: the +57 country code and the ten digits starting with 3. It is the same channel your clients already use.
- How is the subscription paid from Colombia?
- The subscription is billed in US dollars and paid by card from the dashboard, with no contract and no paperwork. You start with a 7-day free trial, no card required, from USD 19 a month.
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