AI receptionist for hairdressers: appointments get booked while the scissors stay in your hand.
Sayelo, the AI voice agent and AI receptionist for hairdressers, answers 24/7. Cut, colour, balayage: the agent books the right slot with the right stylist and sends a reminder the day before. From €39/month excl. VAT, 14-day free trial, no set-up fees.
On Saturdays, the phone rings in the middle of a colour and the client at the basin is waiting. Sayelo answers, offers a slot of the right length with the stylist requested, confirms by SMS and sends a reminder the day before to avoid gaps in the schedule. The AI announces itself in its very first sentence.
from €39 excl. VAT/month afterwards · no commitment · the AI announces itself on every call
In a hair salon, appointments are booked by phone, above all on Saturdays, just when nobody can answer it. Every call missed during a colour is a client who books elsewhere, and every forgotten appointment is an hour with an empty chair.
Sayelo's AI receptionist answers for you while you're doing hair. It introduces itself as an AI assistant, identifies the service and its length, offers the real slots of the stylist requested in your calendar, confirms by SMS and sends a reminder the day before. It moves and cancels appointments, answers questions about prices and opening hours, and recognises your regulars and their favourite stylist. Every call comes back to you by email, summarised and transcribed, and requests waiting for a slot appear in “Activity” → “Calls”, with the “To do” filter. You define the lengths, calendars and instructions; the agent sticks to what you've decided.
Day to day
What hairdressers deal with on the phone.
Scissors in hand when the phone rings
A cut can't be interrupted, and a colour even less so. While you let it ring, the client who wanted balayage on Saturday books at the salon opposite, in two clicks or one call.
On Saturdays, everyone calls at once
The week's appointments are mostly booked on Saturdays, just when the salon is full and nobody can hold the phone. It's the day you lose the most calls, and the most clients.
Last-minute cancellations that leave holes in the schedule
A forgotten appointment, a client who doesn't turn up: an hour with an empty chair, impossible to fill without a reminder. SMS reminders the day before exist, but someone has to send them.
Questions that interrupt a service
Prices, opening hours, parking, whether you do smoothing treatments or beards: useful questions, which always come in the middle of a colour.
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What the agent does
What your AI receptionist does for a hair salon.
Books the right length of time
Men's cut, women's cut, colour, balayage, treatment, beard: you set the length of each service, and the agent books exactly that time. A balayage no longer ends up squeezed in behind a thirty-minute cut.
Respects the stylist requested
Each stylist has their own calendar, or you share one: the agent offers the real slots of the person requested, and only theirs.
Confirms and reminds
Immediate confirmation SMS, automatic reminder the day before: the client has the date, time and stylist's name in front of them, and the schedule has fewer gaps.
Moves and cancels cleanly
An appointment to move, a cancellation: the agent handles it in the calendar, frees the slot and confirms by SMS. You have nothing to re-enter.
Answers questions about the salon
Prices, opening hours, parking, services offered, products used: the agent answers with the information you've given it, and can send the address or your price list by SMS during the call.
Recognises your regulars
The agent recognises the client calling, finds their last appointment and their usual stylist, and applies your per-contact instructions, for example always offering the same person.
Step by step
A typical call, from the first ring to the summary.
The ring
The agent answers while you're doing hair, and introduces itself as the salon's AI assistant.
The service
Cut, colour, balayage, beard: it identifies the service and its length, and asks whether it's for one person or several.
The stylist and the slot
It offers the real slots of the stylist requested, read from the calendar, and blocks the one chosen.
The name and number
It notes the name, recognises a regular if they've called before, and confirms the mobile number for the SMS.
The SMS
The client receives the confirmation with the day, time, stylist and address, then a reminder the day before.
The summary
After the call, an email with the summary, the appointments booked, the questions asked and the full transcript. A request to be called back if a slot becomes free appears in “Activity” → “Calls”, with the “To do” filter.
Calendar and tools
Your appointments in your calendar, your calls in your tools.
Each stylist has their own calendar, or you share one: the agent reads availability live, blocks the slot to avoid double bookings, and the appointment appears immediately, with the service and its length. Your salon or till software can receive every call by webhook.
- Your calendar read live, in Google Calendar, Microsoft 365 or Cal.com: real slots, double-booking lock, confirmation and SMS reminder the day before
- SMS sent during the call, with the caller's consent: address, booking link, instructions you've prepared
- Email summary after every call, full transcript, and webhooks to your business software
Sellsy and monday.com connected natively, all your other tools via outbound webhooks. All integrations →
Number and setup
Your number, your setup.
You keep your current number by forwarding it to your agent's number. Your agent also receives a number according to your country's rules: see Sayelo in your country.
Ready in 5 minutes: your agent guides you in writing, on WhatsApp or with a form, reads your website, and you listen to its voice before choosing it. Our team then fine-tunes the settings with you. Numbers and telephony are provided by a partner operator registered with ARCEP (the French telecoms regulator). How it works →
Comparison
Voicemail, call answering service or Sayelo?
| Voicemail | Call answering service | Sayelo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Available 24/7 | Passive | Extended hours | Round the clock |
| Immediate answer | — | Queue | Yes |
| Length matched to the service | No | Depends on the script | Yes, your timings |
| Stylist requested respected | No | Sometimes | Yes, one calendar per stylist |
| SMS reminder the day before | No | Rarely | Yes, automatic |
| Summary & transcript | No | Varies | Yes |
| Cost | Low, ineffective | High | Fixed, from €39/month excl. VAT |
Pricing
Clear pricing, from €39/month excl. VAT.
14-day free trial. No fixed-term commitment: cancel at any time, with 30 days' notice. Minutes, SMS and the number of agents depend on the plan: see pricing and plan details →
Frequently asked questions
Questions from hairdressers.
Does the agent know how long each service takes?
Yes, you set it once and for all: thirty minutes for a men's cut, two hours for a colour, three for a balayage with treatment. The agent books exactly that time in the calendar, and the schedule stays realistic.
Can it book with a specific stylist?
Yes. If each stylist has their own calendar, the agent only offers the slots of the person requested. It also remembers the usual stylist of a client who has called before, and offers them first.
How does it reduce no-shows?
With the immediate SMS confirmation and the automatic reminder the day before, sent without anyone at the salon having to think about it. A client who can no longer come often replies to the reminder, and the agent frees the slot if they call to cancel.
What does it do when the salon is fully booked?
It offers the next available slot and, if the client would rather wait for a cancellation, it notes the request. The request appears in “Activity” → “Calls”, with the “To do” filter, so that you can call them back as soon as an appointment is cancelled.
Does it answer questions about prices and opening hours?
Yes, with the information you've given it: prices per service, opening hours, parking, products, services you don't offer. It can also send the salon's address or your price list by SMS during the call.
Will my clients know they're talking to an AI?
Yes, the agent says so in its very first sentence. In a salon, the call lasts a minute: one service, one stylist, one slot, one confirmation. That's what the client expects, and that's what they get, even on a Saturday at 11:00.
Can I keep the salon's number?
Yes. You keep your current number, as you prefer: by forwarding it to your agent or, in France, by porting it, on all plans. A new number is also included from the start of the trial, if you would rather start from scratch. Either way, the number on your shop window always gets answered, even when everyone is busy at the basins.
Updated on 25 October 2026.
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Sayelo for other industries.
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- AI receptionist for mobile beauticians: Travel area checked, travel fees stated, appointments grouped by area and by day, reminder the day before: the agent answers while you're at a client's home.
- the AI voice agent for garages: Service, tyres, engine warning light, “is my car ready?”: the agent answers and books workshop appointments.
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Hear it answer
before you decide.
The agent calls you back on your mobile and plays the receptionist for a hair salon. Three minutes, free, no bank card needed.