Slate builds serious grooming professionals their own branded booking app — plus the full business foundation behind it. You own the brand. You own the clients. No platform takes a cut of your chair.
The difference
The platforms you know take a percentage of every cut, own your client list, and make you look like everyone else. That's not partnership — that's rent.
The Cut · Booksy · StyleSeat
Take 2.75% + fees on every transaction, forever
Your clients live in their database, not yours
Generic profile — you look like every other listing
No brand, no domain, no real business assets
If they raise prices or shut down, you're stuck
Slate
Flat fee — every dollar from your chair stays yours
Your client list is yours to keep and export, always
A custom branded app built around your name
Your own domain, logo, brand kit, and SOPs
Your brand and client list are always yours to keep
What we do
Everything required to operate like an established brand — built once, owned entirely by you.
A booking app under your name — online scheduling, deposits, loyalty tiers, automated confirmations, and secure payments you fully control.
Logo, full brand kit, service menus, and a custom domain secured and configured. You walk away looking like the established professional you are.
LLC formation guidance, a business checking referral, standard operating procedures, and a Google Business Profile built to get you found.
Content direction, growth tactics, and a marketing plan that turns your chair into a brand people seek out by name.
Transparent processing through your own merchant account. Instant payouts available. We never touch a percentage of your service revenue.
Maintenance, updates, and hands-on support every month. When the Slate marketplace launches, you'll already be listed and ready.
Investment
Built for individual professionals. Shops, salons, and multi-chair operations are priced separately — see below.
Core
one-time + $49/mo
The branded booking app, ready to run your chair from day one.
Hosted & maintained by Slate on your branded subdomain. Your client data is always yours to export.
Start with CorePremium
one-time + $99/mo
Everything in Core, plus the tools to grow and automate your chair.
Hosted & maintained by Slate on your branded subdomain. Your client data is always yours to export.
Apply for PremiumElite
one-time + $149/mo
Everything you need to operate like a real, established brand — and own it.
You own it outright — your own domain and infrastructure, fully portable. It's yours to keep, even if you leave.
Apply for EliteRun a shop or salon? Multi-chair operations — barbershops, salons, and team-based studios — are quoted individually based on staff count and booking complexity. Apply below and note your team size; we'll build a package that fits.
Who Slate is for
Barbers
Barbershops
Nail Techs
Pedicurists
Estheticians
Beauty Pros
Beauty Pros includes lash & brow artists, makeup artists, waxing, permanent makeup, and spray tanning.
Apply
Slate Elite is for grooming professionals who are ready to build a brand, not just take bookings. Tell us about your business and we'll be in touch.
Your trade
Team size
We review every application personally. Expect a response within 2 business days.