Barbershop booking software built for Australia.
Trimelo is booking software for Australian barbershops and hair salons. The full platform starts from one licensed seat, with lower marginal rates for larger teams and SMS backfill when an appointment is cancelled.
One book for every chair on the floor.
Set a duration and eligible barber for each service, then let online booking read the same availability as the staff calendar. The product screen below uses sample hair-salon appointments; it shows the shared multi-staff calendar, not a real barbershop or customer result.
Keep the turns moving
A client can book a cut or beard service online while the team works from the live calendar. Deposits and agreed cancellation terms protect the slot. See the service-checkout workflow.
Handle the last-minute gap
When a booking is cancelled, SMS backfill offers the available slot to opted-in waitlist clients one at a time. No public marketplace or voice receptionist is implied.
Side by side
Solo operator
Trimelo
One licensed seat is A$19.95/month — full platform including AI SMS backfill.
Per-seat / marketplace tools
Fresha independent plan published at A$44.95/mo before AI add-ons. Other tools: confirm AU solo packaging yourself.
Growing floor
Trimelo
Seats 1–4 are A$19.95 each/month; seats 5–15 are A$14.95; seats 16–30 are A$11.95; and seats 31–50 are A$11.03, graduated by band.
Per-seat / marketplace tools
Fresha team plans published at A$29.95 per bookable staff — the bill climbs with every chair you fill.
AI / empty-chair recovery
Trimelo
Included from seat one. Waitlist first, one offer at a time, chair held.
Per-seat / marketplace tools
Often an add-on (Fresha AI Concierge A$99.95/location/month published). Marketplace Boost tools are a different product — paid visibility, not waitlist hold-and-offer.
Commission
Trimelo
Zero booking commission — no marketplace.
Per-seat / marketplace tools
Marketplace discovery can still win if you need strangers finding the shop. Trimelo will not claim to replace that channel.
Fresha dollars are published AU rates from the same source as the switch calculator. Booksy/Timely prices are not invented here — pull your invoice.
- Full platform from one licensed seat
- Multi-chair calendars and chair-renter friendly roles
- SMS waitlist backfill when cuts cancel late
- Graduated AUD pricing, zero booking commission
Built for how barbershops actually book
Fast online booking with saved client details and card-on-file protection. Walk-up culture still works; the link is there for the clients who plan ahead.
Staff calendars for multi-chair floors, with chair-renter roles scoped to their own clients and bookings.
Deposits and card on file when you need protection — without a client-facing Trimelo fee on the booking.
A responsive web dashboard for the phone in your pocket between clients, backed by the same calendar as the front desk.
Group / party bookings when the shop takes more than one seat at a time — same conflict rules as the rest of the book.
Decision criteria for barbershop owners
Single chair or a packed Saturday floor? The same full platform starts at one licensed seat and the marginal rate steps down as the floor grows.
Do late cancels leave empty turns that walk-ins never refill? If yes, treat SMS waitlist backfill as a must-have, not a nice-to-have slogan.
Are you paying for marketplace discovery you do not use? If Instagram and regulars already fill the week, commission machinery is optional cost.
Can every barber on the floor see the same live book from phone and front desk without double-booking under pressure?
Empty chairs cost barbers too
A late cancellation on a Saturday is not “just a gap” — it is a lost turn that can be hard to refill. Trimelo offers the available slot to the opted-in waitlist, one person at a time, chair held.
Once someone accepts, the appointment is booked and confirmed without anyone having to chase the list by hand.
This is SMS gap-fill, not an AI voice receptionist. Trimelo does not answer the shop phone today — that sits later on the public roadmap.
Pricing for one chair or a full shop
One seat is A$19.95/month for chair-renters, mobile barbers and single-chair shops — full platform including AI SMS backfill, not a stripped tier.
Graduated bands reward growing teams: A$14.95 for seats 5–15, A$11.95 for 16–30, and A$11.03 for 31–50. Each licensed seat includes 750 marketing emails per month.
Compare packaging, not vibes: Fresha’s published AU independent rate is A$44.95 and AI Concierge is A$99.95/location/month. Run your chair count through Trimelo’s switch calculator on /#pricing for the subscription comparison we stand behind.
Switching a barbershop book
Export clients from your old tool. Trimelo supports Fresha, Timely, Square and generic CSV import; for Booksy, check the exported fields and use the generic CSV path if they match. Test on a Trimelo trial before changing the public booking link.
Set services and durations the way the floor actually runs (skin fade vs cut vs beard) before you advertise the new booking URL.
Enable waitlist SMS with a short reply window — Saturday gaps go cold fast.
Move the Instagram bio link last. During the overlap, avoid two public links accepting the same available slot. Cancel the previous tool only after a week you would trust with a full book.