How does the Solovi booking system work?

Clients visit your site, pick a service, choose a time, and book. They can pay a deposit upfront via Stripe (with Apple Pay and Google Pay support). You and the client both get confirmation emails and SMS reminders before the appointment.

Can I cancel my Solovi plan?

Yes, cancel any time with 30 days notice. No long contracts, no penalties. The 30-day money-back guarantee covers your first month.

Does Solovi bring me new customers, or do I have to get them myself?

Solovi has its own UK directory at solovi.co.uk/find with 1,166 listed businesses across 60 long-tail SEO pages (e.g. /find/nail-salon/manchester, /find/barber-shop/london). When a UK consumer searches Google for 'nail salon Manchester' or similar, they can land on a Solovi directory page and click through to a listed business. Paying Solovi customers are pinned to the top of every matching directory page with a gold 'Featured' badge, ranked above non-customer competitors. So unlike Booksy/Fresha, where you pay a commission on new clients to be discoverable, Solovi customers get featured directory placement as part of the flat monthly fee. The directory is growing (60 pages now, target 600+); this is not a 100,000-app-installs marketplace like Booksy yet, but it is real and growing local-SEO traffic.

What is the Solovi marketplace / directory?

The Solovi directory at solovi.co.uk/find, a free public directory of UK service businesses (nail salons, hair salons, barbers, beauty salons, personal trainers, plumbers) across 10 UK cities, totalling 1,166 listings as of June 2026. Data sourced from Google Places + maintained monthly. Every listing has a 'Visit website' or 'View on Google Maps' link with click attribution. Paying Solovi customers get a featured slot at the top of their relevant city × service page with a gold badge. This is Solovi's structural answer to Booksy/Fresha for lead generation: discoverable for a flat fee instead of a per-booking commission.

How does Solovi compare to Booksy or Fresha for getting new customers?

Booksy has a larger consumer-facing app (millions of installs), so a brand-new business with zero customers may get more initial discovery via Booksy. But Booksy takes up to 30% on new clients via Boost. Solovi has a smaller but growing UK web directory at /find (60 SEO pages currently), and Solovi customers get featured placement on it. Honest trade-off: Booksy gives you discovery at the cost of per-booking commission; Solovi gives you discovery for a flat fee plus you own the customer relationship. For a brand-new business with no customers, the path Solovi recommends is: try Booksy/Fresha for 6-12 months to build a base, then migrate to Solovi to stop paying commission once you have regulars. For an established business already giving up a commission on every new client to a marketplace, Solovi is the exit.

What is a Solovi featured directory listing?

A featured listing is the top-of-page slot on every Solovi directory page (/find/{service}/{city}). Featured listings get: gold 'Featured' badge, larger preview card, pinned position above all other listings regardless of rating, direct booking link to the trader's Solovi-hosted booking widget. All paying Solovi customers automatically receive featured placement on every directory page matching their service and city. No separate fee. Non-customer businesses still appear in the directory but ranked below customers.

How many UK businesses are listed in the Solovi directory?

As of June 2026: 1,166 UK businesses across 6 service types and 10 cities (60 long-tail SEO landing pages). Services: nail salons, hair salons, barber shops, beauty salons, personal trainers, plumbers. Cities: London (5 boroughs), Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham. Target by end of 2026: 40+ cities × 12+ services = 480+ landing pages, ~10,000+ businesses.

Solovi · Booking + website for UK businesses

Friday · 11:47 PM

SM

Sarah Mitchell

New customer

Service Gel Manicure

When Monday, 10:30 AM

Deposit paid £10.00

Confirmed automatically · reminder sent for Sunday evening

While you slept

+£10.00 in your account

Stop chasing bookings

Your booking page
works while you sleep.

Sarah finds you on Google at 11pm Friday. She picks her service, picks Monday morning, pays a £10 deposit on her phone. By the time you wake up, your week is filling itself.

24/7 online booking, never lose a customer to "they didn't reply"
Required deposits kill no-shows. Refund eligibility you control.
Automatic reminders by email, customers actually show up
Apple Pay, Google Pay, card, they pay however they want

Built in. Not an add-on.

Bring them back
without lifting a finger.

Loyalty cards and gift cards turn one-off customers into regulars. Booksy charges extra for these. Vagaro charges extra. Fresha takes 20%. We bake them in.

Loyalty stamps

Their QR card lives in their phone. 6 visits → 1 free.

Gift cards

Sell £25 / £50 / £100. Recipient gets a branded QR. You get the cash now.

Add to Apple Wallet / Google Wallet, lives on their lock screen

Bloom Studio · Loyalty

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6 visits → 1 free Shellac

4 / 6

Tap to scan

Gift card

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For Hana, from Lily 🎁

£50

Code

7A4F · 9B2C · D8E1 · 3F50

yourname.solovi.co.uk Valid 12 months

Your earnings · this week

100% yours · 0% commission

Week Month

£540.00

from 12 bookings · 3 gift card sales

If you were on Booksy

Booksy Boost (new clients) −£8.10

Booksy monthly −£40.00

Solovi (just monthly) £39.00

You'd keep £8.10 more this week alone. Over a year, that's around £420 back in your pocket.

Next payout

Wednesday · £540.00

0% commission. Forever.

Every penny
they pay is yours.

Booksy charges up to 30% on the new clients it sends you. Fresha takes 20% on new clients. Vagaro and the rest stack a subscription on card-processing markups. Solovi takes zero commission. You pay a flat monthly fee, keep everything your customers pay, and cover only the standard card fee every business pays.

Stripe-direct payments

Paid to your bank in 7 days

Full earnings dashboard

See every payment + payout

One-click refunds

No emailing Solovi support

Disputes flagged instantly

We help you fight chargebacks

See how the maths works on every tier →

Lead generation, included

Get featured.
Get more leads.

We run UK's largest 0% commission directory, 1,166 listed businesses across 60 SEO-optimised city × service pages. When prospects Google "nail salon Manchester" or "barber London", a Solovi directory page is what they find.

Paying Solovi customers are pinned at the top of every matching page with a gold Featured badge, above non-customer competitors, regardless of rating. No per-booking commission. No bidding war. Just consistent first-position visibility for £19–79/mo.

Booksy / Fresha

20–30%

per booking, forever

Solovi feature

0%

flat fee includes featured slot

Honest note: our directory is smaller than Booksy's consumer app today (60 pages vs. millions of installs). It's growing. If you have zero customers and need immediate marketplace traffic, start on Booksy/Fresha; move to Solovi once you have regulars and want to stop paying commission.

See an example page Claim a featured slot

solovi.co.uk/find/nail-salon/manchester

Top nail salons in Manchester

Featured · Solovi customer

Belle Nails Studio

★ 4.9 (287) · 14a Marylebone

Regular listing #2

★ 4.8 (212)

View →

Regular listing #3

★ 4.7 (180)

View →

Even with rating 4.9 vs. 4.7 below, Solovi customers pinned first.

Run the numbers

See what you'd save.
Use your own numbers.

Honest comparison. We include a £20/mo "website" line for competitors that don't include one, that's the real cost when you add Wix or Squarespace alongside their booking tool.

Your business

Bookings per month 60

550100150200

Average deposit per booking £25

£5£25£50£75£100

Monthly volume through your booking page

£1,500

Annual: £18,000

Booksy Pro + Wix website £40/mo + card + £20 site

£81.50/mo

Fresha + Wix website ~£16/mo + card + £20 site

£52.85/mo

Vagaro Solo (basic site) ~£24/mo + card

£61.25/mo

Solovi Local EVERYTHING £39/mo · 0% · custom site included

£39/mo

Over a year, you'd keep:

+£510

vs Booksy

+£166

vs Fresha

+£267

vs Vagaro

Plus a custom-built website (not a template), loyalty cards, gift cards, and Stripe payouts in 7 days. All included.

Lock in this rate for Founding 100 →

This compares subscription, website and card-processing costs. Booksy and Fresha also take a commission on new clients (up to 30% and 20%), which we have not added here, so the real gap is larger. Figures checked June 2026. Tell us if anything looks off.

How it works

Three steps. Seven days. Done.

1

Tell us about your business

A quick chat about your services, your style, and what makes you different. That's all we need.

2

We build everything for you

Custom website, booking system, Google presence, all set up and ready. You approve, we launch.

3

Watch your bookings grow

Clients find you on Google, book online, and get automatic reminders. You just focus on what you love.

Solovi for your trade

Built for what you actually do.

A barber's site doesn't look like a nail salon's. A plumber's doesn't look like a tutor's. Pick your trade, we'll design from there.

Nail salon work, Solovi for nail technicians

Tutors

Don't see your trade? Tell us, we build new templates monthly.

Design showcase

See what we build.

A Bespoke-tier design demo built on the real Solovi platform, every booking, gift card and loyalty stamp connects to our live API. Click to open the demo site.

demo.solovi.co.uk

BESPOKE DEMO

Scroll inside

Bloom Studio

Beauty studio · Marylebone London · Bespoke design · live booking

Open demo →

Bloom Studio on mobile, full booking flow on every phone

Same site, on every phone

Mobile-first by default · 100% responsive · fast on 3G

Solovi is pre-launch · Founding 100 is open

The above is a Bespoke design demo, not a paying customer (we don't have any yet, that's the point of Founding 100). Be the first to lock £29/mo forever for the Local tier or £49/mo forever for Bespoke.

Plus templates for every UK trade

Sharp Cuts

Premium fades.
Old-school care.

BOOK

Barbers

Modern · dark

Forge PT

Built different.
Train smart.

START

Personal trainers

Cinematic · bold

LENS & LIGHT

Tell your story.
One frame.

VIEW WORK

Photographers

Minimal · gallery

JK Plumbing

Same-day fix.
Fair price.

CALL NOW

Plumbers / trades

Trust · local

Pure Clean

Spotless homes.
Stress-free.

QUOTE

Cleaners

Friendly · fresh

Bright Minds

GCSE · A-level
1-to-1 online.

FREE TRIAL

Tutors

Academic · serious

Plus templates for nail salons, hair salons, beauty, dog groomers, and more. We pick the best fit during onboarding.

Your dashboard

Everything you need
in one screen.

Bookings, calendar, customers, services, staff, gift cards, loyalty, payments, your site, all branded as yours, all on your phone. Solo or a team of stylists. No tech skills needed.

Multi-staff calendars · per-stylist hours, services, prices. Local up to 3 · Bespoke unlimited.
Calendar & bookings · drag to reschedule, block holidays, see your week at a glance
Gift cards & loyalty · sell branded gift cards, reward your regulars with QR loyalty
Live earnings · see today / this week / month, plus your next Stripe payout date
Edit your site live · change colours, tagline, services, see the preview update as you type
Installable on your phone · open it like a native app, take bookings between clients

app.solovi.co.uk/calendar

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Bloom Studio

Premium

↑ Click any tab

Calendar, drag to reschedule, block holidays, see your week at a glance

Same dashboard.
In your pocket.

PWA, installs like an app.
Works offline.

Push notifications
for every booking.

Sound, badge, banner —
just like a native app.

Play with it

Pick your trade.
See your site come together.

We build it for you in 7 days, but you can preview the vibe right now. Try a different trade or colour.

Your trade

Brand colour

Bespoke example

Bloom Studio, a Marylebone beauty studio demo. Editorial design, calm palette, GSAP-free smooth scroll, live booking. Built start-to-finish on the Solovi platform.

See the live demo →

9:41 yourname.solovi.co.uk

NAIL SALON

Beautiful nails.
Booked your way.

Popular services

Gel Manicure

45 min

£35

Luxury Pedicure

60 min

£40

Nail Art Design

75 min

£55

★★★★★ 4.9 · 87 reviews

"Best nails I've ever had, lasted 3 weeks chip-free."

Booking-first paradigm

"Earliest with your usual stylist."
One click.

Booksy and Fresha force your customers to pick a stylist they don't know before they see times. Solovi flips it: service → date → time, and the widget surfaces the best slot with the right staff already chosen.

A smart resolver looks at who that customer booked with last time, who's least busy this week, and per-staff working hours. Repeat customers default to their favourite stylist without extra clicks.

Per-staff prices on the same service, Sarah £35 / 45 min, Olivia £25 / 30 min for the same cut. Customer sees both options.
Per-staff working hours + time off, Sarah Tue-Sat, Olivia Mon+Wed-Sat. Calendars don't clash.
0% commission regardless of staff count. Booksy charges per staff member and takes a commission on new clients.

Solo (£19): 1 staff (just you). Local (£39): up to 3 staff. Bespoke (£79): unlimited.

bloomstudio.solovi.co.uk/book

Step 3 of 4 · Pick a time

Tuesday, June 8

⚡ Your usual

10:30

with Sarah Mitchell

£35 · 45 min · senior stylist

Or pick a different time

Stylist: Any Sarah Olivia Emma

Sample, Bloom Studio (London, Marylebone)

Pricing

0% commission. Always.

Every penny your customers pay belongs to you. Solovi only charges a flat monthly fee, no per-booking cuts, no gift-card fees, no hidden percentages. Ever.

⭐ Founding 100, 98 spots left

Lock in these prices forever. We'll never raise them on founding members.

Solo

Get online fast

Free /30 days

then £19/mo · no card needed

0% commission · 0% setup fee

30 days free, no credit card
3-page professional website
Online booking + payments
yourname.solovi.co.uk subdomain
1 staff calendar · just you
Loyalty cards included
Featured in Solovi directory · 1 city × 1 service
Basic local SEO
Email support

Start free for 30 days

Questions? We've got answers.

How much does Solovi cost? Is there any commission?

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Three plans, all flat monthly subscriptions: Solo £19/mo (with a 30-day free trial, no card required), Local £39/mo (£29 locked forever as a Founding 100 customer), Bespoke £79/mo (£49 locked forever as Founding 100). 0% commission on every booking, gift card and customer payment, ever. Booksy takes up to 30% on new clients via Boost, Fresha 20% on new clients, and Vagaro charges higher card-processing rates. With Solovi you pay a flat fee and keep everything your customers pay, minus only the standard card fee every business pays.

Is there a free trial?

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Yes, Solovi Solo (£19/mo) comes with a 30-day free trial and no credit card required. On Local and Bespoke tiers, we offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you're not happy in the first month, you get a full refund.

What is the Founding 100 program?

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The first 100 paying customers lock their monthly rate forever. Local tier drops from £39 to £29/mo, Bespoke from £79 to £49/mo, all locked for the lifetime of the account. After the 100 spots fill, prices return to standard. Solovi is pre-launch as of June 2026, all 100 spots are currently open.

Do I need any technical skills?

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Absolutely not. We handle everything, design, development, hosting, Stripe payment setup, and local SEO. You tell us about your business, we ship a live site in 7 days. If we don't, you get your money back.

What if I already have a website?

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No problem. We can rebuild it from scratch or work with what you have. Either way, you'll end up with a site that actually brings in bookings.

How does the booking system work?

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Clients visit your site, pick a service, choose a time, and book. They can pay a deposit upfront. You and the client both get confirmation emails and SMS reminders before the appointment.

Can I cancel the monthly plan?

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Yes, you can cancel any time with 30 days' notice. No long contracts, no penalties. We want you to stay because we're brilliant, not because you're locked in.

What kinds of businesses do you work with?

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Any UK service business, sole traders, Ltd companies, and single-location businesses with up to ~5 staff sharing one booking calendar. That covers beauty therapists, hair salons, barbers, nail salons, personal trainers, photographers, plumbers, tutors, cleaners, dog groomers, clinics, gyms, studios, consultancies. Per-staff scheduling (each staff member's own calendar) and multi-location chains aren't supported yet, those are on the roadmap.

What does "local SEO" actually mean?

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It means when someone near you searches Google for your type of service, your business appears in the results. We optimise your Google Business Profile, add you to local directories, and write content that targets your area.

0% commission.
100% yours.

Book your appointment

Your booking page
works while you sleep.

Bring them back
without lifting a finger.

Every penny
they pay is yours.

Get featured.
Get more leads.

See what you'd save.
Use your own numbers.