Front Desk
Nobody staffs the lobby, so nobody answers the building's phone. Front Desk does: it knows every pro in your building and who's open right now, sends callers to book on the pro's own page, writes down every stylist asking about a suite, and gets you on the line when someone needs a person.
$99 per building per month · keeps your number · month to month
Call it now, from your browser
Right in your browser. No phone needed.
The front desk of our demo building in Austin. Be a customer, a stylist looking for a suite, or someone who wants the owner.
What it handles
A customer
It checks the live openings for that service and names up to three pros who can take them, with real times from their calendars, then sends them to book on the pro's own page. No menu to press through.
A future tenant
The most valuable call your building gets. It takes their name, specialty, move-in timing, whether they have clients, and a callback number it reads back. You get it right away. It never quotes rent: you close.
Someone who needs you
It agrees right away and gets you on the line. Ask it if it's a person and it says plainly that it's the building's automated front desk.
Compared
| Voicemail | Answering service | Part-time front desk | Front Desk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers every call | No | Yes | During shifts | Yes, any hour |
| Knows who's open right now | No | No | If they check every calendar | Yes, from pros' own calendars |
| Captures suite inquiries | If they leave a message | Takes a message | Yes | Yes, with details read back |
| Neutral between pros | — | Depends on script | Hard to promise | Yes, by design |
| Cost | Free | Usually per minute or per call | About $1,300/mo at 20 hrs/wk, $15/hr | $99/building/mo, 3-building minimum |
Pricing
One number answers for every building it covers, and knows which building a caller means. Each building's share can bill to that building's own card.
Questions
A phone line answered by an AI that knows your building: every pro, what each one does, and who has an opening right now. It tells callers who can take them and how to book, takes down suite inquiries for you, and gets you on the line when a caller needs a person. It replaces voicemail, not your pros' own booking.
No. Every pro in a salon suite runs their own booking, so the front desk never books for them. It tells the caller who's open and sends them to book on the pro's own page, where the time is confirmed.
Yes. It reads the same live openings as your building's Your Next Chair page, which come from each pro's own calendar (GlossGenius, Square, Vagaro, Booksy or Google Calendar). For a pro who hasn't connected a calendar, it gives their posted hours instead and never claims they're free.
It treats it as the most important call of the day: it gets their name, what they do, when they want to move, whether they have clients, and a callback number it reads back to confirm. You get the details right away. It never quotes rent; you close the deal.
No. It's neutral by design: it names who is open, never who is best, and never quotes a pro's prices.
Any time. If a caller asks for a person, the manager or the owner, it agrees right away and gets you on the line. If asked, it says plainly that it's an automated front desk.
No. You keep your building's number and forward it to the front desk. Switch the forwarding off and calls ring you again.
$99 per building per month with a three-building minimum ($297 a month), including 100 minutes per building pooled across your buildings, then 35¢ a minute. Month to month.
Tell us about your buildings and we'll set up a front desk that knows them.