{"id":6927,"date":"2016-12-19T09:15:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T17:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/?p=6927"},"modified":"2016-12-19T09:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T17:27:45","slug":"online-booking-software-tempt-clients-cheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/online-booking-software-tempt-clients-cheat\/","title":{"rendered":"Does your online booking software tempt your clients to cheat on you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6937\" src=\"http:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hair-dresser-salon-600.png\" alt=\"Another hair salon. Does your online booking software tempt your clients to cheat on you?\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hair-dresser-salon-600.png 600w, https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hair-dresser-salon-600-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hair-dresser-salon-600-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hair-dresser-salon-600-299x299.png 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>You&#8217;ve made the leap to using online booking software. Makes life easier, doesn&#8217;t it? Your clients can now book appointments online anytime. Reminders get sent automatically and you spend less time on the phone. Awesome.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But beware of the dark side! <\/span><b>Some online booking software operates as an online directory, advertising all the competing salons in your area to your very own clients!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s right, popular online salon booking apps like Vagaro, MindBody and StyleSeat focus on helping clients discover salons near them. If you&#8217;re just starting out in business, this can sometimes help bring you new clients. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if you&#8217;re already established, with a solid client base, this is not good for your business. These salon directories show your clients your competitors\u2019 online booking pages, daily deals and reviews. You&#8217;ve worked too hard building relationships to have your salon software sell clients out from under you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the homepage of your online booking software and make sure they don\u2019t run a salon directory that might be stealing your clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P.S. At <a href=\"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\">salonMonster<\/a>, we don\u2019t operate a salon directory. We believe your clients should stay with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve made the leap to using online booking software. Makes life easier, doesn&#8217;t it? Your clients can now book appointments online anytime. Reminders get sent automatically and you spend less time on the phone. Awesome. But beware of the dark side! Some online booking software operates as an online directory, advertising all the competing salons &#8230; <a title=\"Does your online booking software tempt your clients to cheat on you?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/online-booking-software-tempt-clients-cheat\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Does your online booking software tempt your clients to cheat on you?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6927"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6949,"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6927\/revisions\/6949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}