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perator

For barbershops and salons

Every call answered. Every open chair filled.

Operator answers your shop's phone, quotes your real prices and hours, and books, moves or cancels appointments on your calendar. It picks up on the first ring, at noon on a Saturday or at midnight on a Tuesday.

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(984) 208-2357

It answers for Style Street Barbers, a real shop. Ask it for a haircut, a price, or a person.

Incoming Call

Sat 11:04 PM · Shop Closed

  1. Operator

    Thanks for calling Style Street Barbers. This is Betty, their automated assistant. We're closed, but I can still book you. How can I help?

  2. Caller

    It's Marcus.Can I get in with Petey this week?

  3. Operator

    Hey Marcus. Petey has Thursday at 9:00 AM, or Friday at 4:30 PM.Want one of those?

  4. Caller

    Thursday. Book it.

  5. Operator

    Adult Haircut with Petey, Thursday at 9:00 AM, 25 minutes, $36.40. Should I book it?

  6. Caller

    Yep.

Booked · Thu 9:00 AM · Petey

On the book before the shop opened

The problem

The calls a busy shop loses

11:08 PM

The after-close booking
Somebody decides they need a haircut after you have locked up. Operator books them on the spot, before they try the next shop.

2:15 PM

The mid-cut call
The phone rings while every barber has clippers in hand. Operator takes the call and books it, and nobody stops cutting.

9:40 AM

The last-minute cancellation
A slot frees up an hour out. Operator texts your waitlist while somebody can still take it.

What it handles

Ask it what your callers ask

Every answer comes from your shop's own book, looked up while the caller is on the line.

“Can I get in today?”
Offers the openings that are really there. On a busy day that is two or three times, not “any time you like.”
“Is Petey free Saturday?”
Checks Petey's day and offers what is open.
“How much is a beard trim?”
Quotes your price list, and how long it takes.
“How much is a haircut?”
Asks which one, adult or senior, instead of guessing a price.
“How late are you open?”
Reads today's hours, holiday closures included.
“Book me with Jenna Friday at 2.”
Reads the whole appointment back and waits for a yes before it books.
“Move my Tuesday to Thursday.”
Finds the appointment by the number calling, and offers the times that work.
“Cancel my Saturday cut.”
Cancels it, and mentions the late-cancel fee when the caller is inside your window.
“Nothing works.Text me if something opens.”
Adds them to the waitlist and texts them when a slot opens.
“Same as always, every three weeks.”
Sets up the standing appointment and reads the pattern back.
“Just let me talk to Petey.”
Transfers the call during your hours. After hours, it takes a message for you.
“Do you sell shampoo?”
Answers if you have told it. If not, it says so and offers a person.

Anything it cannot handle goes to a person. The FAQ covers what happens then.

Setup

How It Works

  1. It connects to your book

    Operator reads your services, prices, barbers and hours from your booking calendar, and books into the same calendar.

  2. It knows your regulars

    A regular is greeted by name and offered their usual barber and their usual cut.

  3. You see what it did

    A daily report lists every call, booking and message, including what it could not handle.

Your book

It does not memorize your shop. It reads it.

Operator keeps no copy of your prices, your barbers or your hours. It looks them up in your booking system each time a caller asks. Change a price at noon and the 12:05 caller hears the new one.

If your booking system is down, it does not guess. It tells the caller it cannot check the book right now and takes a message for you.

The shop in the call above is Style Street Barbers in Apex, North Carolina.

Guardrails

House Rules

These are not settings. They are how Operator is built.

No. 1

Nothing is booked without a yes.

Operator reads every appointment back and waits for the caller to agree. It re-checks the slot at that moment, so two callers cannot land in the same chair.

No. 2

It does not take card numbers.

If a caller starts reading one out, Operator stops them and hands the call to the shop. Card numbers are removed before anything is saved.

No. 3

It says what it is.

Operator introduces itself as the shop's automated assistant, and hands the call to a person whenever the caller wants one.

No. 4

Texts follow the rules.

Booking confirmations and reminders go only to people who booked with the shop, quiet hours are respected, and every message says how to opt out. Reply STOP to end texts, HELP for help. Message and data rates may apply. How customers opt in.

Your shop

Now taking on its first shops

Want your phone answered?

Email us how many chairs you have and what you book with, and we will tell you what it takes to set up.

hello@operator.help

Or call the line it answers: (984) 208-2357.

Still deciding? Read the FAQ.