SetNow blog
Articles on online booking, automation and growing a service business.
CRM for a fitness studio: memberships and schedule
What a CRM for a fitness studio or club needs to do: group classes with limited spots, memberships with automatic deduction and freeze, waitlist and attendance.
Free client booking software: 4 types
Which client booking apps are really free: plan limits, paid SMS and fees, who owns the client base. What suits a solo specialist and what suits a salon.
Supplies tracking in a beauty salon: usage rates and write-offs
Tracking supplies in a beauty salon: usage rates per service, automatic write-off after a visit, stock by branch, batches and expiry dates, stocktaking and margin.
Membership tracking in a fitness studio: deductions, expiry and freeze
How memberships work in SetNow: types and limits, delayed start, automatic deduction on booking, a visit returned on cancellation, freeze and transfer to another client.
Online membership payments in the app: how to set them up
How a studio can take online payments for memberships and freezes in the app: your own payment gateway, what the client sees, where the money goes and when it counts as revenue.
Waitlist for group classes: how it works
Waitlist for group classes: how a client joins the queue, how the spot is offered to the first in line and held until the deadline, and which settings a studio should choose.
Booking app for a hair salon and beauty salon
A booking app for a hair salon or beauty salon: what a solo specialist needs, whether clients have to download anything and when a salon should build its own app.
Booking website for a beauty salon: how to build one
How to build a client booking website for a beauty salon without a developer: what the booking page needs, where to add the link and how to launch it for free.
Client booking software for a beauty salon: how to choose
How to choose client booking software for a beauty salon: must-have features, types of services, paid and free options. For salons and solo specialists in Belarus.
How to reduce salon client no-shows: 7 ways
Why clients miss their bookings and how to cut no-shows: reminders, visit confirmation, prepayment and a waitlist. 7 tactics for a salon.
Digital booking log vs paper: what to choose in 2026
Comparing paper and digital client booking logs: the upsides of each, the risks of paper, what changes after the switch and how to move over without losing data.
CRM for a beauty salon: what it is and why you need one
What a beauty salon CRM is in plain words: how it differs from a booking log, which features you need and when it's time to adopt one.
How to set up online booking in a beauty salon: step by step
A step-by-step plan for launching online booking in a beauty salon: services, schedule, reminders and reviewing results. Where to start and which mistakes to avoid.
What SetNow is: online booking for service businesses
What SetNow is and how client online booking works: the problem the service solves and who it fits — salons, barbershops, fitness studios and clinics.