Phorest vs DaySmart Salon (formerly Salon Iris)

No-show protection

Online bookings are secured with credit card, even when salons don't have payment integration, so clients are more committed to showing up. This also gives you the option to process a no-show fee, which has been proven to reduce no-shows by 99%!

Multiple no-show alerts

Unreliable clients can leave you with empty timeslots and cost valuable revenue. Phorest automatically adds a note to client records when a client doesn’t show for an appointment, and you’ll get a ‘multiple no-show’ alert when they try to book with you over the phone. This allows you to turn them away, or request they book online with a deposit, allowing you to capture their payment details and charge a no-show fee should it happen again.

Premium consultation features

Phorest's premium consultation features offer face-mapping, timestamps, and mark-ups, helping you conduct safe and professional consultations that guarantee client satisfaction throughout the entire process. Easily upload photos, utilize freehand or template markups, and effortlessly monitor treatment progress, all while seamlessly linking these forms to clients' individual profiles.

Put your own stamp on your marketing emails

The Phorest marketing email editor includes a library of stock photos that are free to use, and an image editor tool to make them your own.

Fallback SMS

Most salons only have email addresses for 30% of their clients. Don’t put all that effort into beautiful marketing promotions, only to miss 70% of your clients! Phorest is the only salon software with a Fallback SMS feature that lets you send a link to your promotion, via SMS, to clients that do not have a valid email address on their client card.

See marketing ROI right to the register

Because our marketing, management and reporting tools are integrated, you can see the impact of your marketing spend all the way to the register - see how much revenue your campaigns brought in, and even what services and products your clients were prompted to buy.

Fully integrated online store

Make it easier for your clients to purchase products from you with your fully integrated Phorest Online store. With easy product uploads, delivery and/or curbside pickup available, and seamless integration into the inventory and reporting section of your Phorest system, it's ecommerce made simple.

Sell salon gift cards online

Want to make more money, even while your salon is closed? Sell gift cards and vouchers online, from your Phorest system, to boost revenue and increase client visits to the salon with ease.

Facebook & Instagram Ads Manager

Phorest Ads Manager is the industry’s only integrated social media advertising tool, helping you craft effective social media ads for a range of goals. Effortlessly set ads live and easily monitor your results to supercharge your salon marketing.

Free SMS to clients overdue to rebook

Machine learning in Phorest recognizes when your clients are overdue to rebook their usual services, and you can send an SMS to them, free of charge, to remind them to make that booking asap.

Automated rebooking feature

Taking that one step further, if you don’t want to remember to hit send on that campaign to your overdue clients each day, you can use the automated rebooking feature to automatically send that reminder SMS for you.

Stock take app with barcode scanning

Take the chore out of stock takes with our iPhone and Android app – just scan the barcode with your phone’s camera, enter your stock count, and you’re done!

Digital consultation forms

Gather client information with professional and paperless consultation forms on your salon tablet, and store them digitally and securely in your client records.

Multi-location staff scheduling

Phorest makes it easier to manage schedules and organize your multi-location salon business with easy to use staff management features. Schedule staff to work between locations on any given date range, with the ability to schedule the same staff member between different locations on the same day. With integration to reporting, commission, and payroll, you can stay organized and informed no matter where your staff are located.

Renowned support team

Our clients can’t say enough good things about our excellent support team. 'Seirbhís go hiontach' (excellence in service) is a driving mantra here at Phorest. Just check out what they’re saying about us below.

Dedicated Salon Success Manager to help you increase revenue

With many other salon software providers you’ll get an account manager to help you get set up, but once you’re up and running you won’t hear from them again. With Phorest you’ll be assigned a Salon Success Manager to make sure you’re getting the most from your software, supporting you to keep growing your business and increasing your revenue.