Phorest vs Shortcuts

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.

Online reputation manager

No other salon software has a built-in online reputation manager, helping you get hundreds of 5 star reviews on Google, Facebook and Yelp by prompting your best reviewers to share their comments online in one click. Let your online reputation generate referrals for you while you sleep.

Make money while you are closed

Sell retail products online at any time of the day or night and make money while your salon is closed! Your Integrated Online Store requires no web adjustment or dev time - just select which products you want to sell online and let your customers start to purchase!

Free SMS to clients overdue to rebook

Machine learning in Phorest recognises 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

Phorest takes rebooking to the next level with our Automated Rebooking Feature. While some systems simply prompt staff to rebook at cashout, we go further by automatically sending personalised SMS reminders to clients, so you never have to worry about manually hitting 'send' or missing an opportunity to rebook. It's a hands-free, efficient solution that keeps your appointment book full without any extra effort from your team.

Add staff bios & service descriptions to online booking

Phorest lets you add extra information about your staff members and your services in your online booking portal - just another way to sell your great skills and services and make sure the client completes the booking.

Video consultations

Protect your staff and your clients by minimising close contact, but keep revenue coming into your salon with video consultations. Confirmations, reminders and video links are automatically created and sent to clients and staff. Just login and chat!

Stock take app

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!

Pre-send digital consultation forms

Build bespoke forms or choose from our library of templates, and send to clients to fill out before their appointment, saving time and minimising close contact.

Support is at our core

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 Business Advisor to help you increase salon 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 Business Advisor to make sure you’re getting the most from your software, supporting you to keep growing your business and increasing your revenue.