Booksy or your own site

Who owns the front door?

Booksy and apps like it are good at taking bookings. The difference is where the customer books: on the app’s page, under the app’s name, or on yours. Here it is side by side, including what we don’t do yet.

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Side by side

The plain comparison.

A marketplace page (Booksy)Your own site on Wright & Wire

Where customers bookOn booksy.com, under Booksy’s nameOn your web address, under your name

Other shops on the same appYes, customers can browse other shops thereNo, the only shop is yours

Fee when the app finds you a new clientWith Boost on: 30% of their first visit, up to $100None

Monthly price$29.99, plus $20 for each extra user$97 for the whole shop

Each barber’s book on their phoneYesYes

A shop TV with every chair’s next open timeNoYes, TV box included at launch

Booksy prices from Booksy’s US pricing page (biz.booksy.com/en-us/pricing (opens in a new tab)), checked 15 October 2026, before tax. Prices change; check your own plan.

The honest part

What each one is better at.

What Booksy does that we don’t, yet

Text reminders to customers
Card payments and deposits
Customers moving their own booking to another time
Sending you new customers from its app

What your own site does

Your name on the page and the web address
No other shop one tap away
No fee on new clients
A walk-⁠in line people join from their phone
Each barber’s own booking link
Your numbers every day: cuts, chair time, booked value, no-⁠shows

For a small shop, Booksy costs less each month: about $70 for three barbers, against our $97. At five barbers it costs more, before any Boost fees. On your own site the customers come to you, not to a list of shops.

Questions

Straight answers.

Can I keep Booksy and have my own site too?

Yes, but two separate books don’t see each other’s bookings, so the same chair can get booked twice. It’s best to pick one. The free demo lets you compare before you decide.

Do I lose my regulars if I switch?

Your regulars keep coming to you; they just book on your site. We set up your barbers, services, prices and hours for you, and each barber gets their own booking link to send their regulars.

Will customers find me without the app?

Not through an app list. They find you the way most already do: Google, Instagram, your sign and word of mouth, and the link goes to your site, not a page next to other shops.

What does it cost to try?

Nothing. We set you up on the system first, free, within 2 business days. If you launch, it’s $297, then $97 a month, and you can cancel any time.

Free to see. $297 to launch.

See your shop running, free.

Tell us about your chair or your shop. Within 2 business days you get a link to it running on the real system.

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