Public introduction

Introducing Bookwik — smarter online booking for service businesses

We are excited to publicly introduce Bookwik for the first time. It’s a new online booking platform for salons, barbers, beauty studios and other appointment-based businesses — one clear place to manage bookings, services, staff and availability, and a simple way for clients to book an appointment online.

SalonsBarbershopsBeauty studiosSpasNail barsAnd more
01 Why Bookwik

Booking shouldn’t run on calls and DMs

Today, too many appointment-based businesses juggle phone calls, WhatsApp and Instagram messages, and paper or spreadsheet schedules. That’s how double-bookings happen, messages get missed, and staff time goes to coordination instead of clients.

Booking today

  • Double-bookings and scheduling conflicts
  • Missed messages, lost revenue and no-shows
  • No single source of truth for services, prices or schedules
  • No way for clients to book after hours

With Bookwik

  • Clients pick a service, see real availability and book in a couple of taps
  • Availability computed from real staff schedules, bookings and buffers
  • Confirmations and reminders go out automatically, by email
  • One operational hub — bookings, services, staff, availability
02 E-commerce built in

Sell products alongside your services

Bookwik isn’t just for appointments. Sell retail products, gift cards, bundles and more — with inventory tracking, order management and fulfillment built right in.

Product Catalog

Create products with images, descriptions and pricing. Organize by categories. Customers browse and buy from your booking page.

Inventory Management

Track stock levels, set low-stock alerts and manage inventory. Stock decrements automatically when orders are placed.

Order Management

Track orders from placement to delivery. Update status, add notes, manage fulfillment — all in one view.

Discount Codes

Create percentage or fixed-amount discount codes. Set minimum order values, usage limits and expiry dates.

03 Simple pricing

Free to join. Pay only when you earn.

No setup fees. No monthly charges. We only make money when you do.

Platform Fee

5%per order
  • Free setup — no charges to get started
  • 5% service fee on every completed order
  • You keep 95% of every sale
  • No hidden fees, no surprises
  • Request payouts anytime

Example

Customer pays₦20,000
Platform fee (5%)-₦1,000
You receive₦19,000

That’s ₦19,000 in your pocket from a single order. Scale up and the earnings add up fast.

04 Who it’s for

Built for everyone on both sides of the counter

Business owners

Set up your services, pricing, staff and working hours once. See the whole day at a glance, cut no-shows and get paid reliably — all in one place.

Staff & providers

Own your schedule. View upcoming appointments, manage your own availability, and block off time whenever you need to.

Clients

Find a service, see real open slots and book in a couple of taps — no account required. Get a confirmation and a reminder, then just show up.

05 More than a polished interface

Built on a reliable foundation

Over the past months, we focused on the things that let real businesses depend on us: secure booking flows, transactional emails, production monitoring, backup recovery — the infrastructure behind the product.

Secure booking flows

Atomic booking creation that prevents double-bookings, role-based access, and secure expiring links for rescheduling.

Transactional emails

Confirmations, cancellations, reschedules and automatic reminders — so nobody forgets an appointment.

Production monitoring

Error tracking, structured logging and alerting on booking and payment flows — wired up before our first testers arrive.

Backup & recovery

Automated daily backups with a documented, tested restore procedure — so your data is never a single point of failure.

06 Where we are now

Final preparation, then early access

We are entering the final preparation phase before inviting our first group of early testers.

01Current phase

Infrastructure hardening

Finalizing monitoring, backup and recovery testing, transactional email, and the secure booking flow.

02

Billing & legal close-out

Paystack billing and the final legal launch steps are being completed ahead of launch.

03

Early testers on board

Inviting a small, hand-picked group of salons, barbershops and beauty studios with close support.

04

Real feedback, real iteration

Preparing Bookwik for real onboarding and real customer feedback — then refining based on what we learn.

Spend less time managing appointments — and more time serving clients

We are looking forward to seeing Bookwik used by the businesses it was built for. If you run a salon, barbershop, beauty studio or another appointment-based business, request early access and we’ll reach out.