How it works
The prices
Proof
Pricing
Revenue engine · not another booking app
Fill your quiet hours.
Without anyone logging in.
You set the prices you are happy to sell at. Spare Chair works out which hours each one belongs in, across every site, and does the work for you. Monday you get one email and the final say.
early access · limited to a handful of groups · takes two minutes
Works with the booking system you already run
No migration and no setup fee
Nothing new for your staff to learn
monday summary · 4 changes going live
3 sites
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
09
11
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15
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GOING LIVE UNLESS YOU SAY NO
stop this
Cut & finish
Belfast · Botanic · Mon 09:00 to 12:00
£40.50
quiet window
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How it works
Nobody has to log in for this to work.
Every tool you have been sold needs someone to open it. In a five site group, nobody owns that twenty minutes.
01
read only at first
We read the diary, every site
You authorise us once and carry on. Week one changes nothing while we learn your quiet hours.
02
one email a week
Monday, we tell you what we are changing
One email, three or four changes, each one a service, a site and a window. No dashboard, no report to interpret.
03
you keep the veto
You always have the final say
One click stops any change you do not like, and the engine prices around it. Ignore the email and the plan simply runs.
How the prices work
Your prices never move.
Your availability does.
You pick the prices. We pick the hours they sell at.
CUT & FINISH · YOUR THREE PRICES, OUR TIMING
morning
afternoon
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Quiet windows sell low. Busy windows sell high. The menu never changes.
BOOKINGS ALREADY IN THE DIARY
Never touched when a window closes
WHAT THE CLIENT SEES
One price next to a time
WHAT THE FRONT DESK EXPLAINS
Nothing
WHAT YOU CAN CHANGE ANY TIME
Every price on the menu
Check our homework
See what last year would have earned.
Before the engine touches a live booking, we run it backwards over the year you have already had.
01
You send us six months of booking history from your existing system.
02
We run the engine over it as if it had been live the whole time.
03
You get a report: every change we would have made, and what it was worth.
Ask for a backwards test
Send us six months of history and we will show you every change we would have made. No cost, no commitment, and we email you exactly what to export.
Why Spare Chair
The tools you already pay for
are waiting for someone to click.
Booking platforms ship growth features their customers never open. We assume nobody opens anything.
Works where prices are locked
We never rewrite a price. We control which fixed price version of a service is bookable when, so your booking system stops deciding what you are allowed to do.
Built for more than one site
Quiet hours differ by site. Each one gets its own read, in the same Monday email.
Nothing new for your staff
No app on the desk, no script, no banner. A client sees one price next to a time, as they do today.
You approve, you never execute
You hold the veto, we do the work. Every other tool hands you the work and waits.
Why day one works
We know what your Saturday is worth before you tell us.
2,200+
providers tracked daily
across every major booking platform
Day 0
to the first change worth making
no ramp-up period, no history required
1
email a week
the changes, not a dashboard to go and read
£0
setup and migration cost
competitors charge £1,500 to £5,000 to start
Competitive landscape
Everyone else only works inside their own walls.
Each of them optimises revenue for their own customers only, and each one expects an owner to sit down and configure it.
| Spare Chair | Zenoti | Fresha | Mindbody | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works across booking systems | Yes | No | No | No |
| Requires migration | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Needs the system to allow price edits | No, we use availability | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Setup cost | None | $1,500 to $5,000+ | Free, higher transaction fees | $269+/month |
| Who does the ongoing work | We do. You hold a veto | You, per service, per location | You, rule by rule | You, range per class |
| Target | Multi-site groups, any system | Enterprise chains | Beauty & wellness | Fitness studios |
Compiled from public pricing pages, product documentation and verified G2 and Capterra reviews. Last updated August 2026.
Pricing
You only pay when we make you money.
No setup fee, no per seat maths, no annual increase. We are setting launch pricing with our first groups now, so the earlier you join the more say you have in it.
early access · limited cohort
What is included
The changes made for you, across every site
Market data from 2,200+ tracked providers
Works with the booking system you already run
No setup fee, no migration, no contract
FAQ
Straight answers before you ask.
Do I have to switch booking software?
+No. We sit on top of the system you already run. Nothing migrates and nothing changes for your staff.
My booking system will not let anyone change a price. Now what?
+What does the client actually see?
+What happens to bookings already in the diary?
+How much work is this for my team?
+Which booking systems do you support?
+What does it cost?
+What if a change does not work?
+Is my data secure?
+In the press
