FAQ / Nail salons
Nail salon questionsChrome on a Gel Manicure, a soak-off before a fresh set, infills every two weeks and a hen party on a Saturday morning. Here is how NextSlot runs a nail studio — each answer shown on your side of the station and on your client’s phone.
Yes. When you book their infills from your calendar, set them to repeat every week, every two weeks or every month, choose how many visits, and the whole run lands in the diary at once.
Each one is marked as part of a series. If a date is already taken you can skip it, and if they’re away one week, cancel just that one — or everything still to come.
Included on all plansYes. Give each level in your studio its own price — Nail Artist, Senior Nail Artist, Lead Artist, whatever you call them — and NextSlot charges the right one automatically.
Clients see “from £48” on the menu, then the exact price the moment they pick their nail artist. Each level has its own time box too, so a newer artist can take longer over an overlay.
Included on all plansYes, on every plan. Open a nail artist on your Team page, press “Add photos” under Portfolio and pick up to 9 photos of their work from your media library.
When a client taps that artist’s face on your profile page, the photos show under “Recent work by Mimi” — so the client who wants chrome and hand-painted art finds the artist who does it best.
Included on all plansYes. One booking holds up to three people, each with their own treatment — a Gel Manicure for one friend, a BIAB Overlay for the other.
They choose “At the same time” to be done together, each with their own nail artist, or “One after another” to take turns. NextSlot only offers times when enough nail artists are free.
Included on all plansYes. Turn up your largest group in Settings — up to 10 people. Groups above three all have the same treatment, and NextSlot seats them in waves across your nail artists, as close together as it can.
The organiser books everyone in one go and sees who sits when before confirming. You set how long the longest visit may run, and can have the group pay one deposit to hold the seats.
Included on all plansYes. Take a fixed deposit, a percentage or the full price when the client books, paid straight into your own Stripe account. NextSlot takes 0% commission on it.
Tell us the rule for each treatment — say £15 on an Acrylic Full Set — and we switch it on with you. The booking is only confirmed once the payment goes through, so a 90-minute slot is never held on a maybe.
Included on all plansYes. Worried about HEMA and gel allergies? Mark a gel, BIAB or acrylic treatment as needing a patch test. A client with no valid test on file is asked to book a free patch test at least 48 hours before, right there on the booking page.
You choose how long a test stays valid, and clients are reminded before theirs runs out. Your team always sees a warning too.
Included on all plansYes. Add a buffer before or after any treatment — 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes — to sterilise tools, clear the dust and reset the station.
Clients never see it and cannot book into it. You see it shaded on your calendar, so a 90-minute full set is followed by a proper clean-down, not the next client.
Included on all plansWe are opening NextSlot a few businesses at a time, and we set every one up personally. Join the waiting list and tell us how your nail salon works.
