Salons & barbershops
The best moment to ask for a review? Right after the mirror spin.
Your client just watched the chair turn and saw the cut they wanted. That is peak happiness — and it lasts about a minute. A tap-to-review coin at the desk catches it before they check their phone and forget.
Why this keeps happening.
Peak happiness has a short shelf life.
The mirror spin, the little head-turn, the smile — that is the exact second a client wants to tell someone how good they look. By the time they are back in the car, the feeling has cooled and the review never happens.
Your regulars have run out of first-time reviews.
The clients who love you most are the ones who booked in three years ago and never left a review because you never had a reason to ask. Your ask-list of new faces is thin, so review growth stalls even though the chairs are full.
Clients find their next chair on Maps and Instagram.
Someone new to the neighbourhood searches "barber near me" or "balayage Calgary" and scans the star ratings. A quiet listing loses them to the shop up the block with a wall of recent reviews — the work is equal, the visibility is not.
Where it lives
Put a tap where the moment happens.
- At the front desk
- At each station
- As a mirror sticker
- At the checkout tablet
In practice
Tap while they settle up.
Cut is done, chair has spun, client is glowing. They step to the front desk to pay. As the card reader wakes up, you slide the coin over: "If you love it, one tap here means a lot." Phone touches the coin, your Google review page opens, and they type a line about the fade while the good feeling is still fresh. No app to download, no searching your shop name — the happiest sixty seconds of their visit turned into a review that pulls in the next client.
From $15
One sticker, programmed and installed.
A coin at the front desk, a small sticker on each station mirror, or one that lives by the checkout tablet — mix them to match how your shop runs. Programmed to your Google review page, ready the day it arrives, no monthly fee.
Questions
The things you’re probably wondering.
We have booth renters with their own Google profiles. Can each get their own?
Yes. Every coin points to whatever Google review page you program it to, so a booth renter can carry their own coin linked to their own listing while the salon runs one for the shop profile. Everyone builds their own reviews.
We have several stylists on one shop listing. How does that work?
Simplest setup: one shop coin at the front desk that every stylist points clients to as they pay. All the reviews land on the single shop profile, and clients can name their stylist in the review text if they want to.
Can it sit right by my card reader?
That is the ideal spot. Checkout is when the phone comes out anyway, so a coin next to the card reader turns "paying" and "reviewing" into one smooth moment. A slim sticker works if desk space is tight.
Get started
Get a Review Tap on your counter.
Tell us about your shop. We’ll reply the same day — usually within the hour.
- No contract
- Done-for-you setup
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Prefer to talk? We’re happy to swing by your shop first. No pitch, just a demo tap.