Barbershop booking app and payments for Vancouver barbers
FlatPurse Flow is a barbershop app built in Edmonton for barbers in Vancouver and across Canada. It handles bookings, takes payment on your phone and tracks every barber's chair. AutoPilot rebooks no-shows and reminds regulars when they're due for a cut.
What Vancouver barbershops use Flow for
- Online booking by barber. Clients pick their barber and see that barber's real availability.
- Rebooking reminders. Flow learns each client's usual gap between cuts and nudges them when they're due.
- No-Show Recovery. Missed appointments get a rebook message about an hour later, and the open slot goes to clients who want it.
- AI Front Desk. Answers "are you open?" and "can I get in today?" and books the cut.
- Tap to Pay. Credit and Interac on your iPhone, tips included. No card reader.
- Clients. Every client's history, lifetime value and spend, with Overdue and Churn Risk flags on Pro and up.
Built for British Columbia
British Columbia businesses charge 5% GST. BC's 7% PST applies to retail products; most personal services aren't subject to PST, so Flow charges it on products and lets you turn it on for services if it applies to yours. Deposits aren't taxed; tax is charged on the final bill. Confirm each service with your accountant.
Vancouver barbershops from Main Street to Gastown often get new clients through booking marketplaces that charge for each one. Flow doesn't. It keeps your regulars on schedule and rebooks no-shows without taking a cut.
“I built Flow in Edmonton because I watched salon owners lose money to empty chairs and marketplace fees they couldn't see. Flow fills the chair, takes the payment and never takes a cut of a new client.”
George Ogunbande, Founder, FlatPurse Flow
No marketplace commission
Flow never takes a cut when a new client books you. Card payments are Stripe's standard rates, paid by your shop: 2.7% + 20¢ tapped, 30¢ flat for Interac and 2.9% + 30¢ online.
Questions Vancouver barbershop owners ask
- Does Flow work for a one- or two-chair shop?
- Yes. Starter covers up to 2 team members for CAD 39/month.
- Do I need a card terminal?
- No. Tap to Pay works on a compatible iPhone: 2.7% + 20¢ per tapped credit card and 30¢ flat for Interac.
- Can I switch from Booksy?
- Yes. We import your clients, and you're set up in under a day.
- Is Flow made in Canada?
- Yes. FlatPurse Inc. is based in Edmonton, Alberta, client records are stored in Canada, and Flow handles British Columbia sales tax (5% GST, plus 7% PST on retail products).
Everything in Flow
- Bookings: online booking page, calendar, staff assignment and real-time availability.
- Clients: full client history and lifetime value, plus automatic segments on Pro and up: New, Loyal, VIP, Overdue, Churn Risk.
- Team: staff profiles, availability, invitations and performance.
- Tap to Pay: take credit and Interac on an iPhone. No card reader to buy.
- Canadian sales tax: GST, HST, PST, RST and QST for all 13 provinces and territories, applied on the final bill.
- AI Front Desk: answers client questions and books appointments while you work.
- Daily Brief: each morning, today's bookings, yesterday's revenue, AutoPilot activity and what needs your attention.
- AutoPilot: No-Show Recovery about an hour after a missed appointment, Last-Minute Slot Filler, win-backs, rebooking reminders and birthday offers, with the revenue it recovered.
- Flow Coach: AI coaching on what to change to grow revenue.
- Business Health Score: one number that tracks how your business is doing, with what's moving it.
- Revenue forecasting: see next month's revenue before it happens.
AI Front Desk and the Daily Brief come with Pro. AutoPilot, Flow Coach, the Business Health Score and revenue forecasting come with Pro+. See plans.
No card required. Full Pro+ access during the trial. Set up in under a day. We'll move your clients over for you.