Barbershop booking app and payments for Winnipeg barbers
FlatPurse Flow is a barbershop app built in Edmonton for barbers in Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg 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 Manitoba
Manitoba businesses charge 5% GST. Manitoba's 7% RST no longer applies to hair care, skin care, spa services or massage therapy (Bulletin 062), but it still applies to retail products and to tanning. Flow charges GST on services and RST only where it applies. Deposits aren't taxed; tax is charged on the final bill.
Winnipeg barbershops in Osborne Village, the Exchange and on Corydon live on regulars. Flow, built on the Prairies, reminds each one when they're due and rebooks the ones who miss.
“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 Winnipeg 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 Manitoba sales tax (5% GST; RST doesn't apply to hair, skin, spa or massage services).
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.