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CallPad is an AI receptionist for barbershops. It answers the calls you can't take with clippers in your hand, answers questions about your services, prices, hours and walk-in policy, and books, moves and cancels appointments in your booking system with the barber the client asks for. Anything it can't handle goes to you as a transferred call or an emailed message.
In a lot of shops the person who would answer the phone is the person cutting hair, and there's no front desk to catch the overflow. The phone rings mid-fade, and again after you've locked up for the night.
Voicemail doesn't catch much of what you miss. In a survey of US consumers, only 42% said they leave a voicemail when a business doesn't answer, and 21% said they immediately call another business (CallRail, 2025). For salons and spas, Zenoti reports that only 24% of callers who reach voicemail leave a message (Zenoti, 2025).
We cover this in more detail in why barbershops lose clients to missed calls and the barbershop phone problem.
Every call is in your dashboard, where you can read what was said or listen to the recording.
CallPad books in real time, with the person the client asks for, in Mindbody, Zenoti, Square, GlossGenius, Booker, Setmore, Zoho Bookings, Phorest, SalonIQ, Salon Manager, Shortcuts, Simple Salon, Cliniko and Google Calendar. See the booking systems CallPad works with.
On Vagaro? CallPad answers every call and captures booking requests. Live booking into Vagaro is in the works: join the waitlist to be first to know.
On Shortcuts? The Shortcuts AI Receptionist, built for salons and barbershops, is powered by CallPad. To switch it on, contact CallPad.
On Booksy? Booksy has its own AI Receptionist in beta. Read what Booksy's AI receptionist does. A CallPad integration with Booksy is in the works: join the waitlist and choose Other as your software.
Using another system? Ask us.
Setup takes about 10 minutes. You connect your booking system, add your business details and instructions, and forward your calls to CallPad. Your number stays the same. Our call forwarding guide shows you how.
CallPad serves barbershops, salons and spas in the US, UK, Australia and Canada.
CallPad speaks English, French, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German and many more languages. Need another language? Ask us.
Yes. CallPad books, moves and cancels appointments in real time during the call, with the barber the client asks for, on the booking systems it supports.
Yes. CallPad answers from the information you give it, so tell it your walk-in policy and it explains it to callers and can offer a booked time instead.
Yes. The Shortcuts AI Receptionist is powered by CallPad. To switch it on, contact CallPad.
Not yet. A CallPad integration with Booksy is in the works. Join the waitlist on our integration waitlist page and choose Other as your software.
CallPad can transfer the call to a team member or take a message. With a message, your team gets an email saying what the caller wanted.
CallPad speaks English, French, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German and many more languages. Ask us about the languages your clients speak.
Get a quote for your shop, or hear CallPad answer a booking call.
