The Booksy Alternative That Takes 0% on Your Own WhatsApp

Booksy is a salon and barber marketplace that charges a commission on new-client bookings. Welqo books on your own WhatsApp number and keeps 100% of every appointment.

If you cut hair or run a beauty chair, you already know the trade-off with a booking marketplace like Booksy: it puts your profile in front of new clients, but it also sits between you and them. Salon and barber marketplace apps commonly charge a commission on new-client bookings brought in through their discovery feed, price the subscription per team member, and require your clients to use the marketplace's own app or profile to book. That is a fine engine for renting other people's audience — it is a poor deal for the regulars who already have your number in their phone.

Welqo comes at booking from the opposite direction. It is an AI booking assistant that lives inside your own WhatsApp and a shareable web page — no marketplace, no consumer app to download, no account for the customer to create. When someone messages “Can I get a fade Saturday morning?”, Welqo reads it, checks the real calendar for that specific barber or stylist, offers open slots, and confirms the appointment against a per-staff schedule so two chairs are never double-booked. It auto-detects the customer's language and replies in any of 40+ languages, so a walk-in texting in Hindi, Punjabi or English is answered the same way.

Here is a normal Tuesday. A returning client texts your shop number at 9pm asking for a beard trim before a wedding. Welqo replies instantly with three open slots, books the 11am Thursday chair with your senior barber, takes a small deposit that lands in your own Razorpay/UPI account, and sends an automatic reminder 24 hours and again 2 hours before. If that same client had instead called while you were mid-cut and you missed it, Call Rescue turns the missed call into a WhatsApp thread and books it anyway — no lost head, no commission clipped off the top.

Because the deposit and any prepaid pack settle straight to the merchant's own account, Welqo charges 0% commission on your bookings. Pricing is flat, not per-seat: Booking at ₹999/$15 and Front Desk at ₹2,499/$39, whether you are a one-chair barber or a five-station salon. There is a genuine free tier — up to 50 bookings a month with reminders included — so you can run a full month before deciding. It goes live the same day on Meta's official WhatsApp Business Platform, with no code to write.

Why businesses choose Welqo

0% commission on your bookings. Deposits and prepaid packs settle straight to your own Razorpay, UPI or international-card account. No marketplace cut on new-client appointments — you keep 100% of every booking.
Books on your own number. The whole flow happens inside your WhatsApp and a shareable web page. Customers install nothing and create no account — they just text the number they already have.
Per-staff calendar, never double-booked. Welqo books, reschedules and cancels against a real per-barber, per-stylist calendar, so two chairs are never sold the same slot.
Replies in 40+ languages. It auto-detects the customer's language and answers in any of 40+, so every walk-in and regular is handled in the language they text you in.

The old way vs the WhatsApp way

	Salon & barber marketplace apps	Welqo
Cut on new bookings	Commonly charges a commission on new-client marketplace bookings	0% commission on your bookings
Customer app / account	Clients book through the platform's own app or profile	Books in WhatsApp — no app, no account
Pricing model	Typically priced per seat / team member	Flat — ₹999/$15 or ₹2,499/$39, any team size
Where money lands	Payments flow through the platform's processing	Settles to your own Razorpay / UPI / card account
Free tier	Paid subscription to operate	Up to 50 bookings/mo free, reminders included

Go live the same day

Sign up and add your services and hours
Connect your WhatsApp number
Customers book — you get the calendar

Frequently asked questions

Is Welqo a marketplace like Booksy?

No. Booksy is a discovery marketplace that lists your profile to new clients and charges a commission on bookings that come through it. Welqo is not a marketplace — it books on your own WhatsApp number and shareable page, so there is no feed to appear in and no commission on your appointments.

Do my clients need to download an app or make an account?

No. Unlike a marketplace where clients use the platform's own app, Welqo works entirely inside WhatsApp. Your customer texts your number, installs nothing, and needs no account or login to book, reschedule or cancel.

How is the pricing different from per-seat marketplace plans?

Salon marketplace apps typically price the subscription per team member, so your bill climbs with every chair. Welqo is flat: Booking at ₹999/$15 and Front Desk at ₹2,499/$39, regardless of how many staff you run. There is also a free tier of up to 50 bookings a month with reminders included.

Where does the deposit money go?

Straight to your own account. Deposits and prepaid packs settle to the merchant's Razorpay, UPI or international-card account with 0% commission on bookings — Welqo never sits between you and the payment.

How much does it cost?

Free to start — a shareable web booking page plus AI booking. Paid plans from ₹999 / $15 a month unlock unlimited AI WhatsApp booking and reminders, and the Front Desk plan (₹2,499 / $39) adds no-show recovery, deposits, waitlist backfill and broadcasts.

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