What must a free salon website include?
Start with clear services, prices, appointment lengths, staff availability, your address and a booking action that works on a phone. For an independent stylist, one staff calendar may be enough. A team also needs separate schedules and service assignments. Treat a custom domain, additional languages and automated reminders as separate requirements rather than assuming that every free plan includes them.
Wix and Square: check the booking boundary
Wix lets you add Wix Bookings without charge, but accepting bookings requires an eligible paid website plan. Square documents a basic online booking site, an optional fuller website and booking widgets for an existing site. Availability, payment fees and plan restrictions depend on your country. A free design preview is therefore different from a free, working appointment website. Framer offers free publishing on a Framer domain; Carrd focuses on one-page sites with paid Pro options; Canva offers a visual website builder. For each, verify how an actual appointment is accepted and the cost of the connected booking tool. Website publishing alone does not establish a staff scheduling system.
When SalonDigi Solo is a practical fit
Solo includes the booking website for one staff member, one branch, one language and up to 80 appointments each month. It uses a SalonDigi subdomain. Paid plans add features such as custom-domain connection and automated reminders. A team should review those limits before launch. Seven interface languages are available across the product; Solo allows one selected website language, not seven simultaneous languages. Unlike the comparison criteria above, SalonDigi is our own product; its inclusion is a commercial interest, not an independent award.
A service menu clients can understand
Use concrete service names instead of one generic appointment. An illustrative menu could offer a 30-minute haircut and a 90-minute colour appointment. Set durations from your actual workflow, include consultation or cleanup time, and assign qualified staff. These times are examples, not default durations or performance promises. Photos should show your own work with permission and captions that explain the service.
Run a mobile acceptance test
Open the published site on a phone, choose a service and staff member, select an available time and complete a test booking. Check that the appointment appears in your admin calendar. Then cancel the test and verify the slot becomes available again. Try a long service near closing time and a staff day off. The site should make restrictions understandable before a client submits their request.
Compare the cost of your next stage
Write down the features you will need after launch: more staff, more monthly appointments, your own domain, reminders and additional languages. Compare that complete setup rather than a headline free price. Keep your domain registration and messaging costs separate. Neither a builder nor a booking button guarantees Google rankings; publish useful local service information and measure discovery and completed appointments separately.
Related setup and comparison guides
Questions before choosing a booking platform
Is a salon website free if online booking costs extra?
The website may be free while accepting appointments requires a paid plan. Check the booking feature and publish a test appointment before calling the complete setup free.
What are the SalonDigi Solo limits?
One staff member, one branch, one website language and 80 appointments per month. Custom-domain connection and automated reminders require an eligible paid plan.
Can I use Wix Bookings without upgrading?
You can add Wix Bookings for free, but Wix states that accepting bookings requires an eligible upgraded website plan.
Does Square provide only a booking link?
Square documents a basic booking site, a fuller website option and widgets for existing websites. Check the options and fees available in your country.
Will a free salon website improve my Google ranking?
Publication makes the page available to visitors and crawlers. Rankings depend on relevance, competition and indexing. Measure Search Console impressions and clicks after Google recrawls the page; no ranking gain is guaranteed.
Sources and review scope
Provider documentation reviewed on 8 October 2026. Plans and payment availability vary by country; check the current local plan before subscribing. Compare SalonDigi plan limits on the pricing page.
