BookDesk
11:42 pm Lights off

Lock up. Your front desk stays open.

BookDesk gives your business a website, online booking and an assistant that answers customers and books them, wherever they find you. Day or night.

No credit card to build. Free first month. No contract.

Meanwhile, after closing
A hair salon at night, a phone lit on the counter Hair salon
11:42 pm
Booked on the website Cut and color, Friday 10:00 AM
A barbershop at night, a phone lit on the counter Barbershop
10:58 pm
Booked in website chat Skin fade, Friday 8:30 AM
A nail studio at night, a desk lamp still on Nail studio
12:14 am
Booked by an AI assistant Gel set, Saturday 11:00 AM
A tattoo studio at night, flash art on the wall Tattoo studio
1:03 am
Moved by the customer Consult, now Tuesday 4:00 PM
A lash studio at night, a lamp beside the treatment bed Lash studio
6:05 am
Joined the waitlist Classic set, any Saturday
12 business types Pick yours

Pick your business.

BookDesk is built for twelve kinds of businesses people book. Each one gets a site, services and wording made for it.

A smiling stylist doing a blowout in a bright salon Hair salons Cuts, color and long appointments that fit your real day. See a site for hair salons
Example business Marlow Hair Studio
Team
Dana, Priya, Sam
Most booked
Cut and color, 2 hr, $145
Example booking
Grace, Tue 9:30 AM with Dana
A color swatch ring and color brush
Every channel One calendar

Wherever your customers find you, they can book.

It’s the same assistant everywhere. It answers in your business’s name, offers your real open times, and every booking lands on one calendar.

  • Booking page On your website
  • Website chat Day or night
  • Text message Your business number
  • Messenger Your Facebook Page
  • Instagram Your DMs
  • Phone call Coming soon
Tuesday, November 10 Marlow Hair Studio
One calendar
  • 9:00 AM Blowout Anika Shah with Sam Website chat Website chat
  • 9:30 AM Cut and color Grace Kim with Dana Booking page Booking page
  • 11:30 AM Partial highlights Hannah Brooks with Priya Text Text
  • 12:30 PM Women’s cut and style Lauren Hale with Sam Messenger Messenger
  • 1:30 PM Gloss and toner Brooke Sutton with Priya Instagram Instagram
  • 2:30 PM Men’s cut Daniel Osei with Sam Phone call Phone call
  • 4:00 PM Blowout Olivia Grant with Dana AI agent AI agent
9:02 am Hands full

Stop texting back and forth all day.

Most owners book by texting customers between appointments. With BookDesk, customers text your business number instead, and your assistant answers and books while you keep working.

A color swatch ring and a color brush at the station
Mid-color. Phone buzzing. Every reply waits until your hands are free.
Without BookDesk Your own phone
OG Olivia G. ›
Today 9:02 AMHi! Does Priya have anything this week for a cut and style?10:47 AMSorry, had my hands full! Thursday at 1?Thursday’s tough. Anything Friday?12:31 PMFriday I have 10 or 3:30Let me check and get back to you4:15 PM10 works! Still open?5:58 PMAh, it just got taken. Next week?
+ iMessage

Nine hours. Seven texts. Still not booked.

With BookDesk Later, in your chats
OG Olivia Grant Text message
Hi! Does Priya have anything this week for a cut and style? 9:02 am This is Marlow Hair Studio’s automated assistant. You can ask for a person anytime. Priya has Thursday at 1:00 PM or Friday at 10:00 AM. Which works for you? Assistant, 9:02 am Friday at 10 9:03 am You’re booked: Women’s cut and style on Friday, November 13 at 10:00 AM with Priya. Assistant, 9:03 am Appointment booked Fri, Nov 13, 10:00 am with Priya
Your assistant is answering Take over

One minute. Booked while you worked.

10:20 am Every app

Same assistant. In the apps they already use.

Messenger, Instagram or the chat on your website. It answers in your business’s name, offers times that are really open, and books the visit.

JE Jordan Ellis Messenger
Any chance Dana can do my cut and style this Saturday? 6:48 am This is Marlow Hair Studio’s automated assistant. You can ask for a person anytime. Dana has Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 AM or 12:30 PM. Which works for you? Assistant, 6:48 am 10 please 6:49 am You’re booked: Women’s cut and style on Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 AM with Dana. Assistant, 6:49 am Appointment booked Sat, Nov 14, 10:00 am with Dana
Your assistant is answering Take over
Messenger Connect your Facebook Page and it answers there.
BS Brooke Sutton Instagram Hand back
Love the gloss in your last post! Anything Thursday? 9:42 am A gloss and toner takes about 45 minutes. Priya has Thursday, November 12 at 2:00 PM. Would you like it? Assistant, 9:42 am Yes please, book it 9:46 am Appointment booked Thu, Nov 12, 2:00 pm with Priya You took over. The assistant is paused here. Hi Brooke, it’s Dana. Bring a photo of the shade you love! You, 10:40 am
Reply on Instagram
Instagram Answers your DMs and books the visit.
MC Megan Castillo Website chat
Hi! Anything tomorrow for a blowout? Big dinner Wednesday 8:14 pm Sam has Wednesday, November 11 at 9:00 AM or 3:00 PM. Which works for you? Assistant, 8:14 pm 3 please! 8:15 pm You’re booked: Blowout on Wednesday, November 11 at 3:00 PM with Sam. Assistant, 8:15 pm Appointment booked Wed, Nov 11, 3:00 pm with Sam
Your assistant is answering Take over
Chat on your website Live today, on every BookDesk site.
  • Your customer
  • Your assistant, in a pale tint of the channel
  • You, when you jump in, in the full channel color
12:40 pm Needs you

It handles your customers. When it needs you, it says so.

Your assistant talks with customers for you. When a question needs a person, it pauses and pulls you in. You answer in your own words, then hand it back.

  1. 1 It flags the chat Needs you On your Today screen and at the top of your inbox.
  2. 2 You take over The assistant stays quiet while you reply. You can take over any chat, any time.
  3. 3 Hand it back One tap and your assistant picks the conversation up again.
The app: Tom Brennan’s website chat, handed to your team because a color correction needs a stylist to assess, with a Take over button
On your phone Tom’s website chat is handed to you.
Booking on a phone, step one: choose a service, with photos and prices
Booking on a phone: choose a date and an open time
1:05 pm How customers book

Or they just book it themselves.

Your booking page shows your services and the times that are really open. Pick one, and it’s on your calendar.

Real booking screens, from the example salon.
Google Calendar sync Busy times in Google block booking, and bookings are added to Google.
Reminders that go out Email confirmations, then reminders 24 hours and 1 hour before.
Changes without a call Customers reschedule or cancel from their own page. No password.
A waitlist Full day? Customers join the waitlist instead of walking away.
Tonight About 30 to 45 minutes

Your website, built step by step.

Pick a whole look, not just a color. It lives at yourname.bookdesk.ai, and you can change any of it later.

1 of 6: Colors

Then go live at yourname.bookdesk.ai. Your own domain is coming soon.

5:30 pm Your dashboard

Your whole day, in one place.

Calendar, conversations, customers and your waitlist. On your computer, and soon in your pocket. Real screens, from the example salon.

Today.Who is coming in, what your assistant booked overnight, and the short list that needs you.

app.bookdesk.ai/today
The Today screen: the day’s schedule and a Waiting on you card.
Anywhere The BookDesk app

Run the front desk from your pocket.

Today’s schedule, the chats that need you and every customer, made for one hand between appointments.

Coming to iPhone and Android
BookDesk app icon Download on the App Store, coming soon Get it on Google Play, coming soon
The app’s Today screen: the visit in progress, who is next, and what needs you
Today Who’s in the chair, and what needs you.
The app’s calendar: Dana, Priya and Sam side by side
Calendar The whole team, side by side.
The app’s chats: Needs you at the top, then recent conversations
Chats Read along, or jump in.
The app: a chat handed to your team, with Take over
Handoff When your assistant needs you.
The app’s customer profile: Grace Kim, her visit and her notes
Customers Every visit and every note.
The app: Grace Kim’s chat, where the assistant booked her cut and color and her deposit was paid
Bookings Booked and deposit paid, right in the chat.

Swipe to see more. Until the app arrives, the dashboard works in your phone’s browser.

Any hour Agent booking

AI assistants can book you directly.

Your customers already hand errands to AI agents. Every BookDesk site lets their agent find your open times and book.

  • Muse
  • Grok Bot
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini

And any agent that can browse the web.

Booked at Marlow Hair Studio Blowout, Saturday 9:30 AM with Sam
  • The customer confirms by email
  • Turn it off anytime
Launch pricing One plan

Every feature, one price.

Regular $24
$19 a month

Locked in. Keep $19 for as long as you stay subscribed.

FreeFirst month
$0Per-booking fees
MonthlyNo contract
Build your site free Building your site is free. No credit card.
Your month Try your numbers
Team members or anything people book: a chair, a table, a room
3
BookDesk, first team member included $24 $19
Extra team members: 2 × $5 $10
Your month $29 a month
900 texts a month included 500 + 2 × 200

Every feature is included.

No feature waits for a bigger plan. Every business gets every BookDesk feature.

Included
  • Your website and online booking
  • The assistant in your website chat
  • Dashboard, inbox, handoff and take over
  • Google Calendar sync
  • Email confirmations and reminders
  • Waitlist and customer self-service
  • Booking by AI agents
  • Texting from your business number: SMS booking and text reminders
  • Review requests by text after each visit
  • Messenger and Instagram
  • Optional deposits and card on file, through your own Stripe
Launching soon, same price
  • The iPhone and Android app
  • More than one location

Add only what you need.

Your $19 includes the first team member, a business text number and 500 texts a month.

$5a month each
Extra team members

Or anything people book: a chair, a table, a room. Each one adds 200 texts a month.

2¢a text
Extra texts

Texts you buy never expire. A slow month never wastes them. Automatic top-up is optional.

$5a month
A booking number for one person

SMS booking for one team member or chair. Customers text that number to book with that person or chair.

Before you build Questions

Fair questions.

Still not sure? Build your site and look around. It’s free until you go live.

No. Setup takes about 30 to 45 minutes. Pick a look, add your services, hours and team, and your site is ready to go live.

It only offers times that are open on your real calendar. When a question needs a person, it hands the conversation to you, and you can take over any chat from your inbox.

Yes. Customers text your business number, message your Facebook Page or send you a DM on Instagram, and the same assistant answers, offers your real open times and books them on the same calendar as your website chat.

Every BookDesk site publishes an open booking interface that AI agents can use, plus llms.txt. The customer approves each booking with a code sent to their email. You can turn agent booking off in your settings.

Nothing. BookDesk is $19 a month at launch pricing, plus $5 a month for each extra team member. There are no per-booking fees.

No. There’s no contract. Building your site is free and needs no credit card, and your first month is free. Your $19 launch price stays locked in for as long as you stay subscribed.

8:00 am Doors open

Unlock. Your day is already booked.

Set up your website, booking and assistant tonight. It takes about 30 to 45 minutes.

Build your site free

$19 a month at launch pricing. Free first month. No contract.