Question 1

How much does a beauty salon website cost in Ireland?

Accepted Answer

From €2,500 with full treatment menu, online booking and gift vouchers. Treatment-specific SEO landing pages bring it to €2,000–€2,500.

Question 2

Can I take deposits to stop no-shows?

Accepted Answer

Yes — Stripe deposits on any treatment you choose. Refunded automatically on attendance or kept on no-show, per your policy.

Question 3

Can I link my Instagram so new posts appear?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Live Instagram feed on homepage and treatment pages, refreshed automatically via the official API.

Question 4

Do you build websites for solo beauty therapists?

Accepted Answer

Yes — our Brochure tier from €1,200 covers solo therapists; Growth from €2,500 adds booking and gift vouchers.

Question 5

Will Google find me for specific treatments like dermaplaning?

Accepted Answer

Yes — each top treatment gets its own SEO landing page targeting 'dermaplaning + [your town]', which is how we rank low-competition local intent.

Question 6

How long does a beauty salon website take to build?

Accepted Answer

3–4 weeks from kick-off, including booking integration and Google Business Profile setup.

Question 7

Why does online booking matter more than a pretty gallery for beauticians?

Accepted Answer

A beautician's website is judged in seconds on one thing: can I book a slot right now without ringing during a treatment. Instagram already does the job of showing your work, so a site that repeats the same photo grid without a booking button underperforms. The winning structure puts a live availability calendar above the fold, lists treatments with duration and price ranges, and takes a card deposit to cut no-shows, which are the single biggest cost in this trade. Clients also want to know who is doing the treatment — first names, qualifications such as ITEC or CIBTAC, and how long you have been practising build more confidence than a generic 'our team' paragraph. Mobile matters more here than almost any other trade we build for, since most bookings happen from a phone between other tasks, often late at night after a scroll through social media.

Question 8

What regulatory and hygiene details should the site cover?

Accepted Answer

Beauticians working with treatments such as microblading, laser hair removal or certain injectables may need local authority registration or specific insurance, and stating this plainly — along with your patch test policy — answers a real hesitation many clients have before booking something invasive for the first time. A clear cancellation policy, printed rather than left to a phone conversation, reduces awkward disputes and protects your diary. If you operate from a registered premises, a short note on hygiene practice (single-use tools, sterilisation between clients) reassures new customers who have read about botched treatments elsewhere. None of this needs to dominate the page, but leaving it out entirely reads as an oversight to a cautious first-time visitor comparing you against two other salons in the same search results. This is the kind of specific, checkable detail that turns a passive visitor into an actual enquiry, and it costs nothing to state clearly on the page.

Question 9

How should treatment pages be organised to convert browsers into bookings?

Accepted Answer

Group treatments the way clients think about them — brows, lashes, skin, nails, waxing — rather than by brand names of product lines only staff recognise. Each group should carry starting prices, because 'contact for pricing' pushes people to a competitor who states a number. Before-and-after images, used with the client's permission, work harder than any written description, but they must load quickly, so we compress and lazy-load every image rather than letting a gallery slow the whole site down. A simple loyalty or referral mention on the booking confirmation page costs nothing to add and encourages repeat visits. We build these sites from €1,200 for a brochure site with a booking link through to Growth tier at €2,500 when a full in-page calendar and client accounts are needed. None of this requires exaggerated claims or invented figures; plain, accurate information consistently outperforms vague marketing language when someone is close to a decision.

Question 10

How do most beauty clients actually book — online, Instagram DM, or phone?

Accepted Answer

Increasingly online, but Instagram DMs are still a huge part of how beauticians take bookings in Ireland, which creates a specific problem: enquiries get lost in a busy inbox, double-bookings happen, and clients get frustrated waiting for a reply during a treatment. A website with live online booking doesn't replace your Instagram presence, it takes the admin weight off it, letting clients book a slot directly while still discovering you through your social content. Treatment menus need to be specific and current — lash extensions, gel nails, dermaplaning, whatever you actually offer — because clients searching for a particular treatment want confirmation you do it before they'll even consider booking, and vague “beauty treatments” language loses that search. Pricing transparency matters more in this trade than many others since treatment costs vary widely between salons and clients compare before choosing. Cancellation policies, stated plainly, protect your calendar from the last-minute no-shows every beautician deals with. A Growth site from €2,500 with integrated booking handles the volume of a busy beauty business properly.

Question 11

Do clients care about qualifications and hygiene standards, or is it mostly about the portfolio?

Accepted Answer

Portfolio and qualifications both matter, but for different reasons — the portfolio is what makes someone want the treatment from you specifically, while qualifications and hygiene practices are what make a nervous first-time client actually go through with booking, particularly for anything involving needles, chemicals or skin treatments. Photos of real client results, organised by treatment type, do more to sell a beautician's work than any written description could, since this is an intensely visual trade where people are essentially choosing a look. Alongside that, stating your training and any relevant insurance reassures clients who've read horror stories about botched treatments elsewhere and are choosing carefully as a result. Patch test requirements, where relevant, are worth mentioning upfront so clients aren't surprised by an extra appointment before their main treatment. Seasonal demand spikes around Christmas parties, debs season and wedding season all drive short bursts of high demand, and a site that lets clients see live availability during those windows reduces the frantic DM traffic that's hard to manage manually. Growth sites from €2,500 support this kind of gallery-plus-booking structure well.

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