Shopbell, by the Snip Circuit team
Mid-fade, mid-foils, phone ringing. Shopbell answers it.
A phone line for hair salons and barbers. It answers calls you miss, quotes only the cuts and prices you list, and sends you each booking request: a text, or an email while texting is off. You confirm when the chair is empty. Free with a marketing consent: a booking link, no line. The line starts at $25 a month.
Incoming call, Saturday 9:20 am
- Hey, got anything for a skin fade and a beard trim this arvo?
- Thanks for calling Quarterstaff Barbers. A skin fade is $45 and a beard trim is $30. I can't lock in a time, but I'll put a request through for this afternoon.
- Sweet. Tom Garrity, 0491 570 159.
- Cheers, Tom. The team will text you once they've had a look at the book.
Booking request Sent to Quarterstaff Barbers the second the call ended, by text or (till texting is on) email.
From the team behind Snip Circuit, a directory of Australian hair salons and barbers
- 7,033
- hair salons and barbers on Snip Circuit, October 2026
- 761,875
- Google reviews counted behind them
- 109
- ranked lists across Australia
Figures as of October 2026, from the directory.
Says your prices. Nothing else.
Shopbell reads one list: your cuts, colours and trims with a price and a time on each, your hours and your notes. A men's cut is $40 because you typed $40. Ask it about anything you did not type and it says it is not sure and the team will get back to you.
Books into nothing
No diary, no salon software, no calendar link. Every call ends as a booking request: name, mobile, the cut and when they want it. The caller hears that the team will text to confirm, and you do that once you have looked at the book.
Free on a consent, but no line
Free costs a marketing consent, not money, and gives you a booking link and an enquiry inbox. The phone line is on One Chair at $25 a month with 35 answered calls, or Every Chair at $74 a month with 180.
How it works
Four steps. Most shops do them between clients.
Put up your price board
Type each cut, colour and trim with its price and minutes, your hours for each day, and a few notes: parking, walk-ins, kids' cuts.
Grab a number
On One Chair or Every Chair, one button buys an Australian number for the shop. Nothing to install.
Divert the calls you miss
Dial one code on the shop phone. Anything you leave ringing for about twenty seconds goes to Shopbell instead of voicemail.
Text back between clients
Once the call's done, the summary comes to you: texted, or emailed while texting isn't switched on. The request sits on your Bookings page with the number ready to tap.
Answering
Someone picks up, even with the clippers going
Missed calls divert to your Shopbell number. The assistant opens with your shop's name and says it is the team's virtual assistant, then answers from your price board: what a scissor cut costs, how long a full head of foils takes, whether you are open Monday. It takes the caller's details for a booking, or a message if they want to talk to someone.
- Your prices and times, nobody else's
- Not sure? It says so, and the team will confirm
- Never takes card details
- One Australian voice, English only
Requests
A request on your phone, not a surprise in your book
Shopbell never writes in your appointment book and is not hooked up to salon software. A caller who wants a time gives a name, a mobile, the cut and when suits, and hears that the team will text to confirm. The request lands on your Bookings page, marked by phone, with the mobile as a link. Tap it, text the time, done.
- Phone and booking-link requests in one list
- The mobile is one tap from a text
- Each recent call listed with a one-line summary
Booking link
A booking link for your bio, even on Free with a consent
Every shop gets a page at its own link. Clients pick a cut from your price board, leave a mobile, say when suits and add a note. They are told you will text to confirm. On Free with a marketing consent it comes with an enquiry inbox and no phone line; on the paid plans it sits beside the line.
- Free runs on a marketing consent and takes 10 link requests a month
- No limit on One Chair or Every Chair
- No app or account for the client
The summary
Read the call in one line between clients
When a call ends, Shopbell texts your mobile, or emails you while texting isn't switched on. A booking request comes through as the name, the cut, the time they want and their number. Anything else comes through as a line or two on what they said. Same call, same summary, listed on your Bookings page with the number it came from.
- Starts with your shop's name
- A note on the summary if the call was over your month's allowance
- Recent calls kept under your requests
Pricing
Free on a marketing consent. The phone line from $25.
Free costs a marketing consent, not money: a booking link and an enquiry inbox, no line. One Chair is $25 a month with 35 answered calls. Every Chair is $74 a month with 180, plus an enquiry form for your website. Monthly by card. Cancel any month. No GST.
Questions, answered
Does Shopbell put bookings in my appointment book?
No. It books into nothing. It is not connected to salon software, a calendar or a diary. Every call ends as a booking request with the caller's name, mobile, the cut and when they want to come in. The caller is told the team will confirm by text, and you send that text once you have checked the book.
Is there a phone line on Free, the marketing consent plan?
No. Free is a booking link with 10 requests a month and an enquiry inbox with 20 enquiries a month, held with a marketing consent instead of money. The phone line starts on One Chair at $25 a month.
What if someone asks for a barber by name?
If your notes say which days each barber works, the assistant can pass that on. It cannot see anyone's chair or promise a time with them. It takes the request as usual, with whatever the caller said about who they wanted, and the team confirms.
Do I need a new shop number?
No. Keep the number on your window and your cards. You dial a divert code on the shop phone so calls you leave for about twenty seconds go to Shopbell. The codes for Telstra, Optus and Vodafone are on your dashboard, along with the one that turns it off.
Can it take walk-in questions?
Yes, if you write the answer down. Put your walk-in rule in notes, for example walk-ins welcome before noon on weekdays, and the assistant tells callers exactly that. It does not know how busy the shop is right now.
Will callers think they are talking to me?
No. Every call starts with "Thanks for calling", the shop's name and "this is the virtual assistant for the team." Callers know straight away.
Does Shopbell change my spot on Snip Circuit?
No. Snip Circuit ranks salons and barbers by how many Google reviews each one has, and Shopbell has nothing to do with that. A plan buys a phone line and a booking link. It does not add you to a list, move you up or change your page.
Let the phone ring somewhere useful
Put up your price board, share your booking link and switch on the line when you want it. No card for Free, just a marketing consent.
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