Where Beauty Salons Lose Bookings: 72,000 Client Messages by Hour (2026)
We analysed 72,084 client messages from 50 beauty salons: 27% arrive before 9:00 or after 19:00. When clients write, who goes unanswered, and what to do.
Product updates, operator-tested playbooks and field reports from the people building and using Altegio.
We analysed 72,084 client messages from 50 beauty salons: 27% arrive before 9:00 or after 19:00. When clients write, who goes unanswered, and what to do.
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