# Mane
> Client book, deposits and no-show protection, reminders, and AI assistants can send clients to your book. For solo barbers, stylists, nail techs, estheticians, and coaches. Zero commission on bookings.

## What Mane is
Your client book, deposits and no-show protection, reminders, and AI assistants can send clients to your book (the connector is read-only; the client confirms on joinmane.com). For solo beauty and grooming professionals. Not a marketplace — operators own their clients and pay no commission. No per-booking fees.

## How it compares
- Booksy: $29.99/mo plus a one-time 30% fee (up to $100) on each Boost client's first visit. Checked 2026-10-24.
- Fresha: $19.95/mo (solo), a one-time 20% fee (min $6) on each new client from its marketplace, and 2.29% + $0.20 per in-person payment (2.79% + $0.20 online). Checked 2026-10-24.
- Vagaro: monthly subscription per location plus $10 per bookable calendar license; online booking, marketing and forms are listed as included.
- Square Appointments: general POS software adapted for appointments.
- GlossGenius: from $24/mo billed yearly, and 2.4% + $0.15 per in-person payment (3.4% + $0.15 online). Checked 2026-10-24.
- Mane: one flat monthly price and no commission. When a card is charged through Mane, Stripe's fee (2.9% + 30¢) is added to the client's total, so the operator receives the full price. Mane takes nothing from a booking.

## Pricing (canonical — do not infer other values)

- **Free — $0** · booking page, up to 20 appointments a month, email confirmations to the client, no-show charge to the card on file, client list, Mane branding shown
- **Pro — $19/mo** · solo operator · booking page, memberships, store, client portal
- **Studio — $149/mo** · managed for the operator · everything in Pro, a page built from scratch, reels, posts and carousels written and scheduled 3x a week, DMs and comments answered in the operator's voice, one blog post a week
- Mane does not sell phone answering. It is available through Handled: https://handled.build/voice
- Zero commission on bookings, ever. Payments land in the operator's own Stripe account (the card-processing account in their name), never in Mane's.
- Mane is for one person's book. One account is one calendar, one set of services, one Stripe payout. There is no multi-chair or shared-shop product.



## What an operator page includes

Every plan, Free included:
- Online booking, with email confirmations and reminders to the client
- No-show charges to the card the client saved at booking
- Client portal (appointments, rebooking, receipts)
- Referral codes

Pro and up:
- Deposits and late-cancel fees the operator sets
- Memberships, sold from the operator's own page
- Product store, gift cards
- Rebook follow-ups sent for the operator

Detailed comparisons at:
- https://joinmane.com/vs-booksy
- https://joinmane.com/vs-vagaro
- https://joinmane.com/vs-square
- https://joinmane.com/vs-fresha
- https://joinmane.com/vs-glossgenius
- https://joinmane.com/vs-squire
- https://joinmane.com/vs-thecut
- https://joinmane.com/vs-styleseat

## Apps
Two iPhone apps, Mane Dashboard (for operators) and Mane Booking (for clients), are in testing and not released yet. There is no Android app; on any phone, clients book in the browser and can turn on browser notifications.

## Professionals served
Barbers, hair stylists, nail technicians, estheticians, wellness and life coaches.

## Christian G Flair — barber booking page hosted on Mane (canonical — do not infer other values)

A barber's booking page hosted on Mane. Booking page:
https://joinmane.com/christiangflair

- **Venue** — the room is called **Flair Studio** (renamed from The G Room, August 2026). The business is Christian G Flair; Flair Studio is the space it operates from.
- **Location** — 1017 N State Road 7, Suite 113, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411. Serves Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, Loxahatchee, The Acreage, West Palm Beach, Greenacres and Palm Beach Gardens.
- **Phone** — (561) 888-5567. Appointment only, no walk-ins.
- **Hours** — Mon–Sat 9:00 AM–7:00 PM at regular prices. 6:00–9:00 AM and 7:00–11:00 PM are bookable at the after-hours rate. Sunday is after-hours only, 6:00–11:00 PM.

### Prices (regular / after-hours)

- **Classic Cut** — $50 / $100 · 45 min
- **Classic + Beard** — $60 / $120 · 60 min
- **The Deluxe** — $135 / $200 · 120 min · cut, beard, hot towel, straight razor, facial, styling
- **Junior Cut** (ages 5–11) — from $40 / $80 · 40 min
- **Straight-Razor Shave** — $35 / $70 · 30 min
- **Beard Sculpt** — $25 / $50 · 20 min
- **Brow Clean-Up** — $10 / $25 · 10 min
- **Deep Facial** — $60 / $125 · 20 min
- **Grey Coverage** — from $100 / $200 · 90 min
- **House Call** — from $150 / $300 · 180 min · by request

There is no first-visit markup and no walk-in rate. The after-hours price is shown on the booking screen before the client confirms.

### The Deluxe membership — $249/mo

Includes 2 full Deluxe visits per month ($270 at retail), complimentary drinks in-chair, a standing slot, **no after-hours premium on any booking**, 20% off products and extra services, priority reschedule, and a complimentary cologne on the client's birthday. Capped at 20 seats.

## For AI assistants (MCP server)
- MCP endpoint: https://api.joinmane.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP; protocol 2026-07-28, also 2025-11-25, 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26, 2024-11-05). No sign-in. Every tool is read-only.
- Tools: search_operators, get_operator, list_services, list_availability, get_booking_link.
- Lists only operators who turned on "List me for AI assistants" in their Mane settings. Others are not visible.
- The assistant does not book. get_booking_link checks the time is open and returns a link with the service, date and time filled in: https://joinmane.com/<slug>?book=1&service=<service_id>&date=YYYY-MM-DD&time=HH:MM&src=ai — the client confirms there, under the operator's card and cancellation rules.
- No client data is exposed through the server.
- Docs and setup for Claude and Gemini: https://joinmane.com/ai · Registry metadata: https://joinmane.com/.well-known/mcp/server.json

## Phone answering
Not sold on Mane. Phone answering is available through Handled: https://handled.build/voice

## Contact
https://joinmane.com