No commission per booking
No share of referred appointments. You pay a fixed plan – whatever a client spends with you stays with you in full.
Treatwell Alternative
The Treatwell alternative without commission on the appointment
A marketplace brings reach and takes a share of the clients it newly refers to you – and the client relationship keeps running through the platform. Salon Wizard turns that around: your own booking page, your clients, your price. A fixed plan instead of a share of each new client.
from €7.00 per month – no commission on the appointment
Team plan
4
- Salon Wizard
- €29.00
- per month, however large your team gets
- Extra cost per team member
- €0.00
Marketplace with a booking commission Not the billing basis – what gets charged is referred appointments
Only additional locations carry a fixed, transparent surcharge.
Salon Wizard compared to booking marketplaces
| Criterion | Salon Wizard | Marketplace (e.g. Treatwell) |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fair flat price – monthly or yearly | Commission on referred appointments, plus a subscription or fees depending on the programme |
| Staff | Unlimited – no extra charge | Not the billing basis – what gets charged is referred appointments |
| Your own booking website | Yes, under your brand | A profile in the marketplace instead of your own booking page |
| Data ownership | German servers, GDPR, your data | The client account sits with the platform and communication runs through it |
| Third-party ads & competition | None – only your business | Competitors appear in the same marketplace, often right next to you |
Why salons switch to Salon Wizard
Your own booking website
Clients book on your own page under your brand, not on a profile with the competition from the same street listed right beside it.
Data in Germany, GDPR-compliant
The client relationship is yours. Addresses, history and recurring appointments sit in your own records on German servers, not in a portal account.
On team size, nothing between us
Staff are included in the Team plan at no extra cost – and Treatwell advertises the same on its pricing page: unlimited team members at no additional cost. So there is no difference here and we will not manufacture one. With us the first thing that costs extra is a further location, at a fixed surcharge you can read beforehand.
Switch in a few steps
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Create your account
Sign up, name your salon, add your opening hours – no payment details.
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Add services and team
Set up treatments with duration and price, then add your staff. Included in the Team plan at no extra cost.
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Publish your booking page
Your page goes live and guests book under your brand – every appointment is yours.
What switching actually changes
Leaving a marketplace means trading borrowed reach for an address of your own. Three things change noticeably along the way.
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The share of each new client goes away
Instead of a share of every client the marketplace newly refers, you pay a plan. A full calendar therefore no longer makes the software invoice bigger – your price follows the scope you use, not your revenue.
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Client communication runs through you
Confirmations, reminders and cancellations will come from your address instead of out of the portal. Your clients' contact details sit in your own records; you no longer have to write back through the platform.
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Your profile disappears from the directory
Once you have cancelled, you are no longer listed on Treatwell. Everything that points at that profile today – links in social media, in newsletters, in map entries – needs the new address, or it runs into nothing.
What you keep, what you give up
What you keep
Your regulars and your relationship with them: history, notes, recurring appointments and the services with duration and price. The booking page under your brand is part of the plan and so is your team – you give up neither feature scope nor online booking around the clock.
What you give up
The referred passing trade. A marketplace shows you to people who are looking for a treatment and have no salon in mind; those new clients go away with the profile. Anyone who lives largely on them should deliberately keep the profile for a while and redirect only the regulars first.
Frequently asked questions about the Treatwell alternative
Do I lose reach without a marketplace?
A marketplace puts you in front of people who have never heard of you, and takes a share of the client it brings. To be fair about it: for that client's repeat bookings Treatwell states it charges nothing, so it is not a permanent cut. What it is, is an entry price for every new name – and a question of who owns the relationship afterwards. On your own page the first appointment costs what the fiftieth costs: nothing.
Can I use both at the same time?
Yes. Many salons keep a marketplace profile for new clients and steer their regulars to their own booking page. Every appointment that lands with you directly is commission-free.
What happens to my existing client data?
You set up your client records in Salon Wizard and they stay yours. What a portal has stored about your clients is governed by its own terms – one more reason to bring the relationship onto your own page.
Does Salon Wizard charge per staff member?
No. Staff are included in the Team plan at no extra cost. Only additional locations cost a fixed, transparent add-on.
How does the billing model differ from Treatwell?
A marketplace earns on the referral: it takes a share of the client it brings you, and depending on the programme a subscription on top – repeat bookings it states are commission-free. Salon Wizard charges a plan and nothing per appointment. We deliberately do not quote other providers' figures: a comparison of models outlives one of numbers.
Can I take my client data with me from Treatwell?
Ask for the export before you cancel – when the access ends, the view of the data usually ends with it. Which fields a portal releases, and in which format, it decides for itself; we can give no assurance about that. In Salon Wizard you then set up your records yourself.
Do I lose bookings if I leave the marketplace?
The referred ones, yes – they hang on the profile. Regulars follow the new address if you tell them about it yourself: in the salon, in the confirmation email, on your own channels. That is why many salons build their own page before they switch the profile off.
How long does the move take?
That depends on your business: a solo studio with a handful of services is set up faster than a team with several locations. So we do not promise a timeframe. Building it and looking at it costs nothing, and you go live only when everything is in place.
Is Salon Wizard right for your business?
A comparison answers the price question. It does not answer the question of fit. What each plan contains is on the pricing page – how Salon Wizard works in the day-to-day of your trade is what the vertical pages beside it show, each with the services, routines and examples that are usual there.