Booking software for spray tan studios
Free to start. No credit card needed.
Every visit, start to finish
They book
Clients pick their tan and time and pay a deposit online. Confirmations and reminders send themselves.
Before they arrive
Your prep checklist and waiver reach them before they walk in.
After the tan
Tap their rinse window when you finish. They get a text when it is time to shower.
Booking is on every plan. Prep and rinse texts come with the paid plan.
Your studio gets its own number
(786) 555-0192A client texts
It offers the time they asked for, or the closest open ones. Their yes books it.
A client calls
Also called IVR. Callers hear your greeting, then press 1 for your booking link by text or 2 to ring you.
You miss a call
Hang-ups get a text with your booking link inside a minute.
Example number and conversations. The AI scheduler is off until you switch it on. All three come with the founding plan, $19.99/mo for the first 100 studios.
Generic booking apps treat a spray tan like a haircut. goldenhour is built for spray tan studios, right through the rinse.
A day at your studio
From the first booking to their favorite shade. The little details of a spray tan business, all in one place.
8:10AM
AI scheduler
A client texts for a time. The AI scheduler offers that time if it’s open, or the closest ones, and their yes books the visit on your real calendar.
Off until you switch it on. Included in the $19.99/mo founding plan.
9:00AM
Booking
Put your Classic, Rapid, and Bridal Trial services on a booking page that feels like your studio. Clients choose their tan, find a time, and pay a deposit in one visit.
9:45AM
Prep and waivers
Nothing ruins a spray tan faster than barrier lotion or last-minute shaving. goldenhour sends your pre-tan prep checklist and collects digital intake forms and waivers on the client’s phone before they walk in, available in English and Spanish.
Forms and waivers on every plan. Prep texts with the paid plan.
11:20AM
Your number and phone menu
When your hands are on the spray gun, your own studio number answers in your voice. That phone menu is also called IVR: callers press 1 for an instant text to your booking page, or press 2 to ring your cell. Hang-ups get an automatic text-back inside a minute.
Included in the $19.99/mo founding plan, with a dedicated local number. Your personal number stays private.
Sample from SoBe Tan. You can customize it using your own voice.
4:35PM
Aftercare
Tap the rinse window when the session ends. Their aftercare page counts down to the minute, and goldenhour texts them when it is time to shower.
Rinse texts come with the paid plan.
5:45PM · Golden hour
Checkout
Collect a deposit when they book. At the end of the tan, bring together the remaining balance, their tip, and a receipt.
0% platform commission. Your processor’s standard rates apply.
Try it before you sign up
Try a client booking, from choosing a tan to confirmation.
Start the booking tourLoading the booking tour…
That was the whole booking
Add your services and hours, then share one link. Free to start, no credit card needed.
Demo only. No appointments, messages, or charges.See how it works
For everything around the appointment
Work in the booth, on location, or both. House-call requests include the address and party size, with travel-zone pricing. You review and approve or decline each request.
Post it on the Suggestions board in your dashboard. Our team reads every idea, and the ones studios vote up go on our build list.
Built in our own spray tan studio
Two plans · 0% commission
Every new account starts with a free trial of the paid plan, no card needed. Your business number comes with your first payment. After the trial, lock in the founding rate or stay on the free solo starter plan.
$0/ month
Solo booking, calendar, and basic card checkout.
$19.99/ month
The complete studio operating system, plus every future feature added to the paid plan. Your rate stays the same while subscribed.
0% platform commission; standard payment processing fees apply. Full pricing and terms
Want an easy import?
Pick your current booking tool to see step by step how to move your clients, services, and history into goldenhour. Or email your CSV export to hello@goldenhourhq.com and our team gets the import ready at no charge, and you press Import once to bring it in.
Open Settings → Import → Connect Square for a one-click pull, or sign into squareup.com on desktop to export Customers, Items, and Appointments as CSVs.
If using CSVs, drop your Customers, Items (saved as CSV), and Appointments files into the Square uploader. Each file is optional on its own.
Services, client profiles, past and upcoming bookings, and card charge history (when connected) land automatically. Re-run anytime without duplicates.
What comes over: Clients (name, phone, email, birthday, notes), service menu with prices and durations, appointment history, and card charge history (via Connect).
Sign into vagaro.com on a desktop browser (including former Schedulicity accounts migrated to Vagaro). Open Reports in the top bar, run Customers and Appointments (All time, including upcoming), and export (save .xlsx as CSV if needed).
Open Settings → Employee Profiles → Services → Download (save as CSV), or skip this file and goldenhour will rebuild your menu from your appointments.
Choose Vagaro under Settings → Import and drop your CSV files in. Columns are auto-detected, and re-uploading fills gaps without duplicating records.
What comes over: Clients (name, phone, email, birthday, notes, VIP flag), appointment and cancellation history, and your service menu.
On dashboard.glossgenius.com, download Clients → Export Clients (and reports under Insights → Reports), or email support@glossgenius.com from your owner email for your Client List and Booking History CSVs.
Save your clients CSV and your bookings CSV to your computer (whether downloaded from the web dashboard or sent by GlossGenius support).
Select GlossGenius under Settings → Import and upload both files. goldenhour automatically rebuilds your service menu from the names and prices on your bookings.
What comes over: Clients (name, phone, email, birthday, notes, VIP flag), appointment and no-show history, and services rebuilt from your bookings.
Most US Booksy accounts request their Client List and Appointment History CSVs (all dates, including upcoming) via Booksy Biz chat or info.us@booksy.com (info.gb@booksy.com in the UK). If enabled on desktop at biz.booksy.com, export from Clients and Calendar.
Keep both CSV files (Customers and Appointments, including upcoming appointments). If an appointment file is too big to upload at once, split into shorter date ranges while keeping upcoming appointments included.
Choose Booksy under Settings → Import and upload both CSVs. Because Booksy does not export a service list, goldenhour rebuilds your services from your bookings.
What comes over: Clients (name, phone, email, birthday, notes, VIP flag), appointment and cancellation history, and services rebuilt from your bookings.
Sign into app.squarespacescheduling.com, open Clients (or Business Settings → Import & Export → Export), and download your Client list as CSV.
In Reports → Appointment List (or Import & Export), set the range to All time, including upcoming appointments, and export to CSV. Appointment types come across automatically with your appointments.
Select Acuity Scheduling under Settings → Import and drop the CSVs in. Bookings match to clients by email (or by phone when there is no email and the client name agrees), and unmatched rows without email are flagged for you.
What comes over: Clients (name, phone, email, birthday, notes), appointment history, booking notes, and appointment types as services.
In Fresha (partners.fresha.com → Clients → Clients list → Options → Export → CSV), Mindbody, a pre-merger Schedulicity CSV, or Google Sheets, download your client list as CSV. (Migrated Schedulicity accounts now on Vagaro can use the Vagaro tab.)
Open Clients → Import in goldenhour and upload the sheet. Rows are matched on phone or email, so uploading the same sheet twice will not duplicate contacts.
General spreadsheets bring over client contacts and notes without past appointment history. Add your services and prices in goldenhour, then share your new booking link.
What comes over: Client names, phones, emails, notes, allergies, preferences, VIP status, and Fitzpatrick type (matched on phone or email).
It reads booking texts from your clients and answers with your real openings. Their yes books the visit. It is off until you switch it on, and it hands the conversation to you whenever it isn’t sure. Phone calls get your phone menu, not AI.
Yes. Set your deposit amounts and cancellation policy for your business, and collect the deposit during booking.
Yes. House-call requests include the address and party size, with travel-zone pricing. You review and approve or decline each request.
Yes. Upload a CSV from your current booking tool in Settings, or email your CSV export to hello@goldenhourhq.com and our team gets the import ready at no charge. You can export your client list again whenever you need it.
Your craft. Your clients. Your time.
No card to start. Your clients stay yours.