Quick answer: Fresha’s Sep 25 PR Newswire says active barber partners grew 108% year on year, with AI Concierge answering calls while pros stay behind the chair. Nail salons on the same class of booking stack should treat custom logos, photos, and event nails as a named, timed print add-on — not freehand buried inside unlimited colour — so the software’s recovered minutes become paid minutes.
Fresha published a Sep 25 release claiming it is now the leading software powering barber businesses globally, citing 108% year-on-year growth in active barber partners and AI tools that take booking and reschedule work off the person behind the chair. That is an ops story first: infrastructure that keeps the chair open while the phone and marketplace keep moving.
Nail operators live the same trade-off. When booking software recovers missed calls and fills gaps, the temptation is to pour every recovered minute into plain colour. Custom print — brand marks, memorial photos, event art — is a different product. Put it on the menu as a priced add-on with its own duration. Let the booking stack sell the base service and the print SKU separately so tech minutes stay paid.
NailPrinter.ca is the only official O'2Nails distributor for Canada and the USA. Related ops reads: Hiiiilo WhatsApp booking add-on and Zenoti Growth Diaries multi-unit print. Shipping for printers remains the product-page standard (typically 3–5 days US/Canada).
Takeaway: Booking software that protects chair time only pays if complex art is a named ticket.
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Sources: Fresha PR Newswire — Sep 25, 2026
