This template applies the four-block method — THE THINGS, THE LINKS, THE STATES, THE NUMBERS — to the hair salon. It's filled in for a three-chair salon: the example shows how to describe the daily routine, from appointment to technical record, without ever describing a screen.
The trade's treasure is the client record: the colour formula that worked, the processing time, the scalp sensitivity. That's what the appointment book never keeps — and what the THINGS block structures first.
Filled with your vocabulary, this text briefs a developer — or is submitted as-is to Blueprint Maker, which turns it into an application plan you validate, then a generated application: database, screens, dashboard and demo data.
The template to copy
My business: hair salon, three chairs, two stylists plus me, strong colour activity. THINGS tracked: - Clients (name, phone, first visit date) - Technical records (client, date, colour formula, processing time, notes — sensitivity, preferences) - Services (name, duration, price — cut, colour, highlights, blow-dry, treatment) - Appointments (date, time, client, services, stylist) - Payments (appointment, amount, payment method) LINKS: - An appointment concerns a client and a stylist. - An appointment carries one or more services. - A technical record attaches to a client. - A payment settles an appointment. STATES of an appointment: booked, confirmed, honoured, no-show, cancelled. NUMBERS to see every morning: - Today's appointments per stylist - No-shows this month - Revenue per service this month - Clients with no visit for over 3 months
Adapting this template to your salon
- The technical record: it's what sets you apart from a diary. Note YOUR real fields (formula numbers, developer, timings) — the next visit starts by rereading the last one.
- No-shows: distinguishing "no-show" from "cancelled" makes the phenomenon measurable — and the list of repeat offenders becomes factual, not felt.
- The "no visit for 3 months" number is your win-back: export the list and offer a slot — zero-cost loyalty work.
- Product sales: if you sell shampoos and treatments, add a "Product" entity with light stock — otherwise leave it out, a simple model that lives beats a complete one that sleeps.
- This register is your internal tool: online client self-booking is another project — the code being exportable, a developer can add it if the need firms up.