For salons leaving Booksy
Leave Booksy. Keep every client. Pay nearly half.
Pay less, keep more clients, and ditch the Boost fees.
Booksy charges £40+/month, pushes Boost ads on every new client, and keeps your customers inside their marketplace app.
Why salons leave Booksy
The honest case for switching from Booksy
Booksy built a beautiful marketplace — but it's their marketplace, not yours. Every Boost click costs you, every new client comes attached to a fee, and your hard-won regulars get marketed back to the salon two streets away. UK salon owners tell us the same story week after week: the bill creeps from £29 to £40 to £58 once Boost is on, and the client list they spent five years building doesn't really feel like theirs anymore. LushLane flips that. A flat £22 a month, zero booking commission (not on Boost, not on referrals, not ever), and your client list is yours — exportable any time, never re-marketed to a competitor. Migration is fully self-serve: export your Booksy clients, services and price list, then upload via the LushLane dashboard following our step-by-step guide. Most single salons are live in under an hour. Multi-site owners who'd rather hand it off can add optional white-glove migration from £149.
What stays the same · What gets better
What changes the day you leave Booksy
✓ Same as before
Your clients keep booking online — no app download needed
✓ Same as before
Your phone number, email and address stay yours
✓ Same as before
Online payments via Stripe (or take cash/card as usual)
✓ Same as before
Reminder texts and email confirmations work day one
★ Cut your bill nearly in half
£22/month flat vs Booksy's £40+. No extra per-location or per-staff charges for your first 3 chairs.
★ 0% Marketplace Boost fees
Booksy takes a fee every time a new client books via Boost. We charge £0 on every booking, forever.
★ You own your client list
Booksy markets your clients back to nearby competitors. LushLane keeps your client list yours and yours only.
★ Free 1-page website
Not a directory profile — a real bookable site at your-name.lushlane.app.
Side by side
Booksy vs LushLane — every fee, side by side
The numbers that actually matter to a UK salon. Public pricing — subject to change.
| Feature | Booksy | LushLane |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | £40+/month | £22/month flat |
| Booking commission | Boost fees on new clients | 0% on every booking |
| Card fee | 1.99% + 20p | 1.5% + 20p |
| Free trial | 14 days | 2 months free |
| Your own website | Profile only | Free 1-pager + book-now |
| Client ownership | Shared with Booksy | 100% yours |
| WhatsApp book-now | No | Built-in |
| Memberships & gift cards | Add-on | Included |
| Migration | DIY, no guide | Self-serve in ~1h with our guide (or paid white-glove) |
Self-serve migration
From Booksy to live in under an hour
Self-serve in under an hour. Export your Booksy clients, services and price list as CSV, then upload via the LushLane dashboard — our step-by-step guide walks you through every screen. Running multiple locations and want hands-on help? Optional white-glove migration is available from £149 (single site) or £399 for a 5+ location bundle — only charged when work actually starts.
Step 1 — Export from Booksy
Click export in your Booksy account. Our help docs show the exact menu path for clients, services and price list.
Step 2 — Open the LushLane dashboard
Sign up free, go to Clients → Import (and Services → Import). Drag in your CSV.
Step 3 — Map & preview
Auto-detects most platforms. Review the first 10 rows, fix any column mappings, then import.
Step 4 — You're live
Add staff, check opening hours, share your booking link. Booksy can stay on as backup for a month.
Multi-location group or short on time? Add optional white-glove migration — £149 single site, £99 per extra site, £399 for a 5+ location bundle. We only charge when work actually starts.
Real salons
Salons that ditched Booksy and never looked back
"Booksy was costing me £58/month with the Boost. LushLane is £22 and I get the website on top. No-brainer."
Amelia R.
Velvet Nails, Birmingham
"Migration took an evening. They imported 412 clients overnight and texted everyone our new booking link."
Tasha O.
Brow Bar Manchester
"I was scared to leave Booksy. Two months in I've made back what I'd have paid them for the year."
Joelle P.
Hush Hair Studio, Leeds
FAQ
Switching from Booksy — your questions
Will my Booksy clients have to download a new app?
No. LushLane booking is web-based — your clients tap a link and book in seconds. No app store, no account required.
Do I lose my Booksy reviews when I switch?
Booksy reviews legally stay on Booksy, but we sync your Google Business reviews onto your new LushLane site daily — usually a stronger trust signal anyway.
How long is the Booksy migration?
Self-serve takes 45–60 minutes for a single salon: export from Booksy, upload via the LushLane dashboard, done. Multi-location groups who pay for white-glove are typically live within 24–48 hours.
Can I keep using Booksy while I trial LushLane?
Yes. Run both in parallel for your 2-month free trial — most owners cancel Booksy in week three.
Start your switch from Booksy
Try LushLane free for 2 months. Self-serve migration takes under an hour with our step-by-step guide. Cancel anytime.
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