Three ways a chair gets filled
Nail salon booking is the path, not a brand. Someone walks in. Someone taps Book Online on Google or a link. Someone calls, often while you are holding a brush. US nail shops — a large share of them Vietnamese-owned, with the owner on a column — live in all three at once. Software that only respects one of them leaves a hole the size of Saturday.
Bukkii covers two of the three, as separate products. Calendar is the tap: booking website and Google Reserve, $20/month, unlimited staff, unlimited customers. It does not answer the phone. AIVA is the call: $200 one-time, she books and texts, no monthly plan fee, no free trial. Walk-ins stay walk-ins. The register that rings them up stays the register. The software label for the tap is nail salon software.
The call is still how a lot of fills get booked
Regulars do not hunt for a URL. They call the number on the card, the window, and the Google listing. If that number hits voicemail during a set, the fill goes to the shop that picked up. AIVA is built for that minute. She is not a person at the front desk, and she does not run the drawer. English pages, with the owner-tech pattern called out, are on AI receptionist for Vietnamese-owned salons.
The same leak after you lock the door: after-hours nail salon calls. The same leak with wet hands: the phone during a nail service. The plain version of missed calls: stop missing salon calls.
The tap is Google and a page you own
New clients often book from Maps. Calendar’s Google Reserve button is that path, plus a booking website you can put anywhere you already send people. Setup steps, without pretending the phone is included, are on online booking for a nail salon. What the menu on that page must contain is nail salon online booking.
Unlimited staff matters here because the person they want has to be a choice. Unlimited customers matters because the rebook list in nails is long. Neither line is a per-head fee on the $20 plan.
The door stays open
This is not an argument for appointment-only. Walk-ins are part of a nail day. Booking catches the chair you would have lost when nobody could reach the phone, and the chair someone wanted before they drove over. The ticket for that walk-in still closes on your POS. Nail salon POS and keep your nail salon POS say the same thing: do not replace the drawer to fix booking.
If a suite already holds the book — Mangomint, Setmore, Vagaro, Booksy — you can leave it. We do not print Vagaro, Booksy, or Setmore prices here; those rate cards were not fetched on September 22, 2026. Mangomint’s per-user price is on Mangomint vs an AI receptionist and best nail salon software, from their page that day. The keep path: keep Vagaro or Booksy, Setmore.
Put a name on each path
| How they book | What covers it | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Google or your link | Calendar. Does not answer the phone. | $20/month. Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers. |
| The shop number | AIVA. Does not replace the POS. | $200 one-time. No free trial. |
| Walk-in | The floor and the register you have | Not a Bukkii plan |
Get Calendar — $20/mo. Get AIVA — $200. The record of each visit, once it exists, is appointment software. The stored book is booking software.
Two offers: AIVA on the phone, Calendar on the book
Bukkii sells two layers. They are separate products. Neither one is a free trial.
AIVA — the phone layer — $200 one-time
AIVA is the AI receptionist for inbound calls. She answers the shop number, books the service, and texts the appointment. $200 one-time. No monthly plan fee. No free trial. Get AIVA — $200. Hear her at (215) 791-6766.
Calendar — the booking layer — $20/month
Calendar is the booking website plus Google Reserve — the Book Online button on Google Maps. $20/month. Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers. It does not answer the phone. Get Calendar — $20/mo. Both cards are on pricing.
FAQ
How do most nail salons get booked?
Three ways: walk-in, phone, and an online page or Google button. Walk-ins still happen. They do not fill the chair that should have been booked while you were closed or mid-set. You need the page and the phone, not a speech about going fully appointment-only.
What does Bukkii sell for nail salon booking?
Calendar is $20/month for the booking website and Google Reserve, with unlimited staff and unlimited customers. It does not answer the phone. AIVA is $200 one-time and answers the shop number, books the service, and texts. No free trial on either.
We are a Vietnamese-owned shop and the owner is also a tech. Does that change the product?
The pages are in English. The floor pattern is common in US nail shops: the owner is in a service when the phone rings. AIVA is built for that hour. A separate note for Vietnamese-speaking owners is linked from this article. Calendar still does not answer calls.
Should I turn off walk-ins if I get booking software?
No. This article does not ask you to. Booking catches the people who will not wait at the door and the people who call after you lock up. The register you use for walk-up tickets can stay.
Does booking software replace my receptionist?
AIVA replaces the missed call, not a person who greets the lobby and runs the drawer. If you have a front desk, she still has a job. If you do not, the phone still needs an answer. Calendar is not that answer.