Chop Shop 86 paid a booking platform every month and owned none of it. Here's what happened when they left — and what they run on now.
Like thousands of UK shops, Chop Shop 86 ran their bookings through a platform they rented. It worked — but every month the bill went out, the customer list lived on someone else's system, and the shop's online presence was a listing in someone else's brand.
Owner Ev Swift wanted what every established shop eventually wants: the brand on the door to be the brand in the customer's pocket.
Custom-designed around the shop's brand, on their own domain. Booking built in: pick a barber, pick a time, done.
Every customer and booking moved off the old platform. 2,025 customers now sit in Chop Shop 86's own database — theirs, permanently.
A real iOS app with Chop Shop 86's name and logo on it. Push reminders, rebooking in seconds, and CancellationWatch pinging waiting customers the moment a slot frees up.
Each barber runs their day from the app — schedule, earnings, payments. The shop runs itself around the chair, not around a front desk.
Delivered as a one-off build with a flat monthly fee. No commission on any booking, ever — that's the whole point.
This isn't a mock-up — it's live, taking real bookings today.
Five minutes to tell us about your shop. We build the site, the app, and move your customers over — free.
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