Free trial for hair and beauty salons

Try gimmo in your own salon. The moment your account opens you have a website, an online booking page, a customer book and the till. All of it is free while the trial runs: we ask for no card details, and no payment starts when the time is up.

Who can apply

Hair salons, barbershops and beauty salons with a Google business listing. The trial is given once per business.

If you do not have a Google listing yet, you will need that first. Joining the gimmo directory for free does not require a trial.

How to apply

1. Sign in with your Google account on Add your business.
2. Paste your business address from the map and pick your category.
3. Your application goes into the approval queue.

No step asks for payment details. Nothing is published at the moment you apply.

When does the clock start

Not when you apply — when your application is approved. We review applications by hand; once approved your account opens and the clock starts at that moment.

Who does the setup

During the trial you set up your own account. The system is ready when the account opens; you enter your services, prices, staff and photos from the panel. It is built for that and does not take long.

Having the site set up for you, a bespoke design, your own domain name, content and photography are part of the paid plan and are not included in the trial. The trial is there so you can use gimmo with your real work and decide.

What the trial includes

Your free website

Your services, your team, your opening hours, your photos and directions. A salon site that loads fast on a phone as well as a desktop and is ready to be found. Your address looks like yoursalon.gimmo.app; your own domain name comes with the paid plan.

Online booking

Your customers can book at midnight if they want to: pick the service, pick the staff member, see the free slots. Multi-service bookings and home service can be set up too.

A customer book

Who came when and for what, with their history. Found by phone number.

Till and end of day

The day's takings, the cash/card split, staff commission and an expense book. What came in and what went out, on one screen at the end of the day.

Booking reminders

Web and phone notifications are free. SMS packages are sold separately and are not part of the trial.

Content and local SEO pages

You can create content pages for the services people search for in your area. AI help is open during the trial on a limited budget; you approve and publish the page yourself.

What happens when it ends

The paid capabilities close and show as locked in the panel. Beyond that:

• Your records stay. Your customer book, booking history and till records are not deleted.
• Your site and its address keep working. The address on your business card or in your Instagram profile carries on working.
• If you want to continue, picking a plan is enough; you carry on from where you left off.

The window does not run out quietly: you see it approaching in your panel and we send a notice.

Is the trial the same as free directory membership

No, they are two different things.

Free directory membership has no time limit. You get a profile in the gimmo.app directory with your services, photos, phone number and directions.

The trial is the whole product, with a window: your own site, online booking, the customer book and the till.

Your directory profile stays even after the trial ends.

Where can I see the prices

Our pricing page is open to everyone: a one-time setup fee and a yearly service fee paid upfront. There is no monthly subscription and no auto-renewing payment.

The setup fee covers the work the trial does not include — having the site set up for you, your own domain name and a bespoke design. The trial does not include that work; it is there so you can use the product in your own salon and decide.

For sector specifics, see our beauty centres and barbershops pages.