SoftBooking Management System for all Salons 2.1.0

SoftBooking Management System for all Salons 2.1.0 is a user-friendly, secure and reliable salon management software available. SoftBooking has been designed for the salon industry being both simple to use and truly comprehensive.

SoftBooking is very advanced given the fact it consists of some great features, for example: The in-built mail merge facility; Tonnes of reports; Room allocation; Commission structures; Cancellation charges; No show charges; De-activating clients, products, treatments, and staff keep the system tidy and up to date with current records; Merge clients together if made a mistake on the clients name; SMS confirmations via the Skype messaging service (cost effective); Full sales history on all aspects from clients, staff to products and treatments; Security on what the staff can/can't do. 

Major Features:

1. Advanced Booking system
   • Bookings are the lifeblood of your business; therefore an effective and efficient booking system is essential to the smooth running and, more importantly, the profitability of your business.
2. Client Card
   • By having a system, getting extensive information quickly is the key to good management. On the Client card, it shows absolutely everything you need to know about the Client's activities.
3. Staff Management
   • SoftBooking will help you through the staffing minefield; everything you need to know about your staff can be stored on the system, holidays can be administered and commission calculated.
4. POS and Stock Management
   • Sell products, services, courses and vouchers then take payments through SoftBooking! SoftBooking is fully equipped with a Point of Sale system which is very quick and easy to use.
5. Marketing Tools
   • Getting Clients in through the door is hard, but to make sure they come back is even harder. SoftBooking gives you the use of extensive marketing to ensure a smooth contact method.
6. SMS Messages
   • 9 out 10 people read their messages on their phones which means by sending text messages to your Clients, they will most certainly read a text message.
7. Reporting and Analysis
   • SoftBooking's reporting function could be argued to be the most important part of the system from the perspective of the salon manager. It allows you to view and analysis everything.
8. Automated Reminders Confirmations
   • Don't waste your time in calling Clients direct, use SoftBooking's SMS automated confirmations instead. Confirmations can be the difference between a full day and a half day of appointments.
9. Making Payments 
   • Retail sales are an integral part of most salons, offering a great way to generate extra income from your existing floor space. Barcodes, receipt printers and cash drawers can be linked to finish the look.
   • and more

Enhancements:

1. New features
   • New shortcut buttons appear when hovering over staff column headers.
   • New shortcut buttons appear when hovering over an appointment.
   • Service Deposits: On the booking form, it is now possible to set a deposit required for the service and then pay it accordingly. Also, the following are additional changes to incorporate the deposit system:
   • • New field on the Service screen to set a predefined deposit;
     • New reports for deposits;
     • New option to enable deposits;
     • Add DepositPaid, DepositValue into the appointment description;
     • Confirmations - show list by all, show list by all deposit paid and show list by all deposits NOT paid.
   • New 'Deposit Paid' colour in options
   • New option on the staff card to set the staff member as a resource.
   • A complete new look and feel to the Clients, Products and Service screens.
   • Top 5 service shortcut buttons on the booking form.
   • New options to be able to set what is displayed in the appointment on the diary.
   • New icons on the booking form to indicate whether the Client and Service has been selected.
   • Loads of new options to enable and disable SoftBooking features so the user can have as much or as little as they require:
   • • Enable Company Details
     • Enable Referrals
     • Enable GP Details
     • Enable Lunches/Meetings/Breaks and Reception
     • Enable Courses
     • Enable Minute Based Services
     • Enable Professional Products
     • Enable Deposits
     • Enable Pay Per Hour Services
     • Enable Cross Selling
     • Enable Multi Price/Length Services
     • Enable Pre-Paid Bookings
     • Enable Quick Booking Entry
2. Fixes
   • Some descriptions have been changed to make it easier to understand: Dash Board to Daily Record, Show Notes to Show Daily Notes, System Notes to Extended Notes.
   • Change message box when cancelling an appointment from:
   • Audit Trail now saves booking movements: New, Move, Copy and Cancel.
   • Multi Price Length - if the service length is set to zero, a warning message appears.
   • Customer screen sometimes sticks when double clicking on the 'New Client' button on the appointment form.
   • All buttons have been replaced with great new looking buttons.

Requirements:

• HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
• • Minimum:
  • • Processor: 2.0 GHz  
    • Memory: 1Gb+ RAM    
    • Free Hard Disk Space: 1 Gb+
  • Recommended:
  • • Processor: 3.0+ GHz or Core 2 Duo +  
    • Memory: 2Gb+ RAM  
    • Free Hard Disk Space: 2 Gb+  
• OTHER SPECIFICATIONS                
• • Operating System                
  • • Microsoft Windows Vista Business (and higher) (32BIT ONLY)  
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32BIT ONLY)  
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Home  
    • Microsoft Windows XP Pro (SP2) (32BIT ONLY)  
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)  
    • Microsoft Small Business Server    
  • Networking (between SoftBooking Computers)  
  • • Wireless Network (Not Supported)  
    • Local Area Network (Cable)      
  • Internet Access (not required to run SoftBooking)  
  • • High speed internet access (e.g DSL)
    • including suitable modem  
  • Security (not required to run SoftBooking)  
  • • Firewall (Windows Firewall must be turned on)  
    • Anti-virus