A booking app for braiders, built for long appointments

Lo-Cal, the booking calendar by Busifier, starts a braider with 4-hour appointments and a loctician with 3-hour ones, so one booking holds the whole chair. Clients pick a time from your link, and nothing is booked until you confirm it.

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What Lo-Cal does not do for braiders

When another tool fits better: braiders often take a deposit to hold a long appointment. Lo-Cal takes no card payments or deposits, and keeps one calendar for the business, so the preferred braider is a note on the booking, not a separate calendar. If you need either, keep the tool you use now.

Set up for braiders

These are your starting settings. Change any of them, and give each service its own length.

Setting	Braiding	Locs
Appointment length	4 hours	3 hours
Break after each appointment	15 minutes	15 minutes
Earliest booking	2 hours ahead	2 hours ahead
Start times every	15 minutes	15 minutes
Books up to	60 days ahead	60 days ahead
Confirming	You confirm each request, or turn on automatic confirming	You confirm each request, or turn on automatic confirming

What customers answer when they book

Every booking asks for a name, a phone number and an email. On top of that:

Question	Braiding	Locs
First visit	Optional	Optional
Preferred person	Optional	Optional

What it looks like on a phone

An example booking form on a phone: the customer's name, phone and email, then the business's own questions — The customer's booking form

The Bookings tab of an example dashboard on a phone: one request waiting with Confirm and Decline, one confirmed — Your Bookings tab

Example business: Marigold Dog Grooming is fictional, and these are screenshots of Lo-Cal on a phone. Your page asks your own trade's questions, shown in the table above.

How a booking works for braiders

A returning client picks knotless braids on Friday at 9:00 and adds a note: medium size, waist length. Lo-Cal holds 9:00 to 1:00, plus a 15-minute break, so nobody else can book over it. You read the note, decide whether four hours is enough, and tap Confirm or Decline.

Bigger styles can take the full 4 hours; a retwist can be its own, shorter service. If you do not answer within 24 hours, the request lapses and the client is told, so the morning is free again.

A Calendly alternative set up for braiders

Calendly prices as listed on calendly.com, Nov 3 2026. Lo-Cal prices are per business. Source: calendly.com/pricing.
	Lo-Cal by Busifier	Calendly Standard
Billed monthly	$9.60 a month plus applicable sales tax	$12 a seat a month
Billed yearly	$96 a year plus applicable sales tax	$10 a seat a month, billed yearly ($120 a year)
Priced per	Business, with one calendar	Seat (each person)
Card payments or deposits at booking	No	Yes (Stripe or PayPal)

See the full Lo-Cal vs Calendly comparison, including when Calendly is the better pick.

Put it on your site

Your booking page has its own address, busifier.com/book/your-business. Put the link in your Instagram bio and your Google Business Profile, or paste one line of code into Wix, Squarespace or WordPress where you want the calendar to show.

Paste your Google, Outlook or iCloud calendar link and Lo-Cal hides the times you are already busy. Each confirmed booking reaches your calendar as an invite.

Price

Lo-Cal on its own

$9.60 a month plus applicable sales tax

Or $96 a year plus applicable sales tax. One price per business, no setup fee. Cancel anytime, and download your bookings anytime.

Free for 7 days. A card is needed to start; cancel before day 7 and you pay nothing. We email you 2 days before your trial ends.

$9.60 a month plus applicable sales tax (or $96 a year plus applicable sales tax) after the trial.

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With a Busifier website

$29.99 a month plus applicable sales tax

Booking is included at no extra cost. Busifier builds your whole website, and you pay $0 until your approved site is live.

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Questions braiders ask

Can one booking take the whole morning?

Yes. Braiding starts at 4 hours and locs at 3 hours. Each service can have its own length, up to 4 hours.

Can I check the style before I accept?

Yes. Nothing is booked until you tap Confirm, and the client can add a note about the size and length they want.

Can I take a deposit?

No. Lo-Cal books times only. If a deposit is how you hold long appointments, keep the tool you use today.

Lo-Cal is also set up for: dog groomers, barbers, mobile detailers, lash artists, massage therapists, dog trainers, tutors, lawn care and cleaning.