Salonix is a salon and spa booking and management platform developed by Darwinbark to streamline online appointments, stylist scheduling, service management, payments and day-to-day salon operations. The platform combines a customer-facing booking experience with an administration dashboard, giving salon owners a centralized system for managing bookings, services, staff, customers, payments and business operations.
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- Key Features
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Online appointment booking
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Multi-step booking workflow
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Service catalogue
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Stylist selection
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Appointment scheduling
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Booking management
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Customer management
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Payment gateway configuration
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Gallery management
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Website content management
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Admin dashboard
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Revenue overview
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Reviews & ratings
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SMS / WhatsApp integration
The Problem
Salon and spa businesses often manage appointments through phone calls, walk-ins, spreadsheets or disconnected systems. This can make it difficult to maintain accurate stylist availability, manage bookings efficiently and keep business information organized.
For businesses offering multiple services and stylists, customers need a simple way to select a service, choose a preferred professional and schedule an appointment without relying on manual coordination.
The Solution
Darwinbark developed Salonix around a structured online booking workflow. Customers can select their desired services, choose an available stylist, select an appointment date and continue through the booking process from a single interface.
Salonix service selection interface allowing customers to choose treatments before booking an appointment.
Simple Step-by-Step Appointment Booking
Salonix organizes the appointment process into a guided multi-step workflow covering services, stylist selection, date, time, customer details and payment.
This approach keeps the booking journey structured while allowing customers to review their booking summary throughout the process.
Service Catalogue
Salonix provides a structured service catalogue where customers can browse treatments with descriptions, pricing and estimated durations.
This gives customers the information they need before starting an appointment and allows salons to present their services in a consistent digital format.
Choose a Preferred Stylist
After selecting services, customers can choose their preferred stylist or allow the system to recommend an available professional.
The stylist-selection interface presents available professionals with their names and specialties, helping customers make a more informed appointment choice.
Date & Appointment Scheduling
The booking workflow continues with appointment-date selection, allowing customers to choose a suitable date before proceeding to the next stage of the booking.
Visual Service & Brand Presentation
Salonix also includes a dedicated gallery experience for showcasing salon work, treatments, transformations and visual content.
This gives businesses a visual way to communicate their brand and demonstrate the type of services and experiences customers can expect.
Salonix visual gallery for showcasing salon treatments, transformations and promotional content.
Centralized Salon Management
Behind the customer-facing booking experience, Salonix provides an administration dashboard where salon operators can monitor bookings, revenue, customers and popular services from one centralized interface.
Booking Management
The booking management interface gives administrators a structured view of appointments with customer, service, stylist, date, time, amount, booking status and payment status.
Filtering and search controls help administrators locate appointments and manage daily booking operations more efficiently.
Salonix booking management dashboard with appointment, customer, stylist and payment information.
Payment & Gateway Configuration
Salonix includes payment gateway configuration within the administration system, allowing the platform to be prepared for online payment processing.
The gateway configuration separates test/sandbox and live credentials, helping administrators manage payment environments independently.
Content & Gallery Management
Salonix also provides administrators with a dedicated media-management interface for maintaining images and videos displayed on the public website.
Website Content Management
Salonix includes website-management controls that allow administrators to configure important sections of the customer-facing website, including the hero section, homepage sections, features, FAQs,
testimonials, contact information and other website content.
Customizable Business Website
The website management system provides dedicated controls for the Salonix website's hero section, including headline content, supporting text, hero imagery and rating information.
Installer
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Guided Installation
Salonix includes a guided installation process designed to help administrators configure the application before first use.
The installer checks server requirements, database connectivity, administrator account creation and optional demo-data configuration through a step-by-step setup process.
Database Setup
The installer provides a dedicated database configuration step where administrators can enter their MySQL connection details and test the connection before continuing.
Administrator Setup
The installation workflow also provides a dedicated administrator-account setup step, allowing the initial admin user to be configured during installation.
Technology Stack
Technology Stack
- Backend: Laravel / PHP
- Frontend: Tailwind CSS
- Database: MySQL
- Payments: Payment gateway integration
- Architecture: Multi-service booking and management platform
- Administration: Web-based management dashboard
- Installation: Guided web installer
Architecture
Salonix is organized around the core entities required by a salon booking platform: Services, Stylists, Customers, Bookings, Payments and business management functions.
The customer-facing booking flow connects service selection with stylist selection and appointment scheduling, while the administration layer provides centralized management of bookings, customers, services, payments and website content.
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