Walk down any street with good barbershops, nail studios and detailers on it, and you'll find brilliant businesses running their bookings the same way: a phone that buzzes all day, a DM inbox full of "how much for…?", and a calendar that lives in someone's head.
It works — right up until it doesn't. The customer who messaged at 11 AM and got a reply at 4 PM already booked somewhere else. Not because your work was worse. Because someone else answered first.
The options weren't good enough
Until now, a service business had two real choices. Spend thousands on a custom website that's out of date the day your prices change — and still doesn't take bookings. Or join a marketplace app that lists your competitors right beside you and treats the customers you earned as theirs.
We thought there should be a third option: one professional place where customers can learn about you, trust you, and book you. Nothing more, nothing missing.
What Ongati is
Ongati gives your business one page and one link. On it, your customers can:
- Book an open slot in under a minute — even while you're mid-cut
- See your services, prices, work and open hours
- Call you, save your contact, get directions, leave a review
Behind the page, Ongati is being built to run the parts of the business nobody enjoys: confirmations, reminders that cut no-shows, review requests after every visit, and a gentle nudge when a regular hasn't been in for a while. The setup is being designed to feel as simple as creating a social profile.
Your customers stay yours
This is the part we care most about. Ongati is not a marketplace. When someone opens your page, they see your business and only your business — no competitors listed beside you, ever, and no commissions taken from your bookings. Your link, your customer list, your relationship.
Honest pricing, from day one
At public launch, the planned platform price is $20 per bookable team member, per month — no contracts, no tiers, no setup fees. Notifications are billed per message from a prepaid wallet at transparent rates, so light users never subsidize heavy ones and you can see exactly what every reminder costs. Setup is free; you pay only when you go live.
Walk through the interactive demo, then create your free Ongati account.