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Booking links salons can post in their bio.

A productized booking link for salons, barbers, and service businesses - drop it in your Instagram bio, see which posts actually convert, and let customers book through WhatsApp. Branded, designed, and built end-to-end at Pointline.

LinksToBook bio link surface
Year
2024
Role
End-to-end product
Services
BrandProduct strategyUI/UXFrontendBackendWhatsApp integration
Tech stack
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindPostgresWhatsApp APIVercel
Status
Live
Audience
Salons + barbers
Channel
Instagram → WhatsApp

The problem

Salons live on Instagram. Bookings don't.

Service businesses run their growth on Instagram - but the link-in-bio pattern is generic and noisy. Customers tap a button, end up in a slow IG chat, and half of them never finish booking. Owners can't see which posts actually drive bookings, can't iterate the content that works, and lose customers in the gap between attention and action.

The mark

linkstobook

Designed end-to-end

The approach

Treat every post as a tracked booking source.

Build a productized booking link that lives in the bio AND tags every Instagram post with its own attribution. Customers tap, pick a service, and the booking opens directly in WhatsApp - pre-drafted, pre-attributed. Owners see post-by-post which content actually converts, and double down on what books.

Brand system

Built on a calm, branded surface

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#FCDBB8Highlight
#FFCB97Depth

Every post is a booking source - track which ones work, kill the rest.

LinksToBook · Operating principle

Process

How it came together

  1. 01

    Brand discovery

    Mapped the salon-owner-on-Instagram persona and the gap between IG attention and WhatsApp action.

  2. 02

    Product architecture

    Defined the link product, the post-level attribution model, and the WhatsApp handoff contract.

  3. 03

    Design + build

    Visual system, the bio-link surface, the per-post analytics dashboard, and the WhatsApp pre-fill flow.

  4. 04

    Launch

    Shipped to production at linkstobook.com - onboarding, billing, and live analytics.

Operating principle

Every post is a booking source - track which ones work, kill the rest

linkstobook · brand line

Bio link mobile view
Owner analytics dashboard

The result

Owners stop guessing. Bookings start compounding.

Live and growing. Salon owners drop the link in their bio once and immediately see which posts convert, which services are wanted, and which days are busy. Customers book through the channel they already use. The category's first product that respects how service-business owners actually work.

What we delivered

Four main things, end-to-end.

  • Brand & visual system

    Name expression, voice, type system, color, and the product surface that made bio-link feel premium.

  • Product strategy & UX

    Information architecture, the post-attribution model, and the salon-owner ↔ customer flow.

  • Frontend product

    Full app build - bio surface, owner analytics, billing, and onboarding.

  • Backend & integrations

    Booking engine, WhatsApp Business API pipeline, attribution tracking, payments.

What's inside

Product capabilities.

  • Bio link & post attribution

    Every IG post gets its own trackable booking link. Owners see which post drove which booking.

  • WhatsApp handoff

    Bookings open in WhatsApp with the conversation pre-drafted - already what owners and customers prefer.

  • Owner analytics

    Post-level conversion data, busy days, top services. The metrics owners actually act on.

  • Service catalog

    Owners configure their offers, prices, and times in one tap. Updates ship instantly.

Next

A cleaner workflow for service operations.

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