Bookings that livein WhatsApp.
Nigerian salons, barbers, tailors and mechanics take bookings and deposits without another app to download for them or their customers.
The whole shop, inside the chat.No app for you. No download for them. Three steps, and every one of them happens in a chat.
Share
Your shop gets its own link - howfa.chat/yourshop. Put it in your IG bio or on your WhatsApp status and it opens a chat pointed at your business.
Book
The bot greets them with your business name, shows your services, then a date, then the times you actually have free.
Get paid
A deposit confirms the slot. The balance is settled with you at the shop, and the confirmation lands back in the chat with your address.
Book in under a minute.No download, no account, no password. If they can send a message they can make a booking.
Nothing to install
The chat they already have open is the whole product.
A deposit, not the full price
They put down a small amount to hold the slot and settle the rest with you in person.
A confirmation that stays put
It lands in the chat with your address and a Maps link, so it is still there when they set off.
Run it from your chat list.Live in under five minutes. Setup is a conversation, not a form - you answer a few questions in WhatsApp and your shop is listed.
Set up by chatting
Shop name, category, address, photo, bank details and your service menu - all answered in the chat.
Deposits cut no-shows
Every booking is backed by money the customer has already put down.
Paid out weekly
Reservation deposits go to the bank account you gave at setup, every week.
Start free. Upgrade when the bookings do.No setup fee and no monthly charge until you want the limits gone.
Free
₦0forever
Enough to find out whether this works for your shop.
- 3 bookings a day
- 10 notifications a day
- Your own referral link
- Payouts to your bank
Paid
Most popular₦2,000/month
For a shop that is taking bookings every day.
- Unlimited bookings
- Unlimited notifications
- Your own referral link
- Payouts to your bank
Loved by local businesses
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The things people ask first.Everything about deposits, payouts and what your customers have to do.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your next booking isone message away.
Set the shop up in the time it takes to reply to a customer.