Booksy Boost fees, explained
Boost has no monthly fee of its own — it takes 30% of a new client's first visit, with a $10 minimum and a $100 cap. That's a fair trade for a true stranger. The math turns on one question: how many of those "new" clients were already yours? Here's the whole fee, straight from Booksy's own published rules.
Free, no card — see the numbers, decide later.
What's genuinely fair about how Boost charges
- Commission-only pricing is honest: there's no monthly fee for Boost itself — you pay only when it delivers a first visit, and every later appointment from that client is 100% yours.
- Tips are never touched, a free add-on service isn't charged when it's booked with a priced service whose commission is $10 or more, and the $100 cap means a big first ticket can't run away.
- It's a toggle: Booksy's own guidance is to turn Boost on when you're filling a slow book and off when you're full — and a claims process exists if someone you already knew gets counted.
This isn't a teardown. If your chair's problem is the regulars and walk-ins you already have — and the fee that can land on them — here's where Booksy and ChairFlowIQ actually differ.
Booksy Boost vs ChairFlowIQ
| Feature | Booksy | ChairFlowIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Boost itself: $0/mo (commission-only) — on top of Booksy's $29.99/mo base subscription | $49 (Basic) or $99 (Pro) flat — no commissions on top |
| Fee on a new client's first visit | 30% of the visit — $10 minimum, $100 cap | $0 — never a per-client or "new client" fee |
| First visit with several services | Commission calculated per service, then added up (still capped at $100) | Still $0 |
| Tips | Never included — the tip is 100% yours | Also 100% yours |
| If the new client no-shows | No commission — if you mark the no-show the same day as the appointment | Nothing to un-charge; there's no per-visit fee |
| If a client you already had gets counted as new | File a claim before your billing period + 7 days; refund within 14 business days once confirmed | Can't happen — there's no new-client fee to misattribute |
| Keeping attribution clean | Your job: add walk-ins before they leave, and route your Instagram/Facebook Book Now buttons through your Booksy link | Nothing to maintain — your page is white-label, under your own name |
Not affiliated with or endorsed by Booksy. Booksy's figures are its own published rates and policies (verified 2026-07-07); check Booksy's site for current terms.
What does 30% come to on your book?
The published rate is only half the math — the other half is how many "new" clients were already yours: the walk-in who never made it into the client list, the regular who found your Booksy page through Instagram. Prefill Booksy's published rate and run your own numbers.
You don't pay until your chair fills.
Start free — no card. We only suggest a plan when your first booking actually lands. Then you pick.
Basic
$49/mo
Everything to fill the chair from your own list.
- Your own booking page
- Online payments & deposits
- Automatic 24h + 2h reminders
- Win-back & cancellation rescue
- Client import & Google review asks
Pro
Best for growth$99/mo
Everything in Basic, plus the growth engine.
- Everything in Basic
- Clients book by text (AI assistant)
- Broadcast campaigns
- Walk-in queue
- No-show card-charging & analytics
Stripe processing 2.9% + 30¢ per payment. Cancel anytime — no contracts.
Booksy Boost fees — common questions
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