Every station busy, nobody standing around.
Guests join your nail salon line from their phone or the Door Tablet, pick a manicure, a full set or a spa pedi and the tech they want, and see a wait that adds it all up. The TV shows who's at the station and who's next.
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TodayEvery station is busy, three friends walk in together, and the sidewalk is the waiting room.
With NextUp Walk-inEach guest picks a service and a tech, sees a wait that adds it all up, and waits anywhere.
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See NextUp Walk-in set up for nail salons.
A Saturday rush at the nail salon, and a line of walk-ins with no way to tell who got here first. Every guest wants to know when it's their turn.
Customers scan a code at the door and join your line from their own phone. No app to download, and no account to make. They can browse next door, and come back when it's their turn.
The TV in your waiting area shows who's up next, and an honest wait, so nobody has to ask how much longer.
Hazel calls the next guest with a tap, starts the set, and finishes up. No clipboard, and no guessing who was first.
Start with a list of services made for nail salons, and NextUp Walk-in uses their times to keep every wait honest.
Insights show your busiest days and hours, your average wait, and how many guests you served, so you know when to put another nail tech on the schedule.
At our demo salon, Hazel's next guest is already on the way, and the waiting area stays quiet. Yours can run the same way.
Try our live demo line at nextupwalkin.com/demo, and start your fourteen-day free trial.
An example day, hour by hour, with the line on everyone's phone.
Where the time goes today, before anything changes.
Paper lists fill up with names that walked out 20 minutes ago.
A polish change takes 15 minutes and an acrylic full set an hour, so whoever's at the front has to guess.
Cash tips, card tips and booth rent get sorted at the end of the night.
Groups arrive together and the waiting area spills onto the sidewalk.
Not every tech does every service, so guests end up waiting for the wrong station.
A client walks out without her next fill booked and drifts to another salon.
People who leave the line drop off it themselves.
Techs on duty and average service time drive the wait everyone sees.
Online tips are tracked for each nail tech, and with NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan, booth rent is collected from renters for you.
“Add someone” puts up to five people on one ticket, so friends join together, each with their own service.
Mark which techs do which services. Guests are offered only techs who do what they picked.
With NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan, “Book their next visit” on the Done banner opens up to 3 open times near the client’s own rhythm.
Example: the same day for nail salons, before and after.
What changes once the line lives on a phone, not on paper.
People who leave the line drop off it themselves.
Techs on duty and average service time drive the wait everyone sees.
Online tips are tracked for each nail tech, and with NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan, booth rent is collected from renters for you.
“Add someone” puts up to five people on one ticket, so friends join together, each with their own service.
Mark which techs do which services. Guests are offered only techs who do what they picked.
With NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan, “Book their next visit” on the Done banner opens up to 3 open times near the client’s own rhythm.
When groups arrive together, how long the wait really ran, and which services fill the stations.
Each hourBusiest hour
Quoted at the doorHow long it took
The parts of NextUp Walk-in nail salons use most. Each one has its own page, with pictures.
Every feature here is in NextUp Walk-in today. The ones marked Pro come with NextUp Walk-in Pro; the rest are on every paid plan. Compare plans.
Pedicure chairs are a limit the line should respect, and a ticket is often done by more than one tech.
Chairs are counted for the guests in your line, not held for a booked time that starts soon, and they do not show on the TV or the apps. A tip is not split by service, and tip pools share by hours or points, not by who did which service. There is no polish shade stock and no gel or acrylic taken off stock per service.
The next tech sees the service, brand, shape, length, colors and the date of her last fill.
Six screens, one system, always in sync — styled the way your customers and team will actually see it.
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See how NextUp Walk-in compares with other booking apps: price per location, texts included, and who each app is actually built for.
Price, the walk-in line and the nail-specific tools, side by side.
| Feature | NextUp Walk-in Pro | Salon apps with a marketplace | Premium salon suites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price, salon of four techs | $69 ($59, plus $10 for the fourth team member) | About $60 to $90 (published pricing, published pricing, published pricing) | About $140 to $160 (published pricing, published pricing) |
| Walk-in line with a TV board and kiosk | ✓ (every plan) | A waitlist and walk-ins on the calendar | A waiting room, or walk-ins on the calendar |
| Only techs who do the service are offered | ✓ (every plan) | ✓ on some | ✓ |
| Group and party bookings | ✓ up to 4 guests at the same time (Pro) | ✓ on some | ✓ |
| Removal booked before a new set (service order rule) | ✓ (every plan): removal added first, or the booking refused | Not found | ✓ on some |
| Set history (shape, color, length) on the client | ✓ Shape, length, colors and last fill, plus up to 3 photos a visit (Pro) | Client notes | Typed set history on some |
| Next fill suggested at checkout | ✓ A "return in N weeks" per service on the receipt; on Pro, "Book their next visit" opens times near it | A rebook prompt on some | Touch-up reminders on some |
| Pedicure chairs for walk-ins (the line waits for a free chair) | ✓ A service can need a chair; the line skips a guest while every chair is taken, and the wait counts the chair (every plan) | Resources on the booking calendar on some | Rooms and resources on some |
| A different tech for each service on one ticket | ✓ "Done by" on each service; commission and payroll follow it (Pro). Tips stay with the visit’s tech | On some | ✓ on some, with the tip split across techs |
| Booth rent and tip pools | ✓ (Pro) | An add-on, or a payouts tool, on some | ✓ on some |
| Fee on a client the marketplace brings | None (the card fee still applies) | Some take 20% to 30% of a new client’s first visit | Not a marketplace |
| Card payments | Stripe’s rate plus 0.5% (at most $1 a payment, never on tips) | About 2.3% to 2.5% in person, plus cents | About 2.4% to 2.5% plus cents |
Prices and fees from each vendor’s published pricing page, checked October 26, 2026; the four-tech totals are our arithmetic from those pages. Named, linked comparisons are on the compare pages.
It lets walk-ins hold their place in line from their phone instead of standing in the waiting area. With NextUp Walk-in, guests scan the door code or use the Door Tablet, pick their services and a tech, and follow their live place and wait on their phone, with no app or account. The TV shows who is at the station and who is next. The line, the TV and the Door Tablet are on every plan.
Yes. Keep your booking app for appointments and run walk-ins through the NextUp Walk-in line, so the walk-in line stops living on a clipboard. If you would rather have one system, NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan puts online booking, deposits and group bookings beside the line.
Guests join from their phone instead of crowding the waiting area. They see their place and the wait live, and know the moment a nail tech is free. You can cap the line, and the Check-in Page says it's full when you reach it.
Turn on service selection and guests pick their services and add-ons when they join. The services method adds up each guest's services, uses each tech's own times and counts how long current visits have been going.
Yes, if you turn it on. The join form shows today's techs with photos, and "Anyone" comes first. If a guest picks services, only techs who do those services are offered.
They drop off the line themselves, so the list stays clean. If someone's called and doesn't come up, staff can ask if they're still coming or let the no-show timer mark them. Insights tracks no-shows and people who left.
Yes. Walk-ins can add up to five people to one ticket, each with their own service. With NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan, one guest can book for herself and up to 4 friends at the same time.
Yes. Start from the nail service check template. A required form is signed on the guest's phone before they join or book.
Yes. Each tip lands in your Stripe account and goes on that tech's statement for you to pay. NextUp Walk-in never takes a fee on tips.
Yes, with NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan. Flash sales put a discounted price and a "Sale on now" banner on your booking page for the hours you choose.
Yes. Each client has a set history under Trade details: shape, length, colors and the date of the last fill. On Pro, add up to 3 photos and a note to each visit so the next tech sees the last set.
Yes. Add your pedicure chairs and tell the pedicure it needs one. The line will not call a guest for a pedicure while every chair is taken: Call next goes to the next guest who needs no chair, and the staff screen shows each chair, who is in it and which guest is waiting for one. The wait estimate waits for a chair as well as a tech. Chairs are not shown on the TV, and a chair is not held for a booked time that starts soon.
Yes. At checkout, each service on the bill has "Done by": the soak-off by one tech and the gel set by another. Commission, payroll files and statements pay each service to the tech who did it, at the rate they had when the bill was paid (commission is on Pro). The tip and the card payment stay with the tech whose visit it was, so a tip is not split by service.
Yes. On the new set, add a rule that it needs a removal. The removal is put first on the visit with its own time and price, or, if you prefer, the booking is refused with a message. The wait and the booking count both services.
The Walk-in plan is $29 a month for your first location and $19 for each additional one, with the TV screen and the door tablet. Pro, at $59 and $39, adds appointments, deposits, memberships, commissions and payroll. Both include 3 team members per location, then $10 a month each. The 14-day free trial includes every Pro feature. A card is needed to start, but nothing is charged until the trial ends, when the plan is charged unless you cancel first. There is also a Free plan: 1 location, 1 team member and 50 check-ins a month, and no card needed.
Set up your first location in about two minutes. Your line can be live before your next walk-in.
