Automatic social media replies for hair salons
Each color question gets your real prices and a link to book the stylist, by DM.
How it works
An Instagram reel from @studiorue showing a stylist's scissors trimming curly hair. Its caption says: Comment PRICE for our prices. In the comments, jordan.t writes PRICE, and a reply from studiorue, marked Author and sent automatically by VantaPay, says: We sent you a private message.
They comment the word
PRICE under an Instagram reel or a Facebook post. The public reply is optional.
An Instagram direct message from studiorue, in reply to the comment, lists Balayage $180+, Root Touch-up $75+, Blowout & Style $40+, with a Book button. The client taps it and answers: Booked for Saturday!
A private message with your prices
Your real services and prices, and a button to book.
The VantaPay Messages inbox lists three conversations: Jordan T. on Instagram tapped Book, Ana P. on Messenger asked about balayage, Dre W. on Instagram left an email that went to Leads.
The thread lands in your inbox
Instagram and Messenger, next to the rest of your clients.
What it does
- Color prices, as a starting point
- The DM sends the prices your list holds. A new salon account starts Root Touch-up at $75, Full Color at $100 and Balayage at $180, all priced "from", and you edit them.
- The deposit on color, before the chair is blocked
- Balayage asks a $50 deposit and Root Touch-up $20 in a new account. The Book button opens your booking page, where that deposit is charged when she picks the time.
- AI for what a keyword can't catch
- 'Can you fix box dye?' isn't a keyword. With AI replies on, it answers from your services and your booking link in her own thread, and the conversation lands in your inbox for you to take over.
What it doesn’t do
It replies to people who commented or messaged first, inside Meta's time windows. It doesn't post your reels, doesn't DM followers cold and isn't on WhatsApp yet.
Questions
How do I auto-reply the 'how much?' comments on my salon's Instagram?
Color is where the price questions pile up. VantaPay answers each comment in the DMs with your real color prices and a link that books the stylist.
Can a color reel and a cut reel get different replies?
Yes. Each automation sends the message it holds, so a color reel can answer with your color services and a cut reel with your cuts — two automations, each on its own posts or its own word.
Will clients know it's automated?
Yes. The automated-assistant notice Meta requires goes out with it, so nobody is fooled. What makes it worth it is that the prices and the link are real.
Does the DM book the stylist?
The Book button opens your booking page, where she picks the stylist and the time. The DM itself doesn't write the appointment.
The next balayage reel gets its 'how much?' answered while you're mid-foil.
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