AI Phone Receptionist for Barbershops
Every barber knows the phone that rings mid-fade. Maurie AI answers on your shop’s number, tells callers your hours, prices and walk-in rules, books a set time when they want one and sends you the details.
What callers ask, and what happens next.
“Do you take walk-ins?”
It explains your walk-in policy and hours from your FAQs, and offers to book a set time so the client doesn’t have to wait.
“How much for a fade and a beard trim?”
It gives the prices on your menu, including add-ons like a hot towel or a line-up.
“Is Marcus in on Sunday?”
It answers from the schedule you give it, and notes which barber the client wants.
“Can you take five of us before a wedding?”
It takes the date, the number of people and a callback number, and your team is notified to set it up.
Set up in three steps.
- 01
Teach it about your business
Train it on your website, files, and FAQs, or start from a chat agent’s training. Give it a name, pick its voice, and write what callers hear first.
- 02
Decide when a person steps in
Let it answer every call, only the calls your team misses, or after hours. Transfer callers when they ask for a person, only when it’s urgent, or have it take a message instead.
- 03
Test, then go live
Talk to it from your browser first. Then choose a package, pick a US number or forward your existing one, and it starts answering.
How a call sounds.
JayKingsway Barbers, this is Jay. How can I help?
CallerHey, are you taking walk-ins today?
JayWe take walk-ins until 6 pm, and Saturdays usually have a wait. I can book you a set time instead. I have 2:30 or 4:15 today.
Caller4:15 works. Fade and beard trim.
JayA fade with a beard trim is $45. Any barber you prefer?
CallerMarcus if he’s free.
JayYou’re down for 4:15 today with Marcus noted. Can I get your name and number?
An example call. Kingsway Barbers and Jay are made-up names. Every real call is saved with its recording, transcript and summary, and your team is notified with the caller’s name.
The job keeps moving.
Regulars on file
The caller becomes a contact in your CRM with the call’s recording, transcript and summary, plus your own properties like their usual cut and their barber.
Every tenth cut on the house
Run a digital punch card in Rewards on Starter and up: clients scan a QR code at the chair and your barber approves the stamp.
Paid at the chair
Ring up cuts and products with the Cash Register in the iPhone app, or take a card payment with Maurie Pay.
Reviews
Ask clients for a Google review with an automated email after the visit.
From $49 a month, on any plan.
AI Phone Receptionist is a separate monthly package for each receptionist, available on every plan including Free: AI Receptionist 100 at $49, AI Receptionist 300 at $99, or AI Receptionist 700 at $199 a month. Appointment booking needs Starter or above. US phone numbers only.
See all Maurie AI plans →AI receptionist for barbershops: common questions
Can it tell callers how long the wait is?
It can’t see your chairs, so it explains your walk-in rules and busy times from your FAQs and offers to book a set time instead.
Can it answer when the shop is closed?
Yes. Choose “after hours” and it answers when you’re closed, gives your hours and takes the client’s details so your team can call back.
Will my clients know it’s AI?
It introduces itself with the name and greeting you choose. You decide what it says.
Can I keep my shop’s number?
Yes. Forward your existing number to the receptionist, or pick a new local US number by area code or ZIP code.
What does it cost?
A monthly package on any Maurie AI plan, Free included: 100 minutes for $49, 300 for $99 or 700 for $199, counted by the second, with a monthly limit you set. Booking needs Starter or above. US phone numbers only.
Answer every call
from today.
Create a free account, test the receptionist from your browser, then pick a number.
Get started for free →US phone numbers only. Appointment booking needs Starter or above.