Phorest Software Updates

The Phorest Summer Collection 2023 has arrived!

June 26, 2023

Including Brand New PhorestGo, Ads Manager, Expert Recommendation and many more new features This summer, we are excited to showcase some truly transformational updates that change how you manage your business with Phorest. This is the second series in our line of seasonal ‘Collections’ of new features, and our most exciting yet. We hope you … Continued

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A Fresh Look with the Same Powerful Tools

January 15, 2025

Discover the Updated Phorest Experience We know how important efficiency is to your daily routine. That’s why we’ve refreshed the Phorest experience – enhancing the design while keeping the functionality you rely on. We aim to simplify your workday with a more intuitive and seamless interface. That’s why we’ve put together expert-lead live sessions and … Continued

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Introducing Phorest Support Bot

November 8, 2021

We’ve made some exciting updates to the way you get the support you need! Introducing our brand new Help button! From today, you’ll notice a new Help button in the top right corner of most screens in Phorest. When you click it, we’ll automatically recommend help guides to you based on the screen you’re currently … Continued

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Empower Motivate Achieve: Unleash the power of Staff Goals

August 24, 2021

Phorest’s new Staff Goals mobile solution helps salon staff to fulfil their potential by empowering them to set performance goals and track progress anytime anywhere, while keeping them focused on achieving targets with timely, automated messages. Why are Staff Goals important for your business? Staff can conveniently access their key metrics from their PhorestGo app. … Continued

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Phorest’s Instagram Book Now Button has arrived…

July 15, 2021

Phorest’s new, fully integrated Instagram Book Now button helps to convert your followers into paying clients by allowing them to seamlessly book appointments directly from the Instagram app. Now, the next time one of your followers sees your salon on their daily scroll through Instagram, and thinks to themselves,  I really should make another appointment, … Continued

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New SMS & E-Mail Templates added to the Phorest Marketing Suite

June 28, 2021

We have added a new range of ready-made SMS and email marketing templates to enable you to promote your business and get your clients back in, spending more. SMS Templates Did you know that only an average of 30% of your clients provide you with their email address? SMS Campaigns are a great way to … Continued

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Do NOT update your Apple Mac

February 3, 2021

Please do NOT update your machine if you use Apple Hardware.  If you use an Apple Mac device, you may have seen that Apple has a new operating system called MacOS Big Sur (version 11). If you use Apple hardware for your salon business, this could affect your Phorest system and we are recommending that … Continued

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Always On: Online Gift Cards

June 16, 2020

Keep cashflow coming in during unexpected closures by allowing your customers to buy gift cards now to use in-salon later. Switching on gift cards for your business is easy and takes less than a minute. Once on it will be available as an option in your online booking and it will also have its own … Continued

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Online Appointment Request Form

June 9, 2020

If you have your Online Booking switched off, in your online settings section you can now enable an appointment request form on Online Booking and the Branded App! Clients visiting Online Booking or the App will be told online booking is closed but they can add themselves to a waitlist. They’ll fill in their details … Continued

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Improved Filtering for Marketing To Clients

We have added 3 new filters to the marketing suite to help you to identify clients who may have had a booking affected by Covid-19 or purchased a voucher for your business. The new filters you can use when creating an email or marketing campaign are: Cancellations Clients who cancelled or had their appointment cancelled … Continued

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Online Booking For VIP Only

You can now restrict Online Booking to selected clients only. There is a new setting in the Settings section in the Online tab. If you turn off online booking you will see a setting to Enable VIP Online Booking. By switching this on only clients with the VIP link will be able to use Online … Continued

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