Fresha's marketplace puts your profile next to your competitors and charges you for new clients. BookMe gives you a personal page that's 100% yours — no commission, no marketplace, no shared audience.
No commission ever · No marketplace · Free forever plan
Fresha's free price tag comes with hidden costs that compound as your business grows.
Fresha charges a fee for every client who discovers you through their marketplace. The more you grow, the more they take.
On Fresha, your profile sits alongside every other artist in your area. Clients browsing for a nail tech see you — and the five others near you.
Client data lives in Fresha's system. If you leave, you don't take your booking history with you. You're building their platform, not yours.
| Fresha | BookMe | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission on bookings | Yes — on marketplace clients | Never |
| Your own personal booking page | No — marketplace listing | ✓ bookme.app/yourname |
| Clients see competitors nearby | Yes | No — your page only |
| Deposit collection | Yes (paid plans) | ✓ Free |
| WhatsApp confirmations | No | ✓ Built-in |
| You own your client data | No | ✓ Always |
| Monthly cost | Free but commission-based | Free forever plan |
Professional booking tools built for independent artists — without the marketplace trade-offs.
bookme.app/yourname is yours alone. No competitor listings, no marketplace noise. Clients who visit your page see only you.
BookMe never takes a cut of your bookings. Not 10%, not 2%, not 0.5%. What you earn is what you keep.
Send a pre-written WhatsApp confirmation directly from your number. Fresha uses automated emails. Your clients hear from you.
Upload photos to every service. New clients see real results before booking — not a generic category listing.
Require a deposit for any service. Clients pay by bank transfer with a reference code. You confirm when it arrives.
Push notification the moment a booking comes in. No waiting for a daily digest email.
“I was on Fresha for two years. The commission didn't bother me at first but it adds up fast once you're busy. I switched to BookMe and kept every penny from my bookings. My clients didn't even notice the change — they just got a nicer page to book from.”
Yes. The free plan lets you take up to 15 bookings a month with zero commission. The Pro plan is £12/month — flat fee, no percentage taken from your bookings, ever.
No. Clients book through your personal page in their browser. No download, no account, no friction.
Yes — just share your new BookMe link with your existing clients. Most artists send one message to their regulars and the transition is done in a day.
No — and that's the point. Your BookMe page is private to people you send it to. No competing listings, no algorithm deciding who gets shown first.
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