AI receptionist for barbershops in Aktau
In Aktau a barbershop often has no front desk, and WhatsApp gets answered by whichever barber is between clients. The agent takes the chats off the barbers: quotes the price, finds a free time and books.
Hello! My brother’s toi is on Saturday, there are three of us and we all need haircuts before lunch. Can you fit us in?
Hello! We can. On Saturday at 10:00 two barbers are free, Askhat and Daniyar, and at 10:40 one of them can take the third of you. A men’s haircut is 4,000 tenge. Shall I book it like that?
Yes, let’s do that.
Booked three of you for Saturday: two at 10:00 and the third at 10:40, with Askhat and Daniyar. You’ll all be done by half past eleven.
Thanks a lot!
You’re welcome! I’ll send a reminder on Friday evening. Enjoy the toi!
When customers write in Aktau
In the morning people write to grab an evening slot, during the day they ask about prices, and in the evening they want a haircut right now. If the barber is at the chair, nobody can answer, and that is exactly when clients drift to the competition.
Busiest hours: 12:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:00
Before work: “what time do you open, can I come at ten?”
Two friends arranging to come in at the same time.
Messages from men just out of work who want a haircut within the hour.
Answers in Kazakh and Russian
The agent writes in the customer’s language: if someone starts in Kazakh, the answer comes in Kazakh. Here is the same reply in both languages.
If a customer writes in English, the agent answers in English.
Сәлеметсіз бе! Бүгін сағат 19:00-да шебер Асхат бос. Сізді шаш қиюға жазайын ба?
Здравствуйте! Сегодня в 19:00 мастер Асхат свободен. Записать вас на стрижку?
What the agent takes off your hands
Books with his usual barber
Answers with a definite time, not “drop by and we’ll see”. Bookings are saved in your system, or in the built-in Solwees CRM if you have none.
Quotes prices
Knows your price list: men’s and kids’ cuts, beard trims, shaves, packages. Answers at once, even when every barber is at a chair.
Handles walk-ins
If you take walk-ins, the agent says so and suggests the quieter hours. If you don’t, it offers the nearest free slot straight away.
Reminds and reschedules
The reminder arrives on the morning of the visit. A single reply is enough to move the haircut, so the barber is not left without a client.
Passes the tricky ones to you
A complaint about a cut, a discount request, a visit to the groom before a toi: conversations like these go to your front desk or the owner along with the chat history.
Aktau: local context
The centre of Mangystau Region and a port city on the eastern shore of the Caspian, built in the desert in Soviet times.
There are hardly any streets in the usual sense: an address is written as microdistrict, building and flat numbers.
In summer holidaymakers come to the sea from all over the country, the beaches and the seafront are busy until night, and businesses work almost without a day off.
Plenty of residents go off on rotation to the oil fields and offshore service companies, so customers often write from another town to book for their days at home.
In Aktau men come back from the oilfields for two to four weeks and fit in more than one haircut in that time. The agent sees which barber a client went to and offers a time with him.
In summer guests come to Aktau for the sea, and some write to the barbershop wanting a haircut before they leave. The agent finds them a time without moving your regulars.
Areas and landmarks customers mention
4th Microdistrict, 16th Microdistrict, Shygys, the seafront, the lighthouse
- Where
- Mangystau Region
- Population
- over 280,000
- Customer languages
- Kazakh, Russian
- Where they write
- WhatsApp and Instagram
Works with your systems
The agent books and saves customers where you already work. If you have no system yet, everything lives in the built-in Solwees CRM.
Altegio
DIKIDI- Bitrix24
- Solwees CRM
Frequently asked questions
Will the agent reply to a client in Kazakh?
Yes. A client can start in Russian and carry on in Kazakh, and the agent switches with him without losing track of the booking.
What does the agent tell someone who wants to walk in?
Whatever your rules say. If you take walk-ins, the agent says so and suggests the quieter hours. Either way it offers the nearest free time so nobody has to wait.
Where does the agent put bookings?
Into your booking schedule or CRM if you have one connected: the agent sees when the barbers are free and books straight in. With no system, bookings and clients live in the built-in Solwees CRM.
Can the agent book a father and son or a group of friends?
Yes. Back to back with one barber or at the same time with different ones, whichever suits them. Before a toi that is common, and the agent books the whole group in one chat.
What happens if a client is unhappy with a cut?
Chats like that go straight to a person. You see the whole history in one inbox and reply from there, and the client gets the answer in the same messenger.
Does it suit customers who work rotations?
Yes. Rotation workers write ahead as soon as they know when they are home. The agent books those days and sends a reminder the day before so the visit does not get lost.
How do I connect the agent?
You need your channels, a price list and your barbers with their hours, and an evening is usually enough for all of it. A week free, no card needed.
Put the agent to work in Aktau
Connect Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram, add your services and prices, and the agent starts answering the same day.