Guide
How to switch from Booksy to Bellora.io
Booksy gave you marketplace reach. If you would rather own your brand and your clients instead of a profile in a directory, here is the calm, four-step move — without losing a single booking or burning a weekend.
Switching from Booksy to Bellora.io takes four unhurried steps: export and keep your data, set up your own branded booking on Bellora.io, move your clients over so none of them get lost, and go live while Bella handles the front desk. Booksy's strength is its popular booking app and marketplace, which is real reach; the usual reason to switch is cost and ownership — you want your own brand and your own client list instead of a profile inside a shared directory. Bellora.io, the AI-native salon software from Barcelona, is built for that ownership side: a fixed monthly fee with no marketplace commission, your clients and data stay yours, and Bella, the AI copilot inside Bellora.io, helps run the day. You can keep your Booksy profile running until your own page is live, so there is no risky cut-over and no stressful weekend.
Step 1 — Export and keep your data
Start by securing what you already have. From your Booksy account, export your client list, contact details and upcoming appointments — most of this is available from your dashboard, and Booksy's support can help if you cannot find an option. Save a clean copy of your service menu, prices and staff list too. The goal of this step is simple: nothing leaves your hands. You are not deleting your Booksy profile yet, just making sure your own records exist independently of any platform. With that backup in place, the rest of the move is fully reversible and stress-free.
Step 2 — Set up your Bellora.io brand and booking
Next, build your own home. In Bellora.io you create your branded booking page — your salon name, logo, photos, services and prices — so clients book under your brand rather than a marketplace listing. Import the service menu and staff list you saved, set your opening hours and availability, and preview the page on your phone the way a client will see it. This is where ownership becomes concrete: the booking link is yours, the look is yours, and the client data lands in your account. Take your time here while your Booksy profile keeps running in parallel — nothing is live for clients until you decide it is.
Step 3 — Move your clients over without losing them
Now bring your people across. Import the client list you exported so their history and contact details live in Bellora.io, then share your new booking link where your clients already are — a pinned message, your social bios, your email signature and a friendly note at the next visit. Because you kept the data in Step 1, no one falls through the cracks; existing Booksy appointments stay valid, and new bookings simply start flowing to your own page. A short, warm announcement ("We've moved booking to our own page — here's the link") is usually all it takes. Keep both channels open during the overlap so every client has a smooth path.
Step 4 — Go live and let Bella handle the front desk
When your page looks right and clients are booking on it, you go fully live and can wind down the Booksy profile at your own pace. From here, Bella, the AI copilot inside Bellora.io, helps run the front desk: it proposes bookings, fills gaps in the calendar and drafts replies, while you stay in control and confirm what matters. There is no big-bang switch and no lost weekend — by the time you close Booksy, every booking already lives in Bellora.io, your clients are yours, and your cost is a predictable fixed monthly fee with no marketplace commission.
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