Your day, your chair.

Use the individual account the studio gave you. Your login connects to your own chair and book.

1. Open Arcbay and choose Sign in.
2. Enter your own email and password. Do not share another barber's login.
3. Allow notifications when your phone asks, so Arcbay can alert you about bookings.
4. Check the shop name and your profile before making changes.

Customers book your services through Align's website or your own booking link. Each barber keeps their own menu and availability.

1. The customer chooses a barber.
2. They choose one of that barber's services and review its price and length.
3. They choose an available date and time.
4. They enter their contact details and choose whether to receive appointment texts or offers.
5. They confirm the booking and save the Manage appointment link.

A pending request needs your review. Check the service and time before approving it.

1. Open Bookings and choose the appointment date.
2. Open the client's pending appointment. You can use the Pending filter to find requests.
3. Review the client, service, time and notes.
4. Tap Approve and check that the status changes to Approved.

Change the date and exact time from the appointment itself.

1. Open the appointment and tap Reschedule.
2. Choose the new date.
3. Open Time, adjust the hour and minute, check AM or PM, then tap Done.
4. Review the date, time and shop time zone. Tap Save new time.
5. Check the updated appointment and notification result.

Canceling frees the appointment slot. Use a clear, respectful reason because it can be shared with the client.

1. Open the appointment's menu and choose Cancel booking.
2. Enter a reason if appropriate. The reason can be up to 300 characters.
3. Tap Cancel appointment, or Keep booking if you changed your mind.
4. Check the canceled status and the saved cancellation details.

Choose a saved client instead of retyping their details or creating a duplicate.

1. In Bookings, tap New appointment.
2. Keep Existing client selected and tap Choose existing client.
3. Search by name, phone or email, then choose the correct client.
4. Choose your service. Adjust Duration (minutes) for this appointment only if needed.
5. Choose the date and time, review the details and tap Save.

Create appointments yourself when a client calls, walks in, or needs a time you have arranged outside your normal hours.

1. In New booking, select New client and enter their correct contact details.
2. Choose your service, duration and date.
3. For an agreed time outside your normal hours, enable Make a booking exception.
4. Choose the exact time and review the appointment before saving.
5. Review the saved appointment and use the available confirmation action when appropriate.

Keep the appointment status current from arrival through the completed service.

1. Open Schedule and choose the appointment date. Tap the appointment block, or open it from Bookings.
2. When the client arrives, tap Here now and check the updated status.
3. After the service, tap Mark done. Review the Final price and confirm Mark done.
4. Check that the saved appointment says Done. Collect cash directly from the client at Align.

Your Clients list keeps your client records together, including their appointment history and message entry point.

1. Open Clients and search by name or phone.
2. Choose the correct client.
3. Review recent appointments and use the client menu for Full history, Edit or Booking access.
4. Use Message client to open the text-message entry point.

Stop unwanted future bookings with you without deleting the client's history.

1. Open the client, then their menu and Booking access.
2. Turn off Allow bookings with me to block future bookings with your chair.
3. Check that the client page says new bookings are blocked.
4. To restore access later, return to Booking access and turn Allow bookings with me back on.

Open messages from a client record. Texting requires a ready sender and a client who can receive appointment texts.

1. Open the client and tap Message client.
2. Read any sender-setup, consent or opt-out warning. If the client cannot receive texts, call them instead.
3. Open More > Messages to find your own conversations.
4. For texting setup, use My business number or ask the studio about its shared business number. Complete the registration shown in the app before relying on SMS.

Your service prices and lengths belong to your chair.

1. Open More > My services.
2. Turn on the services you offer. Enter your own price and Duration (minutes); any whole minute is allowed.
3. Leave an override blank to use the shop default. Tap Save services and check the saved result.
4. To add a brand-new service name to the shop menu, ask a manager or owner to use More > Services > Add a service. You then choose whether to offer it in My services.

Set the hours customers can book with you, including individual exceptions.

1. Open More > My booking hours. Turn off Use shop hours to set your own weekly hours.
2. Choose a weekday. Set Starts and Ends; add separate working periods if you need a lunch break. Tap Save.
3. Under Shop closed days, turn on a date to reopen your calendar only.
4. Open Hours for that date, set your working period and tap Save.
5. Review your public booking availability after changes. Other appointments and time off still apply.

Help clients recognize you and understand your work.

1. Open More > My profile.
2. Review your public name, title, biography and social details.
3. Tap Add profile photo or Change profile photo. Choose an image under 5 MB from your phone; the photo is saved separately.
4. Save, reopen your profile, and check the public booking page.

Your Arcbay alert preferences and your phone's notification permission both matter.

1. Open More > Notifications.
2. Review the available booking, booking-change and client-message alert switches.
3. Save any changes and keep phone notifications allowed for Arcbay.
4. If alerts are missing, check Focus or Do Not Disturb and the phone's Arcbay notification settings.

Your role determines which shop controls you see. At Align, independent-chair privacy remains important for every role.

1. Barbers manage their own appointments, clients, service menu, public profile and booking hours.
2. Managers can access shared Services and applicable Settings, such as the shop’s default hours and booking rules.
3. The Team entry shown in the current app is owner-only.
4. A manager or owner does not automatically receive another independent barber's private book, messages or editable personal service settings.

A new shared service name begins at shop level. Individual barbers then choose whether to offer it.

1. Open More > Services and tap Add a service.
2. Enter a clear Name, Price and How long (minutes).
3. Review Featured on the website and Bookable online, then tap Save.
4. Check the new service in the shop menu. Ask each barber to open My services and choose whether to offer it at their own price and duration.