OpenAI Select PartnerMake My Look: On-Demand Beauty & Salon Booking
Took an all-offline beauty industry online, for customers and salon owners alike.
The Challenge
India's beauty industry was still running almost entirely offline. Customers had no centralized way to find salons, check real credentials, or confirm a booking, most transactions still happened over WhatsApp, phone calls, or walk-ins. Salon owners were in the same bind from the other side: bookings managed through WhatsApp groups, handwritten diaries, or whoever happened to be free to answer the phone, with no visibility into their own schedule and no digital presence to compete on.
The Product Decision
Rather than build "just another booking app," we scoped a true two-sided marketplace from day one, a consumer experience built for fast discovery and confirmed bookings, and a vendor dashboard simple enough for salon owners with zero technical background to run their whole business from, plus a super-admin layer so the platform itself could scale across cities without developer involvement on every operational decision.
System Architecture
What We Built
A breakdown of the modular components engineered and shipped into production.
Location-Based Nearby Discovery
GPS-enabled nearby salon search with dynamic radius filtering, map view, distance calculation, verified salon photos, and service categorization.
Smart Multidimensional Filtering
Precision search by specific hair/skin treatments, unisex/women-only preference, budget tiers, and authentic customer ratings.
Real-Time Dynamic Slot Booking
Automated slot generation based on operating hours, staff workstation availability, and treatment duration to eliminate overlapping appointments and waiting queues.
Verified Ratings & Review System
Post-appointment verified client feedback feeding directly into algorithm-weighted discovery rankings to reward top-performing salons.
Self-Publishing Voucher & Offers Engine
Empowers salon managers to publish off-peak flash discounts and seasonal promotions in seconds to fill idle chair capacity.
Vendor Analytics & Multi-City Super Admin
Intuitive salon tablet dashboard tracking daily revenue and booking trends, coupled with a central super-admin panel for city-wide vendor vetting and dispute handling.
Verified Business Impact
We had a complex vision: a marketplace that works seamlessly for customers, salon owners, and our internal team at the same time. Creuto understood that from day one. They did not just write code; they helped us think through the product logic, suggested features we had not considered, and delivered everything on schedule.
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