hellobeautysalon.com
Live websiteClient work
Hello Beauty Salon
Helping a visitor find the right service, check prices and book.
Hair & beautyWebsites
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Operra Labs · Edinburgh
Software that knows how the day really goes.
A small studio with twelve years inside service businesses. We make focused software products and considered websites for teams like yours.
Illustrative interfaces based on product features. Not live data.
Selected client work
Built with Edinburgh businesses.
Live websites for a Charlotte Square salon and a photography studio, each built around how their customers choose and book.
fotkaplus.co.uk
Live websiteClient work
Fotkaplus
Helping a visitor choose among many studio sessions and book one.
PhotographyWebsites
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Our products
Focused tools. Real jobs.
Each one has its own name, its own job, and no feature it doesn't need.
Early access
Salon management platform
The whole salon, one calm screen.
Bookings, staff rotas, payroll and point of sale for UK hair and beauty salons. Built and tested in a working Edinburgh salon.
- Bookings
- Staff rotas
- Payroll
- Point of sale
Illustrative interface with sample data, not a live product screenshot.
In development · Coming to the App Store
Rounday
Know what tonight actually earned.
A shift log for self-employed delivery couriers. Hours, miles and earnings across every platform, real profit after fuel and running costs, and mileage records ready for HMRC.
- Hours
- Miles
- Every platform
- Real profit
- HMRC mileage
Public website not yet announcedCase study: Rounday
Illustrative interface with sample data, not a live product screenshot.
In development
Passframe
From RAW file to print sheet.
Passport and ID photos for professional studios. Upload a RAW or JPEG, choose the country, and Passframe crops to the official specification, corrects colour from the camera's own profile, removes the background and returns a print-ready sheet.
- RAW or JPEG
- Country specifications
- Camera colour profile
- Background removal
Public website not yet announcedCase study: Passframe
Illustrative interface with sample data, not a live product screenshot.
How we build
Twelve years behind the counter. Then we wrote the code.
12 years
Built inside working businesses
Every product starts with a problem we've had ourselves, behind a salon desk or in a studio, and is tested there before anyone else sees it.
Made for the UK
HMRC rules, UK payroll, UK data protection and the way small UK businesses pay and get paid are designed in from day one.
Small and focused
One product, one job. We would rather leave a feature out than make an everyday task slower.
Private by default
We collect what a product needs to work and nothing else. No advertising trackers, no selling data.
Services
Work with the people who build these.
The team behind our products takes on a small number of client projects. We work best with service businesses that know exactly what's slowing them down.
Custom business software
Booking systems, client records, staff and stock tools built around how your business actually runs, not around a generic template.
Payments and integrations
Online booking with deposits, card payments, and connections to your accounting software and calendars, so the tools you already pay for work together.
Automation
Reminders, follow-ups, reports and the repetitive admin that eats your evenings, handled automatically.
Mobile apps
iOS apps for your customers or your team, from first version to the App Store.
How a project works
- 1
A conversation
We look at how you work today and what the problem costs you.
- 2
A fixed scope and price
Agreed in writing before any work starts.
- 3
Built, launched, supported
You own the code, and we stay on hand after launch.
Contact
Tell us about your project.
A few lines about how you work today is plenty to start.
A rough idea, a workflow that needs fixing, or a website that needs rethinking. Start wherever you are.
Prefer a blank email?
info@operra.app