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Waitlist features

Our salon does not allow clients to book themselves, so there are times when I need to email the waitlist with available options, or even just a part of the waitlist who are waiting for a certain service or a certain stylist. I need more options within the Waitlist page like "email/message all" or "email/message selected" based on certain filters. I would really love it if there was more capability within the waitlist feature because it's basically all we use at our salon. Does anyone else out there use the waitlist in this way? What are some successful workarounds?

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Hey! I totally get how having more functionality in the Waitlist would make things so much easier for managing appointments at your salon. Since Square doesn’t currently offer built-in "email/message all" or "filter and message selected" options for the Waitlist, here are a few workarounds you could try:

1. Export & Filter the Waitlist

  • If your waitlist is long, you can export client details from Square and filter them by service or stylist in a spreadsheet.
  • From there, you can send targeted emails manually or through an email marketing tool like Square Marketing (if you use it).

2. Use Square Marketing for Mass Messaging

  • If your clients are already in Square’s system, you can use Square Marketing to send a campaign to those on the waitlist.
  • It won’t be as targeted as a built-in waitlist filter, but you can still customize who receives the message.

3. Manual Message Groups in Square Appointments

  • Inside the Customer Directory, you can create customer groups (like "Waiting for Stylist A" or "Waiting for Luxe Pedicure") and message them when a spot opens up.

4. Feature Request to Square

Since you rely heavily on the Waitlist, I’d definitely recommend submitting a feature request to Square here: Square Feature Request. It sounds like a super useful tool that many salon owners could benefit from!

Curious to hear if others in the community have found a different workaround! Hope this helps. 😊

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