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BurgundyBlend vs Fresha
Fresha takes a percentage of the new clients its marketplace sends you. We charge a flat amount, so the fee does not grow when your prices do.
The short answer
Choose BurgundyBlend if you want the clients a marketplace brings without paying a percentage of what they spend. Fresha charges a commission on the new clients it sends, so the same introduction costs more as your prices rise; we charge $3 flat, once, and nothing at all on the clients you brought yourself.
Why you can trust BurgundyBlend
Payments run on Stripe
Deposits and payouts are handled by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
How we handle your dataA Canadian company
BurgundyBlend Inc., incorporated in Alberta, serving businesses across Canada and the US.
About usA real app, already shipped
Live on the App Store, and the web app works in any browser with nothing to install. Google Play is on the way.
View on the App StoreThe actual product
Discovery first, with the whole shop included
You are not choosing between being found and being run.
The Chair
Short clips of real work, each carrying that professional's next free slot. Customers see the work and book it.
Your whole shop
Calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts, reviews and revenue reporting. Included, at no cost, on every plan.
How Fresha charges
- Free software, paid for by a commission on the clients it sends you
- That commission is a percentage, so the same booking costs more as you raise your prices
- A $300 service is charged five times what a $60 one is, for identical work on our side
- Card processing on top
How we charge
- Free to list, free to take bookings, free to use deposits
- $3 flat when The Chair introduces somebody new, rising to $4 after the introductory period
- Nothing at all on clients you brought yourself, however many times they return
- A flat fee means a $300 service costs the same as a $60 one
Two different jobs
These are not the same product with different prices. Work out which problem you actually have.
Fresha is for
Fresha is a directory you pay a commission to. It sends you a client, then takes a slice of what that client spends with you.
BurgundyBlend is for
BurgundyBlend is discovery first, with the whole shop included: calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts and reporting. You are not choosing between being found and being run.
Side by side
The decisions that actually differ, rather than a feature count.
| Decision | BurgundyBlend | Fresha |
|---|---|---|
| What a new client costs | A flat $3 when The Chair introduces somebody, rising to $4 after the introductory period. | A percentage of the booking, so an identical introduction costs more on a $300 service than a $60 one. |
| Your own clients | Free forever. Somebody who found you on Instagram and books through your link costs nothing, however often they return. | Worth checking carefully which repeat bookings still attract a commission and which do not. |
| How you get discovered | The Chair: short clips of your actual work, each carrying your next free slot, across Canada and the US. | A directory listing, where being found depends on your position in a list of names. |
| Running the shop | Calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts, reviews and reporting included at no cost. | A full management suite too. This is not the axis the decision turns on. |
| Your brand | Your own storefront, your own link, your own QR codes. The fee only ever applies to people we introduced. | Worth asking how much of the client relationship stays yours when the platform is paid on every booking it touches. |
Does being on a marketplace cost me my own clients?
It is the fair question to ask, and our answer is in what we charge. You get your own branded storefront, your own link and QR codes, and clients you bring yourself are free forever, however many times they rebook. We are paid only when The Chair puts you in front of somebody new. A platform that takes a percentage of every booking, or a monthly fee whether it sends you anyone or not, is charging you for the clients you already had.
Worth adding us if
- Your prices are high, where a percentage costs the most
- Most of your clients are people you brought yourself, and you are paying to keep them
- You want to be found by your work, not by your position in a directory
You do not have to switch anything. Listing is free and there is no monthly fee, so keep what you use and let us prove it by sending you someone.
Before you switch
Is BurgundyBlend a Fresha alternative?
How is a flat fee better than a commission?
What does BurgundyBlend cost to use?
Does being on a marketplace cost me my own clients?
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Try it alongside what you use
Free to list, free to take bookings. We only charge when we bring you somebody new.
