Tallo
A salon-at-home and salon-booking application that brings beauty services directly to your doorstep.
The stack behind the build.
React
Node.js
MongoDB
AWS
FirebaseA closer look.
Why we built Tallo.
01Why We Built It
The brand needed one connected system to run home visits and in-salon appointments without juggling calls, spreadsheets, and walk-in queues.
02The Perspective
We treated convenience as the product, designing every flow around how quickly a customer can find a service, trust the professional, and confirm a slot.
03What Was Gained
A single backend now drives three coordinated surfaces, giving the team live visibility into bookings, staff, and revenue across every channel.
04Built To Last
The client fully owns a documented, maintainable platform — new content and features ship in minutes, and every surface scales without a costly rebuild.
The project at a glance.
Three connected surfaces on one backend — an admin panel, a booking website and a native app — so a home visit, the stylist assigned to it and the payment that follows all move against the same record.
We built a full-stack platform on one shared backend that powers an Admin Panel, a marketing and booking Website, and a native-feel Mobile App for iOS and Android. Customers browse verified services, pick a time, and choose home or in-salon, while professionals receive jobs, navigation, and payouts in real time. Admins manage catalogues, staff, schedules, and finances from a single dashboard, so every booking flows through one source of truth.
Beauty bookings were scattered across phone calls, chat threads, and walk-ins, leaving customers with no clear view of availability and operators with no reliable record of who was coming when. The brand wanted to offer both salon-at-home visits and in-salon appointments, but had no single system to schedule professionals, track travel, and handle payments. Manual coordination meant double bookings, idle stylists, and lost revenue every week.
Beauty bookings were scattered across phone calls, chat threads, and walk-ins, leaving customers with no clear view of availability and operators with no reliable record of who was coming when. The brand wanted to offer both salon-at-home visits and in-salon appointments, but had no single system to schedule professionals, track travel, and handle payments. Manual coordination meant double bookings, idle stylists, and lost revenue every week.
We built a full-stack platform on one shared backend that powers an Admin Panel, a marketing and booking Website, and a native-feel Mobile App for iOS and Android. Customers browse verified services, pick a time, and choose home or in-salon, while professionals receive jobs, navigation, and payouts in real time. Admins manage catalogues, staff, schedules, and finances from a single dashboard, so every booking flows through one source of truth.
What we set out to achieve.
Unify Every Channel
Bring home and in-salon bookings into one platform so no appointment lives only in a chat or a notebook.
Build Customer Trust
Show verified professionals, transparent pricing, and clear timing so first-time users feel safe booking a stranger into their home.
Keep Stylists Productive
Route jobs intelligently and reduce idle gaps so professionals spend more time serving and less time waiting.
Give Admins Control
Deliver one dashboard for catalogues, staff, scheduling, and payouts so the business can scale without adding manual overhead.
Scale Without Rebuilds
Grow on one secure, shared backend — add features, new surfaces, and more users over time without re-architecting or starting from scratch.
Unify Every Channel
Bring home and in-salon bookings into one platform so no appointment lives only in a chat or a notebook.
Build Customer Trust
Show verified professionals, transparent pricing, and clear timing so first-time users feel safe booking a stranger into their home.
Keep Stylists Productive
Route jobs intelligently and reduce idle gaps so professionals spend more time serving and less time waiting.
Give Admins Control
Deliver one dashboard for catalogues, staff, scheduling, and payouts so the business can scale without adding manual overhead.
Scale Without Rebuilds
Grow on one secure, shared backend — add features, new surfaces, and more users over time without re-architecting or starting from scratch.
From idea to launch.
Scroll — each step stacks as you go.
Discovery & Planning
We start by mapping the catalog, the people who use it, and the way the business actually earns — then turn that into one blueprint the whole team builds against. Nothing is estimated until the scope is written down and agreed.
- Stakeholder workshops & user interviews
- Feature map, scope and success metrics
- Technical architecture and delivery plan
UI/UX Design
Every surface is designed and prototyped before a line of production code is written, so the flows are argued over on screens, not in a sprint review. What you sign off is what gets built.
- Wireframes for each screen and state
- Clickable prototype for the core journeys
- Design system: type, colour, components
Backend + API
One shared backend serves every surface, so the admin panel, the website and the app never drift out of sync. The API is versioned from day one, which is what lets new surfaces be added later without a rewrite.
- Unified data model & versioned REST API
- Auth, roles, payments and media pipeline
- Automated tests on every endpoint
Web + Mobile Build
The website and the native iOS and Android apps are built in working increments against that backend. You see a real, usable build at the end of every sprint rather than a status report.
- Responsive website, pixel-matched to design
- Native-feel iOS & Android from one codebase
- Sprint demos on real devices, every two weeks
QA, Launch & Handover
Hardened, load-tested and shipped to the stores — then handed over properly. You leave with the keys, the documentation and a team that can run it without us.
- Cross-device QA and load testing
- Store submission and production rollout
- Documentation, training and full ownership
Admin Panel
One control room for services, staff, schedules, and money.
Dashboard
Live Booking Pulse
A real-time overview shows today's appointments, active home visits, and pending requests at a glance.
Revenue Snapshot
Daily and monthly earnings, top services, and payout status surface without opening a single report.
Alert Center
Cancellations, late professionals, and low ratings are flagged so the team can act before customers complain.
Website
Discover, trust, and book beauty in a few clicks.
Landing Page
Clear Value Promise
A focused hero explains salon-at-home and in-salon options so visitors instantly understand the offer.
Service Highlights
Popular categories and featured treatments guide first-time visitors toward a quick decision.
Trust Signals
Ratings, verified professionals, and simple how-it-works steps reduce hesitation before booking.
Mobile App
Your salon, summoned from your pocket.
Home & Discover
Personalised Feed
Recommended services and recent bookings appear first so repeat customers rebook in seconds.
Quick Search
A prominent search bar lets users jump straight to a treatment or professional they want.
Offers Strip
Active promotions and seasonal packages are surfaced without cluttering the main flow.
A visual identity that travels.
Clear, readable type that keeps long catalogs and dense dashboards effortless to scan on any screen.
One backend, every surface.
“Before this build our day ran on missed calls and guesswork; now every booking, stylist, and payout sits in one place we actually trust. The team understood that beauty is about confidence, and they put that feeling into every screen.”
Head of Operations, On-Demand Beauty Brand
Build it your way.
Starter
One surface, shipped right.
- Single surface — Website OR App
- Core backend & APIs
- Essential admin basics
- 1 month post-launch support
- Delivered in 4–6 weeks
Growth
Website + app on one backend.
- Website + native Mobile App
- Shared, scalable backend
- Basic admin panel
- 3 months support
- Delivered in 8–12 weeks
Full Stack 3-in-1
Admin + Web + App, fully owned.
- Admin + Website + Mobile App
- Unified backend & API
- 100% code & IP ownership
- 6 months support
- Delivered in 16–24 weeks
Need the whole stack?
Admin panel, website, and mobile app — designed and engineered together, on one backend, by one team.
