Built by groomers · 40+ years behind the table
Spend your day grooming, not chasing clients.
Online booking, automatic reminders, van routes and checkout with Square or Stripe. For salons and mobile groomers, built by groomers who were tired of the back office.
- No credit card
- 14-day money-back
- Square or Stripe, your choice
The math
What are no-shows costing you?
Every empty slot is a groom you already did the prep for. Packyard texts every client 24 hours and 2 hours before, tracks who confirmed, and shows you who to call.
Packyard is $49 per groomer. Saving one no-show pays for the month.
See pricingOne system for the whole shop
Everything between “can I book?” and “paid.”
In the salon or on the road, the back office runs while you're under the dryer.
01 · FILL THE CALENDAR
Clients book themselves. Reminders do the follow-up.
- 24/7 online booking that respects your services, staff, hours and capacity.
- Automatic texts 24h and 2h before. Clients reply to confirm; you see it on the calendar.
- A calendar that thinks like a groomer. Stack baths, cuts, add-ons, cleanup and buffers the way your day really runs.
02 · ON THE ROAD
Mobile van? Your route is planned before you start the engine.
- Each van's day on a map, with drive times between stops from Google traffic.
- Optimise the route in one tap. Packyard suggests a shorter order; nothing changes until you accept.
- “On my way” texts with an arrival window, service areas by ZIP code, and a mileage log for tax time.
03 · CUT THE ADMIN
Every client and pet in one place. Not on index cards.
- Pet profiles with notes, photos, coat, meds, behaviour flags and vaccination expiry.
- Agreements with e-sign so the matting fee conversation already happened.
- One shared texting inbox tied to appointments, not scattered across staff phones.
04 · GET PAID YOUR WAY
Square or Stripe. Pick the one that fits how you work.
- Already on Square? Keep it. Your account, Terminal, cards on file, payouts and bank. Nothing to migrate.
- No card reader? Use Stripe. Text a payment link, show a QR code, or take a tap on your phone. Made for the van.
- Appointment → payment → tip, in one checkout, with end-of-day numbers that match.
Built for how you groom
Grooming salons Multi-groomer calendar, kanban from check-in to pickup, one shared inbox, Square or Stripe at the counter. Learn more → 
Mobile groomers Van routes on a map, “On my way” texts and payment links. $49 per groomer, no per-van fee. Learn more → 
Solo groomers Your own booking page, reminders that work while you're under the dryer, set up in an afternoon. Learn more →Why Packyard exists
Built by a salon owner who got fed up.
I ran two pet shops, each with a grooming salon. Dogs are the best part of my day; the software never was. Booking tools made for hair salons. Reminders that went out once and never told me who confirmed. Then the system we paid for dropped the payment setup our whole shop ran on, and expected us to rebuild around it.
So we built the thing we wished we'd had. Packyard runs our own salon first. Every feature in it exists because a groomer on our team needed it on a Saturday morning, not because a roadmap said so.
Himani Agarwal Founder, Packyard- grooming salons
- 2
- pet shops
- 2
- years of grooming on the team
- 40+
Honest comparison
Grooming-first, not salon-generic.
Most booking tools were built for hair salons and dentists. The difference shows up at 9 AM on a Saturday.
| Feature | Packyard | Generic salon apps | Texts & a paper book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments | ✓ Square or Stripe Terminal, cards on file, payment links, QR, tap on phone | Their processor Switching means a new account | Separate |
| Mobile grooming | ✓ Van routes Map, drive times, optimise, “On my way” texts | Salon calendar only | Maps app and your phone |
| Grooming workflow | ✓ Scheduled → checked-in → in progress → pickup | Generic appointments | — |
| Reminders & confirmations | ✓ 24h + 2h, two-way, tracked | One-way reminder | You, from your phone |
| Pets, agreements, vaccinations | ✓ Profiles, e-sign, expiry tracking | Basic client record | Index cards |
| Price | $49 / groomer / month No per-van fee. Unlimited locations, clients, pets, texts | Tiers + add-ons | Free, until the no-shows |
One plan
$49 per groomer / month
- Automated reminders, 24h and 2h before
- Two-way texting with confirmation tracking
- 24/7 online booking page
- Client and pet profiles, agreements, vaccinations
- Checkout with Square or Stripe
14 days free, no card. Then 14-day money-back.
Before you ask
Do I have to leave Square?
No. Square is first-class in Packyard: Terminal, cards on file and synced reports. You keep the account, payouts and bank you already have.
What if I don’t use Square?
Connect Stripe instead. Clients pay by payment link, QR code or a card on file, or tap their card on your phone, so there is no reader to buy. Packyard uses one of the two at a time, and you can switch in settings.
Can I move from my current software?
Yes. We import your clients and pets so you don't start from zero, and we walk you through getting your data out of the old system.
Do you support mobile grooming?
Yes. Turn on mobile grooming and add your vans: routes on a map, drive times, service areas, “On my way” texts and a mileage log. Vans cost the same as the salon: $49 per groomer a month, with no per-van fee.
What does “per groomer” mean?
You pay for each groomer with a calendar column. Front-desk and admin logins are free. Locations, appointments, clients, pets and texts are unlimited.
Start today
Get back to the dog on the table.
Set up in an afternoon. Your clients can be booking themselves by tonight.
- No credit card
- 14-day money-back
- We migrate your data