We are opening Rootli with 25 hand-picked Afro and textured hair specialists across London & Greater London — verified, insured, and paid properly. Founding specialists keep 100% of their service price until 30 November 2026.
You keep your full service price. After that date the standard rate is 10%.
Identity-checked, insured, charter-signed. Clients can see the difference before they book.
You send your work; we write, structure and publish it. Full pricing control, and no platform-wide discounts, ever.
It is deliberately harder than signing up to booking software. That is what makes the badge worth carrying.
£1m public liability is the standard entry-level limit for freelance and mobile hair work in the UK — not a premium policy. It typically costs from around £5 a month, usually under £80 a year — less than one appointment — and counts as a business expense at tax time. Most policies are issued the same day you apply for one.
Specialists commonly arrange cover through routes such as Simply Business, Salon Gold, Protectivity or Insync. Rootli takes no commission or referral fee from any insurer — these are simply the routes specialists commonly use.
You do not need a policy to apply. Cover only has to be in place before your profile goes live — if you don't have it yet, apply now and arrange it during your onboarding call.
Nothing to join, and 0% commission on your service price until 30 November 2026. After that the standard rate is 10%. Clients pay a £2.50 secure-service fee on top of your price — it never comes out of your earnings.
Because founding places are about who a client finds when they search for a verified specialist in London — and because deposits, calendar invites and cancellation terms are handled for you. You keep full control of your prices, your hours and your client list.
Clients pay a 50% deposit at booking. Stripe holds it and it reaches your own bank account after the appointment completes. If a client cancels inside 48 hours, the deposit is yours.
Not to apply. £1m public liability is the standard entry-level limit for freelance and mobile hair work — from around £5 a month, typically under £80 a year, and usually issued the same day. It only has to be in place before your profile goes live. See the insurance section above for the routes specialists commonly use.
No. Booking software sells you a calendar. Rootli is a curated, verified directory for Afro and textured hair specifically — vetted entry, no platform-wide discounting, and no race to the bottom on price.
Ready to set everything up yourself instead? Start full onboarding.