Blake Wisz
There are about 3,000 listings on the booking website for salons, barber shops and various other small businesses across the UK
Business owners are fearful of having their firms’ reputations damaged after BBC News NI learned they are being unknowingly listed on an online booking website, often with incorrect information.
A salon owner in Belfast said she had not signed up to Salonify.co.uk – yet a listing for her business containing inaccurate information and inflated prices was created.
Sharlene, of Kintsugi Beauty, said she is worried it could hurt her business’s reputation if people try to book her services through it, while a Belfast-based makeup artist, Debbie McKibbin, said she was listed despite never agreeing to go on the website.
Salonify.co.uk has been approached for comment.
The firm says on its website it is a platform that creates ready-to-use booking pages and…