SheerMe expands beauty platform with €10 new user incentive and hiring push

Online bookers spend 60% more because they discover services salons never advertised
SheerMe's CEO explains why digitizing salon menus changes customer behavior and spending.

No primeiro aniversário da SheerMe, uma plataforma portuguesa de beleza e bem-estar, emerge uma questão mais ampla sobre a digitalização de setores que resistiram à transparência: quando os clientes conseguem finalmente ver o que existe, passam a querer mais. Com mais de 7.500 espaços listados e 5.000 utilizadores registados, a empresa aposta agora numa expansão que combina incentivos financeiros, contratação de talento e a convicção de que tornar o invisível visível transforma comportamentos. O que está em causa não é apenas o crescimento de uma startup, mas a reconfiguração de uma relação antiga entre prestadores de serviços e quem os procura.

  • A SheerMe quer passar de 7.500 para 10.000 espaços listados até ao final do ano, uma corrida que exige simultaneamente mais salões, mais utilizadores e mais infraestrutura tecnológica.
  • Para converter curiosidade em ação, a plataforma oferece dez euros de crédito a novos utilizadores que se registem em setembro — uma aposta direta na fricção que separa quem pensa em reservar online de quem efetivamente o faz.
  • Os dados internos revelam uma tensão produtiva: quem reserva online gasta 60% mais do que quem telefona ou aparece pessoalmente, porque a visibilidade dos serviços gera descoberta e a descoberta gera consumo.
  • A empresa planeia contratar dez pessoas antes do final do ano, distribuídas por desenvolvimento, vendas, suporte e marketing, sinalizando que o crescimento deixou de ser apenas de produto e passou a ser também organizacional.
  • Com 89% de utilizadoras do sexo feminino e 60% das reservas provenientes do norte do país, a SheerMe enfrenta o desafio de diversificar geograficamente e demograficamente sem perder o núcleo que a sustenta.

A SheerMe assinala o seu primeiro aniversário com uma ofensiva de crescimento. A plataforma portuguesa de beleza e bem-estar já lista mais de 7.500 salões e spas em todo o país e quer chegar aos 10.000 até dezembro. Para atrair novos utilizadores, oferece dez euros de crédito na primeira reserva online feita em setembro, resgatáveis em mais de 500 salões parceiros.

Em doze meses, a empresa acumulou mais de 5.000 utilizadores registados e 100.000 visitas mensais. Os fundadores — Vladyslav Chernyshov, Miguel Saraiva, Miguel Alves Ribeiro e Karly Ribeiro — partiram de um diagnóstico simples: a maioria dos salões opera sem listas de preços ou menus de serviços acessíveis online, o que obriga os clientes a ligar ou aparecer pessoalmente para saber o que existe.

Os dados recolhidos pela plataforma mostram como essa opacidade molda o comportamento. As mulheres representam 89% das reservas, quase metade vêm do norte do país e 38% da área de Lisboa. O dado mais revelador, segundo o CEO Miguel Alves Ribeiro, é que quem reserva online gasta cerca de 60% mais do que quem usa o telefone ou vai presencialmente — porque a visibilidade dos serviços gera descoberta, e a descoberta gera reservas que de outra forma nunca aconteceriam.

O modelo também funciona para os salões: os que aceitam pagamentos online oferecem 10% de cashback em reservas futuras, criando um incentivo à fidelização. Para sustentar esta trajetória, a SheerMe vai contratar dez pessoas antes do final do ano, nas áreas de desenvolvimento, vendas, suporte e marketing. A campanha de setembro é simultaneamente uma alavanca de aquisição e um teste: consegue um incentivo de dez euros transformar intenção em ação?

SheerMe, a Portuguese beauty and wellness platform, is marking its first anniversary by pushing hard into growth. The company has already listed more than 7,500 salons and spas across the country and wants to reach 10,000 by the end of the year. To fuel that expansion, it's offering new users a straightforward incentive: ten euros in credit to spend on their first online booking in September, redeemable at more than 500 participating salons.

The platform has built momentum faster than typical for a startup in this space. In its first year, SheerMe has attracted over 5,000 registered users and logged 100,000 monthly visits. The company's founders—Vladyslav Chernyshov, Miguel Saraiva, Miguel Alves Ribeiro, and Karly Ribeiro—set out to digitize an industry that has largely resisted it. Most salons still operate without published price lists or service menus online, which means customers often don't know what's available until they call or walk in.

The data SheerMe has gathered reveals how that friction shapes behavior. Women account for 89 percent of all bookings made through the platform. Geographically, nearly half come from northern Portugal, with another 38 percent from the greater Lisbon area. Seventeen percent of users are foreign nationals. Beauty services dominate the platform's activity, representing 60 percent of all bookings, with the average service priced around fifty euros.

What stands out most is what happens when customers can actually see what a salon offers before booking. Miguel Alves Ribeiro, the company's CEO, noted that users who book online spend roughly 60 percent more than those who call or visit in person. The reason is simple: when a service menu is visible and searchable, people discover offerings they didn't know existed. A salon might offer treatments that have never been advertised, and once customers see them, they book them.

The economics work for salons too. Those accepting online payments through SheerMe offer 10 percent cashback on future bookings, creating a reason for customers to return. The platform itself takes a cut, but the model aligns incentives: more visible services mean more bookings, which means more revenue for both the salon and the platform.

To sustain this growth trajectory, SheerMe is hiring. The company plans to add ten people to its team before year's end, spreading new hires across development, sales, support, and marketing. Three thousand of the 10,000 spaces the company aims to list by December will need to support online payments—a significant operational lift. The September discount campaign is one piece of a broader user acquisition strategy, but it's also a test: can a ten-euro incentive move people from awareness to action, from thinking about booking online to actually doing it? For a platform trying to rewire how an entire industry operates, that conversion matters.

Users who book online spend about 60 percent more than those calling or visiting in person, because they discover services salons never advertised.
— Miguel Alves Ribeiro, CEO of SheerMe
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Inventor

Why does it matter that online bookers spend 60 percent more than people who call?

Model

Because it proves the problem isn't demand—it's information. Salons have services they're not telling anyone about. Once customers can see them, they buy them. That's not marketing magic. That's just transparency working.

Inventor

The ten-euro incentive seems small. Why would that move someone to try the platform?

Model

It's not really about the money. It's permission to try something unfamiliar. Most people have booked beauty services the same way for years—a phone call, maybe a recommendation. Ten euros removes the risk of the first click.

Inventor

What's the real constraint here—getting salons to list, or getting customers to book?

Model

Both, but they feed each other. A salon won't invest in online payments if there's no traffic. A customer won't book online if there aren't enough salons. SheerMe is trying to break that loop by subsidizing the customer side first.

Inventor

Why is the northern Portugal concentration so high?

Model

That's just where the population is. But it also suggests the platform has real traction in one region. If they can replicate that in the south and center, the 10,000-space target becomes plausible.

Inventor

The 89 percent female user base—is that surprising?

Model

Not really. Beauty services are female-dominated. What matters is whether that concentration limits growth or reflects the market accurately. If it's the latter, it's fine. If it's the former, they have a problem.

Inventor

What happens after they hit 10,000 spaces?

Model

They have to make money. Right now they're in growth mode, subsidizing users and building network effects. Eventually they need a sustainable business model—probably a commission on bookings, or premium features for salons.

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