Are There Three People Who Can Vouch for You?
The woman who trained you knows things about your work that no client ever will.
She watched you learn to section. She saw the first time you did a relaxer without her standing there, and the week you were so slow you cried in the back, and the month it clicked. A client can tell you her hair looked good. Your trainer can tell you that you are careful, that you don’t cut corners on a strand test, that she’d send her own mother to you.
Endorsements are a way of putting that second kind of testimony on your profile.
The short version
- You send a link, and whoever you send it to writes a short endorsement of your work.
- You can have three at a time. Delete one to make room for another.
- Anyone can write one — they don’t need a StyleSeat account.
- If the endorser is a StyleSeat pro and signs in, their endorsement carries a StyleSeat Pro badge.
How it works
In the Credentials section of your profile, alongside your license and your certifications, there’s an Add endorsement card. Tapping it gives you a link, a Copy button and a share option — the same way you’d send a request for a review.
The person who opens that link gets a short form: their name, their business if they have one, and up to 300 characters about your work. There’s a checkbox letting them add that they recommend you. No star rating — this isn’t a review, and it isn’t scored.
When they submit, they’re asked whether they’re a StyleSeat pro. If they say yes and sign in, their endorsement is published with a StyleSeat Pro badge on it. If not, it publishes as an ordinary endorsement under their name and business.
You don’t have to approve anything, and they don’t have to be approved to write it — but you can delete any endorsement on your profile at any time, and deleting one frees up a slot.
Three is the whole point
You get three. That’s a cap, and it’s a good one, because three is small enough to force you to choose.
Three endorsements from people who genuinely know your work reads as real. Twelve would read as collected. So think about who actually has standing to speak: the person who trained you. The senior stylist whose colour corrections you’ve taken over. The suite owner who has watched you turn up on time for three years. The nail tech you refer to and who refers back — that one is powerful precisely because you’re competitors in the loosest sense and she’s vouching anyway.
What you’re looking for is someone whose opinion would carry weight with another professional. Oddly, that’s what makes it land with a client too — a stranger can tell the difference between praise and expert praise, even when she can’t articulate why.
How to ask without it being weird
This is the actual barrier. The feature is four taps; asking a person you respect to vouch for you in writing is the hard part, and it’s why most professionals will read this and not do it.
Two things make it easier. Ask people you have already helped or already thanked — reciprocity is doing half the work before you open your mouth. And be specific about why you’re asking them rather than sending a bare link: you taught me everything I know about lifting dark colour and I’d love to have you say something about my work on my profile is a much easier message to receive than a URL with no context.
Also, ask fewer people than you think. Three targeted asks to people who will say yes beats a scattergun to ten who feel cornered.
Where it fits
Endorsements aren’t a replacement for reviews and they don’t try to be. Reviews are volume — dozens of clients saying you were worth it. Endorsements are depth: three people with standing saying you’re good at the craft.
They matter most in the same stretch credentials matter most — the beginning, or a move to a new city, or a switch into a new specialty where your review history is about something else. When a client has nothing else to go on, someone in the industry putting their name to your work is a real signal, and it’s one you can have before your first booking here.
It also does something quieter for you. There’s a version of this job where nobody senior ever tells you you’re good, because you left the salon and now you work alone and the feedback stopped. Having three of those in writing, on a page you look at often, is not nothing.
Frequently asked questions
How many endorsements can I have?
Three at a time. If you want a different one, delete an existing endorsement to free a slot — the limit is enforced when someone opens your link as well as when they submit, so nobody wastes time writing one that cannot be published.
Does the person endorsing me need a StyleSeat account?
No. Anyone with your link can write one — they enter their name, optionally their business, and up to 300 characters. If they are a StyleSeat pro and choose to sign in when submitting, their endorsement is published with a StyleSeat Pro badge.
Can I edit or remove an endorsement?
You can delete any endorsement on your profile, with a confirmation step. You cannot edit the wording — it stays as the person wrote it. If you have no endorsements, the section does not appear on your profile at all.
Is an endorsement the same as a review?
No. Reviews come from clients who booked you and include a star rating. An endorsement is written by someone you invite, carries no rating, and is capped at three — it is about your craft rather than one appointment.
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