Software for hair salons

Hair salon software for cuts and color that run at different speeds

In a hair salon one stylist can do several quick men's cuts in a day and one color service that takes up most of the shift. These services are paid differently, fill the schedule differently and bring clients back at different intervals, and hair salon software has to account for all three differences.

Color pays a different commission than a cut

The appointment pay rule has a standard rate, but individual services can get their own rate, which is used instead of the standard one. That way a colorist earns their own percentage on a complex color and a different one on a men's cut, with no separate spreadsheet for each stylist. For anyone on a fixed rate, it is set per hour, per day or per month, and a rate plus a percentage are combined in one scheme.

Empty weekday mornings

Evenings and Saturdays in a hair salon tend to be booked solid, while a Tuesday morning is often wide open. A discount can be limited to certain days of the week and certain hours, and also to specific services or resources, for example only the junior stylists. It then applies only to visits in those hours, and at peak times the price stays the same. A discount can also be manual: it is not applied on its own, and the administrator adds it when a client calls and asks about an open morning. The article on appointment discounts walks through building one.

A popular colorist booked weeks ahead

When a stylist's open slots are taken weeks ahead, clients sometimes book several dates at once and show up for only one. A rule on repeat bookings within a chosen period warns the administrator, and for the colorist you can also turn on a limit on visits to the same employee. A warning blocks nothing: the person at the front desk sees it and decides whether to keep the booking.

The color formula in the client's card

As soon as a color service is finished, the stylist adds to the card in the mobile app which shade and which mix were used. When the client comes back for a root touch-up, someone else on the team can take them and skip the round of questions. That way the client does not depend on a single colorist who is out sick or on vacation.