Guides written for pros
Playbooks on pricing, software, suppliers, regulations and getting more work, written for hair salon owners.
Choosing salon booking and management softwareSoftwareWhat to actually evaluate when picking salon software: booking, POS, retail inventory, commission reporting, and how switching really works.Pricing hair services and setting fair chair rental ratesBusinessHow to price cuts, color, and chemical services by real cost, plus how to set a chair rental rate that covers what it actually costs to run a chair.Buying professional color and backbar product wiselyToolsHow to manage distributor relationships, color line consistency, backbar budgeting, and diversion risk when buying salon product.Marketing your salon and keeping clients coming backMarketingPractical salon marketing and retention: rebooking before checkout, local SEO, social proof, and reactivating clients who've drifted away.Building real retail product sales in your salonBusinessHow to turn backbar product into take-home retail sales through stylist prescribing, training, and incentives, without feeling pushy.Booth rent vs commission: choosing a staffing modelHiringComparing booth-rent and commission staffing for salons, including tax classification risk, control tradeoffs, and hybrid approaches.