Practical guides on POS, appointment booking, and running a service business without paying commissions to someone else.
Raise prices 5–10% with four to six weeks' notice. See how many clients you can lose before it costs you, plus copy-paste scripts for messages and pushback.
To raise prices without losing clients, increase by 5–10%, give existing clients four to six weeks' notice, tell your regulars in person before they read it in a message, and let every appointment tha…
A client card template with the five details worth writing down, a full field list, and what to record for hair, barber, nails, lash, spa, massage and tattoo.
Most salons still calculate commission by hand. See how automatic staff commission — separate service and retail rates — replaces the spreadsheet.
Salons have the highest no-show rate of any appointment business. Here's how deposits and card-on-file — connected straight to your own Stripe account — cut it in half.
Sell gift cards through your POS and keep client balances with store credit — both included from Pronto's Starter plan. Here's how they pay off.
New client acquisition is down across salons and barbershops in 2026. Here's how a simple loyalty program keeps the clients you already have coming back.
Fiscal receipts and booking software solve different problems. Here's when you actually need dedicated invoicing tools — and when a free government portal is enough.
Double bookings happen fast — one call, one WhatsApp, one online request at once. Here's why it happens and how real-time checks stop it.
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