Parlor books a cut into the color’s processing time.
The color’s deposit is paid when she books, every stylist works from one calendar, and formulas live on the client record. The whole team is $79 a month, however many stylists you hire.
- No card to start
- $79 a month for every stylist
- Cancel any time
A salon loses money in the same three places every week.
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Saturday, 8:40. The 9:00 balayage cancels by text, and three and a half hours go empty.
Each service takes its own deposit at booking, and a late cancel can be charged the fee you set.
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Forty-five minutes of processing, and nobody booked into it.
Give a service its processing time and Parlor keeps that window open for another booking with the same stylist.
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A regular asks for “the same as last time,” and the formula is in someone’s notebook.
Notes and formulas live on the client record, dated, and tied to the visit they came from.
No-shows run 20–30% without reminders. Under 10% with them.
A $140 color that no‑shows takes the processing window and the blowout after it. Cut no‑shows from one in five to under one in ten and the recovered week pays for Parlor many times over.
Parlor runs the whole color, from the booking to the split tip.
- 1 Book
Clients book from your link.
They pick a service, a stylist and a time. There’s no app to install.
- 2 Deposit
The deposit holds the slot.
Size it to the service: more for a full color, less for a trim. It’s paid by card when they book.
- 3 Consent
The chemical release goes out with the booking.
If it isn’t signed, Parlor emails her a reminder the day before. The signed copy lands on her record.
- 4 Check out
The tip is split between the two of you.
Split a tip with the assistant who did the blowout. The deposit comes off the total.
Packages, monthly memberships and gift cards sell from the same account, and the reports show each stylist’s sales, tips and rebook rate.
Here’s the salon Parlor fits, and what it doesn’t do.
Parlor fits a shop that
- has two or more stylists, each with their own clients and services
- takes deposits on color and long services
- wants clients booking through its own page, not a marketplace
What Parlor doesn’t do
- Send texts. Confirmations and the day-before reminder go by email. Text reminders are activating as carrier registration completes.
- Run more than one location from one account.
- Take cash at checkout. Cash stays in your drawer, outside Parlor.
Hire the fourth stylist and the bill doesn’t move. One chair or twelve, it’s $79 a month.
* Separately, payments you run through Parlor carry 3.25% + 35¢ — deposits, checkout, tips, and no-show fees alike — card processing included, deducted from each payout. A standalone charge like a no-show fee carries a $1.50 minimum.
- Online booking page
- Email reminders — texts activating
- Payments & deposits
- Forms & waivers with e-signature
- Unlimited team members
- Client records & history
- Memberships & prepaid packages
- Gift cards & revenue reports
Salon owners ask these before they switch.
Do you charge per stylist?
No. $79 a month covers the whole team. Every stylist gets their own calendar, services and hours, and adding one never changes the bill.
Can clients book into color processing time?
Yes. When you set up the service, switch on processing time and enter the active time before it and the processing time. That window stays open for another booking with the same stylist.
Can I keep color formulas on the client?
Yes. Each client has dated notes and formulas, and an entry can be tied to the visit it came from, so “the same as last time” is on the record.
Do you take a cut of new clients?
No. Parlor isn’t a marketplace: there’s no commission on a new client, no booking fee added to the client’s bill, and no listing that shows them the shop next door. A client who finds you on Instagram books through your page and stays yours.
Do clients get a text reminder?
Not yet. Confirmations and the day-before reminder go by email. Text reminders are activating as carrier registration completes. The deposit and the late-cancel fee work whichever way the reminder arrives.
How do tips, commission and booth rent work?
Set each stylist as an employee on commission or a booth renter. Tips can be split between two people, and the commissions report shows what each one earned. Parlor reports it; it doesn’t pay anyone.
What happens to my existing client book?
Vagaro, GlossGenius and Square exports are recognized automatically. Drop the file on the Clients page and you see a preview first: how many are new, how many are already in your book, and how many will be skipped. Nothing is saved until you say so. Everything exports back out whenever you want.
What does it cost?
$79 a month for every stylist. If you take cards through Parlor, payments carry our standard rate, currently 3.25% + 35¢, card processing included. Payments are optional: keep your own terminal and the rate never applies.
Still deciding? Tell us about your shop — a human reads it.
Your stylists, your clients, your salon.
Set up services, stylists and the booking link in an afternoon, before tomorrow’s first appointment.