POS for Hair Salons: Book the Blowout While the Color Sets.
Square Appointments for long services, multi-stylist visits and commission on both services and retail.
What This Business Needs at the Counter.
Long services, shared clients and commission on everything.
Color blocks the book
Two stylists, one client
Retail credit
Commission, sometimes tiered
Deposits on big services
Back-bar cost
Square Appointments, Built Around Long Services.
The salon problems are scheduling and splitting credit. Square documents both, including the exact color-and-blowout example.
Also in the lineup
Clover. Clover covers online booking and top performer reports, but we could not find processing time or multi-stylist tip splits in its documentation.
Processing time
Square's own example: book a blow dry while another customer's color treatment is developing.
Multi-stylist appointments
Assign several staff to one appointment, and tips are allocated to each assigned staff member.
Retail credited correctly
Attribute an item sale to the front desk or another staff member, not the one who did the service.
Commission per stylist
Set a unique commission rate for each employee, flat or tiered, and import it into Square Payroll.
Deposits count toward commission
Online booking deposits are on every plan, and commission is figured on the full service price.
Read the full picture
Square's processing time article uses the salon case directly: if you run a hair salon you can book a customer for a blow dry while another customer's color treatment is developing. Processing time and multi-staff booking are listed on Square Plus and Premium.
Square's multi-staff article says tips are allocated to each assigned staff member, in proportion to the services, and that you can attribute the sale of an item to the front desk or another staff member rather than the person who performed the service. If a client wants to tip only one of the stylists, Square says to split the appointment into separate transactions.
Commission tracking lets you assign unique rates to each employee, flat or tiered by dollar value or number of services, and Square Payroll can import the commissions into the pay run. Square's commission article lists flat and tiered rates for Square Plus and Premium subscribers. Commission is calculated on the full service price including any deposit.
Square Premium adds a team performance report covering retention and pre-booking, service cost tracking for back-bar product, and resource management for rooms and stations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that some stylists lease booth space from a salon owner; a renter who wants their own deposits needs their own Square account.
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One Visit, Two Stylists, Split Correctly.
How a shared appointment pays out on the report.
Booked with both
Color and cut on one appointment, each assigned to a stylist.
Color develops
Processing time opens the chair for another client.
One checkout
The client pays once, with retail credited to whoever sold it.
Split by service
Tips and commission land on each stylist for their part.
Pricing, Plainly.
Square publishes its rates. Processing time and multi-staff booking start on Plus.
- Square Free, in person
- 2.6% + 15¢, $0/mo
- Square Plus, in person
- 2.5% + 15¢, $49/mo per location
- Square Premium, in person
- 2.4% + 15¢, $149/mo per location
- Card on file or keyed in
- 3.5% + 15¢ on every plan
- Online bookings paid online
- 3.3% + 30¢ on Free, 2.9% + 30¢ on Plus
Published vendor prices as checked October 7, 2026. Your rate is set when you apply; nothing here is a quote.
Cash discount
Surcharging in New Jersey
Visa's 3% ceiling
Notice before you start
Three Ways to Get the Hardware.
A front desk register for checkout and retail, and stylists' phones for the book.
Free device
Apply at no upfront cost. Meet a monthly volume threshold and the hardware is on us.
Commonly Asked Questions
For a hair salon, BatchOut recommends Square Appointments on Square Plus or Premium, for processing time on color services, multi-stylist bookings with tips split by service, and per-stylist commission.
Can a stylist take another client while color is processing?
How are tips split when two stylists work on one client?
Can I pay commission on retail?
Do deposits count toward a stylist's commission?
Do I need Square Premium?
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