Tools to keep you ahead of schedule

Salon software commonly refers to any software that helps salon owners and beauty industry professionals with their day-to-day operations. Often, salon software helps to automate and improve processes for booking and scheduling, communicating with customers, staff management, marketing, inventory management and payments.

All types of businesses that schedule appointments, particularly in the beauty and personal care industries, can use salon software. Barbers, nail salons, spas and tattoo shops are examples of other businesses who can benefit from a salon solution.

Square Appointments has what you need whether you own a hair salon, spa, tattoo parlour, nail salon or another type of business that requires a salon or booking POS. Our solution makes it easy to integrate booking, selling online, scheduling, staff management and payments so you can run your business seamlessly from one app.

If Square Appointments has more scheduling-specific features than you need, try our free Point of Sale app.

Download the Square Appointments app on iOS or Android, or create your account via your online web browser. Add your services, business details and staff to get set up. Next, log in to your Square Appointments Dashboard and create your customised booking site. Now you’re ready to take appointments. Follow a step-by-step guide here.

Next, see which hardware option is best for your front desk to level up your checkout. Compare hardware here.

You can bulk import your customer list and inventory list to quickly get up and running with Square Appointments. If you currently use Timely, Kitomba, Shortcuts, Bookwell, Fresha or another booking or salon software, Square Appointments will likely fit more of your needs with our easy-to-use interface. If you already have a website, it’s easy to transfer your existing domain to Square Online.

Square Appointments is free for individuals and affordable for teams. You can calculate your cost here. With Square Appointments, it’s free to set up your website. After that, it’s 2.2% per prepaid or online transaction.

For sole proprietors, in-person transactions start at 1.6% for Square Terminal and Square Register or 1.9% for Square Stand or Square Reader. A monthly subscription fee for teams applies, starting at $39/month. Hardware is not included, and Square Register costs $1099 to buy outright or $92 per month with financing (terms apply). Processing rates are a fixed 1.6% with Square Register.