Fully Booked · 8 guides
A busy salon can still lose money. These guides cover the numbers behind a healthy salon: how to price a service so every chair-minute pays, how to raise the average ticket without pushy selling, how to sell memberships and packages that don't eat your margin, how to read your P&L, and how to close the till every night without leaks — with worked examples you can redo with your own figures.
Money & tax
How profitable a salon is, line by line: the costs on a P&L, gross vs net margin, a worked example in dollars, where profit leaks and the levers that lift it.
Money & tax
The maths behind your salon's average ticket, add-ons that pay, retail that doesn't feel like selling, tiered menus, staff scripts, incentives and tracking.
Money & tax
How to price salon memberships, monthly plans, prepaid packages and account credit so they bring in cash without eating margin, with worked dollar examples.
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Sell more retail without pushing: the mirror script, a short range, shelf layout, markup and margin maths, retail commission and stock that doesn't expire.
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Design a salon service menu clients read and book from: category order, service names, stylist levels, "from" prices, tax, add-ons and a sample menu.
Money & tax
Work out what each chair-minute costs, add product, commission and card fees, and set salon prices that keep a margin. Dollar examples and a price-rise script.
Money & tax
Salon services and products in the UAE carry 5% VAT. When to register, what your menu and tax invoices must show, how packages are taxed, and the fines.
Money & tax
When a UK salon must register for VAT, whether the Flat Rate Scheme pays, and how vouchers, courses, deposits and chair rent are taxed, with worked numbers.
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