Today, salon payment management is about so much more than online scheduling and credit card swiping. It’s about effectively running your business using processes and software that make sense for your brand and support long-term growth. And let’s not forget about ways to deliver a “wow” salon experience for all guests, starting with the apps they use to interact with your business before they show up, and during the appointment.

So, why are so many salons making the checkout and account management processes complicated by pulling together separate tools and merchant accounts?

Many salon owners don’t know there’s a simpler, more streamlined payment solution for their business.

In order to grow and thrive while managing costs effectively, it’s essential for business owners to look at how a simplified payment system solves challenges and reduces common fees and expenses. This is especially important when reviewing credit card processing fees or the ability to accept a variety of online payment options.

It’s also essential to evaluate the efficiency of each part of the sales process from your perspective and the guest’s.

The Benefits of Simplifying Your Payment Process

Learning how to integrate and use a new payment system at your salon can be a daunting prospect. But many modern payment software features are much easier to implement than you’d think—and offer a host of benefits once you’re using them.

Here are the top ways your salon can benefit from simplifying your payment process:

Save Time

Identify and list all the manual steps and processes you have to execute weekly or daily.  Match them to the amount of time, energy, and effort it takes to do them individually.

Now, compare those estimates to the time you could save doing the same actions with batch processing—it’s probably hours. Think about all the ways you could improve your guest experience and grow your salon with that extra time.

Prevent Revenue Loss

How much money do you think your salon loses out on due to the inability to integrate gift cards, product upsells, and incentive programs into the payment process? Probably hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.

With an integrated payment system, making gift cards, product add-ons, and other revenue opportunities a quick and easy part of checkout is no trouble at all.

Optimize the Guest Experience

Have you considered the payment aspects of your salon’s guest experience? Is your payment process fast, effective, and gaining positive reviews, or is it slow and complicated with few repeat guests or upsell opportunities? Does your current setup allow you to keep a card on file throughout the guest cycle (in-store, ecommerce, mobile)?

The quicker it is for a guest to make a purchase at your salon, the more likely they are to do it. When they can pay for their services quickly and add on last-minute retail without adding time to their experience, they’ll leave their appointments satisfied and with more products in hand.

Reduce Human Error

Managing payment data manually is not the easiest task. Even if your system tracks payments, if it doesn’t batch them for you, it still leaves you having to keep track of information from different payment sources.

When your payments are auto-batched, there’s virtually no chance of making a mistake with the numbers.

SalonBiz Makes Integrated Payments Easy

Upgrading your salon payment system is one simple way to thrive without changing your business model or services. With payments features from SalonBiz, your payment process becomes a fully integrated solution that tracks sales, tips, appointment scheduling, check-ins, product purchases, customer preferences, and gifts cards in one seamless experience, creating one merchant for all payments and credit card processing.

You get to focus on your guests, staff, and business growth, as well as offer a better salon experience by integrating mobile and online tools that add ease and convenience for your clients and staff.

Don’t let fees and frustration get the best of you. Book a demo with SalonBiz to learn more about our easy payment solutions today!