Practical notes on bookings, billing, GST, staff pay and filling more chairs — from the team building Salony.
A line-by-line look at salon setup costs in India — fit-out, equipment, deposits, licences and the working capital nobody budgets for.
Revenue is not a KPI. The ten figures that actually tell you whether your salon is healthy — and what each one means when it moves.
Every salon has dead weekdays and packed Saturdays. Discounting is the obvious answer and the wrong one — here is what actually works.
For a local salon, the Google listing outranks the website. What to fill in, which photos work, and how to get reviews without begging.
Ready-to-use WhatsApp templates for confirmations, reminders, no-shows, rebooking, birthdays and win-backs — written to be replied to.
Follower count doesn’t pay rent. The posts that turn a scroll into a booking, and the ones that just feel productive.
Losing a senior stylist costs more than any marketing budget. The real reasons they go, and the things that actually make them stay.
Why a profitable salon can still run out of money — credit clients, stock, deposits and the timing gaps that catch owners out.
Colour is the most under-priced service in most Indian salons. How to price by length and product use so long hair stops subsidising short.
A daily SOP for opening, closing and cash handling — short enough that staff will follow it, specific enough to be worth following.
A neutral framework for comparing salon platforms — pricing models, commission traps, data ownership and the questions vendors avoid.
Reviews decide local search and local trust. When to ask, how to ask, and exactly how to answer a one-star review.
Broadening your services feels like growth and often is not. How to decide between a unisex salon, a men’s grooming space or a specialist studio.
Bridal is the highest-ticket work an Indian salon does and the easiest to lose money on. Packages, trials, advances and travel — priced properly.
Rent is not the number that matters. Footfall, visibility, parking, water pressure and electrical load — the checks that decide whether a site works.
The failures that show up again and again in a salon’s first twelve months — and what to do instead, from people who watch the numbers.
A practical buyer’s guide to salon billing software in India — GST invoicing, split payments, staff commission and the things vendors quietly leave out.
What GST rate applies to salon and spa services, how to write a compliant invoice, and the inclusive-pricing mistake that quietly eats your margin.
Barbershops are not small salons. Walk-in queues, fast tickets and cash-heavy days need different software — here is what to look for.
Spas book rooms as well as people, and sell packages that get consumed over months. Here is what that demands from your software.
No-shows are the cheapest problem in a salon to fix. Reminders, deposits and rebooking — what moves the number and what does not.
Flat percentage, tiered, service-versus-retail — how to structure stylist commission so it rewards the behaviour you want.
Why a booking link outperforms a phone number, what a good booking flow looks like, and how to avoid double-bookings.
Professional stock, retail stock and the difference between them — plus why your product count drifts and how to stop it.
Acquiring a new client costs far more than keeping one. Here is how to spot a client drifting away before they are gone.
Most salons need a booking page, not a website. Here is the difference, and what actually converts a visitor into an appointment.
A register is fine until it isn’t. The specific moments when a salon outgrows paper, and what breaks first.
WhatsApp is the highest-response channel Indian salons have. Here is how to use it without getting your number blocked.
How to price services, when to raise them, and how to communicate an increase so regulars stay.
Registration, licences, fit-out, staffing and the systems to set up before you open the door — in the order they actually matter.
A realistic breakdown of salon costs in India, why service and retail margins differ, and the figures worth tracking monthly.
A vendor-neutral checklist for evaluating salon software — the questions that expose the difference between a demo and daily use.
Retail is the highest-margin thing in a salon and the most neglected. The structural reasons why, and what actually changes it.
The problems that appear when you open a second salon — and the systems to have in place before you do.