Practical advice to fill your appointment book, cut no-shows and grow your hair salon.
New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 covers every salon, no matter how small. Here is what that actually means for your client file, in plain salon terms.
Names, +65 numbers, colour formulas, visit history: your client file is full of personal data. Here is what the PDPA actually asks of a Singapore hair salon, without the scaremongering.
Names, mobile numbers, colour formulas, patch-test notes: your client file is full of personal data. Here is what GDPR actually asks of an Irish hair salon, without the scaremongering.
Deposits, late-cancellation fees, no-show charges: what a Singapore hair salon can actually enforce under contract law and the CPFTA, with sample wording to adapt.
Deposits, no-show fees, cards on file: what a New Zealand hair salon can actually enforce under the Fair Trading Act, with example wording to adapt.
Deposits, late-cancellation fees, no-show charges: what an Irish hair salon can actually enforce under the Consumer Rights Act 2022, with example wording to adapt.
Half the booking tools the world recommends will not even sell to a Singapore salon, and the rest hide their SGD prices behind geo-localised pages. Here is what we actually verified, vendor by vendor.
New Zealand is the home market of Timely and Kitomba, yet most comparisons that rank here quote unmarked US dollars. Here is what NZ hair salons actually pay, verified on each vendor's own site.
Ireland is Phorest's home market, which makes choosing salon software here a different exercise than anywhere else. Here is what Irish hair salons actually pay, verified on each vendor's own site.
Most hair salons in Singapore never have to charge GST, and the ones that do must show it inside the price on the wall. When registration becomes compulsory, when it is worth volunteering for, and what your receipts must say, with IRAS sources.
Reviews decide which salon a new client books. Here is how to collect them steadily, reply to the harsh ones, and know your options under New Zealand law.
Before a new client ever steps into your salon, she reads your Google profile. Here is how a Singapore hair salon gets it right, section by section.
