Payment Solutions for Hair Salons, Beauty Salons, Spas & Barbershops

Modern card readers with built-in tip prompts, deposit collection and pay-by-link designed for beauty and wellness businesses across the UK. Rates from 0.29%.

Payment Solutions for Hair Salons, Beauty Salons, Spas & Barbershops

ABOUT PAYEE SOLUTIONS

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Hair salons, beauty salons, barbershops, spas and nail studios are high-footfall, cash-light environments. Clients increasingly expect to pay by card or even remotely and many book and pay online before they arrive. Payee Solutions gives beauty and wellness businesses everything they need: fast card readers with tip prompts at the point of payment, pay-by-link for collecting deposits before appointments, and a clean dashboard that tracks revenue by stylist or treatment room. No fuss. No complicated contracts. Just payments that work as hard as you do.

Pain Points & Solutions

We understand the challenges of your sector. Here is how we solve them:

SECTOR CHALLENGE

Clients not having cash for tips

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Our terminals include a tip prompt screen clients add a tip by percentage or custom amount before confirming payment

SECTOR CHALLENGE

No-shows and last-minute cancellations

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Collect a card deposit via pay-by-link at booking protects your time and revenue without awkward conversations

SECTOR CHALLENGE

Slow checkouts creating queues at busy times

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Contactless tap-and-go payments complete in under two seconds keep your reception moving

SECTOR CHALLENGE

Tracking revenue across multiple stylists

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View sales by staff member, service or time period in your Payee Solutions dashboard

SECTOR CHALLENGE

Clients wanting to split a group booking

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Our terminals support split-payment across multiple cards for group treatments and hen parties

Features & Benefits

Everything included as standard with your Payee Solutions package:

Feature 1

Tip prompts built into every payment screen - percentage or custom amount

Feature 2

Pay by link - collect deposits before appointments via email or SMS

Feature 3

Contactless, Chip & PIN, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay

Feature 4

Accepts Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Maestro

Feature 5

Split-payment support for group bookings

Feature 6

Digital receipts by email or SMS

Feature 7

Next-day settlement into your UK bank account

Feature 8

Revenue tracking by stylist or treatment room

Feature 9

PCI DSS compliant - no cardholder data on your systems

Feature 10

Optional virtual terminal for phone bookings and remote payments

Feature 11

Portable terminal option - pay at the chair or treatment bed

Pricing - Honest, Transparent Rates

We believe you should see every fee before you sign. No surprises, no rate cards hidden behind a sales call.

Fee Type What It Is | Payee Solutions Rate
Debit card transaction rate From 0.29% per transaction
Credit card transaction rate From 0.79% per transaction
Monthly plan fee From £15/month
Setup fee FREE - completely free
PCI compliance fee Included FREE - never an extra charge
Contract term 12 months minimum - one of the shortest in the UK

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“I run a six-chair salon and the tip prompts alone paid for the terminals within the first month. Clients tip far more readily on card than they did with cash. The deposit system has also cut our no-shows by more than half.”

— Owner, Hair Studio

4.9 / 5

AGGREGATE RATING

Rated by 1,500+ UK Retail Businesses

SCHEMA: AGGREGATERATING COMPLIANT

Frequently Asked Questions

Do your terminals have tip prompts?

Yes. Our terminals display a tip screen before the payment is confirmed. Clients can choose a percentage – typically 10%, 15% or 20% – or enter a custom amount.

Yes. Our pay-by-link feature lets you send a secure payment request by email, SMS or WhatsApp. The client pays their deposit online before their appointment.

Yes. Your Payee Solutions dashboard lets you view transactions by staff member so you can track individual and team performance.

Yes. Our terminals support split-payment across multiple cards, making group bookings and hen parties straightforward.

Card payments have become the default in UK hair and beauty. Research consistently shows that businesses with visible, easy-to-use card readers take more in tips, record fewer no-shows when deposit collection is in place, and report higher average transaction values compared to cash-only operations. Payee Solutions card machines for salons are compact, reliable and include built-in tip prompts making them the natural choice for barbershops, beauty salons, spas and nail studios looking to modernise their payment setup without paying inflated bank rates.

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