Payments & POS for Barbershops.
Walk-ins, chair rent, quick tickets, and tips — without a front-desk bottleneck.
This is a service business with a shop attached. Bookings and chairs on one side, a shelf of product on the other — and they need to meet on the same ticket. The balance depends on how much product you actually move.
The realities of this business.
Mostly walk-ins, with a queue that has to stay fair
Barbers on chair rent vs commission — different money, same system
Fast, small tickets where the fee structure matters
Tips split correctly per barber
Regulars who want the same barber every time
Product sales that are pure margin, if anyone remembers to ask
The features that actually matter here.
- Walk-in queue alongside booked appointments
- Per-barber sales attribution for rent or commission
- Tipping at checkout, tracked per barber
- Client history — who cuts them, and how
- Retail product on the same ticket
- Loyalty and rebooking reminders
A sensible starting kit.
- Front desk or chairsideSquare Stand + iPad
- Or per barberSquare Reader + phone
- Receipt printer + cash drawerif you keep a desk
Then this list might be academic. If your setup works, we’ll leave it alone and just look at the processing underneath — that’s usually where the money is anyway.
Barbershops, answered.
Can each barber take their own payment?
Yes — a reader per chair works, and sales still attribute to the right barber for rent or commission.
Does my rate matter on a $30 haircut?
The per-transaction fee does. On small tickets, the fixed cents-per-swipe often costs you more than the percentage — and it’s the part nobody quotes.
Find out what you’re paying to take cards.
Ten minutes on a call with your statement. Free, no obligation — and if your rate is already good, we’ll tell you.
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