Practical guides to choosing a booking system, moving your appointment book, being easier to find locally and looking after your regulars. Written by the team behind Stamly.
For salons
Fixit and Timma include a till, Fresha and Anolla take payment online, SumUp has a free version, and Stamly includes loyalty and a customer app in one fixed price. Which one is best for you depends on what your salon is missing today. Below is what each supplier says about itself, checked on 10 November 2026.
· 8 min read
For salons
To open a hair salon in Norway you register a business, notify the municipality about the premises before you use them, use a till system that meets the requirements, and register for VAT once sales pass NOK 50,000. We found no legal requirement for a trade certificate to run a salon. Here is the order to do it in, with sources.
· 7 min read
For salons
Chair rental means a hairdresser with their own business rents a workstation in someone else's salon. The rent can be a fixed sum, a percentage of turnover, or both. What agreements most often leave out is who owns the customers and the appointment book when the arrangement ends.
· 7 min read
For salons
When you work alone or with a couple of staff, the appointment book has to be quick to use between two customers. This is a practical checklist for choosing a system, working out the cost and testing the setup before customers start booking.
· 6 min read
For salons
You don't have to move the whole history of the salon to start using a digital appointment book. Start with the setup and the appointments still to come. This is a practical changeover plan for a salon running on paper or a basic calendar today.
· 6 min read
For salons
Someone searching for a hairdresser nearby needs to know what you offer, where you are and how to book. This checklist ties together your website, your Google Business Profile and your booking link.
· 6 min read
For salons
The price of a salon booking system depends on how many staff and locations you have and which features you need. Stamly costs NOK 349 a month excluding VAT for one location with one staff member included, and NOK 149 for each extra staff member. Compare the total for your salon, not the starting price.
· 5 min read
For salons
Simple time tracking in a salon means staff clock in when the working day starts and clock out when it ends, and the manager sees it all in one place. Stamly has a time clock and reports, so you can follow recorded hours alongside the rest of the salon.
· 5 min read
For salons
A barbershop that takes both walk-ins and booked appointments needs online booking and a calendar the barbers can update in seconds. Stamly has an appointment book, a customer app and a customer database, but test how walk-ins fit your own routine before you decide.
· 5 min read
For salons
You can switch booking systems without losing track of your customers if you export the customer data, secure a list of future appointments and test the new calendar before you turn off the old one. Find out in advance how the data can actually be moved, because import options vary from system to system.
· 5 min read
For salons
A booking system should take bookings while you cut, keep the appointment book in order and give customers a reason to come back. Here are ten things to check before you choose, and the questions to put to the supplier.
· 6 min read
For salons
A customer who doesn't turn up costs you a slot you can't sell again. Most no-shows happen because people forgot, or because cancelling was more hassle than staying quiet. You can fix both.
· 5 min read
For salons
A salon customer comes back several times a year, as long as she comes back to you. A loyalty programme gives her a reason to. Here are the building blocks, some advice and the mistakes worth avoiding.
· 6 min read
For salons
A second salon doesn't only double the revenue. It doubles the appointment books, the rotas and the places things can go wrong. Here's what should be shared, what each location should own, and who should see what.
· 5 min read
For customers
Pick a treatment, a hairdresser and a time, then confirm. No phone call, no password to remember, and no need to explain yourself in Norwegian at the front desk. Here’s the whole route from opening the app to having the appointment in your calendar.
· 4 min read
For customers
We went through the price lists of salons in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger. Here is what a men’s cut, a women’s cut and a balayage cost there, and why two appointments with the same name can be several hundred kroner apart.
· 6 min read
For customers
You can almost always cancel a hair appointment in Norway. What matters is whether it costs you anything. The answer is in the terms you were given when you booked, and a salon cannot charge a fee it never told you about.
· 5 min read
For customers
The shorter the style, the more often. Short hair holds its shape for four to six weeks, medium-length hair for six to eight, and long hair gets by with a cut every three months or so. Here’s why, and how to tell it’s time.
· 4 min read
For customers
No, it isn’t expected. The price on the list is the whole price. A hairdresser will still be pleased with a tip when you’re especially happy, and there are ways to say thank you that count for more than a 100-krone note.
· 3 min read
For customers
You earn points every time you’ve been to the hairdresser, and swap them for rewards the salon has set up. This is how you earn them, where they count and how to spend them.
· 4 min read
