How much does a hair salon booking system cost?

What decides the price of a booking system?

Start with two numbers: how many people will use the system, and how many locations you have. Then find out how the supplier charges. Some charge per staff member, some per location, some by the features you switch on. Two systems with the same headline price can produce quite different monthly bills once the whole team is on them.

Next, look at what's included: the appointment book, a customer app, the customer database, notifications, reports, campaigns, roles and loyalty. You may not need all of it on day one. You should still know what it costs once the salon grows.

What does Stamly cost for a hair salon?

Stamly has one plan, Standard. The appointment book, customer app, customer database, loyalty, campaigns, reports and the staff app are all in it. The price follows the size of the salon: a fixed amount per location, and a rate for each staff member after the first. Prices are in Norwegian kroner.

• Standard: NOK 349 a month excluding VAT per location, with one staff member included.
• More staff: NOK 149 a month excluding VAT for each staff member beyond the first.
• More locations: NOK 349 a month for each, with one staff member included in each. No limit on staff or locations.
• SMS notifications (add-on): 500 SMS for NOK 750 excluding VAT in Norway, and they never expire. Notifications in the app and by email are free.

What do one, three or five staff cost with Stamly?

• One staff member: Standard, NOK 349 a month excluding VAT for one location.
• 3 staff: Standard, NOK 647 a month excluding VAT for one location.
• 5 staff: Standard, NOK 945 a month excluding VAT for one location.

That's the ordinary monthly price after the trial. A website on the salon's own domain is a separate add-on, priced by agreement. The salon's page on stamly.net is included.

A new salon gets the first two months free. You add your card when you set up payment, and the first charge comes when the two months are over. No SMS come with the plan. Customers with the app get a notification on their phone and customers with an email address get the message there, both free. To reach customers who have neither, the salon buys SMS in the portal: 500 SMS for NOK 750 in Norway. In other countries the price follows what an SMS costs there. There's no lock-in period.

The prices above come from the same price list as Stamly's pricing page. Check there for current terms, and use the calculator with your salon's real number of staff and locations.

Which add-ons should you ask about?

• How many staff and locations are included, and what do more cost?
• Does the salon pay separately for SMS, other notifications or particular features?
• Is there a setup fee, a lock-in period, or a charge for help moving your data?
• Can the salon export its own customer database if it wants to switch later?

How do you choose without paying for more than you need?

List what the salon does every day. Then test whether the system handles several stylists, moved appointments, cancellations and following up customers. Only after that, compare one full month's price. An introductory offer tells you what the first months cost, and nothing about the rest.

Read also ten things to check before choosing a booking system and how to get fewer no-shows. See everything Stamly does for salons.