Deposits at booking, tap at the chair.
Salons, barbers and beauty studios run on the diary. SwiftPay sets Clover up so the deposit is taken at booking, the tip prompt comes up at the chair, and every stylist's takings are counted by closing time.
What Hair & Beauty operators use it for
- Take a deposit when the booking is made
- Prompt for a tip at the chair
- Keep the deposit when a client no-shows
- Ring up retail on the way out
- Split tips and takings by stylist
- Rebook the next visit at the chair
Through the day
From the booking to the rebook
The appointment is the product. Everything the till does should protect it.
Hold the slot with a deposit, not a promise.
- Take the deposit when the appointment is booked, so a Saturday colour slot isn't held on trust.
- If the client doesn't turn up, the deposit has already been paid and nobody has to ring them about it.
- Long services can be split: deposit at booking, balance at the chair once the blow-dry is done.
- Booking apps in the Clover App Market can bring the day's diary onto the till, so reception isn't working off two screens.
Take the money where the client is sitting.
- The Clover Flex goes to the chair. Tap, chip or swipe, then print the receipt or email it.
- The tip prompt comes up on screen before the card is tapped, so no stylist has to ask for one.
- Add the retail to the same sale — the shampoo, the styling cream, whatever was sold mid-service.
- If your bookings app runs on Clover, rebook the next visit from the same terminal before they stand up.
Know who earned what before you lock up.
- Every sale is recorded against the stylist who rang it up, so commission comes off the till rather than out of memory.
- Tips are tracked per employee, ready for payday.
- Reporting separates services from retail, so you can see whether the shelf is paying for itself.
- Retail stock counts down as it sells, so you spot the colour line running low before a client does.
The kit
What we usually put in a salon
Nothing here is fixed. It is where most operators in your trade land, and we quote to your counter, not to a template.
Clover Flex
The Flex goes wherever the client is, so the payment, the tip and the rebook all happen at the chair instead of walking someone to a desk. The printer and the scanner sit in the same handset, so a receipt and a barcoded bottle of shampoo don't need a second device.
Clover Mini
A tidy till for salons that settle at reception, with a small footprint next to the retail shelf and a receipt printer built in.
Clover Station Duo
For a busy front desk: the customer-facing screen carries the tip prompt while your receptionist keeps working the diary, and there's a cash drawer for clients who still pay cash.
Clover Go
For mobile stylists, brow and lash artists working pop-ups, and chair renters who take their own card payments from a phone.
Works with what you run
It has to fit the rest of your business
A till that will not talk to your accountant just moves the work somewhere else. These are the connections that matter most in your trade.
Bookings & appointments
Appointment apps in the Clover App Market can put the day's diary on the till and take the deposit at the time of booking. Which ones you can get depends on whether you trade in Australia, the US or Canada.
Accounting
Services, retail and tips can land in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks through the Clover App Market instead of being split up by hand at the end of the week. We'll confirm what's available where you trade. The apps on the list differ between Australia, the US and Canada, so check with us first.
Rostering & payroll
Deputy, ADP and Gusto all appear in the Clover App Market, and they sit next to your sales-by-employee reporting when commission is being worked out. Ask us what's live in your market.
Online & gift vouchers
Sell gift vouchers and take booking deposits online through a Nuvei checkout, set up alongside the terminals in the salon.
Apps are added and withdrawn market by market. Tell us what you already run and we will confirm what is live for you before you commit — see the Clover App Market.
Done for you
We set it up, then we stay on the end of the phone
You are buying an installation and a local contact, not a carton.
Installed on site
We deliver, mount and configure the hardware in your premises — not a box in the post.
Loaded before handover
Your products, prices and modifiers are built in before we hand the system over.
Your team trained
Hands-on training so every shift can take payments, run refunds and cash up.
Questions
Hair & Beauty, answered
The things operators in your trade ask us before they sign.
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Ready to get paid your way?
Tell us about your business and our local team will put together the right Clover hardware and processing setup — with pricing to match.