Lower rates on business cards for salon supply distributors

When businesses pay with corporate or purchasing cards, sending extra order data can qualify for lower interchange rates. If you sell to businesses, schools or agencies that pay with purchasing cards, Level 3 data can lower your cost. Roots Payments sets up the data fields on your terminal or gateway.
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Payment solutions for professional salon supply

How each solution supports professional salon supply

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square for Retail

For professional salon supply: Connect cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Square describes Square for Retail as a POS to "sell more and stay stocked with a POS designed for retail." For salon supply distributors, that means pro-only color, tools and backbar products tracked in one catalog with stock synced between the counter and online. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, builds the catalog, configures the plan and hardware, and supports your team after launch.
  • Import and clean up your catalog of pro-only color, tools and backbar products
  • Map your workflow to Square Free, Plus or Premium before you commit
  • Configure barcode labels, scanners, printers and cash drawers
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Square Inventory

For professional salon supply: Track cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products with item-level stock records and replenishment workflows. Salon supply distributors carry pro-only color, tools and backbar products, and small counting errors turn into lost sales or dead stock. Square's inventory tools track stock in real time, print barcode labels and report COGS, sell-through and aging stock. Roots Payments builds the item structure and counting routine so the numbers stay right.
  • Design variants and SKUs so reports roll up correctly
  • Set up vendors, reorder points and purchase orders
  • Label existing stock and run the first full count with you
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Square Hardware Setup

For professional salon supply: Choose and configure Square checkout equipment for cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products, including counter, mobile and staff workflows. Square offers Register, Terminal, Handheld, Stand and contactless readers, plus a Register Retail Kit with printers, scanners and a cash drawer. Most shops start with Square Register or Stand at the counter plus a barcode scanner and receipt printer, and add Handheld for the floor. Roots Payments recommends the setup, installs it and tests every device.
  • Recommend devices for your counter, floor and events
  • Install, pair and test printers, scanners and drawers
  • Set up label printers for barcodes
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Square Invoices

For professional salon supply: Send itemized invoices for cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Square Invoices sends digital invoices "in seconds via email, SMS, or a shareable link." Invoices bill salons on account for weekly orders. Roots Payments sets up templates, deposit rules and reminders.
  • Build invoice and estimate templates
  • Set deposit and balance-due rules
  • Turn on reminders
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Square Online (websites)

For professional salon supply: Give customers an online storefront for cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products, with ordering and fulfillment choices suited to your business. Square Online gives salon supply distributors a website with pickup, shipping and local delivery, and Square says in-store sales, online orders and inventory connect automatically. That keeps pro-only color, tools and backbar products from overselling across channels. Roots Payments builds the store, product pages and shipping rules.
  • Build product pages with photos, variants and descriptions
  • Set shipping zones, pickup windows and local delivery radius
  • Connect your domain and basic on-page SEO
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Square Integrations

For professional salon supply: Connect Square transaction data with the tools used to manage product shades, supply orders and stock levels, reducing repeated data entry. Square's App Marketplace connects the POS to accounting, ecommerce and other tools. Accounting sync is the most common; ecommerce sync matters if you also sell on another platform. Roots Payments picks the apps, connects them and checks that data lands correctly.
  • Recommend apps from Square's App Marketplace
  • Connect and map accounts, taxes and categories
  • Test sync with real sales
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Merchant Account

For professional salon supply: Arrange a processing account for cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. A dedicated merchant account gives salon supply distributors their own processing relationship, with interchange-plus or flat pricing and statements we explain line by line. Many small shops start on flat-rate pricing. Roots Payments reviews your statements and quotes before you switch.
  • Review your current statements for hidden fees
  • Quote pricing based on your card mix
  • Set up terminals or connect your POS
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Level 2/3 Processing

For professional salon supply: Include purchase-order references and itemized invoice data for business-card purchases of cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products. When businesses pay with corporate or purchasing cards, sending extra order data can qualify for lower interchange rates. If you sell to businesses, schools or agencies that pay with purchasing cards, Level 3 data can lower your cost. Roots Payments sets up the data fields on your terminal or gateway.
  • Check how much of your volume is business cards
  • Set up the data fields
  • Test qualification

ACH Payments

For professional salon supply: Offer bank-account payments for cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. ACH lets customers pay from a bank account at a lower cost than cards, which helps on large orders. ACH lets salons pay monthly statements cheaply. Roots Payments sets it up with verification and clear authorization.
  • Set up ACH on your account
  • Add authorization language
  • Connect it to invoices
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Cash Discount Program

For professional salon supply: Design a clearly presented cash-price program for cosmetics, salon supplies and beauty products, with checkout wording and receipts aligned. A cash discount program shows a card price and a lower cash price so customers who pay cash save. Shops with thin margins and lots of card sales see the biggest savings. Roots Payments sets up compliant signage, receipts and pricing.
  • Check your state's rules first
  • Set up pricing, signage and receipts
  • Train staff to explain it
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Level 2/3 Processing questions

Questions beauty supply store owners ask about payments and POS.
Business card payments can include additional invoice and line-item information. Roots reviews your transaction data and processing setup to plan the required fields.
No. We review the actual card mix and processing results with your processing partner, then compare the effect on your statement.
Bring your business-card mix, invoice fields and transaction line-item data. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for professional salon supply and prepare a clear setup scope.
Request a quote for your business and the setup you need. We review the scope and costs with you before you proceed. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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