Deposits, packages and balances by invoice for barbershops

Square Invoices sends invoices, deposits and recurring invoices by email, text or link, with contracts and e-signature attached. Recurring invoices collect weekly or monthly booth rent from renters. Roots builds your templates and deposit schedules so high-ticket work is paid on time.
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Payment solutions for barbershops

How each solution supports barbershops

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

Square Appointments

For barbershops: Schedule haircuts, color services and barber appointments, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned. Square Appointments puts online booking, reminders and payments in one calendar. Assign chairs and barbers in the calendar, list the shop on Square Go, and require a card on file for Saturday slots. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, configures your services, staff, policies and booking site so it works from the first appointment.
  • Build your service menu with durations, processing time, prices and staff assignments
  • Configure deposit, cancellation and no-show policies that match how you actually operate
  • Connect booking to your website, Instagram and Google Business Profile
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Square Hardware Setup

For barbershops: Choose and configure Square checkout equipment for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities, including counter, mobile and staff workflows. Square hardware ranges from Tap to Pay on a phone to Square Terminal and Square Register, which ships with Square Appointments pre-installed. Tap to Pay on each barber's phone keeps checkout at the chair; a Square Terminal handles walk-ins at the front. Roots recommends what each station needs and configures it; you buy hardware directly from Square.
  • Recommend a device for each chair, room or front desk
  • Configure devices, printers and modes
  • Roots doesn't sell hardware; we link you to Square to buy it
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Square Staff

For barbershops: Set roles, permissions and schedules for stylists, barbers and receptionists, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts. Square's staff tools handle shift scheduling, timecards, tip pooling and commission tracking. Common use for barbershops: commission and tip tracking for employee barbers, with permissions per chair. Roots configures roles, permissions and commission rates so owners stop reconciling by hand.
  • Set up roles, permissions and commission rates per service
  • Configure tip pooling rules
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Banking

For barbershops: Plan account and cash-flow workflows around income from haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities and day-to-day operating expenses. Square Checking and Savings keep your sales money in the same place you take payments. Solo and booth-rent barbers can access sales in Square Checking right after each cut. Roots helps you set up accounts and automatic set-asides for taxes and rent.
  • Walk you through account setup and set-aside rules
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Invoices

For barbershops: Send itemized invoices for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Square Invoices sends invoices, deposits and recurring invoices by email, text or link, with contracts and e-signature attached. Recurring invoices collect weekly or monthly booth rent from renters. Roots builds your templates and deposit schedules so high-ticket work is paid on time.
  • Create invoice, estimate and contract templates with your policies
  • Set up deposit and payment-schedule rules for multi-session or high-ticket services
  • Connect invoicing to QuickBooks Online or Xero

Square Marketing

For barbershops: Build opt-in campaigns for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities, from new offerings to reminders for returning customers. Square Marketing sends one-time and automated email and text campaigns from your Square customer data. Automated 'time for a fresh cut' texts at two to four weeks bring regulars back. Roots builds the automations that matter: welcome, rebooking, lapsed-client and Google Review requests.
  • Segment your client list and build campaign automations
  • Write campaign templates in your brand voice
  • Set up Google Review requests and track results
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Square Loyalty

For barbershops: Create a rewards program around haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities, with earning rules tied to how customers shop. Square Loyalty rewards visits, spend or specific services and runs automatically at checkout. Visit-based rewards (every 10th cut) fit barbershop frequency. Roots designs the reward structure and sets it up across your POS and booking site.
  • Design a reward structure that fits your visit frequency and margins
  • Configure promotions and bonus-point campaigns
  • Train staff to enroll clients at checkout
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Cash Discount Program

For barbershops: Design a clearly presented cash-price program for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities, with checkout wording and receipts aligned. A cash discount program posts your card price and gives clients who pay cash a discount, offsetting processing costs. Cash-heavy shops use a cash discount to offset card costs. Roots sets up the pricing, signage and receipts so the program stays compliant.
  • Program setup, signage and staff training
  • Periodic compliance review
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Tap to Pay on Phone

For barbershops: Take contactless payments for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities on a supported phone while serving customers on the move. Tap to Pay turns a compatible phone into a contactless terminal with no extra hardware. Independent barbers can take contactless payments on their own phone. Roots sets it up on a merchant account for mobile checkout.
  • Account and app setup
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Marketplace Payments

For barbershops: Collect customer payments for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities and allocate proceeds to independent stylists and beauty professionals within the marketplace workflow. Marketplace payments split each transaction between the platform or location and the independent provider. Shops with renters can split each payment between the barber and the shop's rent or fee. Roots designs the flow and integration.
  • Flow design and integration
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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ACH Payments

For barbershops: Offer bank-account payments for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. ACH bank payments cost less than cards for recurring dues, tuition and rent. Collect booth rent by bank draft at lower cost than cards. Roots sets up authorizations and schedules.
  • ACH setup and authorization language
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Invoices questions

Questions salon owners ask about booking and payments.
Square Invoices lets customers receive and pay invoices. Roots helps configure invoice templates, payment collection and reconciliation.
We review deposits, payment schedules and customer reminders, then configure the invoice workflow around how you bill.
Bring your invoice templates, deposit rules and payment schedule. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for barbershops and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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