Payments & Booking for Braiding Salons

Braiding appointments can run many hours and often include hair purchased for the client. Deposits and clear policies protect a whole day's booking.
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Payment solutions for hair braiding salons

How these solutions fit hair braiding salons

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

Square Appointments

For hair braiding salons: 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. Require a partial deposit at booking to cover hair and time, and charge the card on file for late cancellations on Square Plus. 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 Invoices

For hair braiding salons: 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. Send a deposit invoice with a separate due date for the balance. 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
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Square Payment Links

For hair braiding salons: Share a checkout link for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities through messages, email or your website. Square Payment Links creates a checkout page in seconds that you can text, post or print as a QR code. Common use for braiding salons: a reusable deposit link for Instagram and TikTok bookings. Roots sets up reusable links for deposits, events and packages with the custom fields you need.
  • Build reusable links for your standard deposits, events and packages
  • Add custom fields to collect the client details you need
  • Place links and QR codes on your site, social profiles and signage
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Square Marketing

For hair braiding salons: 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. Reminder texts before long appointments and rebooking offers after take-down. 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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Afterpay on Square

For hair braiding salons: Offer an installment payment option for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities at supported Square checkout channels. Afterpay lets eligible clients pay in four interest-free installments over six weeks while you're paid up front. Afterpay can make larger install and style services easier to book. Roots turns it on in your Square account and adds it to invoices and online checkout.
  • Check eligibility and enable Afterpay online and in person
  • Add it to invoices and your booking site
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Tap to Pay on Phone

For hair braiding salons: 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 braiders working from home studios can take payments on their 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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Hair Braiding Salons payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Square Appointments for Braiding Salons, Square Invoices for Braiding Salons, Square Payment Links for Braiding Salons. Roots helps compare the setup, software and processing requirements around how you operate.
Yes. Bring your current POS, checkout or billing tools and recent processing statements. We review bookings, memberships, service checkout and product sales, then plan the changes your hair braiding salons business needs.
Request a quote for your business. The review covers your payment mix, locations, software, hardware recommendations and implementation work. Consultations and payment reviews are free.
Bring recent payment statements, the systems you use and a record of how a customer places an order, receives a service or pays a bill. Tell us which hair braiding salons workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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