Connect Square to the rest of your hair salon

The Square App Marketplace connects Square to accounting, forms, marketing and industry software. Connect accounting and forms so the owner's books close without re-entry. Roots picks the right apps, connects them and tests the data flow.
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Payment solutions for hair salons

How each solution supports hair salons

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

Square Appointments

For hair 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. Processing-time settings let clients book a blowout during another client's color development, and Square Plus adds no-show fees for long color blocks. 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 Point of Sale

For hair salons: Bring haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around appointments, stylist totals and retail stock. Square Point of Sale accepts cards, digital wallets and cash and tracks items, services and customers in one place. Ring up services, add-ons and retail care products at one checkout, with tips assigned to the right stylist. Roots sets it up around your front desk so checkout, tips and retail sales run cleanly.
  • Map your services, add-ons and retail products into the item library
  • Set up tipping, taxes, discounts and staff permissions
  • Recommend and configure Square hardware for each station (you buy it from Square)
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Square Staff

For hair salons: 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. Commission rates per stylist and tip pooling for assistants remove the end-of-week spreadsheet. 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 Payroll

For hair salons: Organize payroll for stylists, barbers and receptionists, using staff and time records to prepare pay runs. Square Payroll pays employees and contractors from your Square Dashboard, importing timecards, tips and commissions. Common use for hair salons: import tips and commissions straight into payroll for W-2 stylists. Roots sets up pay rates and commission rules so payday matches what staff earned.
  • Set up employees, contractors, pay rates and commission structures
  • Connect timecards and tips from Square Team Management
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Inventory

For hair salons: Track haircare products, tools and salon merchandise with item-level stock records and replenishment workflows. Square tracks retail stock across locations and channels and, on Premium, service cost tracking for back-bar product. Service cost tracking on Square Premium shows what each color service really costs in back-bar product. Roots loads your catalog and sets low-stock alerts.
  • Load products, SKUs and costs
  • Set reorder points and low-stock alerts
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Marketing

For hair 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. Automated rebooking reminders at six to eight weeks keep color clients on schedule. 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 hair salons: 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. Reward retail purchases and referrals, not just visits. 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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Square Gift Cards

For hair salons: Offer gift cards redeemable toward haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities and track purchased and redeemed balances. Square Gift Cards sells physical and eGift cards at the POS and online, and they never expire. Gift cards are a top holiday seller for salons; eGift cards sell from your booking site. Roots sets up designs, online sales and holiday promotions.
  • Set up gift card designs and online sales
  • Plan holiday and promotion calendars around gift card sales
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Hardware Setup

For hair salons: 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. A Square Register at the front desk and Tap to Pay at each station keeps checkout moving. 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 Integrations

For hair salons: Connect Square transaction data with the tools used to manage appointments, stylist totals and retail stock, reducing repeated data entry. The Square App Marketplace connects Square to accounting, forms, marketing and industry software. Connect accounting and forms so the owner's books close without re-entry. Roots picks the right apps, connects them and tests the data flow.
  • Choose apps for your workflow
  • Connect, map fields and test sync
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first

Cash Discount Program

For hair salons: 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. Salons with thin margins use a cash discount to offset processing costs on high-ticket color. 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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Merchant Account

For hair salons: Arrange a processing account for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. A dedicated merchant account gives hair salons custom pricing and underwriting that fits how they sell. Common use for hair salons: multi-location salons processing large volumes often compare interchange-plus pricing. Roots matches you with the right account and coordinates account setup and ongoing support with the processing partner.
  • Underwriting guidance and application support
  • Pricing review against your current statements
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Consumer Financing

For hair salons: Present financing options for haircuts, styling, beauty products and gratuities alongside the purchase or service estimate. Roots connects your business with buy-now-pay-later options for customer purchases.
  • Discuss your business goals on a free consultation
  • Coordinate your provider introduction and setup
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Square Integrations questions

Questions salon owners ask about booking and payments.
We start with the software you use and the data that needs to move between systems. Roots helps select and configure the agreed app connection.
Yes. We review Square’s developer APIs and your software documentation, then quote a defined project for the required workflow.
Bring your software list, account access and data-sync requirements. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for hair salons 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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