portability
Your booking link should follow you, not the salon
The lock-in nobody warns you about: on most booking apps your page and your clients live on the platform. The day you change chairs, you start from zero.
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Field notes from behind the chair.
Tax checklists, pricing playbooks, and the gnarlier corners of running your own chair.
no-shows
What a no-show actually costs you on a long appointment
A ghosted balayage, lash set, acrylic full set, or facial isn't a missed booking. Run the real P&L, then set the deposit and card-on-file that fix it.
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fees
The 30% they take on a client you brought in
StyleSeat, Booksy, and Fresha can charge a new-client fee on bookings you sourced. Here's how to read your statement, find it, and decide what to do.
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seo
Google Business Profile for salon studios: the owner's playbook
Most studios leave their Google Business Profile at 30%: no posts, unanswered reviews, generic categories. Here's the other 70%, for chair-rental studio owners.
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industry
Booth rental vs commission: which model fits your salon?
Booth rental and commission produce different P&Ls, stylist relationships, and IRS exposure. Here's the practical comparison without the gloss.
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taxes
The 1099 conversation every salon owner should have before January
What rental salon studios owe the IRS — and what their stylists owe them — without the jargon. Most studios issue fewer 1099s than they think.
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