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Budget POS for starting salon?

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Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?
Brenda Lewis 👑 Master
1,325 points • Member since Jul 2025

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Michelle Chen
👑 Master
195 posts
Jul 15, 2025
The client management is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Nancy Jenkins
👑 Master
211 posts
Jul 20, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
James Sanders
👑 Master
218 posts
Jul 25, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
Kyle Thomas
👑 Master
226 posts
Aug 4, 2025
For salon, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Donna Ramos
👑 Master
225 posts
Aug 20, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Square for Restaurants, it has been working well for us
Karen Lewis
👑 Master
213 posts
Aug 22, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Harold Reed
👑 Master
227 posts
Aug 26, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Gregory Watson
👑 Master
199 posts
Sep 21, 2025
This is why we switched to Presto. No regrets.
Brenda Johnson
👑 Master
210 posts
Sep 30, 2025
I've been using Salon Iris for 21 months and it has been working well for us
Elizabeth Mitchell
👑 Master
203 posts
Sep 30, 2025
Cost us about $131/month all in. Worth it.
Amber Reed
👑 Master
198 posts
Oct 28, 2025
I've been using Talech for 9 months and it has been working well for us
Joyce Davis
👑 Master
206 posts
Oct 31, 2025
For salon, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Catherine Jenkins
👑 Master
193 posts
Nov 1, 2025
This is why we switched to Grubhub for Restaurants. No regrets.
Raymond White
👑 Master
200 posts
Nov 5, 2025
The appointment booking is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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