Budget POS for starting salon?

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles salon operations well

Budget is around $250/month. What would you suggest?

Sharon Rivera 👑 Master

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Amy Kim

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Nov 1, 2025

Check out the appointment booking setting, that might help.

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Angela Baker

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Nov 2, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Kevin Rogers

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Nov 5, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Eugene Rogers

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Nov 5, 2025

Check out the appointment booking setting, that might help.

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Jessica Nelson

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Nov 6, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Laura Sanders

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Nov 9, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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George Ramos

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Nov 9, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Jerry Davis

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Nov 10, 2025

The client management is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Luis Zhang

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Nov 10, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Adam Young

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Nov 11, 2025

Training took about 2 days for our staff.

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Emily Foster

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Nov 16, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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Raymond Wilson

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Nov 20, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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Angela Long

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Nov 20, 2025

Had the same problem, support was slow but eventually helpful when I contacted them.

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Helen Martinez

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Nov 21, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Carlos Hall

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Nov 21, 2025

Training took about 2 days for our staff.

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Emily Rodriguez

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Nov 22, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Samantha Green

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Nov 24, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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Eugene Hill

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Nov 24, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Ashley Sanders

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Nov 26, 2025

For salon, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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