Flux gives estheticians quick card payments, recurring billing for packages, and hosted fields that work from a phone or tablet at the station.
Why estheticians choose Flux
Pay at the chair
Take a card or send a link from a phone or tablet without a bulky terminal.
Packages and memberships
Bill prepaid packages and memberships automatically.
Simple, transparent pricing
A flat rate with volume discounts and no contract.
How estheticians get paid
Estheticians take cards at the chair, run packages and memberships on recurring billing, and can add ACH for larger prepaid packages, all through Flux.
A typical Flux setup for estheticians
Most estheticians work solo, in a suite or a rented room, so the setup is one account, one bank, and QuickBooks sync doing the bookkeeping a front desk would. Clients book facials, peels, and dermaplaning with a card captured through hosted fields, and checkout adds retail skincare, which for many practices is a meaningful part of the ticket. Cards settle in 1-2 business days, and there are no monthly fees on qualifying card volume on quiet weeks.
Treatment series sell as one charge or as scheduled installments on the stored card, with the per-session value written into the sale. Product replenishment runs on payment links texted when a client is due to reorder, a small recurring revenue line that does not require a visit. For a solo operator, instant payouts via Visa Direct turn a strong Saturday into usable funds the same day instead of early next week.
What estheticians should watch
Skin reacts, and reaction complaints are this field's particular refund pressure: a client flares after a peel and wants the treatment refunded. A prompt refund to the original card, or a documented corrective visit, almost always costs less than a dispute and keeps the client. Put your reaction policy on the intake form, because a signed intake acknowledging known risks is also what you would show a card issuer.
Retail has its own rules: state the opened-product return policy at sale, since skincare cannot be restocked once used. Prepaid series need an exit plan, meaning the used-session math agreed at purchase. And because your appointments are long, a no-show costs real revenue, so a card on file with the cancellation policy accepted at booking is standard practice, with hosted fields in origin-isolated iframes keeping stored cards out of your PCI scope at SAQ-D Level 2.
Simple, transparent pricing
Flux charges a flat 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction, with volume discounts for higher-volume estheticians and the option to pass the fee to the customer at checkout where local surcharging rules allow. No setup fees and no contracts. Accounts processing under $100,000 a year in card volume may be subject to a $20 monthly account fee.
Frequently asked questions
How do estheticians accept payments with Flux?
Estheticians accept credit and debit cards, ACH bank transfers, and stablecoins through one Flux integration, with drop-in hosted fields that keep card data off your own systems.
What does Flux charge estheticians?
A flat 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction, with volume discounts for higher-volume merchants and no setup fees or contracts. Accounts processing under $100,000 a year in card volume may be subject to a $20 monthly account fee. You can also pass the processing fee to the customer at checkout where local surcharging rules allow.
How fast do estheticians get their money?
Card payments settle in one to two business days and ACH in one to three business days. Stablecoin payments go to your wallet instantly.
Can I sell a series of six peels as one purchase?
Yes, as a single charge or as scheduled installments on a stored card. Write the per-session value and refund formula into the sale so an early exit has an agreed number. The charge processes at the flat 2.9% plus 30 cents either way.
What should I do when a client has a reaction and wants a refund?
Refund quickly to the original card or offer a documented corrective visit. A fast refund is cheaper than a chargeback and usually keeps the client. Your signed intake form acknowledging treatment risks is your evidence if a dispute happens anyway.
I sell a lot of retail product, does that change anything?
Retail and services run on the same ticket at the same flat rate, with every transaction synced to QuickBooks for your books. State your opened-product return policy at sale, because used skincare cannot go back on the shelf.
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