Flux gives nail salons quick card payments, recurring billing for packages, and hosted fields that work from a phone or tablet at the station.
Why nail salons 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 nail salons get paid
Nail Salons 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 nail salons
Nail salon checkout is card-present at the desk, often two services on one ticket, a mani and pedi finished minutes apart, with the tip prompt covering more than one tech. Volume swings with the calendar: prom, holidays, and sandal season fill the book, slow winters thin it. There are no monthly fees on qualifying card volume or minimums, so the slow months cost nothing beyond the transactions you actually run, and cards settle in 1-2 business days.
Long appointments deserve deposits: a full acrylic set with detailed art blocks a tech for hours, so a payment link at booking collects a deposit through hosted fields with the terms on the page. Group bookings behave differently: a bridal party or quinceanera group pays one invoice ahead of the visit, by card, or by ACH if it is sent with 1-3 business days to spare.
What nail salons should watch
Tip pooling is the daily bookkeeping question. The processor charges the flat rate on the whole ticket, tip included, and one ticket often carries tips meant for two or three techs, so the split has to happen after settlement. Per-transaction records synced to QuickBooks give you the paper trail for that math, which matters when techs are paid out weekly and want to see where their share came from.
Card-present walk-ins rarely dispute, so the chargebacks you do see usually involve deposits kept after a no-show on a long art appointment. Keep the booking page that showed the deposit terms, it is your evidence. For quality complaints, a stated fix-within-days policy for lifted gel or a broken nail resolves the problem for the cost of product. Where local rules allow surcharging, the pass-through option is common in this industry, but it has to be posted clearly.
Simple, transparent pricing
Flux charges a flat 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction, with volume discounts for higher-volume nail salons 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 nail salons accept payments with Flux?
Nail Salons 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 nail salons?
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 nail salons 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 require a deposit for long nail art appointments?
Yes. Send a payment link when the client books, with the deposit amount and no-show terms stated on the page, and the card is captured through hosted fields. The deposit processes at the same flat 2.9% plus 30 cents as any card payment.
How do we split tips when one ticket covers several techs?
The tip settles as part of the ticket, so the split happens on your side after settlement. Per-transaction records and QuickBooks sync give you the numbers to divide from, and doing it on a fixed weekly rhythm keeps techs able to check the math.
Can a bridal party or group pay one bill in advance?
Yes, invoice the organizer ahead of the visit. Cards settle in 1-2 business days and ACH in 1-3, so send the invoice early enough for the total to clear before the appointment.
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