Working document
The deposit rollout checklist for a rented chair
Four stages that take you from no policy at all to deposits collected on every color booking, without a single awkward conversation at the shampoo bowl.
Free resources
Resources for stylists who own their own book
Everything here is built for a rented chair: what no shows cost, how many color heads a day holds, which booking tool fits, and how to roll out a deposit policy that sticks.
A booth renter carries the whole business on one pair of hands. Nobody sends you a report at the end of the month telling you how many hours of chair time walked out the door, so these pages exist to work that out with you and then do something about it.
Start with the calculator that matches your question. If the problem is money leaking out of the book, price your no shows first. If the problem is a Saturday that keeps running an hour late, plan the day instead. Then take the deposit checklist and run the rollout properly over four weeks.
Free tools
Calculators for stylists who sell their chair by the hour
Two working calculators for a rented chair: one that prices what no shows take out of your year, and one that tells you how many color clients your day can really hold.
Comparisons
ShearHold compared with the booking apps stylists actually shortlist
Most salon software is built to run a whole business, while ShearHold is built to make sure the chair you blocked out for a full head of foils gets paid for.
Main guide
How to Write a Salon No-Show Policy Clients Will Actually Sign
The pillar guide settles the whole no show question for a rented chair: the notice window, the deposit or card hold, the exact wording, and how to put it in front of clients so they agree before they book.
Magazine
The Rented Chair
Reporting on the money, licensing and craft behind an independent chair: deposits, color costs, state board rules and the daily book.
About
Who writes all of this
Meet the people behind ShearHold, why we work on deposits and no show fees for booth renters and nothing else, and how to reach us about the way you run your own chair.
The material is free, the empty chair is not
Read every calculator, comparison and checklist here without handing over an email. When you want the rule running instead of written down, we will spend twenty minutes setting your notice window, your deposit amounts by service length and the rebooking prompt you fire off during processing time. After that the next late cancel pays for itself.