Barbershop software that runs the line and the chair rent
Appointments next to a live walk-in queue, chair rent collected by ACH on the 1st, monthly cut memberships, a rebooking text at three weeks, tips that go to the barber, and dual pricing on every ticket.
Run the shop, not the line
A shop mixes booked clients and walk-ins all day, splits revenue across barbers on different deals, and swipes a card for most of its mid-size tickets. This edition runs the queue, the splits and the rent, and dual pricing takes the card fee off the cut.
What the AI does for a barbershop
Describe the rule once in plain English. The workflow builder assembles it and asks before switching it on.
Take the card fee off the cut
A barbershop is a high-swipe, mid-ticket business, which is exactly where dual pricing pays. The board posts a cash price and a card price up front, the terminal shows both, and the client picks.
- Compliant dual pricing with signage included. Where a surcharge is used instead, it is capped at the lesser of 3% or your actual cost of acceptance (2% in Colorado and Oklahoma), and debit cards are never surcharged
- Or interchange plus one small, disclosed margin, and you save on card fees versus flat-rate pricing. Send a statement and we show the math
- ACH for chair rent at a flat per-item fee instead of a percentage, pulled on your schedule; returned payments pass the processor's return fee through at cost, with two automatic retries
- Card on file for memberships and no-shows, with smart retries
- Countertop terminal at the desk or a mobile reader at each chair
- Each shop, and each renter, holds its own merchant account with our processing partner
Everything we accept, A to Z →
Payroll for your staff runs on the same login — see payroll.
Dual-pricing and cash-discount programs are subject to card-brand rules and state law and are not available everywhere.
One login instead of ten
Typical for a shop with three to eight chairs. Send your list and we'll map it.
Which plan a shop picks
A one- or two-chair shop starts on Basic at $99/mo, credited back on your monthly processing statement while you process with Merch FinTech, so the software is on us: booking, chair-rent invoicing, two-way texting, forms, one website, the client portal and two users. Shops with memberships run on Pro at $299/mo ($249/mo billed annually): queue and rebooking automations, memberships, the AI receptionist, reviews and unlimited users. Pro is credited back at higher processing volumes. Compare plans. Need it built around how you run? Custom builds from $1,999.
Renters on their own accounts. Each barber who rents a chair can hold his own merchant account on the same platform, with his own payouts and his own Basic plan credited back while he processes with us. The shop keeps one booking page and one queue.
Questions from shop owners
Can the system handle both walk-ins and appointments?
How does chair rent collection work?
Does each barber get his own reporting?
Does dual pricing work in a barbershop?
Can barbers who rent chairs take their own payments?
Run the line and the rent on one login
Send a processing statement. We'll show you what dual pricing saves per location and set up the queue and the rent pull on day one.
305-954-7362 · hello@merchfintech.com