The Salon & Suite Owners Fix Kit
Built for salon and suite owners.
Salon and suite owners search suite rent and commission versus booth rent. The rent is the visible cost; the leaks are around it. Money goes out through a lease that climbs every year, renters and employees set up on the wrong basis, card fees nobody calculates, no-shows with no deposit, software add-ons stacking up, back-bar product nobody costs per service, retail sales tax that doesn't reconcile, card tips handled wrong, surcharges against the card rules, and taxes no one withheld. I wrote this kit so you can check each one against your own lease, statements and books.
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The 10 leaks it covers
7 you can close it · 1 the other side owes it · 2 a pro decides
- Suite or salon lease that climbs every year with nobody checkingWhere to look first: Pull your lease. Write down base rent, annual increase, common-area or utility charges, and renewal terms.Keep it from coming back: Calendar a renewal review six months before the lease ends.You can close it
- Booth renters and employees set up on the wrong basisWhere to look first: List everyone who works in your space and how each is set up: employee on W-2, commission, or booth or suite renter.Keep it from coming back: Recheck setups whenever you change how renters book or pay.A pro decides
- Card processing fees never added upWhere to look first: Pull three months of processing statements from your booking or POS system.Keep it from coming back: Work out the rate every quarter.You can close it
- No-shows and late cancellations with no depositWhere to look first: Count no-shows and late cancellations last quarter and the service value lost.Keep it from coming back: Turn on automatic reminders in your booking tool.You can close it
- Booking software add-ons stacking upWhere to look first: List your booking platform plan and every add-on: marketing, texting, payments, forms, memberships, extra staff seats.Keep it from coming back: Review every quarter.You can close it
- Back-bar product cost per service never figuredWhere to look first: Pick your five most common services. For each, estimate product used: color grams, developer, treatment, foils.Keep it from coming back: Recost services when supplier prices change.You can close it
- Retail sales tax collected but not reconciledWhere to look first: Pull retail sales and sales tax collected from your POS for the last four filing periods.Keep it from coming back: Reconcile before you file.You can close it
- Card tips to employees reduced by more than the card feeWhere to look first: If you have employees, an employer may take the card company's percentage fee out of tips paid by card, but no more than that fee (VERIFIED: DOL Fact Sheet #15).Keep it from coming back: Recheck after any processor change.The other side owes it
- Surcharges set up against the card network rulesWhere to look first: If you surcharge credit cards, Visa's maximum is 3% (VERIFIED: Digital Transactions, Visa rule effective April 15, 2023).Keep it from coming back: Recheck after any POS change.You can close it
- Self-employment tax not set asideWhere to look first: Self-employment tax is 15.3% once net earnings reach $400 (VERIFIED: IRS). No one withholds it.Keep it from coming back: Move the tax share every week.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 10 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Suite or salon lease that climbs every year with nobody checking
You can close it- Pull your lease. Write down base rent, annual increase, common-area or utility charges, and renewal terms.
- Work out rent as a share of your service revenue for the last 12 months (CALCULATED: rent / service revenue).
- Project next year's rent with the escalator, and compare it to your revenue trend.
- Before renewal, list what you'd ask for: smaller increase, longer term, included utilities.
- Your own books are the benchmark.
Your part: Know your rent share and plan the renewal ask early.
Letter to your landlord before renewal: Hi [NAME], My lease at [ADDRESS] renews on [DATE]. I'd like to discuss renewal terms, including the annual increase and [UTILITIES / CAM]. Could we meet before [DATE]? [YOUR NAME] | [BUSINESS]
Calendar a renewal review six months before the lease ends.
What this kit can't decide for you: Lease terms are a negotiation and a legal document. An attorney can review.
That's 1 of 10. The other 9 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When salon and suite owners go looking for answers, they search things like “salon suite rental”, “salon owner profit”, “salon commission vs booth rent” and “salon software fees”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 10 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Suite or salon lease that climbs every year with nobody checking: where do I start?
Start here: Pull your lease. Write down base rent, annual increase, common-area or utility charges, and renewal terms. To keep it from coming back: Calendar a renewal review six months before the lease ends.
Booth renters and employees set up on the wrong basis: where do I start?
Start here: List everyone who works in your space and how each is set up: employee on W-2, commission, or booth or suite renter. To keep it from coming back: Recheck setups whenever you change how renters book or pay.
Card processing fees never added up: where do I start?
Start here: Pull three months of processing statements from your booking or POS system. To keep it from coming back: Work out the rate every quarter.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
Use Jobber or Housecall Pro? Run the free leak check — it reads your job export in your browser and shows the money leaks the software doesn't flag. Nothing is uploaded.