How Salon Software + Vish Can Boost Profits and Eliminate Colour Waste
At Shortcuts, we partner with leading brands to help your salon stay ahead of the curve with cutting-edge technologies and trends. We’re committed to giving our clients access to powerful resources that accelerate business growth and boost the bottom line.
One of our most valuable partnerships is with Vish, the industry’s premier colour management system. If you’re keen to discover how to accurately calculate your salon service prices and dramatically reduce colour waste, read on to learn how Vish can transform your business.
What is Vish?
Vish is the salon industry’s leading colour management system that delivers a remarkable 20x return on investment. Created by top salon professionals, it pairs a Bluetooth scale with a user-friendly iPad app that integrates directly with Shortcuts.
The system records all colour usage at the chair, captures 100% of services, and delivers powerful analytics on employee performance and profitability. Most importantly, Vish frees your stylists to focus on their creativity while dramatically reducing waste and boosting your bottom line.
Five Key Benefits of the Vish System
Let’s dive into how Vish can revolutionise your salon’s colour service operations and boost your bottom line.
1. Record Colour Formulas with Perfect Precision
Vish automatically records all colour formulas with spot-on accuracy using a premium Bluetooth scale. Your team can effortlessly measure, mix and store each client’s formula within the Vish app, ensuring consistent results every time and eliminating the guesswork. The system tracks every formula mixed, so your team no longer needs to manually input colour notes.
2. Price Your Services for Profit
Did you know that colour services have an average range of 20% in profit margin? This means your salon is likely generating less revenue per service than you realise on some services.
Vish identifies crucial performance indicators including product cost per service, waste per service, and much more. These insights give you the freedom to set charges based on reality versus assumptions. You can set product allowances by service to charge for additional colour or separate product and labour completely, with clients shown transparently how much colour was used during their service.
3. Capture Every Service, Every Time
Whether you suspect things get missed or are confident they don’t, the Vish Front Desk app catches all service charges, allowing the average salon to increase service revenue by up to 15%.
The system automatically captures all the small changes that happen in the chair and communicates service information to the front desk so it can be added to the ticket—meaning you’ll finally stop watching potential service revenue walk out the door for free. Vish automates the calculation based on dispensed colour for each service, ensuring nothing gets missed.
4. Slash Inventory Costs by Up to 40%
Vish users are slashing their colour waste and reducing inventory costs by an impressive 25-40%.
By measuring and capturing every product dispensed down to the gram, Vish delivers precise reporting that lets you forecast your professional stock requirements, identify trends, and track employee performance. The system helps you manage your colour spend all in one easy-to-understand system, eliminating both overstocking and emergency orders.
5. Eliminate Waste Completely
Eliminating waste is at the heart of Vish’s mission. New Vish users typically go from wasting up to 40% of their colour to virtually zero. This dramatic reduction impacts overall turnover in many ways, but the savings in your back bar costs alone cover the system’s cost.
Many salons using Vish have gone from using six tubs of lightener each week down to only two—a saving that goes straight to your bottom line. By tackling waste head-on, Vish not only helps your business financially but also supports sustainability efforts in the salon industry.
Integration with Shortcuts
With this integration, Vish and Shortcuts capture all details of every formula mixed. Your team no longer needs to manually input colour notes, consistent colour is mixed every time, services are never missed at checkout, and in-depth analytics enable you to manage your business efficiently—delivering a huge increase in colour profits without more services being delivered.
Ready to Transform Your Business?
Book a call with our Client Success team to learn more about how Vish can work for your salon. Our team will walk you through the benefits of adding Vish to your Shortcuts system and help identify the specific ways it can enhance your business. As your trusted software partner, we’re here to ensure you get the most from this integration.
