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Cut the queues with Cardless Checkout

Cut the queues with Cardless Checkout

We know how C-R-A-Z-Y your salon, spa or barbershop can get in preparation for the busy Christmas period. As soon as you hear those first few bars of Maria Carey start to play, you know there will be a flood of clients banging down your doors trying to nab last minute appointments, gifts and products.

Busy-ness can quickly spiral out of control if you’re not prepared, and one of the easiest ways to get prepped is erasing things off your to-do list and streamlining where you can.

Lucky for you, we’ve planned ahead to give you one nifty tool that’s going to make those long queues at your front desk disappear and help you get client’s out the door quick-sticks!

So please give a warm welcome to… 🥳Cardless Checkout!🥳

Cardless checkout is the new, Uber-style way of paying for an appointment. And she’s fancy.

You know the convenience of catching an Uber? You sign up and enter in your card details once, and from then on you can catch Ubers wherever and whenever you like!

Well, why should paying for a haircut or facial be any different? The answer – it shouldn’t!

How it works

With Cardless Checkout, your clients can show up, glow up, and go without having to line up at your front desk at the end of the appointment or ruin their fresh mani 💅 by digging for a card in their purse. The way it works is you can send your clients an invitation via email or SMS. When they click on the link in the invitation, they will need to agree to the T&Cs and input their card details which are then securely tokenized and stored by Stripe, meaning it’s a super safe way to take touchless payments.

At the end of your client’s appointment, you can simply charge the card they have on file and your client won’t need to stop by the front desk on their way out. But don’t stress about card security! A security check is sent via SMS to them which they will need to accept to prevent any mistakes with processing unverified payments.

Tips can also be processed through Cardless Checkout. After the initial transaction, a tip request is automatically sent to the client via SMS and email. The client can click the link and enter the desired tip amount and confirm the transaction. Their credit card on file is then charged for the tip amount and another email receipt is sent to the client.

So why are you going to love Cardless Checkout so much?😍 Glad you asked!

Cut the queues

One of our favourite things about Cardless Checkout is you can slice and dice those queues and keep them to an absolute minimum. We already know your salon, spa or barbershop is going to be packed to the rafters during your busy period, so reducing queues and congestion where possible is going to feel like a breath of fresh air. Not to mention it will help you continue those all-important COVID-safe practices! 🙌

Less card handling

While we’re on the topic of COVID (will we ever really escape talking about it?!), Cardless Checkout’s touchless payment method means a physical card doesn’t need to be present to make payment. Yup, that means there’s less card handling at the front desk, and fewer people using the credit card terminal throughout the day. And we all know how much reducing contact has been part of our countries efforts for fighting off this pandemic!

Create a better client experience

Above all, Cardless Checkout is here to bring a much smoother experience to your clients and make the end of their appointment so super simple. They’ll love just being able to strut out of your salon to rock that fresh cut, colour, sculpted brows or glowing facial feeling and ready for the party season. 💃

👉Keen to learn more about Cardless Checkout? It’s going to be ready for you super soon! The feature’s coming in our very next update – register here to be the first to know.

Caitlin Adamson

Caitlin Adamson is a passionate creative and analytical thinker who brings her love for the written word to the marketing world. She brings her fresh outlook to the Shortcuts team and strives to create strategic and engaging collateral to help salons, spas, clinics and barbers to tackle their business endeavours with confidence.