Hair color
How much deposit to charge for hair color
Color is a longer chair than a cut, and the product is already planned around that block. This page does not cite a color no-show rate. It shows how to set a deposit that matches that block, and how to say whether it comes back.
No card to start. The 7-day trial includes open bookings, then $39 a month or $390 a year. If it ends with no card, new bookings close until a plan is active. The hair salon preset is selected on the next step.
Educational information, not legal advice.
A percent fits color better than a flat cut deposit
The hair salon preset starts a haircut at a $20 flat deposit on a $48 price, for 45 minutes. Color starts at 25% of a $150 price, for 120 minutes. Cut and beard starts at 30% of a $65 price. A kids cut starts at $15 on a $28 price. The cancellation window starts at 24 hours, Monday through Saturday, 9:00 to 5:00. Those are editable starting values, not a survey of salon prices.
Use a percent on color when the ticket moves with the formula. Use a flat amount on a cut when most cuts land near the same price. The deposit still cannot exceed the service price. Every bookable service has a deposit in this version. You cannot list color with a deposit and a gloss with the deposit turned off. Leave a service off the page if it should not be booked here.
The client should see the window next to the color price
The FTC Policy Statement on Deception treats a material omission as the kind of practice that can be deceptive when it would mislead a reasonable consumer. A color deposit that is kept inside 24 hours is material.
FTC staff's .com Disclosures guide says to display that disclosure before the buying decision, in plain language, near the price. The salon preset's own sentence says a cancel more than 24 hours before the start is refunded, and a cancel inside 24 hours or a miss is kept. If you change the hours, change the sentence. The appointment stores the window it was booked under. Educational, not legal advice. State or local rules can differ. Check the rules that apply to your shop before you publish a deposit or no-show fee.
The deposit checkout is created on the shop's connected Stripe account. The call does not set an application fee. The line item is the deposit. Slotward takes $0 of it. Stripe's own processing fee is between the shop and Stripe. That is separate from Slotward's $39 a month or $390 a year subscription.
Template
Color deposit: [amount or percent] of [service price]. Cancel more than [hours] hours before the start and the deposit is refunded. Cancel inside that window, or miss the appointment, and the deposit is kept. If the salon cancels, the deposit is refunded. A cut on the same booking page can use a different deposit. The window saved at booking applies to this visit even if the shop edits the policy later. Educational, not legal advice.
Questions
Should color take a higher deposit than a cut?
The preset does: 25% of the color price, and a $20 flat deposit on the haircut. That is a starting point because color is the longer block. It is not a claim about what clients usually accept.
Does the deposit include the color product?
Only if your price and your wording say so. Slotward stores the service price, the deposit, and the time. It does not track bowls of color or a patch test. The preset description says a patch test may be required. That sentence is yours to edit.
Where does the color deposit go?
To the salon's connected Stripe account. Slotward takes $0 of the deposit. Stripe charges its own processing fee (between the shop and Stripe). The subscription is separate, and it is not charged during the 7-day trial unless you add a card.
Sources
Stripe, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the Federal Register page were read on November 9, 2026. The journal articles are cited by their publication. Pages change. Recheck a live source before you rely on it.
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