Take payments or deposits online at booking

3%, and you know exactly what you're paying

3% of the amount you take online, on all three plans. No extra subscription, no card machine to rent, no set-up fee. A month with no online payments costs you nothing.

The fee is shown on every transaction, to the cent, in your summary. Your clients pay nothing extra: the price they see is the price they pay.

“My card machine does the job.” At the counter it does, and Traxo doesn't try to replace it. What a card machine can't do is take the money when the client books, day or night, before she has set foot in the salon. She pays either the full price or a deposit, as you decide for each service. Take a €60 colour: paid in full at booking, the 3% comes to €1.80 and there is nothing left to take on the day. With a 25% deposit instead, €15 is paid online, and 3% of that is €0.45; the €45 balance, taken on your own machine on the day, doesn't go through Traxo and carries no Traxo fee. Payment processors used on their own publish a lower percentage, as the figures below show, some with a fixed fee on top; before you compare rates, compare what each one covers. Here the 3% comes with the booking page, your payment rule and a receipt filed under the client's name, with no separate subscription for payments.

• Nothing to pay in months with no online payments
• Fees shown for every single transaction
• No surcharge for your clients

You decide when the client pays

Service by service: a deposit at booking, the full amount in advance, or nothing at all if you'd rather be paid on the day. An emergency call-out and a kitchen fitting don't need the same rule.

Your cancellation terms are written down and accepted at the moment of payment — that's what makes a refund easy to handle when it's fair, and a dispute rare when it isn't.

Full price or deposit? Payment in full settles the visit in one go, with nothing to collect at the counter; a deposit suits long or expensive services, where the client would rather pay the rest on the day. If you choose a deposit, how big should it be? There's no official figure to follow: the CCPC's page on deposits names no amount for a service, so it's yours to choose and to write into your terms. The range Irish salons commonly ask for is in the figures below. A simple rule is to size it on what an empty slot would cost you: a fixed €10 on a 30-minute trim, a share of the price on a three-hour colour or a full day's job. A deposit set too high can put off a first booking; one set too low won't stop the no-show it was meant to stop.

A payment link, even without a booking

Extra work agreed on the spot, a part replaced, a quote accepted over the phone: you create a link in ten seconds and send it to your client. They pay by card on their phone, receipt included.

If it isn't paid, the reminder goes out on its own. No more choosing between chasing three times and letting it go.

Payments are handled by Stripe

We never touch your money: payments go through Stripe, a specialist online payment provider. Bank-grade security, compliance and fraud prevention are its job.

The account is set up with you at the start, transfers to your bank go out automatically, and refunds and disputes are dealt with from Traxo, without switching tools.

Your payments, ready for your accountant

Every payment is linked to a client and a service, with its invoice or receipt produced automatically. VAT is shown separately if you're VAT-registered, and invoice numbers always follow on.

At the end of the month, an export goes to your accountant. It's often the easiest hour you'll ever save: no more piles of envelopes to sort at the end of the quarter.