Should I charge a deposit for hair appointments, and how much?

Deposits are worth it once a service takes real chair time or product cost if the client no-shows, think color, extensions, or anything over an hour. For a quick trim, a card on file without a deposit is usually enough.

There is no single right number. Some salons charge a flat amount, like 25 or 50 dollars, others charge a percentage of the expected service price. What matters more than the exact figure is that the client knows the deposit applies to the final bill rather than being an extra charge.

Whatever you land on, write it down and say it at booking, not after a no-show. A policy nobody agreed to in advance is hard to defend.

Turbo Link lets you set a deposit amount per service and collects it automatically when the client books, so the number is consistent every time instead of something you decide case by case.