Why Zero POS
How Zero POS compares with other beauty POS systems.
A beauty business needs far more than a till that takes the money. Zero POS puts the till, the treatment diary, gift cards, layaways, the rota, stock across shops and your own offer emails in one app — every feature in every shop, for one price.
Side by side
Where Zero POS pulls ahead
| What you need | Zero POS | Other beauty POS systems |
|---|---|---|
| What it runs on | Anything. Any phone, tablet or computer with a web browser — iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac or Windows PC. Nothing to install: add it to the home screen and it opens like an app. | Some need a Windows PC; others only run on an iPad. |
| Price per shop | $99£79€89 a month for your first shop, and every shop after it costs less: $79£59€69. Running 10 shops or more? Talk to us for a better price. Staff and devices are unlimited in every shop. | Some charge the same price again for every shop you add. |
| Seeing the price | Right here on the website, in dollars, pounds or euros — the same for everyone. | Some don’t publish their prices: you have to ask for a quote. |
| Staff | Unlimited in every shop. You pay per shop, never per person. | Some charge for every member of staff — part-timers too. |
| What’s included | Everything, in every shop: loyalty points, store credit, gift cards, stock across shops and every report. | Some charge extra every month for loyalty, reports, stock or gift cards. |
| Commission and the rota | Commission tiers, targets and the staff rota in every shop, at the same price. | Some keep commission tracking and staff scheduling for their top plan. |
| New clients | Your booking link is yours: no commission on any client, new or regular. | Some take a commission on every new client who books through their marketplace. |
| Contract | No minimum term: cancel whenever you like, and take all your data with you. | Some tie you to a 12-month contract that renews itself, and charge the rest of it if you leave early. |
| Trying it | At least 30 days free, with no card needed — nothing is charged during early access. | Some give you seven days free — others no trial at all, just a sales demo. |
Every line about other systems comes from the maker’s own website, read on 28 September 2026.
All included
Everything, in every shop
One price per shop buys all of it — for every member of staff, on every device. No add-ons to buy, and nothing charged per person.
At the till
- Products and treatments on one ticket
- Split payments, paid any mix of ways
- Your own card terminal, with no cut of your card sales
- Discounts with a floor you set
- Printed and emailed receipts with your logo
Treatments & bookings
- A treatment diary with the free gaps drawn in
- Your own booking link for Instagram and WhatsApp
- Customers book without making an account
- Only times that are really free are offered
- Today’s bookings shown at the till
Customers & marketing
- One file per customer: purchases, treatments, vouchers, points and store credit
- “Worth a call”: the regulars who’ve gone quiet
- Offer emails from six ready-made templates, in English and Spanish
- A web page for every offer, and deals for one customer
- Sent from your own email address, only to people who said yes
Gifts & layaways
- Gift cards sold at the till, each with its own code
- Treatment vouchers printed as gifts, with your logo
- Discount vouchers with a QR code to your own page
- Layaways: a deposit today, the rest at any counter
Stock across shops
- Every shop’s stock in one list
- Transfers that update both shops at once
- Testers and damaged stock counted apart
- Blind stock-takes
- A reorder list from your low-stock levels
- Your product list imported from a spreadsheet
Your team
- A rota built from when people can work
- Drafts that say why each person got each shift
- Holidays and sick days counted for you
- Check-in from staff phones
- Commission tiers, targets and the payroll sums
Money & reports
- A day close that checks the card terminal too
- VAT the way you charge it
- Simple or full accounting
- Dashboards by shop, product and seller
- Every report as a CSV for your accountant
Languages & security
- English and Spanish, chosen by each person
- Receipts in your customers’ language
- Face ID or Touch ID sign-in — no password to retype
- Roles that decide what each person sees
- A record of every change, and your data yours to download
Two languages
English and Spanish, side by side
Each person picks the language of their own screens, and the shop picks the one its customers read. Switch this screen to see the same sale in both.
- The till, the back office your team uses every day and the help guides, in English and in Spanish.
- Receipts, the booking page and its emails in the language you set for your customers.
- Offer templates to start from, in both languages.
Worth asking of any other POS: which parts of it come in Spanish?
Before you buy
Questions to ask any POS before you buy
Take them to any demo. Beside each one is Zero POS’s own answer.
At the counter
- Can a product and a treatment go on the same sale?
- Zero POSYes. A serum and a facial go on one ticket, and treatments have their own tab at the till, showing how long each one takes.
- Can a customer put something aside with a deposit and pay the rest in instalments?
- Zero POSYes. A layaway starts with a deposit, and any seller can take the next instalment, whoever opened it. Nothing leaves the stock until it’s handed over.
- Can you print gift cards and vouchers with your own logo?
- Zero POSYes. Gift cards sold at the till and treatment vouchers given as gifts print with their own code and your logo, and discount vouchers from Quick prints can add a QR code to your own page.
- Can you stop a discount going below what you allow?
- Zero POSYes. Each product can carry a minimum price. Going under it can ask a manager first, by a notification or with their PIN at the counter, or not be allowed at all.
Treatments and customers
- Is there a treatment diary, and an online booking page for each shop?
- Zero POSYes. Each shop’s day shows what’s booked with the free gaps drawn in, and its own booking page only ever offers times that are really free.
- Does one file show everything a customer has bought and booked?
- Zero POSYes: their sales and refunds, their appointments, their vouchers, their points and their store credit, whoever served them.
- Can you see which regulars have stopped coming?
- Zero POSYes. Worth a call lists regulars who have gone quiet by their own rhythm, big spenders you haven’t seen for a while, and layaways with money owing.
- Can you email offers to your customers?
- Zero POSYes. Build an offer from your own products and send it from your shop’s own email account. Anyone who unsubscribes is never emailed again.
Your team
- Do staff have to type a password every time?
- Zero POSNo. They stay signed in on their own device, and on a new one a passkey lets them in with Face ID, Touch ID or the screen lock.
- Does it work out commission and targets?
- Zero POSYes. Commission tiers for each person, on each day’s sales without VAT, beside their targets — and payroll does the sums for you.
- Can the rota start from when people can work?
- Zero POSYes. Staff give their availability on their phones. You build the week, or start from a draft that says why each person got each shift, and publish it to everyone at once.
- Does it keep count of holidays and sick days?
- Zero POSYes. You set each person’s allowance; Zero POS counts working or calendar days, skips the days the shop is shut, and carries unused days over the way you choose.
Your shops and your money
- Can you see and move stock between shops?
- Zero POSYes. Every shop’s stock, transfers that change both counts together, blind stock-takes and a reorder list from your low-stock levels.
- Does the day close check the card terminal?
- Zero POSYes. Closing the day counts each payment method against what the till expects, including what your card terminal should have taken.
- Do extra staff or devices cost more?
- Zero POSNo. You pay per shop, at the prices on our pricing page. Staff, devices, products and customers are unlimited.
- Can you take your data with you?
- Zero POSYes. The owner can download the whole workspace in one file, and any report as a CSV.
- Import your product list from a spreadsheet. You see a preview before anything is saved, and you can undo the import.
- Bring your past sales across in one file, if you want your history in Zero POS.
- Run Zero POS next to your old till for as long as you like. Your card terminal doesn’t change.
See how it fits your own shop.
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