Guides
Guides for beauty shops and treatment rooms
The everyday jobs behind a beauty counter, done properly: counting stock, keeping testers in check, cashing up, paying commission, pricing a treatment and choosing the right kind of gift. Plain steps first, then how Zero POS does each one.
The guides
Read one, use it tonight
Each guide is written by the Zero POS team and checked against the app; the date on it is the day it was last checked.
- Stock
How to do a stock take in a cosmetics shop (and why to count blind)
When to count, how to get the shop ready, why the counter should never see the expected number, and what to do with what doesn’t match.
Read the guide6 min read - Stock
Tracking testers so they don’t eat your margin
A tester is stock you chose to give away. Open them by a rule, record each one, and see what they cost you line by line.
Read the guide6 min read - Money at the till
How to cash up, and find out why the till is short
A calm cash-up done the same way every night, and a list of the usual suspects when the drawer and the till disagree, in the order to check them.
Read the guide6 min read - Team and pay
Beauty therapist commission explained
Flat rates and tiers, the two ways a tier can pay, daily against monthly, and every awkward case: VAT, refunds, shared sales, gift cards.
Read the guide6 min read - Treatments and gifts
How to price a facial from what it really costs
Cost the products, the time and the room, add the margin you need, then check the price per hour of the room, not just per treatment.
Read the guide6 min read - Treatments and gifts
Gift cards or treatment vouchers? Which to use, and when
One is money a customer paid for, the other a treatment the shop chose to give. When each one fits, what each costs, and how to keep both straight.
Read the guide6 min read
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