Set up your salon after signing up

When you sign up for Saloon, the app first asks a few short questions under the heading Account setup. Saloon uses your answers to prepare your business, your main location and your calendar. Everything you enter here can be changed later.

Create an account

1. Go to the Saloon sign-up page and enter your First name, Last name, Email address and a Password. A password has at least 8 characters, with a lowercase letter, an uppercase letter, a number and a special character.
2. Tick the box to agree, on behalf of your salon, to the Terms and conditions for salons and the Data processing agreement, and create your account.
3. Rather not use a password? Choose Continue with Google. Your name and email address then come from your Google account.

The Account setup questions

You answer the questions one at a time and move on with Continue. Back takes you one step back.

1. Check your details: you only see this step if you signed up with Google. Check your first and last name; that is the name clients see.
2. What's your business called?: enter your Business name, the name your clients see. A Website is optional. You add an invoice or legal name later.
3. Which categories fit your business?: pick your main category, for example Hair salon or Beauty salon, and up to 3 others that fit. If your type of business is not listed, choose Other and describe it.
4. How big is your team?: choose Just me or the number of people, from 2 to 5 people to 20 or more.
5. Where do you work?: choose At a fixed location, I visit my clients or both.
6. Where's your business located?: you get this question for a fixed location. Enter the address of your main location and check the spot on the map. You add other locations later.
7. When are you open?: Saloon suggests Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00. Adjust the hours. They go on your online profile, and your team works them until you give someone hours of their own.
8. Which software do you use now? and How did you hear about Saloon?: both are optional, and you only get them for your first business. On the last screen, click Get started.

What Saloon sets up for you

• Your business with its main location, the address and the opening hours you entered.
• A few services that fit your category, so you do not start with an empty catalogue. Adjust the prices and durations and remove what does not fit.
• Four default roles for your team: Basic, Low, Medium and High.
• If you work with a team, Maud is added to your calendar as an example team member, so you can see right away how everything works. She gets no invitation, and you remove her like any other team member once you have added your own colleagues.

You then land in the calendar and the Get started guide opens. It walks you through what still needs doing before your first booking. If you signed up with your email address and a password, you also get an email with a link and a 5-digit code to confirm your email address.

Frequently asked questions