Nail Tech Commissions Without the Spreadsheet: Earning Rules and Tickets

In many nail salons, commissions live in a spreadsheet that only one person understands. Every week someone adds up tickets, applies each tech's percentage, checks retail sales separately, and hopes nothing was missed. When a tech asks how their number was calculated, the answer is buried in formulas.

Fair Flow takes a simpler route. You set the rules once for each staff member, and tickets do the math.

Earning Rules: set once per tech

Earning Rules are set for each staff member. They cover three things:

• Service commission on the services the tech performs.
• Product commission on retail products the tech sells.
• An hourly rate for staff paid by the hour, or as part of a mix.

Because the rules belong to each person, a senior tech and a new hire can have different rates without a separate tab for each. When a rate changes, you change it in one place.

Tickets do the math

Each digital ticket records the work done. Tickets calculate each staff member's earnings from their Earning Rules, so the number comes from what was recorded on the floor, not from a weekly rebuild.

That also makes the conversation with a tech easier. When someone asks how their number was reached, you can point to the tickets and the rules behind them. The answer is the same every time.

A weekly routine that holds

• When a tech joins: set their Earning Rules before their first shift.
• Every day: make sure each service and each retail sale is on a ticket.
• Once a week: review earnings for each staff member and look into anything unusual while the week is still fresh.
• When a rate changes: update the rule for that person, once.

What Fair Flow is not

Fair Flow is not payroll or payments software. It shows each staff member's earnings so you can use them with the payroll process you already have.

Where Fair Flow fits

Fair Flow is a salon operations platform with the turn system, digital tickets, tasks, the employee Inbox, the staff schedule and the time clock, on the web and on iOS and Android. Pricing is per location, not per person: Starter at $39/month per location, or Pro at $99/month for the first location and $79/month for each additional one, with unlimited staff. See pricing, or book a 15-minute demo to walk through Earning Rules with your own team in mind.

Questions

What are Earning Rules in Fair Flow?

Earning Rules are set for each staff member. They set service commission, product commission and an hourly rate.

How are earnings calculated?

Tickets calculate each staff member's earnings from their Earning Rules, so the numbers come from the work recorded on the floor.

Can two techs have different commission rates?

Yes. Earning Rules are set per staff member, so each tech can have their own service commission, product commission and hourly rate.

Is Fair Flow payroll software?

No. Fair Flow is not payroll or payments software. It shows each staff member's earnings so you can use them with the process you already have.

How do I see it in action?

Book a 15-minute demo and we will walk through Earning Rules and tickets with your own setup in mind.