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How to set up BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic

Four steps for salons, spas and clinics: staff, attendance, commission and tips, advances and cash pay.

4 steps · About 15 minutes · Free for up to 10 employees

Salon and clinic staff management software

Salons, spas and clinics pay commission and tips, give advances, have part-time staff, and often pay in cash.

This guide shows how to set up BizlumoAI for a salon or clinic in four steps, plus sharing commission and giving advances.

Watch the full demo: BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic

The whole setup in one video (15 min), from sign-up to the first payroll, step by step. Every step below is in it.

Demo video: Salon & Clinic Staff, Commission & Payroll Setup

First, sign up as “Salon / Wellness / Clinic”

Pick Salon / Wellness / Clinic as your business type when you sign up. It switches on the right features and makes the usual staff groups for you. You can change all of it later in Settings.

Switched on for you

  • Commission and tips
  • Loans and advances
  • Cash pay register
  • Documents
  • Notice board

Staff groups made for you

  • Staff
  • Managers
  • Part-time

How to set up BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic: the 4 steps

After you log in, a setup checklist stays in the corner of every page. Each step ticks itself when it is done, and clicking a step opens the right page.

  1. Add your first employee
  2. Log the first attendance
  3. Run your first payroll
  4. Invite a teammate
Step 1 of 4

Add your first employee

Go to Employees and click Add Employee. Type the name, email and a password for the BizlumoAI app. Pick the department and position. The staff group Staff is picked for you. Part-timers have their own group. Add the rest of your team the same way, or upload them all from an Excel or CSV file.

More in the user guide →
Add your first employee in BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic
Step 2 of 4

Log the first attendance

Staff check in from the BizlumoAI app on their own phone or on a shared tablet at the front desk. The Attendance page shows who came in and when. You can also type a day in by hand: open the person on the Employees page and click Record Punches.

More in the user guide →
Log the first attendance in BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic
Step 3 of 4

Run your first payroll

Go to Payroll, pick the month and click Generate All. Everyone’s pay is worked out from the days they worked, with each person’s commission share added and any advance taken off. Open any payslip to check it, then download them all, the bank file or the cash pay register.

More in the user guide →
Run your first payroll in BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic
Step 4 of 4

Invite a teammate

Go to Admin Users and click Add Admin. Type their name, a username, email and a first password, and pick a role. For example your branch manager. Each role sees only what it needs.

More in the user guide →
Invite a teammate in BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic

Also useful for a salon, spa or clinic

Not part of the checklist, but most salon, spa or clinics use these every month.

Every month

Share tips, service charge or commission

On the Payroll page, pick the month and click Share Tips / Service Charge. Type the month’s total, for example ₹42,000 of commission and tips. Share it by days worked or equally, for everyone or one department. Each person’s share is added to their payslip.

More in the user guide →
Share tips, service charge or commission in BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic
Every month

Give a salary advance

Go to Loans & Advances and click Issue Loan. Pick the person, the amount and how many months to pay it back. Each month’s instalment is taken off their salary by itself, and Outstanding shows what is left.

More in the user guide →
Give a salary advance in BizlumoAI for a salon, spa or clinic

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Common questions

How is commission shared?
By days worked or equally, for everyone or one department, such as stylists only. It goes on each payslip.
We have part-time staff.
Part-time is its own staff group with its own rules.
We have more than one branch.
Add each branch as a work site and see them all in one place.

Read more: HR software for small business · Staff attendance software · Payroll software

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