Salon websites

Should Salons Show Prices Online?

Uncertainty about cost is one of the most common reasons a visitor hesitates to book rather than simply asking.

The case for showing prices

Uncertainty about cost is one of the most common reasons a visitor hesitates to book rather than simply asking — and for a category with genuinely fierce local competition, a visitor who can't find pricing quickly often just books elsewhere rather than making the extra effort to enquire.

The case for keeping prices off the site

Services like colour correction or extensions genuinely vary by hair length, condition, and technique in ways a flat price can't represent fairly — a number that's too low creates awkward in-chair upsells, and one that's too high scares off visitors who'd actually have paid less.

A middle ground that usually works

Publish flat pricing for standardised services (a cut, a standard blow-dry) and "from" pricing with a note ("final price depends on hair length and condition, confirmed at consultation") for genuinely variable services — this covers the majority of price-sensitive visitors without overpromising on complex work.

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