From color appointments to booth-rent stylists, Astra POS handles the way hair salons really run — scheduling, checkout, commission, product tracking and client history in one connected system.
A successful hair salon is built on loyal clients, talented stylists, and efficient daily operations. From online appointment booking and color consultations to checkout and rebooking, every interaction matters. Astra POS is an all-in-one hair salon POS system designed to simplify every part of your business, helping you deliver exceptional client experiences while increasing revenue.
Whether you operate a boutique salon, a multi-chair studio, a luxury salon, or a full-service beauty salon, Astra gives you everything you need in one easy-to-use platform. Manage appointments, client profiles, service history, payments, payroll, inventory, gift cards, loyalty rewards, and marketing—all without juggling multiple software programs.
Hair salons have unique payroll and scheduling needs that many generic POS systems simply don't understand. Astra POS supports commission-based stylists, booth renters, hourly assistants, and salaried employees—all within one platform. Create custom commission structures, track booth rental payments, calculate tips, monitor retail commissions, and generate accurate payroll reports automatically, eliminating hours of manual spreadsheet work.
Every client profile stores detailed service history, color formulas, product notes, and appointment preferences, making it easy for any stylist to deliver consistent, personalized service. Your team can quickly review previous visits, recommend retail products, and encourage clients to rebook before they leave.
Growing a hair salon isn't just about attracting new clients—it's about keeping existing clients coming back. Astra POS includes powerful marketing tools that automatically send appointment reminders, birthday offers, rebooking reminders, win-back campaigns, review requests, and promotional emails or text messages. By staying connected with your clients, your salon can reduce no-shows, improve retention, and increase repeat appointments without extra work.
With Astra POS, you can:
For more than 12 years, Astra POS has helped beauty professionals streamline operations, improve customer satisfaction, and grow profitable salons. Whether you're opening your first salon or managing multiple locations, Astra provides the tools to save time, increase productivity, and create a better experience for both your staff and your clients.
If you're looking for the best hair salon POS software, hair salon management software, or an all-in-one solution for appointments, payments, payroll, marketing, and reporting, Astra POS is built specifically for the beauty industry.
Run your entire hair salon from one modern, easy-to-use platform—and spend more time creating beautiful results for your clients instead of managing paperwork.
Color services, timed appointments, commission and booth rent, retail — Astra was designed with all of it in mind.
A visual calendar built for timed services, double-booking color processing and back-to-back appointments.
Support commission stylists and booth renters side by side, each with the pay structure you set.
Every formula, color and past visit is saved to the client's profile so any stylist can pick up where the last left off.
Ring up services and retail together, take any payment type, and rebook the next visit in seconds.
Track professional product sales and back-bar usage so your retail wall actually turns a profit.
Sell gift cards and reward loyal clients to smooth out the slow weeks and fill the chair.
The most valuable thing a hair salon can do is turn a first-time client into a regular. Astra makes rebooking effortless: at checkout, the system prompts to schedule the next color or cut, and automated reminders make sure clients actually show up. Online booking lets clients grab their favorite stylist's open slots any time of day.
Because every client profile stores service history and formulas, stylists deliver consistent results visit after visit — the kind of consistency that keeps people loyal. And when a stylist is out, another team member can step in without missing a beat, because the notes are all there.
Fewer gaps in the calendar, more standing appointments, and a client base that keeps coming back: that is how Astra helps hair salons grow steady, predictable revenue.
Hair salons rarely pay everyone the same way, and that is exactly where generic POS systems fall apart. Astra lets you configure commission rates per stylist or per service, track booth-rent balances, and account for product deductions — then it does the math for you. Payroll day stops being a spreadsheet marathon and becomes a few clicks.
Color clients are loyal until a result goes wrong. By storing formulas, timing and product notes on each client profile, Astra helps your team reproduce great results every single visit. That consistency is what turns a new guest into a client who books six weeks out, every time, and refers their friends.
The retail wall is pure profit when it moves and dead weight when it does not. Astra tracks product inventory, flags what is running low, and makes adding a retail item to a service ticket effortless, so stylists can recommend the right take-home product and you never lose a sale to an empty shelf.
Between phone calls, walk-ins and checkouts, the front desk is the busiest spot in the salon. Astra reduces the load with online booking, automated reminders and one-tap checkout, so your team spends less time on logistics and more time making clients feel looked after.
Most hair salons run three or four disconnected tools. Astra brings scheduling, payments, payroll and marketing under one roof.
Moving your salon to Astra is straightforward. Our team helps bring over your client list, service menu, stylist roster and pay structures, so everything is ready before your first day live. There is no long shutdown and no lost history.
The system is intuitive enough that stylists learn it fast, and because it lives in the cloud, there is nothing to install and updates happen automatically. You can check the day's numbers from your phone whether you are at the salon or at home.
Our support team knows salons, so when you have a question during a busy Saturday, you reach someone who understands what you are dealing with and can help right away.
Yes. Astra is built for mixed staffing models. You can set commission structures per stylist or service and track booth-rent balances in the same system, then generate clean payroll and reports for everyone.
Every client profile stores service history, color formulas and notes, so any stylist can deliver consistent results and pick up where the last visit left off.
Yes. Clients can book their preferred stylist online any time, and automated reminders reduce no-shows. Rebooking at checkout keeps the calendar full.
Astra tracks product inventory and back-bar usage, flags low stock, and makes it easy to add retail to any ticket so your product wall turns a profit.
Absolutely. Astra scales from a two-chair studio to multi-location groups, with per-location and per-stylist reporting from a single dashboard.
Most hair salons are live within a few days. We migrate your data and provide onboarding so your team is comfortable before the first shift.
Book a free demo and see how Astra simplifies scheduling, commission, checkout and rebooking — so you can spend more time behind the chair.