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The working library 30 readsReading pathsThree useful worksheetsOriginal research
The toolkit

Clearer notes
for the numbers.

Three small, local worksheets for laying out an explicit salon-business scenario. They do not save or send your inputs.

Worksheet 01

Service-cost calculator

Lay out the time, product, overhead, pay, fees, and retained margin in one service scenario.

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Worksheet 02

Billable hours & capacity

Separate the hours you can offer from the hours currently sold.

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Worksheet 03

Chair cash-flow models

Lay commission, booth, and suite assumptions beside one another.

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At your station / No. 01

Great work.
Better numbers.

Your time has a cost. So does everything in the bowl. Put both to work in a service-price scenario.

Interactive worksheetUnderstand the calculation

The service-cost calculator

USD · Example inputs
Modeled service price$87.00 cost base + fees & margin$100.00
ProductOverheadYour payFees + margin

A planning model, not a recommended price. Excludes taxes, tips, flat fees, and costs you have not entered. Nothing is sent or saved.

All currency examples use USD. Inputs stay in the page and are not stored or sent.

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