Booking software for salons that take cards on Stripe.
Keep your Stripe account, your Stripe Terminal reader and your rates. booqwell runs online booking, reminders, the calendar and client records, and records each payment against its appointment.
Keep your processor. Add everything around the appointment.
Stripe Terminal is Stripe’s in-person side: readers that take chip, tap and swipe, with payments landing in the same Stripe account as online sales. booqwell works alongside your Stripe account.
Your Stripe setup stays exactly as it is.
- Your merchant accountYour Stripe account stays yours. Money from card sales goes straight to it; booqwell never holds it.
- Your terminalThe Stripe device at your front desk keeps taking cards. A Stripe Reader S700, a BBPOS WisePOS E, an M2 or Tap to Pay: whichever you use.
- Your ratesYou pay Stripe’s rates on your existing agreement. booqwell adds no fee per payment.
- Your payoutsDeposits arrive on Stripe’s schedule, exactly as they do today.
Booking and the front desk, at no fee per payment.
- Online booking at your own addressClients book at yoursalon.booqwell.com, with no marketplace around it.
- Email and text remindersA confirmation when they book and a reminder the day before.
- A live calendar on every screenA booking made anywhere appears at the desk and on every phone.
- Schedules, tips and commissionPer specialist, with a payroll export for Gusto or your bookkeeper.
- The sale on the appointmentEvery Stripe payment recorded with the service, the tip and the specialist.
A day at the desk with your Stripe reader
Booking and the calendar live in booqwell. The card is taken on your Stripe reader. Both sides see the same sale.
- Client checks inThe appointment is already on the calendar with the service, the specialist and the client’s notes.
- Card on your readerAdd retail and the tip on the ticket, then take the card on your Stripe reader as you do today.
- 3Recorded in booqwellMark it paid by card. The sale, the tip and the specialist are saved for reports and payroll.
No-shows and cancellations
booqwell sends a confirmation when a client books and a reminder the day before, by email and by text. Clients move or cancel from the link in the message, and the time opens up for someone else. For longer spa treatments, that matters more.
When someone does not come, mark the visit as a no-show in booqwell. It stays on the client’s record, so your front desk sees a pattern before the next booking. If you charge a fee, charge it in Stripe and record it in booqwell so reports match.
Saving cards at booking and charging fees from the booqwell console are set up for salons on Clover and CardChamp (CardPointe). On Stripe, fees are charged in Stripe.
How reminders workReports and payroll that match your Stripe payouts
Every checkout in booqwell records what was sold, who did it, the tip and how it was paid: card, cash or gift card. At the end of the day, open Sales and you see the day’s card total next to the in-person payments in your Stripe Dashboard. If the numbers differ, you can see which ticket is missing or voided instead of hunting through receipts.
Tips are recorded per specialist on services only, never on retail, so commission and tip pay come out right. Team & payroll adds up each person’s services, retail, commission and tips for the pay period, and exports it as a CSV that Gusto’s Smart Import reads, or that your bookkeeper can open in a spreadsheet.
For accounting, Settings › Accounting gives you private data links (CSV or JSON) that a bookkeeping tool can fetch for each pay period. You can revoke a link at any time.
Stripe Terminal readers in the US
Stripe lists these readers for US businesses. booqwell works next to any of them, because the card is taken on the reader and recorded in booqwell:
Sources: Stripe Terminal: select a reader; Stripe Terminal overview. Read on October 10, 2026.
How to set it up
- 1Ask for pricingGet in touch and tell us you use Stripe. Your booking page, services and team are set up with you on a call.
- 2Bring your clients acrossWe move your clients, upcoming appointments and services from your old system on the setup call.
- 3Take cards on your readerKeep taking cards on your Stripe reader, and mark each ticket paid by card in booqwell.
Your Stripe account, rates and payouts stay as they are.
What it costs
Nothing from booqwell.
Card processing stays between you and Stripe. booqwell adds no fee per transaction, no markup on card payments and no fee to connect. booqwell itself is priced per location, quoted for your salon on enquiry, and the price is the same whichever processor you use.
- booqwell fee per payment
- $0
- booqwell fee to set up
- $0
- Card processing
- Your Stripe rate, unchanged
- booqwell
- Priced per location, on enquiry
booqwell with Stripe for
Spas, massage studios, med spas and fitness studios that take cards on Stripe use booqwell for booking, reminders and the calendar.
Stripe questions
- Does booqwell work with Stripe?
- Yes. You keep your Stripe account and reader. booqwell runs booking, reminders, the calendar and client records, and each payment is recorded against its appointment.
- Which Stripe readers can I use?
- Any Stripe Terminal reader: S700, S710, T600, BBPOS WisePOS E, M2, a supported Verifone reader or Tap to Pay. The card is taken on the reader and recorded in booqwell.
- Does booqwell add a fee to Stripe payments?
- No. You pay Stripe’s rates as you do today. booqwell adds nothing per payment.
- Where does the money go?
- Straight to your Stripe account, on Stripe’s payout schedule. booqwell never holds it.
- Can clients save a card when they book?
- On Stripe, no-show fees are charged in Stripe and recorded in booqwell. Saving cards at booking in booqwell is set up for salons on Clover and CardChamp (CardPointe).
- Is booqwell good for spas on Stripe Terminal?
- Yes. Spas use booqwell for online booking, long treatments, multi-location staff and reminders, with checkout on the Stripe reader they already have.
- Will my reports match Stripe?
- Yes, if every sale is checked out in booqwell. The day’s card total in booqwell Sales should match the in-person payments in your Stripe Dashboard.
- Can you move my clients from my old system?
- Yes. We bring your clients, upcoming appointments and services across on the setup call.
Other processors booqwell works with
All integrationsCheckout and point of saleOnline bookingFor nail salons
Get a price for your salon.
One price per location, no contract. We reply within one business day.