Booth Rent Collection for Salons

Collect weekly chair rent automatically without chasing stylists face to face or forcing them into your booking software. The app sends an invoice link directly from your own Stripe account every week, emails scheduled reminders before the due date, delivers polite late notices after your grace period, and tracks paid and overdue chairs on a shared table that exports straight to QuickBooks.

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How it works

Automate weekly rent billing, reminders, and accounting logs while leaving independent stylists in control of their own businesses.

  1. 01

    Issue weekly Stripe invoices

    The app generates a weekly payment link from your connected Stripe account and emails it directly to each independent chair renter on their scheduled rent day.

  2. 02

    Send automated reminders

    Renters receive an email reminder before the due date, followed by an automatic polite late notice if the payment remains unpaid past your agreement's grace period.

  3. 03

    Track rent status on a shared table

    View real-time payment states for every chair across your salon, distinguishing on-time payments from overdue balances without manual spreadsheet updates.

  4. 04

    Sync records to QuickBooks

    Completed transactions and monthly booth rental totals sync over to QuickBooks to keep your salon accounting current.

What it connects to

  • Stripe PaymentsAvailable today

    Built into Sidechat

    Connects your salon's own Stripe account so payments deposit directly to your bank.

  • Email RemindersAvailable today

    Built into Sidechat

    Sends weekly rent payment links, upcoming due date notices, and overdue alerts.

  • QuickBooks OnlineBuildable

    One sign-in on the app's own screen

    Exports monthly chair rent collection records and transaction logs.

What it costs to run

1 hosted workspace instance, 80 weekly rent invoices and reminder emails, 2 scheduled invoice and late notice triggers, 100 payment status updates and ledger logging, 1 quickbooks accounting sync connection come to about $1.26 a month at side.chat's default rates.
ItemUsageMonthly
Hosted workspace instance
side.chat default cost table (billing_get_cost_table), as of
1 hosted apps / month × $0.00$0.00
Weekly rent invoices and reminder emails
side.chat default cost table (billing_get_cost_table), as of
80 emails / month × $0.003$0.24
Scheduled invoice and late notice triggers
side.chat default cost table (billing_get_cost_table), as of
2 scheduled jobs / month × $0.00$0.00
Payment status updates and ledger logging
side.chat default cost table (billing_get_cost_table), as of
100 table writes / month × $0.00017$0.02
QuickBooks accounting sync connection
side.chat default cost table (billing_get_cost_table), as of
1 connected integrations / month × $1.00$1.00
Monthly total$1.26

Calculated each month from your hosted workspace, weekly outgoing emails, active integration connections, and ledger table writes.

Questions

Your salon holds the funds. Payments process directly through your own connected Stripe account straight into your business bank account. side.chat never holds or touches your money.

No. The app only collects chair rent and logs payment statuses. It never interacts with or dictates stylists' clients, schedules, calendar bookings, or service pricing.

SMS text notifications can be enabled for your workspace upon request. Note that renters cannot reply directly by text message.

If rent is not received by the end of your defined grace period, the app automatically emails a polite overdue notification and marks the chair status as overdue on your dashboard.

The app records every rent payment in a shared table that automatically syncs transaction logs into QuickBooks Online at the end of the month.

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Sources

  1. A salon owner renting week-to-week with no lease reported that most renters are at least a week behind, and a few nearly a month behind on rent. This Ugly Beauty Business, .
  2. Booth agreements establish due dates, late fees, and grace periods, and requiring independent renters to use the salon's booking systems can point toward employee classification. Mangomint, .

Booth Rent Collection for Salons

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