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Connecting Simple Salon to Stripe for POS Payments

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When you connect your Simple Salon account to Stripe, you can take card payments straight from your POS page on a computer, device or phone. You can also take payments for online bookings through your Online Booking site.

This article shows you how to connect to Stripe so you can take payments in POS.

To connect to Stripe for Online Bookings instead, see Connecting Stripe to Online Bookings.

Set up your Stripe account

  1. Open the profile icon at the bottom left of the main menu, then choose Account.
  2. Click Actions at the top right of the Account page.
  3. Choose Stripe under Payment Gateway Add-Ons.

Stripe Gateway panel showing Connected status and the Enable Legacy Mode checkbox highlighted

If you are not connected yet:

  1. Click Sign Up under Stripe Gateway. You'll be taken over to Stripe.
  2. Enter your email address and click Continue. If you already have a Stripe account, Stripe will recognise this and ask you to log in instead.
  3. Once you're logged in, pick the Stripe account you want to connect to Simple Salon, or create a new one.
  4. Click Connect and you'll be sent back to Simple Salon, now showing as Connected.

Choose how you'll take payments

Once you're connected, the Stripe Gateway panel gives you a few ways to take payment. Tick the ones you want:

  • Enable Legacy Mode: type a card's details straight into the POS page. Stripe is phasing this one out.
  • Enable Terminal Mode: tap a card on a paired Stripe Terminal reader. You'll need to pair a reader first (see below).
  • Enable Invoice Mode: email the client an invoice they pay online.
  • Enable Saved Card Mode: charge a card the client has already saved.

Set your Currency, then click Save. Note: Simple Salon charges a 0.25% service fee per transaction, on top of Stripe's own fees.

Pair a Stripe Terminal reader (optional)

If you're using Terminal Mode, add your reader under Terminals:

  1. Click Add a Terminal.
  2. Enter the reader's pairing code and a label, like "Front Desk".
  3. Click Pair Terminal.

What's next?

To learn how to use Stripe Invoicing (Invoice Mode), click here.

To learn how to take a card directly in POS (Legacy Mode), click here.

If you have any questions, please send them to us via the Submit a Request option in your Help & Support page.

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