Salon - the world’s leading software system for appointment-based salons

• Provides complete integration of your appointments, clients, services, products, employees and point of sale information increasing business efficiency by spending less time on administration.
• Enables you to generate more business from your client base through marketing and loyalty clubs.
• Possesses a powerful reporting engine with almost endless possibilities empowering your decision making.
• Easy on the eye yet powerful in the background with easy to learn features making for happy staff and a well run business.
• Flexible configuration suitable for many different sizes and styles of salon operations.
• The ability to confirm appointments via SMS, reducing no shows, therefore increasing profitability and ensuring your clients are made to feel special.

Available features

	Appointment Book The Appointment Book is the hub of your Shortcuts system and will make salon life stress free and brilliantly easy. You will be amazed at how much it can improve your salon’s efficiency and free up your time. more
	Point of Sale All the information within the Appointment Book is automatically integrated with the Point of Sale making till transactions smooth, precise and traceable. You can also perform gift certificates, discounts, promotions, petty cash and even end of day reconciliation with ease and efficiency. more
	Stock Management Save yourself time and money with Shortcuts acting as your very own stock assistant. It will help you manage your stock and provide you with everything you need to run your business. more
	Service Management With the Service Manager you can even breakdown services to allocate separate employee commissions, which will help cut your administration time. Combine all of this with the Capabilities feature and you’ll make sure the right employees are always booked for the right services. more
	Security The information contained in your salon management system is the lifeblood of your business. Shortcuts ensure you maintain peace of mind knowing your information is protected from employee dishonesty, loss of client information, product shrinkage, and cash drawer misuse. more
	Reporting Shortcuts reports will enable you to generate everything you need to see in order to run your business. From detailed stock reporting through to employee performance figures and business transaction records, Shortcuts provides you with the information you need to take your business to the top and keep it there. more
	Walkin Manager The Walkin Manager can manage waiting times, staff availability, service times, existing appointments, business hours, break times and tasks, ensuring your staff resources are being utilised thoroughly and most efficiently. more
	Employee Roster Staff management has never been easier. Organise your employees’ hours and track their wages and commissions easily. The Employee Roster integrates with the Appointment Book to ensure you’re aware of staff availability and can track log in and off times, so you’ll always know who’s been working and who hasn’t! more
	Client Management Information is power and the key to client retention. Making a client feel special is your number one priority and with Shortcuts you can take this to the next level. more
	Marketing The Marketing function is your simple and incredibly effective route to increasing turnover and profit.Shortcuts will make it second nature to run regular promotions, increasing your retail sales, boosting client retention and spend, ultimately making you more money. more

True touch environment Throw away the keyboard as Shortcuts has incorporated a new on-screen keyboard creating a true touch screen environment!

SMS Technology SMS is fast becoming an essential communications tool for businesses. Shortcuts enables fully automated confirmations from Shortcuts to clients’ mobile phone, and back to the Appointment book as a 'confirm' or 'cancel'. The reduction in costs and increase in staff efficiency is truly amazing. And now messagemedia and Shortcuts can provide you with SMS marketing! So there is no excuse for you not to be heard. Send birthday wishes and promotions via SMS for the ultimate cost-effective marketing campaign. Confirmation Manager and SMS Marketing uses a standard dial-up internet connection and is very economic.