Solo Kit
Everything a stylist working for themselves needs: your real hourly rate, a menu priced to earn it, a price rise that pays, tax sorted, and colour costed to the gram.
Salon tools · for NZ hair salons and stylists
Your numbers, told straight.
13 calculators for the money side of the business. Each one takes the figures you already have, does the NZ maths for you, and tells you in plain English what they mean and what to do next. Start with the kit for the way you work, or buy one tool at a time.
- Tools from $59
- Buy once, no subscription
- Prices in NZD
- Your numbers never leave your browser
How they work
Buy once
Buy a tool or a kit and it's yours to keep. No subscription.
NZ rates built in
GST, ACC, KiwiSaver, minimum wage and tax brackets, kept up to date when they change.
Your numbers stay with you
Everything you type saves in your own browser. Nothing is sent to us.
Keep a report
Save any result as a PDF, keep named versions, or download a copy to open on another device.
Hair
Hair salons and stylists
Sole trader
Chair renter, home studio or mobile. Your column's full, but you're not sure the money is.
Or one tool at a time:
Take-Home Hourly Rate Calculator
Your takings turned into a real hourly wage, after rent, product, tax, ACC and every hour of admin.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 15 minHow it works →
Menu Pricing Calculator
Every service on your menu costed line by line, with the price it has to be to make your margin.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 30 minHow it works →
Price Rise Calculator
Each service at today's price and a new one, side by side: what you gain, and how many visits you could lose before the rise stops paying.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
GST and Tax Set-Aside Calculator
The exact amount to move into a tax account every week, so GST, income tax and ACC are sitting there when the bill comes.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
Colour Cost & Profit Calculator
You measure your colour in grams. Start measuring what those grams cost.
$99 launch price, then $149 · about 10 minHow it works →
Salon owner
Wages are the biggest bill you pay. See who covers their cost, and whether your menu covers yours.
Salon Kit
Every tool a salon owner needs to run the place on the numbers: pricing, your team, hiring, chair rent, tax, your P&L and public holidays.
Or one tool at a time:
Menu Pricing Calculator
Every service on your menu costed line by line, with the price it has to be to make your margin.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 30 minHow it works →
Price Rise Calculator
Each service at today's price and a new one, side by side: what you gain, and how many visits you could lose before the rise stops paying.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
Team Scorecard
Every person on the team measured against the target for their role, with what to say to each of them.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 25 minHow it works →
Can I Afford to Hire? Calculator
What another stylist or assistant really costs, how busy they need to be to pay their way, and the cash you need while their book fills.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
Chair Rental vs Employ Calculator
Renter or employee for this chair: what each earns the salon, and the rent that actually covers it.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
GST and Tax Set-Aside Calculator
The exact amount to move into a tax account every week, so GST, income tax and ACC are sitting there when the bill comes.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
Salon P&L Checker
What your accountant's P&L is actually telling you, and which line to fix first.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 15 minHow it works →
Public Holiday Pay Calculator
What opening on a public holiday really costs against closing, and the surcharge that makes it worth it.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
Colour Cost & Profit Calculator
You measure your colour in grams. Start measuring what those grams cost.
$99 launch price, then $149 · about 10 minHow it works →
Extensionist
Hair, hours and move-ups priced off what you actually pay, so upkeep stops being charity work.
Extensionist Kit
Quote installs and price upkeep from your cost per gram and your time, whoever you buy hair from, and see what an overseas hair order really lands at.
Or one tool at a time:
Extension Install Quote Calculator
Price a new install off packs or grams, hours and your real landed cost of hair, then hand the client a clean quote.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
Move-Up Pricing Calculator
Price move-ups by the row, removals and refits too, so upkeep pays the same hourly rate as the install.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 10 minHow it works →
Overseas Hair Order Calculator
What a pack from an overseas supplier really costs in NZ dollars, once the exchange rate, bank fee, shipping and Customs are in.
$59 launch price, then $99 · about 5 minHow it works →
Everything
Every tool, one price.
The Whole Toolkit
Every hair calculator on the site today, for one price.
All 13 tools on the site today.
These calculators give general information to help you make your own decisions. They are not financial, tax, legal or employment advice. Check anything that matters with your accountant. Prices are in NZ dollars. No GST is charged.