Salon gift cards that track their own balance.
Issue a gift card with a unique code and a starting balance, and every time it is used at the counter the balance updates on its own.
Why paper salon vouchers cause trouble
Before Mother’s Day and the holidays, salons sell a stack of printed vouchers. A few months later someone hands one over and nobody can say if it is genuine, if it was already used, or how much was left after the last blow dry.
Vouchers that are only partly spent are the hardest. The front desk writes the remaining amount on the back with a pen, and the next person to see it has no way to check.
How Timeo runs salon gift cards
Each gift card gets a code that is unique to your salon, a starting balance, the recipient’s name and, if you like, an expiry date. The card is redeemed at the POS, and its balance goes down with each use until it shows as used up.
The Gift cards list shows every card with its status: active, used up, expired or voided. Search by code or recipient name to check a card in seconds when a client hands one over.
Because the card lives in Timeo rather than on paper, a client can spend it over several visits, on a cut one month and a treatment the next, without anyone doing sums on the back of a voucher.
Issue your first gift card
- If Gift cards is not in your menu, open More features (Settings > Features) and turn on Marketing & promotions.
- Open Messages > Gift cards and press Issue gift card.
- Enter the initial balance, the recipient name and email, and an expiry date if you want one, then save to generate the code.
- When the client comes in, take payment with the gift card at the POS.
What the giver and the recipient see
The buyer gets a code to hand over or send with a personal message. The recipient brings the code to the salon and pays with it for any service or product.
If the card still has money on it after the visit, the remaining balance stays on the same code for next time.
Questions
Can a gift card be used over several visits?
Yes. The balance goes down with each use and stays on the same code until it is used up.
Can gift cards expire?
Only if you set an expiry date when you issue the card. Leave it empty for a card that does not expire.
How do I check if a voucher is real?
Search the Gift cards list by code or recipient name and you see the status and balance straight away.
Can I cancel a gift card?
Yes. A card can be voided, and voided cards show as such in the list.