Commission tracking for nail salons
Short, frequent services, real product costs and retail at the end of every visit — nail salon pay adds up fast. CommissionBoard calculates each technician’s commission from your POS report and shows it on their phone as the month builds.
What goes wrong by hand
Dozens of small tickets
A tech can perform a hundred services in a month. Adding them up by hand is slow, and one missed ticket is a pay dispute.
Retail at the end of the visit
Cuticle oil and hand cream are easy add-ons, but they only get recommended if the tech can see what retail is worth to them.
Nobody knows until payday
A tech close to the next tier on the 25th can fill their book — if they know. A number that arrives with payroll can only describe the month.
A plan the board runs
A common technician plan the board can run:
| Service commission | A per-technician service rate |
|---|---|
| Retail commission | A separate per-technician product rate |
| Goal | A monthly target, prorated for part months |
| Bonuses | Product bonus, new-client bonus, one-off bonuses |
How CommissionBoard helps
Works with any POS
Copy your sales report and paste it in. Service and product are split and every commission is calculated in seconds.
Per-technician rates
Different service and product percentages for each technician, set once.
A board they check
Every tech sees their own pay building on their phone. Coworkers see earnings and rank, not sales.
Payroll-ready exports
PDF payroll reports and CSV exports, with each commission and bonus on its own line.
Guides for nail salons
- Nail salon commission structure — Flat splits, tiers, product charges, retail, hourly guarantees and booth rent for nail technicians — with a worked month.
- How to increase retail sales in a salon — Recommend during the service, one product per client, know three products well — and pay for the habit, not the one big sale.
- Commission vs hourly pay — Hourly, straight commission, hourly plus commission, or the higher of the two — and the minimum-wage rule to check first.
- Commission statement template — What a statement should show so people can check their own pay — with a filled-in example, line by line.
Questions
Can each technician have a different rate?
Yes — service and product percentages are set per person.
Which POS systems work?
Any POS that can export or copy a sales report with each person’s name and sales.
What does it cost?
$20 a month per location, no contract.
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