Add a tip
Tips ride along with checkout: one field, captured with the payment, recorded separately from the service total so your reports and payroll stay clean.
Who can do this: whoever runs checkout (Owner, Admin, Manager, or Front desk).
Add it
- Open the appointment and find the Take payment card.
- Type the amount into Tip (dollars, like 30.00).
- Take the payment as usual. The charge covers services plus tip; the record keeps them separate.
- After payment, the tip shows on the Payment card on its own line, like "+ $30.00 tip."
Example. A $120 visit with a $25 tip: the desk enters 25.00 in Tip and clicks Take $120. The card is charged $145; the books show $120 of service revenue and $25 of tip.
Common questions
- Why can't I tip on a gift-card payment? Gift cards pay for services only. When a client wants to tip on a gift-card visit, take the tip in cash.
- The client wants to tip after checkout? The payment is already recorded. Take the late tip in cash; the recorded payment doesn't reopen.
- Where do tips show up later? On the appointment's Payment card, and in payroll under Staff where tips feed the numbers.
- Is there a tip limit? The field takes sensible amounts (up to $1,000). Anything that big deserves a handshake too.
Good to know
- Keeping tips separate from service revenue is what makes commission math honest; nothing needs untangling later.
- Cash tips outside the system are between you and your team; the field exists so card tips don't get lost.