EPEnterprise Pay Gateway

Los Angeles, CA · West

Payment processing for salons & barbershops in Los Angeles

Los Angeles salons & barbershops use Enterprise Pay Gateway to take booking deposits, sell prepaid packages, bill monthly memberships and email invoices. Card payments run through your own Stripe account, funds settle straight to your bank on America/Los_Angeles reporting, and you pay a fixed monthly subscription plus a platform fee from 0.20% to 0.75% — Stripe's processing fee is billed separately by Stripe.

Last updated 9 September 2026

What Los Angeles salons & barbershops are dealing with

High concentration of aesthetics and wellness businesses selling packages and memberships rather than single visits.

  • No-shows and late cancellations

    An empty chair at 2pm is gone. A deposit at booking, with a published cancellation window, changes behaviour within weeks.

  • Colour appointments carry real product cost

    Long colour services consume expensive product and hours of stylist time. Deposits on these bookings specifically are worth more than a blanket policy.

  • Gift cards and packages tracked by hand

    Paper gift cards and punch cards create liabilities nobody tracks. Selling them as products records the money and the redemption.

  • Retail sold inconsistently

    Take-home product is high margin and routinely under-sold because there is no easy way to charge for it after the appointment.

How the money moves in Los Angeles

  1. 1

    Booking deposit

    Take a deposit on longer or higher-value services, credited against the final price.

  2. 2

    Prepaid package

    Sell a block of services or a gift card as a single product through hosted checkout.

  3. 3

    Membership

    Bill a monthly cut, colour or blow-dry membership with automatic retries.

  4. 4

    Retail

    Sell take-home product from the same storefront page, including after the client has left.

Benchmarks

Typical ticket
$35–$300

Wide range from a barber cut to colour correction, so deposits should be a percentage rather than a flat amount.

Membership fit
Medium-high

Monthly cut or blow-dry memberships work well for barbershops and blow-dry bars in particular.

Chair utilisation
The whole business

Profit is a function of filled chair hours, which makes no-show prevention the highest-leverage payment change.

What it costs

Pricing is identical everywhere — no city or state surcharge. Plans start at $49.00 per month plus a 0.75% platform fee on card volume, and Stripe's own processing fees are charged separately so nothing is hidden inside a blended rate.

Your account defaults to the America/Los_Angeles timezone, so daily takings and payout reports line up with your trading day in Los Angeles.

Common questions

Should a salon take deposits on every booking?
No. Apply deposits to long colour services, new clients and peak slots. A blanket deposit on short appointments deters more bookings than it protects.
Can we sell gift cards and prepaid packages?
Yes. Sell them as products through hosted checkout so the money and the redemption are recorded in one place rather than on paper cards.
Do memberships work for barbershops?
Yes, particularly monthly cut memberships. They bill as recurring products with automatic retries and a self-serve portal for card updates.
What does it cost?
Stripe's processing fee plus a platform fee. Enterprise Pay Gateway charges from $49 a month plus 0.75%, falling to 0.40% at higher volume.
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