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Day Spa

A calmer way to run every part of your day spa

Give guests an easier path from discovery to rebooking while your team keeps rooms, practitioners, services, and payments moving together. Square Appointments lets a day spa publish 24/7 booking, coordinate staff availability and rooms, collect deposits or prepayments, and protect the calendar with cards on file and cancellation rules.

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How it fits your business

At the front desk or in a treatment room, Square supports cards, digital wallets, cash, gift cards, and Afterpay, while customer profiles keep preferences, notes, booking history, and payment details in one place. Add retail inventory, gift cards, marketing, payroll, and reporting as the spa grows.

Key capabilities

What you can do

  • Keep treatment rooms and practitioners in sync

    Assign rooms, stations, and staff availability to services so facial, massage, body-treatment, and package bookings use the resources you actually have and reduce double-booking risk.

  • Fill the calendar beyond business hours

    Offer a branded booking site or embedded booking widget around the clock, with integrations for Google, Instagram, and Facebook so guests can choose a service and time without calling the spa.

  • Reduce no-shows without awkward follow-up

    Use automated confirmations and reminders, waitlists, deposits, prepayments, and cards on file. On Square Plus and above, cancellation policies and no-show fees help turn protected calendar time into dependable revenue.

  • Make checkout fit the guest experience

    Take chip, contactless, wallet, cash, gift-card, invoice, or Afterpay payments in the lobby or on the move. Tipping can be enabled at checkout, and service and retail sales can share one system.

  • Remember the client, not just the transaction

    Customer profiles can hold preferences, notes, booking habits, transaction history, documents, images, and files, giving a returning guest a more personal handoff between visits.

  • Grow retail and repeat visits alongside treatments

    Track products and low-stock alerts, sell digital or physical gift cards, run email and text campaigns, and use packages, loyalty, and Square Go to encourage the next visit.

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Product details

Choose the plan around your service model

Square Free is $0 per location and covers online booking, reminders, unlimited calendars, and invoicing. Square Plus is $49 per location per month and adds lower processing rates, cancellation and no-show fees, multi-staff bookings, waitlists, and marketing. Square Premium is $149 per location per month and adds the lowest listed in-person rate, future-bookings reporting, service-cost tracking, resource management, and 24/7 support. Each Plus and Premium plan has a 30-day trial on the U.S. pricing page. Businesses processing over $250,000 annually can ask Square about custom pricing, hardware discounts, onboarding, and implementation support; eligibility is not guaranteed.

Build a practical spa front desk

Square Terminal is a compact all-in-one countertop option with integrated tap, dip, swipe, receipt printing, battery power, and offline payments subject to terms. Square Reader for contactless and chip is a smaller Bluetooth-connected option for a phone or tablet and accepts chip, NFC, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Square Stand, Register, and Handheld are also presented by Square as compatible POS choices for Appointments. Confirm the current device and operating-system compatibility list before purchasing.

Know the costs attached to each payment path

On the U.S. Appointments pricing table, Free lists 2.6% + 15¢ for tap, dip, or swipe and 3.3% + 30¢ online; Plus lists 2.5% + 15¢ and 2.9% + 30¢; Premium lists 2.4% + 15¢ and 2.9% + 30¢. Manual entry or card-on-file payments are 3.5% + 15¢, Afterpay is 6% + 30¢, ACH by invoice is 1% with a $1 minimum, and cash or check is free. Rates can vary by plan and eligibility; international-card and other additional fees may apply.

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Plan details

Pricing, fees & eligibility

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U.S. Square Appointments plans are Free ($0/location/month), Plus ($49/location/month), and Premium ($149/location/month). A representative hardware figure is Square Terminal at $299 before tax; Square Reader for contactless and chip is $59. Hardware is optional. Plus and Premium offer 30-day trials on the cited U.S. pages, and custom pricing may be available above $250,000 in annual processing subject to Square review.

Upfront hardware (USD)$299
Monthly software (USD)$49

Fees & eligibility

  • Tap, dip, or swipe — Square Free

    Card present; Free plan

    2.6% + 15¢ per in-person payment
  • Tap, dip, or swipe — Square Plus

    Card present; Plus plan

    2.5% + 15¢ per in-person payment
  • Tap, dip, or swipe — Square Premium

    Card present; Premium plan

    2.4% + 15¢ per in-person payment
  • Online or invoice card payment — Free

    Online or invoice; Free plan

    3.3% + 30¢ per payment
  • Online or invoice card payment — Plus/Premium

    Online or invoice; Plus or Premium plan

    2.9% + 30¢ per payment
  • Manual entry or card on file

    Manually entered card number or saved card on file

    3.5% + 15¢ per payment
  • Afterpay

    Eligible Afterpay purchase; customer pays over four installments

    6% + 30¢ per transaction
  • ACH bank transfer via invoice

    ACH payment on an invoice; plan-specific caps may apply

    1%, $1 minimum
  • Cash or check

    Payment made by cash or check

    Free
  • Instant transfer

    Linked bank account or supported debit card; minimum and maximum limits and eligibility apply

    1.5% per transfer

Requirements

  • U.S. seller account and an eligible business; account, payment, and product eligibility are subject to Square terms.
  • A compatible iPhone, iPad, Android device, or Square hardware for the chosen workflow; verify the current compatibility list before purchase.
  • Internet connectivity is required for Terminal and Reader; offline payments can be available for up to 24 hours, with additional terms and merchant liability for expired, declined, or disputed offline payments.
  • Plus and Premium monthly charges apply per location.
  • Custom pricing, hardware discounts, onboarding, and implementation support above $250,000 annual processing require a conversation with Square and are not guaranteed.

All pricing and availability were checked against official Square U.S. pages on 2026-10-27 and may change; tax is not included in hardware prices.

Square Terminal is listed at $299 before taxes and fees, or $27 per month for 12 months under a credit-sale plan subject to credit approval and state, purchase-amount, and other restrictions.

Square Reader for contactless and chip is listed at $59; its 2.6% + 15¢ rate on the hardware page is the standard in-person rate and plan pricing can differ.

Square Appointments pricing and processing rates vary by plan. Premium rates are not automatically available to every seller without the corresponding plan.

Afterpay has eligibility criteria and late fees may apply to customers; do not represent it as available for every service or guest.

Square's spa page states that its beauty-business sales comparisons are approximate internal data, not a promise of results.

Square customer profiles can contain sensitive client information. The record does not claim compliance with any particular privacy or healthcare regulation; the spa should evaluate its own legal and privacy obligations.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Can a day spa let clients book online and collect a deposit?

Yes. Square Appointments provides a booking site, embedded booking options, and appointment deposits or prepayments. Cards on file can also support no-show or cancellation policies where the selected plan and settings allow them.

Which Square plan is a fit for a multi-provider spa?

Square Plus is the practical starting point when a spa needs multi-staff booking, waitlists, marketing, and cancellation or no-show fees at $49 per location per month. Premium at $149 per location adds resource management, service-cost tracking, future-bookings reporting, and 24/7 support for more complex operations. Confirm current features and pricing before purchase.

Can therapists take payment away from the front desk?

Yes. Square Reader for contactless and chip can pair with compatible iOS or Android devices, and Square Terminal is a portable all-in-one option. Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android can accept contactless payments without a separate reader on compatible devices. Internet, device, and offline-payment terms apply.

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