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Hourly Service Pricing Calculator

Some services are too long, or too different each time, for one flat price. Color work, specialty nail designs and anything over 4 hours are often billed by the hour instead. The rate has to pay for more than the time in the chair: the consultation before, the setup and the cleanup after, the product the work uses, and a profit on top.

Solo providers enter what an hour of their time should pay them; owners enter the provider’s hourly wage and any commission. Add your monthly rent and the hours you work a month, other overhead, supplies, card processing and your profit margin (30% or more). Product is split in two: a fixed amount every appointment, such as a color formula, and an amount per hour, such as nail art. Then enter the unbillable minutes, any minimum booking, a deposit and the estimated length of a long service like a full set of lash extensions.

You get a recommended hourly rate, the price for the estimated length after the minimum and rounding up to the next half hour, the deposit to take at booking, every cost and the profit margin. Treat it as a starting point: demand and your experience still matter.

GLOWDEGA® · Hourly Service Pricing Calculator

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Changes the example services in the wording only. The math is the same for every license.

Hands-on time with the client. It is billed rounded up to the next half hour.

What an hour of your time should pay you, before tax. Consultation, setup and cleanup are paid at this rate too.

What you pay the provider per hour. Leave blank if they are paid on commission only.

The share of the price paid to the provider. The rate is grossed up for it, like card fees.

Rent or suite fee for your room or space, shared across the hours you work. Enter 0 if you pay none.

Defaults to 160 (40 hours × 4 weeks). Rent is divided by these hours, then multiplied by the service length.

Other monthly expenses (not rent) ÷ monthly appointments. Enter 0 if there are none.

Product used once, whatever the length, such as a color formula or a gel base. Enter 0 if none.

Product used as the work goes on, such as nail art, extensions or foils. Enter 0 if none.

Gloves, wipes, foils and other disposables. Enter 0 if none.

Card fees as a share of the price. Defaults to 2.9%; enter 0 for cash only.

Profit kept by the business after costs and pay, as a share of the price. 30% is the minimum; you can set it higher.

Consultation, setup and cleanup you don’t bill. The rate pays for it.

Shorter services are billed at this length. Leave blank for no minimum.

Taken when the client books; 25–50% is common for long services.

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Estimates are for educational purposes and are not tax, accounting, or legal advice.

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