Nail Salon Price List: How to Price Your Menu (2026 Template)
Your price list is the one number the chair, the booking page, and the phone all agree on. Build it from the supplies that service uses, the minutes it takes up the chair, what you pay the tech, and the card fee on your own statement. Copy the menu below, leave every price as $__, and fill it in with your own math. The worked example uses made-up numbers so you can see each step. It is not a market average, and it is not a Bukkii price.
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What is the price list for?
A client who hears one number on the phone and another at the chair isn't really arguing about the set. She's arguing about the surprise. The price list is how you stop that: one name, one time on the book, one price, all written down before anyone quotes it.
Copying the salon across the street feels fast, but it's how your profit disappears. Their rent, their commission split, and their card rate aren't yours. On November 12, 2026, a US search for a nail salon price list turned up owner guides from SimpliNail, Blyssbook, Avavae, BeautiDock, and SalonServe. They walk through the same costs this page uses. This page doesn't copy their prices. Every dollar below is either a blank for you to fill or a made-up example that's labeled as one.
Keep the tip off the menu. A tip is money she gives the tech. It isn't part of the service price, and it isn't profit you should count on when you set the number.
How do you price one service?
You need four inputs, all from your own shop. Supplies for that service. Overhead for the minutes the chair is taken. The profit you want left on the ticket after commission and the card fee. And the two percents that come out of the price: the tech's commission and the card rate on your processor statement.
Supplies are whatever that visit uses up: the tip or the form, the liquid, gel, or powder, the file, the buffer you throw away. Read it off your invoice. Overhead is the cost of keeping the chair open: rent, utilities, insurance, and front-desk pay for a normal month, divided by the chair-hours you're actually open. That's chairs times hours. This page doesn't know your rent, so it can't do that division for you.
Commission and the card fee are percents of a price you haven't picked yet. If you tack them on after you've already chosen a number, the percent lands on a price that didn't include them, and the profit you wanted shrinks. That's why they go on the bottom of the division.
Price = (supplies + chair-time overhead + profit you want to keep) ÷ (1 − commission percent − card percent).
If your statement also charges cents per swipe, add those cents to the supplies line before you divide. The example below skips the cents to keep the line short. Your statement may have them, so write them in.
Worked example. Every number here is made up. It is not your cost, not a market average, not a recommended split, and not a Bukkii price. A gel fill, 60 minutes. Supplies: $6. Overhead: $30 for that hour, which means the example pretends the shop costs $30 per open chair-hour. Profit you want left: $15. Commission: 50% of the price. Card fee: 3% of the price, with no per-swipe cents. The 3% is a stand-in until you open your statement. It isn't any processor's published rate.
Price = ($6 + $30 + $15) ÷ (1 − 0.50 − 0.03) = $51 ÷ 0.47 = $108.51. In the example, the number you'd actually say out loud is $110. Then check the pieces at $110.
| Piece | At the example price of $110 | What you write instead |
|---|---|---|
| Supplies | $6 | Your invoice for this service |
| Chair-time overhead | $30 | Your monthly shop costs ÷ your open chair-hours, times the hours this service takes |
| Commission | $55, which is 50% of $110 | The percent in your agreement, times the price |
| Card fee | $3.30, which is 3% of $110 | The percent and the cents per swipe on your statement |
| Left for the salon | $15.70 | The profit you wrote down, plus whatever rounding added |
$110 − $55 − $3.30 − $6 − $30 = $15.70. The extra $0.70 comes from rounding $108.51 up to a number you can say. If you keep the same made-up inputs but use a 60% commission instead of 50%, the price before rounding is $51 ÷ (1 − 0.60 − 0.03) = $51 ÷ 0.37 = $137.84. The floor moved because the split moved. Neither percent is a recommendation.
Which lines go on the menu?
Give one row to each service clients already ask for by name. The minutes are a starting grid so the row isn't empty. They aren't an industry average, and they aren't Bukkii data. If your techs don't finish in that time, change the minutes before the menu goes on the booking page. Booking a long set too short is how Saturday ends up with two clients stacked in one chair. The price cell stays $__ until you've filled in the formula above with your own numbers.
| Service | Starting time on the book | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Classic manicure | 30 min | $__ |
| Gel manicure | 45 min | $__ |
| Gel fill | 60 min | $__ |
| Gel full set | 75 min | $__ |
| Acrylic full set | 90 min | $__ |
| Acrylic fill | 60 min | $__ |
| Dip full set | 75 min | $__ |
| Classic pedicure | 45 min | $__ |
| Gel pedicure | 60 min | $__ |
| Gel manicure + classic pedicure | 90 min | $__ |
| Nail art, one accent nail | 15 min | $__ |
| Nail art, full set | from 45 min | from $__ |
| Extra length | from 15 min | from $__ |
| Soak-off / removal | 20 min | $__ |
The combo row is the gel manicure time plus the classic pedicure time from the rows above. Shorten it only if your techs really do finish both in less time, and then change the minutes on the book to match. Keep add-ons and removals on their own lines. Folding removal into the set price hides a visit that still takes up a chair.
When is a "from" price honest?
Use "from" only where the work changes the time. Extra length and full-set nail art do that. A gel fill your techs finish in one block of time needs one price, not a "from" that lets whoever's at the chair pick the number.
Two techs charging two prices isn't a "from" either. A junior and a senior get two lines, each with the name or the level on it, and both prices written out. A caller who books the lower number and then sits down with the senior tech is exactly the surprise you were trying to avoid.
| How you charge | What the menu shows |
|---|---|
| One price for the shop | One line, one time, one price |
| Junior and senior | Two lines, two names or levels, both prices written out |
| Booth renter on her own menu | Her name and her prices, and the phone says whose price it is |
Which rules belong on the menu?
Three rules sit under the prices, written in words you'll actually stick to. The deposit: which services need one, that it goes toward the ticket, and the amount you chose. The cancellation window: how much notice you need, and what happens with a late cancel or a no-show. The fill window: how long after a set a fill still counts as a fill. Past that window, the line on the menu is a new set, with the new set's time and price.
This page doesn't publish a deposit amount, a cancellation fee, or a standard number of weeks for a fill. Leave any of those blank until you've decided. A blank beats a number copied from another shop. For how to write the deposit, see nail salon deposit booking. For the cancellation wording, see the cancellation policy for a nail salon. This page is not legal advice.
How does commission change the floor?
The floor is the lowest price that still covers supplies, overhead, the card fee, and the profit you wrote down, after the tech is paid. Because commission is a percent of the price, a higher percent pushes that floor up. In the example, it moved from $108.51 to $137.84 when the made-up split went from 50% to 60%, with every other input left alone.
Booth rent works differently. The salon doesn't take a percent of the ticket; it collects the rent. The tech often sets her own prices, unless the agreement says she matches the salon menu. If she does match it, her supplies and her time still have to fit under that number, or she won't stay. Which model you use is a pay decision, not a price this page picks for you. For the comparison, with its own made-up month, see commission vs booth rent.
Where must the same price appear?
In four places, with the same names, the same minutes, and the same prices, all changed on the same day: the menu at the desk, the booking page, the services list on your Google Business Profile, and the Instagram highlight or pinned post where you already show prices. A client will quote whichever one is lowest.
Pick a review date every 6 to 12 months and put it on the calendar. Before new prices start, tell regulars four weeks ahead, both on the booking page and at the chair. One quiet week isn't a reason to reprint the menu. After a change, watch revenue per tech hour on your own weekly KPI sheet. If that number fell while the chairs stayed full, the mix of services got smaller. If the chairs emptied, the problem is the hours, not the printed number.
Checklist before you print it
Run through these on the draft before the menu goes on the door or the booking page.
Where does she see the price?
The link you send her has to open a page where that service, that time, and that price match the menu. Bukkii Calendar includes the booking website at $0 for up to 3 staff. Type in the same rows you just priced. Reserve with Google is not on Free. $20 a month unlocks unlimited staff and customers, plus Reserve with Google. Email reminders come with the $20 plan. Calendar does not answer the phone.
When the phone rings and nobody has a free hand, AIVA can answer the price question from the menu you trained her on. AIVA answers callers in English only. She does not speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, or any other language to callers. You can read this page in Spanish or Vietnamese. The voice on the phone stays English. AIVA is $200 one-time. No free trial, no monthly fee, no contract. The payment covers a dedicated number, training on your menu and policies, calendar setup, and call forwarding, plus 100 voice minutes and 1,500 SMS. After that, voice is $0.35 a minute and SMS is $0.035. Packs never expire. She texts the appointment details after the booking is made. She doesn't auto-text someone who already hung up. Setup is call forwarding. This page does not describe number porting. The number on your door stays with your carrier. Prices are from bukkii.ai/pricing, checked November 12, 2026. This guide is written for the floor of a US nail salon. Hear the English voice at (215) 791-6766. Get started.
FAQ
How do I price a nail service without copying another salon?
Write down four numbers from your own shop: supplies for that service, overhead for the minutes the chair is taken, the profit you want left on the ticket, and the percents that come off the price. Those percents are the tech's commission and the card rate on your processor statement. Divide supplies + overhead + profit by (1 − commission percent − card percent). The worked example on this page uses made-up numbers so you can see the arithmetic. They are not your costs, not a market average, and not a Bukkii price. Round up to an amount you can say out loud, then check that the pieces still leave the profit you wrote down.
What belongs on a nail salon price list?
One line per service, with the name clients already use, the minutes the book should hold, and the price. Put add-ons and removals on their own lines. A combo gets its own line, its own time, and its own price. Use a "from" price only when length or nail art changes the time. If two techs charge different prices for the same service, list both names and both prices. Write the deposit, the cancellation window, and the fill window on the same menu, in your own words. This page doesn't fill in those amounts for you.
Should the menu say "from" on every service?
No. A "from" price is for lines where the work changes the time, like extra length or nail art. A gel fill your techs finish in one set time needs one price. Hiding a senior tech's higher price behind "from" is how a caller hears one number on the phone and sees another at the chair.
How does the commission split change the lowest price?
Commission is a percent of the service price, so it comes out of a price you haven't set yet. A higher percent means the price has to be higher before supplies, overhead, the card fee, and your profit are covered. That lowest workable price is the floor. Booth rent doesn't take a percent of the ticket for the salon. The rent is a separate bill, and the tech often sets her own prices unless the agreement says she matches the salon menu. The split is a pay decision, and this page doesn't pick one for you. The example percents are made up.
How often should I change the price list, and how do I tell clients?
Pick a review date every 6 to 12 months and write it down. Before new prices start, give regulars four weeks of notice, on the booking page and at the chair. Change the desk menu, the booking page, the Google Business Profile services, and the Instagram highlight on the same day. One quiet week isn't a reason to reprint the menu.
Does Bukkii Calendar answer the phone, and what language does AIVA use?
Calendar does not answer the phone. Calendar is $0 for up to 3 staff and includes the booking website, so the service, time, and price you typed in are what a client sees when she books. Reserve with Google is not on Free. $20 a month unlocks unlimited staff and customers, plus Reserve with Google. Email reminders come with the $20 plan. AIVA answers callers in English only. AIVA does not speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, or any other language to callers. She can quote the prices you trained her on from this menu, in English. AIVA is $200 one-time, with no monthly fee, no contract, and no free trial. The payment covers a dedicated number, training, calendar setup, and call forwarding, plus 100 voice minutes and 1,500 SMS. After that, voice is $0.35 a minute and SMS is $0.035. Packs never expire. She texts the appointment details after the booking is made. She doesn't auto-text someone who already hung up. Setup is call forwarding, not number porting. Prices are from bukkii.ai/pricing, checked November 12, 2026.
