Software for salons in Dubai
Online booking with no commission and prices per stylist, deposits, cards on file and no-show fees, a waitlist, WhatsApp reminders, staff commissions and ladies’ hours.
- STAK Salon
- Arabic and English
- AED
STAK SalonSTAK in Dubai
Dubai is the largest city in the UAE. Here is what STAK uses for the United Arab Emirates.
- Currency
- UAE dirham (AED)
2 decimal places - VAT
- 5% standard rate
Federal Tax Authority (FTA) - Mandatory registration
- 375,000 AED
annual taxable supplies (reference, confirm with the authority) - Invoices
- Show VAT and feed the VAT return
- Language
- Arabic first, then English
Staff screens in eight languages - Time zone
- Asia/Dubai
The standard VAT rate is 5%, administered by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates.
What your salon gets
Sell
- Online booking with no commission and staff prices
- Deposits, card on file and no-show fees
- Smart waitlist and self check-in
- Home visits, group and couples bookings
- Retail shelf and checkout
- Memberships, packs and freeze, with pay links and access lock
- Member prices, credits, daily limits and card auto-charge
- Your customers' own installable app: orders, card and bills
Chairs
- Phased services, rooms and processing time
- Ladies' hours and gender-aware staffing
- Consultation forms, patch tests and before and after photos
- Colour desk: bowls weighed at lot cost and formula reuse
- Stock, suppliers, purchasing and receiving
Customers
- Customer list and history
- Loyalty points, stamps, tiers and referrals
- Reminders and rebook buttons on WhatsApp
- Campaigns, segments and journeys on WhatsApp and email
- Google reviews and replies
Team
- Till, kitchen and staff-app logins free
- Staff commissions and targets
- Shifts, clock-in, leave and tip pools
- Payroll with the bank file and payslips in eight languages
- Staff SOS button with an incident log
Money
- Card and local payments through your own payment account
- Owner insights and reports
- Books, VAT and bank matching
- Profit per channel and a self-completing month-end close
Real STAK screens
Screenshots of the app itself for a demo business of this type, with sample data.
Start free, pay when you grow
We suggest starting with Bookings & Appointments free forever. With code LAUNCH you add two more apps (for example Inventory & Purchasing or Customers & Marketing) and use all three free for 3 months. Cashiers, waiters, kitchen staff and drivers are free; you only pay for back-office users.
Prices are in Kuwaiti dinars; every detail is on the Pricing.
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Questions people ask
What does STAK do for salons in Dubai?
It covers Online booking with no commission and staff prices; Deposits, card on file and no-show fees; Smart waitlist and self check-in; Home visits, group and couples bookings; Retail shelf and checkout and more, all built in and connected to the same customers, stock and books.
Is STAK free for a salon?
Yes. Bookings & Appointments is free forever, and with code LAUNCH you use 3 apps free for 3 months. Paid plans count back-office users only: Standard is KWD 5 a user a month billed yearly (KWD 6.5 monthly) and Custom KWD 10 (KWD 12.5).
How does STAK handle VAT in Dubai?
The standard VAT rate is 5%, administered by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates. STAK lists the mandatory registration threshold as 375,000 AED of annual taxable supplies (a reference only; confirm with the authority).
Does STAK support e-invoicing in the UAE?
STAK shows VAT at 5% on invoices and prepares the data for the VAT return. The UAE e-invoicing system (Peppol-based) is not built into STAK today, so check your requirements with your adviser.
Which currency does STAK use in Dubai?
UAE dirham (AED) with 2 decimal places. Every amount is stored as a whole number of the smallest unit, so an invoice and the books never differ by rounding.
Do I need a payment account in the United Arab Emirates?
You connect your own payment account and bank with a provider that serves the United Arab Emirates, so your money goes straight to you; STAK never holds it. The payment methods you can take depend on the provider you choose.
Does it work in Arabic?
Arabic comes first with proper right-to-left layout and English is one tap away. Staff screens run in eight languages, which helps a team of many nationalities in Dubai.
Salons in other cities
Other businesses in Dubai
Start STAK Salon free
Reserve your free workspace. Any one app is free forever, and 3 apps are free for 3 months with code LAUNCH.
- No card needed
- Free forever
- 3 apps free for 3 months with code LAUNCH