Free tool
Salon price increase notice generator
Fill in the salon, the date and either a percentage or the services that change, pick a reason and a tone, and four notices appear: an email, a text for your booking reminders, a social caption and a sign for the front desk. Copy what you need. Five finished examples sit below the tool.
Your notices — copy what you need
Subject: A small change to our prices at Studio Nine Hair
Hi, Starting [date], our prices at Studio Nine Hair will go up by about 8%. The cost of the products we use and the rent on our space have both gone up, and we have held our prices as long as we could. Any appointment booked before [date] stays at the current price. The full list is at the front desk and on our website. Thank you for sitting in our chairs. We are glad you do. Maya Studio Nine Hair
Studio Nine Hair: new prices from [date], up about 8%. Product and rent costs are up. Booked visits keep the old price. Thanks, Maya
134 characters · fits in 1 SMS segment
A segment holds 160 plain characters: letters, digits, basic punctuation. A curly quote, an arrow, a Chinese character or most accented letters switch the whole message to 70 per segment. Paste the note into the booking or SMS tool you already use; this page sends nothing.
A note from all of us at Studio Nine Hair: from [date], our prices go up by about 8%. The cost of the products we use and the rent on our space have both gone up, and we have held our prices as long as we could. Any appointment booked before [date] stays at the current price. You will find the updated list on our website and by the front desk. Thank you for trusting us with your hair.
Front-desk sign — this is what prints
Studio Nine Hair
New prices from [date]
All services: about 8% more
The cost of the products we use and the rent on our space have both gone up, and we have held our prices as long as we could.
Any appointment booked before [date] stays at the current price.
Thank you for your loyalty — Maya
Print opens the browser dialog; choose “Save as PDF” there for a file. The PNG is 2,400 pixels wide, enough for a screen or a small print.
Not legal or tax advice. Whether prices must be displayed, and how sales tax or VAT applies to the new amounts, is set where you trade — check with your local consumer protection office or your accountant.
Five example notices
Finished versions for a made-up salon, for when you would rather copy and edit than fill in the form. Change the name, the date and the numbers before you send.
Subject: A small change to our prices at Studio Nine Hair Hi, Starting October 1, our prices at Studio Nine Hair will go up by about 8%. The color and care products we use and the rent on our space have both gone up, and we have held our prices as long as we could. Any appointment booked before October 1 stays at the current price. The full list is at the front desk and on our website. Thank you for sitting in our chairs. We are glad you do. Maya Studio Nine Hair
Subject: Studio Nine Hair: new prices from October 1 Hi, From October 1, three of our services have new prices: Women’s cut & finish: $48 → $52 Full head color: from $95 → from $105 Balayage: from $160 → from $175 Everything else stays the same. This is our first price change in three years. Maya Studio Nine Hair
Studio Nine Hair: new prices from October 1, up about 8%. Product and rent costs are up. Booked visits keep the old price. Thanks, Maya
A note from all of us at Studio Nine Hair: from October 1, our prices go up by about 8%. Product and rent costs have climbed this year, and we held out as long as we could. Anything already booked keeps the current price, and the updated list is on our website and by the front desk. Thank you for trusting us with your hair.
New prices from October 1 All services: about 8% more The products we use and our rent have both gone up. Appointments booked before October 1 keep the current price. Thank you for your loyalty — Maya and the team
Everything is filled in from templates in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, stored or sent — copy the text into the tools you already use.
Before you send it
- Give three to four weeks. A client on a six-week color cycle should hear it at one visit before it applies, so an effective date on the first of a month, announced early in the month before, works for most salons.
- Say the number. “A small adjustment” makes people guess, and they guess high. “$48 → $52” or “about 8%” reads as fair and is over in a second.
- One reason, one sentence. Product costs, rent, training — pick the true one and stop there. A paragraph of justification reads as an apology, and you are not apologizing.
- Decide what happens to appointments already on the books. Keeping the old price for them is the usual choice and avoids an awkward moment at checkout; the toggle above adds that line to every version.
The new prices need to reach your website on the effective date, where a client who found you on Google reads them before booking. Naratake salon, barber and nail starting points come with a services-and-prices section — free to build and preview, no card to sign up — and Storefront Pro adds appointment booking on the published site.
Browse the salon templatesCommon questions
How much notice should a salon give before raising prices?
Three to four weeks is common, and longer is better for services with a long gap between visits. A client who comes every eight weeks for color should see the notice at one appointment before the new price applies to the next. Announce early in the month, set the date for the first of the month after, and put the sign up the same day you send the email.
How do I word a price increase without sounding apologetic?
State the date, state the number, give one reason, thank them once. Skip “unfortunately” and “we regret” — they tell the reader something bad is coming. The warm tone here adds one line of thanks; the brief tone drops it. Both keep the facts in the first two sentences.
Should I raise every price or only some services?
Either works, and the tool handles both. A percentage across the board is the simplest to explain; a table of specific services is better when only color or only extensions moved. Round the new prices to clean numbers, and update the price list, the booking page and the website on the effective date, not before.
Do I have to post the new prices anywhere by law?
Rules on displaying prices vary by country and state, and this page is not legal advice. Many places require that the price a client is charged matches a displayed price list, which is one more reason to change the sign and the website on the same day. If you are unsure, ask your local consumer protection office.