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Old 10-13-2004, 10:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I can't decide what to get.
I have 2 salons, 12 beds in one 10 in the other with a T-max timing system. The first salon is almost finished with construction so I better decide soon.

Some are super expensive, some are cheap. I am sure there are alot of clone software's out there that do the same thing right?
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Old 10-13-2004, 10:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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i have helios
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How do you like the software?
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Look near the top of the page and click on "polls". There is one there regarding software.
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Cool, Thanks. I am also looking for user feedback etc.
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I still use V 9.4 and have no complaints. I don't plan to upgrade because I don't like the way you have to pay for it. Monthly support or whatever, I really didn't look into it.
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My partner and i started a tanning salon business being a full time programmers. We're still keeping our full time jobs and have employees in our salon. We wrote the software for our salon ourselves. It's written in .NET and completely customizable to fit your business structure. You can contact me(kanski_mike@hotmail.com) and we can customize this software for you and charge you only $350. It's very easy to use, our employees love it and what's the best about it is that we will customize it specifically for your business structure!

You can see the screenshots at http://www.allsaleonline.com/tanning/

If i'll get a lot of interest in this software by salon owners, i'll create a demo version and post it on the net. If you are anywhere in the Philadelphia area you can stop by to see it in action.
I don't know really why people buy such software as Helios and others. My opinion is that you cannot build a software (i.e. for a tanning salon) that will fit all the business structures perfectly. It is impossible! I’ve been a programmer for 12 years, I know that for sure. Like in our salon for example, we have "Buddy Passes"(free tanning session card) that we are giving away to our members so that they can give it to their family and friends. We customized our software to accommodate this line of our business, now we know every "Buddy pass"(they are all bar-coded) that went out and went in. And we know all the members that got them and how many, and we know who's referring people to our salon and who's not.
We are in control, and our employees cannot give 10 of them to their aunts and sisters because they know that software logs everything in. We also have a commission schedule for our employees($2.00 for every package sold, $1.00 lotion bottle sold, etc). The software is tracking everything that is sold during their shift and prints out a nice looking report that tells them how much they have earned today in commissions. Also every product that we sell has its promotion (buy one handbag get one free tan, buy two tongue rings and get one free, buy 1 year membership and pay $19.95 a month, etc), the software knows of every promotion that each product we sell has and reminds employees 2 days in advance that a member signed up for 1 year membership has to be charged the membership fee tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Or for example we have a membership structure as following - pay $24.99 for a month membership +$1.00 each visit. The software is reminding the employee after he/she records client’s visit to charge him/her $1.00. We are now in control whatever we do in our salon, any promotion, no matter how funky it is, our software will handle it/get customized to handle it. Can Helios or others? They'll charge you a fortune to add a feature that is needed by your salon to their software. We can add a feature if you ever need one in 24-48 hours for $50.00!!! You tell me if what i said makes sense?
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We use Helios. Have 4 salons and they are all networked.
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Try TanTrack. Check out nichesoft.com
Super easy to use & teach. Price is fair & tech support good.
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