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Old 06-25-2005, 02:01 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I asked them why I would pay $3500 over the $700 of other software. Basically you're paying for the option to run other salons and add them on and they give you a project manager for a month after purchasing.

I'm testing out all the demos right now because I'm interested in getting a program soon. I'm leaning towards Tantrack right now. I didn't like that Sunlync's demo was just screenshots and not an actual demo. SolarTrack from the UK converts to about $2200 (Canadian) and has lots of graphs and referral tracking etc. but I couldn't figure out how to put someone in a bed on the demo.
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Tan Track is also the most easy to understand and your employees will not be intimidated by this software. Simple, straight-forward and the support is great.
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Parrot Head, so with TanTrack you have just minutes and each level is worth more minutes? Right now we have our Super Minutes and Mega Minutes. Would it know to take double super minutes if they wanted to upgrade?
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TanTrack is very easy to use graphs,charts,mailing list easy. Cost good very Happy with it.
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Personally I think $3500 for Sunlync is a bit much. You definitely want something that will record transactions quickly, provide a built-in auditing feature to balance at the end of the shift, lots of reprots so you can really manage your salon intelligently and be able to use that information to make better management decisions and use it for marketing and promotion. You should be able to track the following:

1) Sales Analysis - Sales transactions daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or any date range you request (by client, employee, product, service, etc.) with comparisons with the same period prior year and previous month. You want to be able to see trends as they are happening so you can react quickly.
2) Demographics - Who are your customers? Where how far do they live from your salon? Customers by by sex, age, location, etc.
3) Sales Audit - Should be able to reconcile total sales to cash, checks, credit cards, tips, overs/shorts.
4) Bed Revenue - Should be able to see how much revenue each bed is bringing in, number of hours used by day, week, month, year.
5) Bed Maintenance - Should know when lamps and acrylics were last changed, number of hours between changes, number of hours left before a change is required. You will need this information so you can see trends and be able to order lamps and maintain you requipment regularly to avoid major mechanical or electronic problems.
6) Graphs and Charts - Your software should also be able to produce graphs and charts so that you can look at information visually. You can get so bogged down analyzing reports, that a good graph or chart can really explain how well your salon is doing.
7) Add-ons - Your software should be upgradeable and show allow you to add thumbprint recognition, bar code reading, magnetic strip reading, etc. You may not need this early on, but as your salon grows it would be good to know that you have them.
Documentation - Make sure the software comes with a well documented user's manual.
9) User-friendly - The software should be relatively straightforward and intuitive and allow even a novice to use it. The graphic user interface should allow you to move throughout all applications easily and seamlessly.
10) Support - The company should be able to provide support, either online via the Internet, email or telephone.
11) The Company - Make sure they will be around to support the product.

I don't know if I missed anything, but these are the sort of things you should consider when evaluating salon software.
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If you are going to have one salon, mostly work it yourself -- Sunlync is probably overkill for what you need. It's great, but you can find something "ok enough" for less.

If you have or think you'll have multiple salons, if you want to be able to access what is going on at the salon while you are at your 'real job' or home and someone else is working, if you'll be doing EFTs, etc etc -- Sunlync is the best out there.
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