Your stylists deserve better tips. Your diary deserves fewer no-shows.
Dojo Go is compact enough for the styling station, prompts tips on screen so staff take home more, and takes deposits over the phone so your empty 2pm slot actually gets filled.
Free terminal. Next-day payouts. We handle the switch from SumUp, Zettle, or whoever you're with.
The two things killing your salon
Staff leave because they're not earning enough in tips. Clients don't show up because there's nothing holding them to the appointment. Both cost you thousands a year. The right card machine fixes both.
Tips
Nobody carries cash anymore
When the card machine sits behind the counter and there's no tip prompt, people just tap and leave. Your stylists miss out. With Dojo, the tip prompt appears automatically on screen with suggested amounts. People tip because it's easy, not because they feel awkward.
No-shows
Empty chairs cost you real money
A no-show doesn't just mean lost revenue for that slot. It means your stylist stood around, your products stayed unopened, and you couldn't give that time to someone who wanted it. Taking a deposit changes the dynamic. Clients who pay upfront show up.
What changes when you switch
Tips go up. Staff stay.
On-screen tipping with suggested amounts means people tip because it's one tap, not because someone asked. Stylists take home more. Your best people stop looking at the salon down the road. Less turnover, less training, less recruitment cost.
No-shows can drop significantly.
Take deposits over the phone or in person when booking. Dojo handles the card securely. Clients who've already paid have skin in the game. Your empty Thursday 3pm gets filled with a paying customer instead.
Chair-side payments. No counter queue.
Dojo Go is small, wireless, and fits in the styling station drawer. Take payment where the client is sitting. No awkward walk to the counter, no queue of people waiting to pay while their parking runs out.
Next-day payouts for restocking.
Money in your account the next working day. Order colour, products, and supplies without waiting for the bank to settle. Especially important for sole traders managing their own cash flow.
Contract buyout. Switch for free.
Stuck with Zettle, SumUp, or a bank terminal contract? We'll cover your exit fees up to £3,000 for higher-turnover salons, or up to £500 for smaller businesses. Zero cost to move.
Your account manager handles the switch.
Your dedicated account manager handles your quote, delivery, and setup. They call you, explain the costs, and have the terminal delivered the next day. Takes about 10 minutes to set up.
“Dojo is by far the best card payment supplier I have ever experienced in my 11 years of being a business owner. Always coming out with the best deals, their customer service is flawless.”
Sebastian's client · 11-year business owner
“I measure a company on how they deal with problems as problems do occur in business. They listened, they evaluated and treated me fairly. I thoroughly recommend Dojo.”
Edward · Had an issue resolved fairly
“Personalised service - someone to speak to who was interested in my business.”
Jess · Valued the personal touch
“The rep explained things fully, set everything up for me. I feel confident he will help if any issues. I'm more than happy to recommend to other businesses.”
Dojo customer · Referred by another local business
Getting started takes 48 hours
Tell us about your salon
2-minute form. How many chairs, monthly card turnover, who you're currently with.
Your account manager calls you
Talks you through the rate, explains how tipping and deposits work on the Dojo, and answers any questions.
Dojo Go arrives next day
Terminal delivered. We connect it to your Wi-Fi remotely. Takes 10 minutes. You're taking chair-side payments by the afternoon.
Better tips, fewer no-shows
2-minute form. Free terminal. We handle the switch.
Where the money actually is for a salon
A salon turning over £6,000 a month on card, at a £40 average ticket, puts about 150 payments through the terminal. Every 0.1% on the rate is worth £6 a month at that volume. The percentage everyone argues over is therefore worth less to you than the tip prompt and the deposit, and a quote that talks only about the rate is answering the wrong question.
Part of the rate is fixed anyway, and nobody can quote under it. Interchange, the slice paid to your client's own bank, is capped in the UK at 0.2% on consumer debit and 0.3% on consumer credit by the Interchange Fee Regulation, in force since 9 December 2015 and enforced by the Payment Systems Regulator. Salon clients pay on personal cards almost without exception, so a salon sits about as near that floor as any business gets. Dojo's own pricing page listed 1.2% all in for businesses under £100,000 a year in card turnover when we read it in August 2026; above that it quotes against a statement.
Nearly every payment here is a tap. The £100 ceiling on a single contactless card payment, and the £300 running total before a PIN is requested, are set by the card issuer and not by the machine, so no terminal can lift them. A full head of colour or a course of treatments goes over that ceiling, which is why chip and PIN still has to work properly on whatever sits at the station, and why a deposit taken at booking keeps most of the balance underneath it.
CapExpand Ltd (Company No. 14433858) is an authorised Dojo partner, not a card machine manufacturer. Card machine pricing and availability are subject to change. Our card machine services are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and fall outside our appointment as an Appointed Representative of White Rose Finance Group Limited, which covers credit broking only.