What did that appointment actually earn you?
The price on the receipt is not what you made. Take off your products, your travel and any discount, and see the number that really matters — profit per hour. Put in one of last week’s appointments and find out.
She paid
€50
You kept
€42
Profit per hour
€21
You kept 84% of what she paid.
Common questions
- Why is profit per hour more useful than the price?
- Two appointments can pay the same and be worth completely different amounts. A three-hour set and a one-hour set at the same price are not the same job, and only the hourly figure shows you which one is actually building your business.
- Should I count my time as a cost?
- Your time is not a cost, it is the thing you are selling — but it is the constraint on everything. That is why profit per hour matters more than profit per set: you can only sell so many hours in a week.
- What counts as a product cost?
- Anything you used up on that client: acrylic, gel, tips, lash trays, adhesive, wipes, gloves. Not the tools you keep and reuse — those belong in your monthly overhead, which SetBook handles separately.