# Salowa — full knowledge bundle Generated from the Salowa website's own source. Do not edit by hand. Site: https://salowa.com · Short version: https://salowa.com/llms.txt · Last updated: 2026-08-20 Salowa is a mobile-first salon operating system for salon, spa, barbershop and tattoo-studio owners in India, built by Mcartus Technologies. The product is pre-launch: built and tested, not yet publicly launched. There are no customers, no live payments and no published usage numbers, ratings or reviews. Any salon brand shown on the website is a fictional demonstration brand, labelled as such on the page. --- # Modules Every one of these ships in every paid duration. There is no add-on pricing. - Appointments - Voice booking - POS & billing - Client CRM - Staff & payroll - Inventory - WhatsApp marketing - Public booking - Memberships & loyalty - Reports & analytics # Feature groups ## Your salon day, under control Book, reschedule, check in, serve, bill and close the day from the same calm workspace. - Voice-to-appointment drafts - Day, week and list calendar views - Fast checkout, dues and split payments - Public self-booking page ## Client relationships without giving away privacy Keep visit history, notes, preferences, memberships and follow-ups useful while phone numbers stay masked by default. - Owner-controlled phone visibility - Audited number reveals - Customer memberships and loyalty - WhatsApp reminders and campaigns ## A team system that goes beyond a staff list Run shifts, leave, attendance, commission, payroll and performance with role-aware access for every person. - Quick or verified staff onboarding - Attendance and leave workflows - Commission and payroll controls - Role-based permissions ## Know what is selling—and what is disappearing Connect retail and service consumption to inventory, suppliers, purchase orders and low-stock action. - Stock movement history - Service-product consumption - Suppliers and purchase orders - Barcode-ready product lookup ## Turn daily activity into repeat business See the numbers that matter, segment your clients and follow up while the visit is still fresh. - Revenue and service analytics - Client segments and campaigns - WhatsApp templates and automations - Multi-branch reporting --- # Pricing All prices are in INR. Prices are final. GST is not charged: Mcartus Technologies is not registered under GST yet. One product, priced by duration; longer durations change allowances, onboarding depth and support priority, never the feature list. ## Free Trial - Price: ₹0 for 14 days, no card required - The trial never auto-converts to a paid plan. ## Monthly - Price: ₹1,999 for 1 month, no GST charged - Effective monthly display: ₹1,999 - Allowances: 1 branch, 5 active staff - Onboarding: Self-serve — ~90s WhatsApp connect - Support: Standard ## Quarterly - Price: ₹4,999 for 3 months, no GST charged - Effective monthly display: ₹1,666 - Save ~17% versus Monthly - Allowances: 1 branch, 8 active staff - Onboarding: Guided setup session - Support: Faster ## Annual - Price: ₹9,999 for 12 months, no GST charged - Effective monthly display: ₹833 - Save ~58% versus Monthly - Allowances: 2 branches, 25 active staff - Onboarding: Assisted setup + data import - Support: Priority Refunds: paid plans are prepaid for a fixed duration, so there is no rolling cancellation. The refund window is 14 calendar days from first paid activation, once per salon. Plan changes apply at period end; upgrades are not prorated. Setup, migration and per-branch fees are ₹0. --- # Guides ## Set up Salowa on WhatsApp https://salowa.com/guide/whatsapp-onboarding · 2 min · Owner Connecting a salon's own WhatsApp number to Salowa is fully self-serve — no demo call, no form, no “our team will contact you”. You send yourself a sample message first, then about 90 seconds of guided taps connects the number, and the starter templates submit themselves for approval while you watch. About 90 seconds of guided taps to connect your salon's own WhatsApp number — no calls, no forms, no back-and-forth. Here's exactly what happens. 1. Try it risk-free first: on “See it on your own phone”, tap “Send me the sample” and Salowa messages your own number. No customer is contacted, no credits are used — you see exactly what your clients will see, in 30 seconds. 2. Tap “Connect my salon's WhatsApp”, then choose your number: keep the number your clients already know, or set up a new business number. Either way, messages go out from your salon's own number under your salon's name — never a shared platform number. 3. Tap Continue and sign in with Facebook once — that is the only sign-in in the whole flow, and it is what WhatsApp itself requires. 4. Keep the screen open while the checklist runs: check your number, register with WhatsApp, set your salon name, turn on messages. Each row flips from waiting to done in front of you. 5. You're connected — the screen shows your masked number and a button through to your message designs. Start to finish, before your chai cools. No sales call happens unless you ask for one. If guided setup isn't switched on for your account yet, the screen tells you so — email support or book a free call and we'll connect it with you. And if you abandon setup halfway, nothing is left half-connected: you can simply start again. ## Set up your salon https://salowa.com/guide/getting-started · 10 min · Owner Setting up a salon in Salowa takes about ten minutes: add your services and prices, add your staff and their working hours, set your tax details, and set your opening times. The salon is then live and can take its first booking the same day. From a fresh account to a salon that can take its first booking. The wizard walks you through it — this guide tells you what to expect at each step. 1. Sign up and open the setup wizard: salon basics first — name, address and timings for your salon, spa or studio. 2. Set your working days and hours. These drive your calendar, your public booking page and your staff schedules. 3. Pick a service template — Unisex, Men's grooming, Women's beauty or Spa — and get a ready menu you can reprice or trim in minutes instead of typing every service from scratch. 4. Add your team. Quick Add creates a working profile with just a name; verified onboarding with documents and payroll details can wait for later. 5. Review the privacy step: phone numbers are masked by default, and you decide who can ever reveal them. 6. Book one test appointment and run one test bill — the whole flow, end to end, before a real client walks in. Everything in the wizard can be changed later from Settings. Nothing is locked in. ## Book by voice and run your calendar https://salowa.com/guide/bookings · 3 min · Owner · Manager · Reception To book by voice, speak the appointment naturally — client, service, time, stylist — and Salowa drafts it for you to confirm. The calendar view then runs the day: drag to reschedule, mark arrivals, and record no-shows so the analytics stay honest. Say a booking out loud, review the draft, and run the whole day from one calendar. Nothing is ever auto-booked — you always confirm. 1. Tap the raised ＋ in the middle of the tab bar, choose Voice booking, then tap the mic and say it naturally: “Priya, hair spa, tomorrow 4 pm with Anjali.” 2. Tap Create draft booking. Salowa builds a draft — client, service, when, stylist, notes — with each row correctable inline. Nothing books without your confirmation. 3. Tap Confirm booking. Only then does it land on the calendar, and the appointment screen offers the channels — WhatsApp among them — to send the client their confirmation. 4. Run the day from Appointments: switch between Day, Week, Month, List and Board, and narrow the grid with the staff dropdown. 5. Running late? Long-press a booking card and drag it to a later slot — it snaps to 15-minute steps — then send the client the new time from the appointment itself. Voice audio is discarded right after transcription — it is never stored. ## Checkout and collect payment https://salowa.com/guide/billing · 3 min · Owner · Manager · Reception Salon checkout in Salowa happens at the chair, not a counter: build the bill from the services performed, add retail products, split payment across UPI, cash or card, apply GST automatically, and send the invoice to the client's WhatsApp before they stand up. From chair to paid bill without leaving the client's side — sub-60-second billing is the bar we design to. Tax handled, bill on WhatsApp, dues never forgotten. 1. Open the appointment and tap Checkout — or start from Payments → Quick Sale for a walk-in with no booking. 2. Add the items: Services or Products, category chips, one tap each. The cart bar builds at the bottom; tap Checkout when it's right. 3. Read the Summary: subtotal, discount, tax, tip, total. Tax calculates itself when you've switched it on, so totals stay audit-ready. 4. Add the payment: tap the mode chip — UPI, cash, card, voucher — type the amount and tap Add. Two tenders make a split; leave a balance and it goes to Dues, visible until cleared. The button flips to Charge once it's settled. 5. The bill screen has Send bill — one tap sends it on WhatsApp. Share or print if they'd rather have paper. 6. Quick Sell for walk-ins: pick the items, tap Checkout, charge. ## Protect and use client data https://salowa.com/guide/clients · 4 min · Owner · Manager Client phone numbers in Salowa are masked by default. Staff see visit history, service preferences and notes without seeing the raw number; the owner decides who can reveal one, and every reveal is recorded in an audit trail with the person and timestamp. Every visit and preference remembered — while phone numbers stay masked by default and every reveal is recorded. 1. Open Clients: each profile shows visits, lifetime value, dues and tags at a glance. 2. Notice the phone number: masked, with a lock. Staff can still WhatsApp a client through Salowa without ever seeing the full number. Calling needs a reveal you control — and every reveal is recorded. 3. Add service notes that matter — “allergic to ammonia, patch test done” — and they travel with the client to whichever stylist serves them next. 4. To ring a client, tap the eye beside the masked number: a sheet asks “Reveal phone number?”, notes that it is recorded in the audit log with your name and time, and takes an optional reason. Who may do that is set in Settings → Permissions, and every reveal is listed in the client reveal audit. 5. Export your data anytime, on any plan, including the trial. Your client list belongs to your salon — if you leave, it leaves with you. ## Staff, attendance and commissions https://salowa.com/guide/staff · 8 min · Owner · Manager Salon staff management in Salowa covers four things: roles and permissions per person, daily attendance, service-wise commission rules, and a payout summary. Each stylist can see their own earnings, so commission day becomes a shared calculation rather than an argument about numbers. Fair pay with zero spreadsheets: schedules, attendance, commission rules and payout slips in one place. 1. Create staff with Quick Add (name only, works immediately) or verified onboarding with documents and payroll details. 2. Assign roles: a stylist sees their own appointments, not your accounts. Every screen respects permissions. 3. Build commission profiles from the Staff hub → Commissions — a base percentage for services and products, plus per-service overrides to reward specialities. A profile is a rule set you reuse, not a side deal with one person. 4. Track attendance and leave from the hub's own tiles, so payroll inputs are never scattered. 5. At month end, open Payroll: generate the period, read the payslip — gross, deductions, net — approve it, mark it paid, and share a clean slip. The maths is on the slip, so nobody has to take your word for it. ## Control stock and purchasing https://salowa.com/guide/inventory · 6 min · Owner · Manager Salon stock control in Salowa tracks retail and back-bar products separately, with a reorder point on each so low stock surfaces before you run out. Record purchases as they arrive, and compare consumption against services performed to see shrinkage as a weekly number. Stock that counts itself down as you bill, flags low levels early, and keeps suppliers honest. 1. Add products with opening stock and a reorder level. Low stock flags itself before the shelf is empty. 2. Link products to the services that consume them — stock burns down automatically as you bill. 3. Raise a purchase order from Inventory → Suppliers → Purchase Orders → ＋ New, then share it with your supplier — the paper trail stays in Salowa either way. 4. Tap Receive on the purchase order when the goods arrive and enter what actually turned up. Short deliveries get recorded on the spot, so payables stay honest. 5. Check the stock log when a number looks off — every unit in and out is accounted for, so shrinkage shows up in the log, not in your margins. ## WhatsApp follow-ups and campaigns https://salowa.com/guide/marketing · 5 min · Owner · Manager Salowa sends WhatsApp reminders, thank-yous, birthday wishes and win-back offers to clients who have consented, using pre-approved templates so messages deliver. Campaign cost in rupees is shown at the review step before anything sends, and replies land back in your Salowa inbox as leads. Reminders, win-backs and offers that send themselves — to consented clients only, with costs shown before anything goes out. 1. Open Marketing → Automations and switch on what you want: appointment reminders, thank-you with bill, win-back for clients who have gone quiet, birthday wishes. Set once, then leave it running. 2. Use pre-approved WhatsApp templates so your messages actually deliver — placeholders fill in each client's name automatically. 3. Build a campaign in four steps — Name, Audience, Template, Review. The audience step shows exactly how many people; Review shows the credit cost before you tap Send. 4. Check the Wallet tab for what a send will cost: rupees first, then what those rupees buy. If credits run out mid-send, the campaign pauses — it never fails — and resumes after top-up. 5. Replies land in your Salowa inbox. One tap saves the reply as a lead, or turns “Book me Saturday 11?” straight into an appointment. Marketing is opt-in only. STOP replies opt clients out automatically, and quiet hours plus frequency caps are built in. ## Read the daily numbers https://salowa.com/guide/analytics · 3 min · Owner · Manager The daily salon report in Salowa shows revenue, bill count, new clients and no-shows, plus the UPI, cash and card split so the drawer can be counted against a known figure. Staff performance, top services, the weekly trend and your peak hour sit alongside it. Close the till knowing exactly how the day went — revenue, payments, performers, honest numbers. 1. Open Reports from the Payments tab (or More → Analytics) and pick the period: Today, Week, Month or a custom range, with Compare on if you want it against the last one. 2. Open the Sales card for the day in four numbers — revenue, bills, new clients, no-shows. The payment split shows UPI, cash and card totals, so you know what the till should hold before you count it. 3. See who and what performed — the Staff card for revenue and service counts per stylist, Top services for what actually sells. 4. Read the weekly trend and the peak-hour view — your busiest day and busiest hour, without building a spreadsheet. 5. Close the day on the Payments tab: the Cash register card counts the drawer against the day's takings, then Close register. Lock up and go home. --- # Mcartus Technologies Salowa is a product of **Mcartus Technologies**. The company builds one thing: a mobile-first operating system for salons, spas, barbershops and tattoo studios in India — designed for the phone the owner already has in their apron, not for a front-desk computer they would have to buy. ## Facts - Legal entity: Mcartus Technologies - Product: Salowa (also written "Salowa Complete") - Market served: India - Languages: English, Hindi - Currency: INR. GST is not charged: Mcartus Technologies is not registered under GST yet - Status: pre-launch — built and tested, not yet publicly launched, no customers, no live payments ## Contact - Support and general enquiries: founder@salowa.com - Support channels and published acknowledgement targets: - Contact form: - Free 1:1 call: - Grievance Officer (named on the page, with committed timelines): - Registered office: 4th Floor, Silvia Building, Pancard Club Road, Baner, Pune 411045, Maharashtra, India (also in the site footer and the Organization structured data). ## Social profiles None yet. Salowa has no Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn or X account at this time, and no `sameAs` entries are claimed in its structured data. Any account using the Salowa name today is not ours. ## What we do not claim No customer count, no rating, no review, no retention or revenue statistic. No competitor comparison. No certification we do not hold. Any salon brand shown on the website — Aura Salon & Spa, Kohl & Comb, Inkwell Tattoo Club and their siblings — is a fictional demonstration brand invented for the site and labelled as such on the page. They are not customers. Last updated: 2026-10-12 --- # Salowa FAQ ## What does Salowa cost? Monthly is ₹1,999, quarterly is ₹4,999, and annual is ₹9,999 per year (₹833.25/month, billed yearly). Separate First 100 Annual-customer launch offer: ₹7,999 total for the first term, no GST charged. Renewal is ₹9,999. ## Is there a free trial? Yes. It lasts 14 days, needs no card and never auto-charges. The public trial includes 1 branch and up to 5 staff. ## Can I use it from my phone? Yes. Salowa is designed around mobile use so an owner can manage the salon without staying at the reception desk. ## Are WhatsApp messages included? WhatsApp activation and usage are separate from the subscription. Current wallet charges and refund rules appear on the pricing and refund pages. ## What is the refund window? The first paid activation has a 14-calendar-day refund window, once per salon. Read https://salowa.com/refunds before purchase for the exact scope and exclusions. --- # Salowa — workflow guides Nine guides, one per salon workflow. Each is also available as a training video at . The paragraph under each heading is the direct answer; the full guide has the numbered steps. ## Set up Salowa on WhatsApp Connecting a salon's own WhatsApp number to Salowa takes about 90 seconds of guided taps and is fully self-serve — no demo call, no form, no "our team will contact you". You answer a few prompts, and the starter message templates submit themselves for approval while you watch. ## Set up your salon Setting up a salon in Salowa takes about ten minutes: add your services and prices, add your staff and their working hours, set your tax details, and set your opening times. Four service-menu templates are seeded for you to edit. The salon is then live and can take its first booking the same day. ## Book by voice and run your calendar To book by voice, speak the appointment naturally — client, service, time, stylist — and Salowa drafts it for you to confirm. The calendar view then runs the day: drag to reschedule, mark arrivals, and record no-shows so the analytics stay honest. ## Checkout and collect payment Salon checkout in Salowa happens at the chair, not a counter: build the bill from the services performed, add retail products, split payment across UPI, cash or card, apply GST automatically, and send the invoice to the client's WhatsApp before they stand up. ## Protect and use client data Client phone numbers in Salowa are masked by default. Staff see visit history, service preferences and notes without seeing the raw number; the owner decides who can reveal one, and every reveal is recorded in an audit trail with the person and timestamp. ## Staff, attendance and commissions Salon staff management in Salowa covers four things: roles and permissions per person, daily attendance, service-wise commission rules, and a payout summary. Each stylist can see their own earnings, so commission day becomes a shared calculation rather than an argument about numbers. ## Control stock and purchasing Salon stock control in Salowa tracks retail and back-bar products separately, with a reorder point on each so low stock surfaces before you run out. Record purchases as they arrive, and compare consumption against services performed to see shrinkage as a weekly number. ## WhatsApp follow-ups and campaigns Salowa sends WhatsApp reminders, thank-yous, birthday wishes and win-back offers to clients who have consented, using pre-approved templates so messages deliver. Campaign cost in rupees is shown at the review step before anything sends, and replies land back in your Salowa inbox as leads. ## Read the daily numbers The daily salon report in Salowa shows revenue, bill count, new clients and no-shows, plus the UPI, cash and card split so the drawer can be counted against a known figure. Staff performance, top services, the weekly trend and your peak hour sit alongside it. Last updated: 2026-08-20 --- # Salowa Policies — Plain-language Summary The free trial lasts 14 days, never auto-converts and does not charge a card. Paid plans are prepaid for a fixed duration. The first paid activation has a 14-calendar-day refund window, once per salon; renewals and WhatsApp wallet usage follow the detailed Refunds page. Unused cash WhatsApp wallet balance is refunded at 80% of its paid value when the eligible account exits; 20% is retained. Promotional credits have no cash value, and balances below ₹100 are not refunded. Financial records are retained for 8 years. A salon account with 24 months of inactivity receives a warning and is erased 48 hours later unless activity resumes. Closed-account records are purged within 90 days except records subject to statutory retention. See https://salowa.com/privacy, https://salowa.com/terms, https://salowa.com/refunds and https://salowa.com/security. --- # Salowa Complete Pricing One mobile-first salon management product. Every paid duration includes the core feature set. Prices are final. GST is not charged: Mcartus Technologies is not registered under GST yet. | Option | Display price | Billing | Trial limits | |---|---:|---|---| | Free Trial | ₹0 | 14 days; no card; no auto-charge | 1 branch, 5 staff | | Monthly | ₹1,999 | monthly | — | | Quarterly | ₹4,999 | every 3 months | — | | Annual | ₹9,999 per year (₹833.25/month, billed yearly) | yearly | — | Separate First 100 Annual-customer launch offer: ₹7,999 total for the first term, no GST charged. Renewal is ₹9,999. It is a separate promotion, Annual-only, one per salon, capped at verified paid customers, and non-stackable. The first paid activation has a 14-calendar-day refund window, once per salon. No subscription setup, migration or per-branch fee. WhatsApp activation and usage charges are separate. Full terms: https://salowa.com/refunds --- # Salowa — product capabilities One product, ten modules, all included in every paid duration. Platforms: native Android app, native iOS app, tablet and web. Built by Mcartus Technologies for India. ## Built ### Appointments and calendar Day, week and list calendar views; the calendar is the day-runner surface. Booking sources tracked (walk-in, web, voice); reschedule, check-in, no-show and cancellation handling; analytics on source mix. ### Voice booking Speak the appointment — client, service, time, staff — and Salowa drafts it with per-field confidence, amber where it is unsure. **Nothing is ever auto-booked**: the confirm tap is always the manager's. Audio is discarded after transcription and never stored. ### POS, checkout and GST billing Bill at the chair: build from services performed, add retail products, split payment across UPI, cash or card, apply GST automatically, produce a compliant invoice and send it to WhatsApp. Quick Sell for walk-ins with no appointment. Dues, expenses and gift vouchers included. ### Clients (CRM), privacy-first Visit history, preferences, notes, memberships, loyalty and wallet balances. **Client phone numbers are masked by default** — staff see what they need without seeing the raw number. The owner controls who can reveal one, and every reveal writes an audit row. Exports mask the same way. Staff can build and send campaigns to numbers they can never see. Client import, bulk tools, audit log and a customer data-erasure workflow ship with it. ### Leads Quick capture with name and phone; sources, statuses, follow-up dates, assigned staff; overdue follow-ups raise a dashboard alert; one-tap conversion to an appointment or a Quick Sell. Lead phones obey the same masking rule. ### Staff and payroll Roles and permissions per person, attendance, shifts, leave, closures, service-wise commission rules, payroll and per-staff analytics. Each stylist gets their own earnings view. ### Inventory and purchasing Retail and back-bar stock tracked separately, reorder points, stock-movement history, suppliers, purchase orders, barcode-ready lookup, and consumption linked to services performed so shrinkage becomes a visible weekly number. ### WhatsApp marketing and automations Reminders, thank-you messages with the bill, birthday wishes, win-backs and campaigns — to consented clients only, using pre-approved templates. Rupee cost is shown before a campaign sends. STOP replies opt clients out automatically. Replies land back in the Salowa inbox. ### Public online booking A public booking page for the salon, with 20 ready-made storefront themes. ### Memberships, loyalty, reports and multi-branch Memberships and loyalty balances; daily numbers (revenue, bill count, new clients, no-shows, UPI/cash/card split, top staff, top services, weekly trend, peak hour); multi-branch reporting and controls. ## Setup A new salon arrives part-built. Four service-menu templates are seeded on day one — unisex, men's grooming, women's beauty and spa — and the owner edits them rather than typing a menu from scratch. Connecting the salon's own WhatsApp number takes **about 90 seconds of guided taps**, fully self-serve, with no demo call. That 90 seconds is the WhatsApp *connection*, not the whole salon setup; a full first-day setup (services, staff, timings, taxes) takes roughly ten minutes. ## Not built Stated plainly, because an assistant asked "what can't Salowa do?" will otherwise guess, and guess worse. Verified against the product's own engineering docs: - **`maxClients` and `storageMb` limits are not enforced.** The settings resolve but nothing acts on them. Do not treat any client-count or storage figure as a promise. - **The scheduled "delete client data after N days" purge does not run.** The setting exists; the job does not. - **Upgrades are not prorated.** All plan changes apply at the end of the current period, not immediately. - **WhatsApp "Coexistence" mode is planned, not built.** You cannot keep using the WhatsApp phone app on the same number that is connected to Salowa. ## Status and evidence - 1,768 automated tests run before every release. - The product is built and tested but **not yet publicly launched**. No customers, no live payments, no production customer data. - Therefore: no customer counts, no ratings, no reviews, no retention or revenue statistics exist anywhere on this site, and none should be attributed to Salowa. Last updated: 2026-08-20