Digital Signage for Salons and Barbershops

Most salons and barbershops have a TV that plays whatever is on. It could be showing the price list, this month's offer, the work you're proud of and the number of the next walk-in, and still play the match on Saturday.

What goes on the screen

• The price list. Cuts, colour, beard, kids, with prices that change in a minute when yours do. No reprinting a laminated sheet.
• A style gallery. Your own photos on a slow loop. It sells the expensive cut better than any menu line.
• Walk-in queue. A take-a-number kiosk at the door and the now-serving number on the screen, so walk-ins can go for a coffee and come back.
• Slow-afternoon offers. A "Tuesday to Thursday, 2 to 5pm" discount that only shows at those times, on a schedule rule.
• Products. The shelf behind the desk gets a slide with the product of the month.
• Booking and socials. The booking link as a QR code, the Instagram handle, the Wi-Fi password.

The TV can still be a TV

Put an Android TV box or a Raspberry Pi running the free CastWize player on one HDMI input and keep the broadcast on another. Signage during the week, the match on Saturday, and the board is still running when you switch back.

Changing it between clients

Studio runs on a phone. A new price, a new photo, a cancellation-slot offer for this afternoon: edit, publish, and the screen updates within seconds. Promotions get start and end dates so they come down on their own. Two chairs and a front desk can run different slides on different screens, grouped and managed together.

Hardware and cost

Any TV with HDMI plus a small player, both probably already in the shop; a cheap tablet works as the ticket kiosk. Software is $5 per screen per month, first screen free for 30 days, no contract. See digital signage for retail stores for more shop setups, and the free templates for a price-list layout to start from.

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