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A salon QR is small, decorative, and high-utility: stick it on the styling-station mirror or on the receipt and the client books their next appointment, leaves a Google review, or saves your contact card before they leave the chair.
Generate one for free below. No subscription, no signup, no expiry on the printed QR. Static codes don't depend on a third-party redirect that might shut down or start charging mid-year.
The three QRs every salon should print
Booking link: point at your online-booking page (Square Appointments, Vagaro, Booksy, Fresha, GlossGenius). The client scans at the end of their cut and books the next one in the next 30 seconds — before life gets in the way and they forget.
Google review link: use the Google Maps 'place ID' review URL (Google for Business → Marketing kit → 'Share review form'). The QR opens straight to the five-star prompt. Salons that ask consistently average 3–5× more reviews than salons that don't.
Stylist vCard: each stylist's personal QR encodes their name, phone, Instagram, and the salon address. Print on business cards. Scan saves them to the client's contacts permanently — far stickier than a paper card that ends up in the laundry.
Print placement that gets scanned
Mirror corner sticker, 3 cm × 3 cm. Clients stare at the mirror for the entire cut; the QR ends up in their peripheral vision repeatedly.
Receipt footer or thank-you card. Print at checkout while the experience is fresh — review rates spike when asked at point-of-sale, not days later by email.
Front-window decal for after-hours bookings. Passers-by scan the booking QR from the sidewalk when you're closed.
Don't print on glossy laminate over the mirror — the reflection from ring lights and salon spotlights kills the scan. Matte vinyl is the right substrate.
Things that go wrong, and how to avoid them
Booking platform changes. If you switch from Vagaro to Fresha, the printed QR points at a dead URL until you reprint. To avoid this, point the QR at a short URL on your own domain (yoursalon.com/book) that you redirect to whichever booking platform you're using this year. When you switch platforms, you update the redirect — not the printed cards.
Review-prompt fatigue. Don't print 'leave a 5-star review' under the QR. Google bans incentivized reviews and Maps now demotes obviously coached language. Print 'Share your experience' instead.
Free dynamic-QR tools shutting down. The salon space is full of cheap online tools that promise scan tracking and dynamic links. Most charge after a free tier or shut down within 2–3 years. Static QRs (what we generate) don't have this exit risk.
Recommended QR types for this use case
- Online booking URL — Link to your Square / Vagaro / Booksy / Fresha booking page. (URL)
- Google review link — Encode your Google review URL. One scan opens the rating prompt. (URL)
- Stylist vCard — Name, phone, Instagram, salon address. Scan saves it to contacts. (vCard)
Frequently asked questions
- Can I change where the QR points after printing?
- Not directly — the URL is baked into the dot pattern. The workaround is to point the printed QR at a URL on your own domain that you can redirect anywhere. When you switch booking platforms or move offices, update the redirect; the printed QR keeps working.
- What's a safe minimum print size for a stylist business card?
- 2 cm × 2 cm. Phones at arm's length read down to about 1.5 cm reliably; 2 cm leaves margin for slightly out-of-focus camera or low-light salon lighting.
- Does the QR work if a client doesn't have a QR-scanner app?
- Yes. The native camera app on every iPhone and modern Android scans QR codes without any add-on app. The 'QR-scanner app' category was killed by OS-level scanning around 2018.