Slick vs.
GlossGenius
Flat monthly pricing that doesn't creep up every year. Lower processing on every swipe. Built for hair salons.
No tier creep, ~0.5% less per swipe — real savings every month
Setup, data import, and team training included
Native iOS app — run everything from your phone
Where Slick wins
Five areas where solo stylists and salon owners tell us GlossGenius started feeling expensive.
Half a point lower on every swipe — and it compounds
What GlossGenius charges
GlossGenius’s published rate is a flat 2.6% on every card transaction. The same 2.6% applies whether the ticket is $40 or $400.
What Slick does
Slick’s published card-present rate is 2.1% + $0.03 — half a percentage point lower on every swipe. A solo stylist running $6,000/month in card payments saves about $30/month. A small salon running $30,000/month saves about $140/month — close to $1,700 a year.
Flat pricing vs. a tier ladder that keeps climbing
WHAT GLOSSGENIUS CHARGES
GlossGenius started at $24/mo. Then came a Gold tier at $48/mo. Now there's a Platinum tier at $148/mo (or $168/mo if you pay monthly instead of annually).
WHAT SLICK DOES
Slick's three plans are $20, $35, and $219, month-to-month, and they haven't changed since launch.
Every new GlossGenius feature is competing with a yoga studio's wishlist
WHAT GLOSSGENIUS IS BECOMING
Today their public site describes the product as built for 'appointment-based businesses' — yoga studios, personal trainers, massage therapists, all sharing the same roadmap.
WHAT SLICK DOES
Slick is for hair salons. Every new release gets shaped by people who work behind a chair.
GlossGenius makes you pay more to keep your options open
WHAT GLOSSGENIUS CHARGES
Want the $48 Gold price? You have to commit to a year. Pay monthly instead and the same plan jumps to $56 — about $100 more a year.
WHAT SLICK DOES
Slick is one price, monthly. Stay six months or six years, same number. No annual lock-in.
GlossGenius charges extra to send your money on weekends
WHAT GLOSSGENIUS CHARGES
GlossGenius's same-day payouts are free Monday through Thursday. Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? Their Instant Payout option adds a 1.8% surcharge on top of the standard 2.6% processing — 4.4% total.
WHAT SLICK DOES
Slick: one rate, every day of the week. Your money moves the same way Friday as it does Tuesday.
Most salons are live on Slick within a week
No setup fee, no contract, no data loss. The flow looks different depending on whether you work alone or have a team — toggle below to see your version.
Sign up & set up
You sign up and add your services, prices, and timings yourself. Slick is mobile-first, so most solos get this done from their phone in a couple of hours.
We import your clients
Send us your GlossGenius client list. We bring it into Slick for you, free — names, contact info, appointment history, notes. No spreadsheet wrangling on your end.
Flip your booking link
Once your clients are in and your calendar's ready, you update your booking link wherever it lives — Instagram bio, website, signage. Every booking from that moment lands in Slick.