Staff benefit from new tech for cashless tips
Following their return to work post-lockdown, beauty and hair professionals are experiencing on average a 79% increase in tips from satisfied clients.
According to Dublin-based fintech company Strikepay, which offers a cashless tip payment solution, hairdressers, barbers, beauty therapists and nail technicians have experienced the huge increase over the last six weeks.
Salon employees simply wear a Strikepay tag with an individual QR code which satisfied customers scan to leave them a tip through Apple Pay, Google Pay or any saved card.
Strikepay co-founder Oli Cavanagh says:
“We are having a meaningful impact on the service industry and salon service professionals in Ireland with our data showing a positive increase in the value of tips over the last six weeks. This is significant to people in the industry.
“Charles Dowd and I created this technology in response to an every-day need we were experiencing ourselves. We couldn't tip people anymore, yet we wanted to. Now that we've fixed the problem, we're also getting a lot of thanks from customers who were equally embarrassed that they had no cash to tip anymore. Everyone is a winner.”
Strikepay have recently partnered with Sugar Culture Group, with the gratuity payment system now live in all Brown Sugar, Sugar Daddy and Sugar-Coated stores in Ireland. Sugar Culture Group staff join those working at Dylan Bradshaw Studio, Cut & Sew Group, Sam's Barbers, Waxperts and Nails Inc., amongst those benefiting from this contactless tipping technology.
