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Salon inventory software for color, retail and backbar

Scan tubes and bottles as they are used, keep retail shelves stocked, and stop guessing what to reorder before the weekend rush — set up in minutes, no spreadsheet required.

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Free forever for 100 items · no credit card · up and running in minutes

Built for the way you work

What it handles

Color and tint stock

Give the color bar its own folder and set a minimum on the shades you burn through. Scan a tube out as you mix, and StockZip flags the low ones before a colorist runs dry mid-appointment.

Retail shelf products

Every bottle sold off the retail shelf is scanned out, so the count is always current and shrinkage has an audit trail — you can see the gap instead of guessing where the product went.

Backbar professional supplies

Shampoo, developer, foils, and tools live in a backbar folder with their own minimums. Usage history turns the Sunday-night reorder guess into a five-minute task on Monday.

Scan → track → reorder

How it flows

01 · Scan it in

Add color, retail, and backbar products by scanning the barcode with your phone. Drop each one into a folder — color bar, retail shelf, backbar — so the salon is organized from day one.

02 · Tap to use

As a tube is mixed or a bottle is sold, adjust the count right from the phone — add, remove, and log the reason. The stock record and its movement history stay current without a clipboard.

03 · Let minimums flag the gap

Set a minimum on the products you cannot run out of. When stock drops to it, the item surfaces in your low-stock view so nothing quietly hits zero before the weekend.

04 · Reorder in minutes

Instead of walking the shelves on a Sunday night, work from what is actually low. Your reorder becomes a quick, confident list built from real usage, not a guess.

Frequently asked questions

Can I track color by the tube and the ounce?
Track each color as its own item with a count and a minimum, then adjust the count as tubes are mixed and used — every change is logged with a reason so the movement history is intact. If you decant or weigh product, track it in the unit you actually count in; StockZip does not automatically deduct by the ounce, so you adjust the count as it is used.
Does it work with my booth renters?
Yes. Add your stylists and booth renters on a paid plan — Starter includes three users — and use role-based, location-scoped access so each person works from their own folder rather than the whole salon catalogue, while you keep the full view. The Free plan is single-user, so booth renters come in when you add your team on Starter or above.
What does it cost for one location?
StockZip is free forever for up to 100 items with no credit card, which covers a lot of a single chair or small salon. When you outgrow it, Starter runs $14.99/month billed annually for up to 2,000 items and three users, and your signup price is your renewal price. See the pricing page for the full breakdown.
How do I stop running out of color mid-appointment?
Set a minimum on the shades and backbar products you cannot run out of. When stock falls to that level the item shows up in your low-stock view, so you reorder before the shelf is empty. Low-stock alerts are included on every plan, including Free; the Low Stock report and reorder-suggestion tasks are part of the paid plans.
Can I see who sold or used a product?
Yes. Every add, remove, and adjustment is recorded with who did it, when, and the reason, so retail shrinkage has an audit trail instead of a shrug. Multi-user tracking with named staff starts on the Starter plan, where you add your team.

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