# RunTheChair

> RunTheChair is a booking and payments app for barbers and hairstylists (barbershops and hair salons alike) that gives each one their own branded app (their name, colors and logo) instead of a listing in a marketplace. Clients book online, pay deposits, get reminders 24 hours and 2 hours before, and rebook in a few taps; barbers and stylists take cards with Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android, no reader. Pricing: no subscription and no setup fee; RunTheChair's fee is 1.5% of each card payment for a service, capped at $19.99 per chair per month, plus card processing passed through at cost (never above Booksy's rate while the 1.5% is running). Past the cap, each card payment covers only RunTheChair's cost: Stripe's processing rate plus a 0.25% payout fee, so RunTheChair never profits past the cap. Later costs (Stripe's fee kept on a refund, the $15 dispute fee, lost disputes, instant cash-outs at Stripe's 1.5%, min $0.50) come out of the barber's or stylist's next card sales and show on the Money screen. No fee on tips, cash or Zelle. Founding pilot barbers and stylists, by invitation, pay exactly RunTheChair's cost with no 1.5%. It runs on the web and Android, in English and Spanish (each shop picks barbershop or hair salon wording, with stylist tools like color processing gaps, color formulas, patch tests and consent forms), and is launching first with barbers and stylists in New York City, North Jersey, Westchester and Long Island (waitlist open, October 2026).

## Product
- [Home](https://runthechair.com/): what RunTheChair is, how setup works, every feature, pricing, a comparison with typical booking apps, and the FAQ.
- [Pricing](https://runthechair.com/#pricing): 1.5% per card payment, our fee capped at $19.99 a month (processing at cost; past the cap, only our cost); optional own App Store listing at $199 one-time, then 2.5% capped at $99 a month, for barbers and stylists running $2,000+ a month in card payments.
- [FAQ](https://runthechair.com/#faq): card readers, what the fee covers, tips, who owns the client list, cash, Spanish, differences from Booksy.
- [Founding pilot program](https://runthechair.com/pilot/): pilot barbers and stylists get every feature and pay only what their card payments cost RunTheChair (Stripe's processing and payout fees, $2 a month for the Stripe account, about 6¢ per new client), for good; no subscription and no 1.5%.
- [Setup walkthrough video](https://runthechair.com/walkthrough/): a 90-second screen recording of a barber setting up their own app on the live product.

## For clients
- [Find a barber or stylist](https://runthechair.com/find): the opt-in directory of barbers and stylists who take bookings on RunTheChair, searchable by ZIP code.
- [Comes to you](https://runthechair.com/nearby): barbers and stylists who travel, on a map. Request one now and follow them to your door. Barbers are independent, set their own prices and area, and confirm their own licensing.

## Policies
- [Terms of Service](https://runthechair.com/terms/): fees, deposits, cancellations, payments and accounts, for clients, barbers and stylists.
- [Privacy Policy](https://runthechair.com/privacy/): what we collect, who sees it, retention, and how to download or delete your data.