How to see take-home from your GlossGenius export
Booking reports show sales. Take-home after rent needs the export plus your costs.
GlossGenius is excellent at bookings and checkout. Its reports show sales by day. They do not usually show take-home after booth rent, product and fees, or take-home per chair hour. Export the sales file you already use, add rent and product, and that picture appears. Tangled Solo does this from the same export for booth and suite renters. It is an add-on, not a replacement for GlossGenius. Vagaro, Square, Phorest, etc. follow the same pattern.
What GlossGenius shows (and what it does not)
GlossGenius is built for bookings and checkout. Its reports show tickets, staff sales and busy days. They usually do not subtract booth rent, the product you bought, or card fees to show take-home per chair hour.
That gap is normal. Booking software is not a take-home dashboard. The same pattern shows up in Vagaro, Square, Phorest, etc.: strong sales views, thin take-home views for renters.
Sales is not take-home after rent
| Week view (example) | Sales in booking report | Rent + product + fees | Take-home before tax |
| Quiet Tuesday | $180 | $90 rent share + $25 product | About $65 |
| Solid Thursday | $520 | $90 + $55 | About $375 |
| Packed Saturday | $980 | $90 + $95 | About $795 |
Made-up booth renter. The booking report can look fine on a day that barely covers your rent share once product is counted.
Pair sales with take-home per chair hour and product cost per service so one Saturday cannot hide a weak midweek.
Export from GlossGenius, then see take-home
- Follow the step-by-step export guide: how to export from GlossGenius.
- Open Tangled Solo and drop in that file (read in your browser), or start with the free take-home calculator if you only want a quick rent math check.
- Read take-home per chair hour, rent day, and which services drag, after rent, product and fees.
Tangled Solo is an add-on for booth and suite renters. It does not replace GlossGenius, your calendar or checkout. Keep GlossGenius for appointments. Use Solo when you want the money picture those reports skip.
Export how-tos for other systems: export guides hub for Vagaro, Square, Phorest, etc. Owner-side profit-from-export guides exist too (salon teams), starting with profit from GlossGenius for salon owners.
What you can do once you see the picture
- Raise underpriced services (make more money as a booth renter).
- Check whether rent is too high (how much should booth rent be).
- Compare booth vs commission on your book (booth vs commission for stylists).
- Tighten product use (track product cost as a booth renter).
Quick answers
Does GlossGenius show booth renter take-home?
GlossGenius shows sales and related reports. It does not usually subtract booth rent, product you bought and fees to show take-home per chair hour. You need the sales export plus your costs for that picture.
How do I see take-home from a GlossGenius export?
Export the line-item or sales report, then combine it with rent, product and fees. Tangled Solo reads that export in your browser. Or use the free booth rent take-home calculator for a quick estimate.
Does this work for Vagaro, Square or Phorest?
Yes, same idea: export sales, then see take-home. Export how-tos for Vagaro, Square, Phorest, etc. are on the Tangled guides hub. Tangled Solo reads those formats too.
Is Tangled Solo a GlossGenius alternative?
No. Keep GlossGenius for bookings and checkout. Tangled Solo is an add-on for take-home analytics from the export you already download.