KADEPAY FOR BRAIDERS & LOCTICIANS
Your Saturday might be one set of medium knotless, waist length, hair included, and that is the whole day. KadePay helps you collect the deposit, ask the right questions up front, get your prep and late policy signed, and keep retwist clients on schedule, without living in your DMs.
Pay-As-You-Go starts at $0 per month. Usage and payment fees apply.
Sound familiar?
Braiding and loc work fills whole days, so one late client or empty chair costs more than in most beauty jobs. These are the problems braiders and locticians raise most, and how KadePay helps you hold your policies.
You turned down two other clients for an eight-hour set, bought the hair, and the client stopped answering on Friday night.
With KadePay
Send a braiding deposit link as soon as you confirm the request, for example $50 toward a $260 set. On Team or Pro, a vanishing bill lets an unpaid deposit expire so the day is yours again.
Vanishing billsEvery inquiry turns into twenty messages about small or medium, mid-back or waist length, and whether you supply the hair.
With KadePay
Add your own questions to the deposit link, such as size, length, color and whether hair is included, so the answers arrive with the payment and stay on the client profile.
Payment links and QR codesThirty minutes late with the old style still in turns a six-hour set into an eight-hour one, and your next client waits.
With KadePay
Put your braiding policy in a form clients sign: washed, detangled and blow-dried hair, a grace period and a braider late fee. With card authorization on file, you charge the fee your signed policy describes.
Forms and signaturesRetwists work best every four to six weeks, but clients stretch it to ten and then need extra time you never priced in.
With KadePay
Sell a retwist package of six visits and record each one, or bill a monthly loc maintenance plan on Team or Pro. Book the next retwist before they leave the chair.
Packages and sessionsAs a mobile braider you work in living rooms and dorm rooms, and the client never seems to have cash when you finish.
With KadePay
Set each appointment at the client's address, then take the balance with Tap to Pay on a compatible phone or let them scan the printed Pay Direct QR card in your kit.
Tap to Pay and card readersHow it fits your week
From your Flex Link, clients see your styles and request a time. Knotless, boho, cornrows and starter locs each carry their real duration, so your day stays honest.
Once you confirm, they pay the deposit and answer your size, length and hair questions. Inspiration photos go into a shared Gallery folder.
Your prep and late policy is signed on their phone, so nobody is surprised by a fee or by needing to arrive blow-dried.
When the last braid is dipped, they tap a card on your compatible phone or pay a link, or you record the Zelle or Venmo they sent.
Book the takedown or the next retwist, and keep notes about tension, parting and products on their profile for next time.
Every way your clients pay
Availability depends on your account setup and eligibility. You confirm Venmo and Zelle payments after checking they arrived.
Built in
Each tool writes to the same client record, from the first booking request to the receipt.
KadePay for braiders
A hair braiding business runs on long appointments, which makes every empty hour expensive. A braiding deposit, sent the moment you confirm a request, protects the day, and a vanishing bill on Team or Pro releases the time if the deposit is never paid. Requests come in from your link, so you are not quoting prices in DMs at midnight.
Knotless braids, boho styles and loc work all depend on details: size, length, hair included or not, and how the client's hair arrives. Ask those questions on the deposit link, collect braid inspiration photos in a shared folder, and have the client sign your prep and late policy before the day.
A loctician booking app should keep maintenance steady. Retwist packages and monthly plans reward clients who stay on schedule, and notes on parting, tension and products help you pick up where you left off.
If you are a mobile braider, set each appointment at the client's address and take payment with Tap to Pay on a compatible phone. Clients who prefer Zelle or Venmo send it from their own app, and you record it in KadePay with no fee from KadePay.
CLEAR ANSWERS
One that collects the deposit and the style details without a DM thread. KadePay lets clients request a time you confirm, then sends a deposit link with your size, length and hair questions, a signed prep and late policy, and Tap to Pay at the chair.
Clients request a time from your booking link, and no payment happens then. After you confirm, text a fixed deposit link, such as $50, with questions about size, length and whether you supply the hair. Charge the balance when the set is finished.
Yes, if the client agreed to it. Put the grace period and the fee in a policy form the client signs, and ask for card authorization. When someone arrives past the grace period, charge the fee your signed policy describes.
Yes. Share a Gallery folder on the client's profile with read/write access, and the client can add inspiration photos of the style they want. You can add finished photos to the same folder afterward.
Yes. Sell a retwist package and record each visit as it is used, or bill a monthly maintenance plan on Team or Pro. Each retwist is still booked separately, and private notes keep your parting and product details.
For a braider working solo, Pay-As-You-Go starts at $0 per month, plus payment and usage fees. Team at $10 per month and Pro at $35 per month add vanishing bills, recurring plans and team members for a shop. See the pricing page for details.
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