DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, November 12, 2026 – Salonist, a cloud-based salon and spa management platform serving more than 15,000 businesses in over 60 countries, today announced the launch of Digital Wallet, a new feature that lets beauty businesses store prepaid client credit on branded Apple Wallet and Google Wallet cards. The feature is designed to make prepaid payments easier to manage for salons, spas and barbershops, and easier to use for their clients, who no longer need a separate app or a physical card to check or spend their balance.
Prepaid packages and store credit are common in the beauty industry, but balances are often tracked on paper cards, spreadsheets or inside booking apps that clients rarely open. Salonist's Digital Wallet places that balance directly in the wallet app already built into a client's phone, alongside boarding passes and payment cards.
How Digital Wallet works
Prepaid credit on the phone: Each client receives a wallet card that shows their prepaid balance. Top-ups and redemptions are reflected on the card within seconds.
Automatic updates: Every checkout, top-up, redemption or membership renewal updates the card on each device where it has been added, without reissuing a new card.
One card for multiple programs: Salons can show the wallet balance together with loyalty points, loyalty tier, membership plan and remaining package sessions on a single card, and choose which fields appear.
Faster check-in: The card's barcode carries the client ID. Scanning it at reception opens the client's profile in Salonist. QR, PDF417, Aztec and Code128 formats are supported.
Easy recovery: If a client changes or loses a phone, resending the same link installs the card again with the latest balance.
Branded cards and flexible distribution
Businesses design their wallet card with their own brand colour, logo and cover image, using a live preview inside Salonist. Cards can be issued to an entire client list at once, created automatically on a client's first visit, added one at a time from a client profile or included with a booking confirmation. Salons can share card links by WhatsApp, SMS or email, or display a QR code at reception for walk-in clients.
"Clients want to see their balance without searching for a paper card or downloading another app, and salon teams want fewer manual records," said Neeraj Gupta, founder of Salonist. "Digital Wallet puts prepaid credit, loyalty and memberships on the phone the client already carries, and keeps every update in sync with the salon's system automatically."
Availability
Digital Wallet is available now to Salonist customers worldwide. Wallet cards start at $39 for 1,000 cards, and the Pro and Business plans include monthly pass allowances. Further details are available on the Salonist Digital Wallet feature page.
About Salonist
Salonist is a cloud-based management platform for salons, spas, barbershops and beauty businesses. Its software covers online booking, point of sale, payments, staff and inventory management, client records, marketing automation and reporting, with support for 13 languages and more than 40 integrations. Salonist serves more than 15,000 businesses in over 60 countries and has offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. More information is available at salonist.io.
