PRICE YOUR MENU 101

YOU NEED A LAPTOP OR DESKTOP. IT DOES NOT WORK ON A PHONE.

Mac or Windows. Works with the free Claude plan. Works in NZ, Australia, the UK, the US and Canada. Best after Menu Check, works on its own too.

Salon Business Edition 2 of 3. Three workbooks, one Claude chat, in this order: 1 Menu Check (are my prices right for my area?), 2 Price Your Menu 101 (are they right for my costs?), 3 KPI + Claude 101 (am I hitting them every month?). Each one carries on from the last. Nothing is done twice.

What every service on your menu has to cost. Worked out, not guessed.

Menu Check told you where you sit against the salons around you. This one answers the question that actually matters: do your prices cover your costs? Price Your Menu 101 works out what one hour of your chair has to earn, how long each service really takes, which services are losing you money, and what your new menu should be. Then it writes the words to tell your clients.

I'm dyslexic, I hate spreadsheets, and this is how I price now. Seven short sections. In each one you fill in a few boxes, then copy one message into Claude.

What's Included

• The Price Your Menu 101 digital workbook, yours to keep
• Section 1: set up Claude from scratch, with pictures of every click. Already got Claude? One button folds it away
• Section 2: your hour rate, from your costs or straight from your bank statements
• Section 3: your whole menu, with how long each service takes and a floor price for each. Red means it's losing you money
• Section 4: product cost, or let Claude estimate it
• Section 5: your new menu, old price next to new, using your area numbers from Menu Check if you did it
• Section 6: the text, email, post and chair script to tell your clients
• Section 7: price levels for your team, or a review date if it's just you
• A "Stuck? Start here" section for when it goes wrong

Who It's For

• Salon owners and chair renters
• Anyone who hasn't put prices up in a while and dreads doing it
• Total beginners. If you can copy and paste, you can do this

What You'll Need

• A Mac or Windows laptop or desktop. Not a phone, not an iPad.
• A Claude account. The free plan is fine for this one
• Your menu and your bills

How It Works

After you buy, you'll get a download link. Open it on your Mac or Windows computer, save the file, and double-click it. It opens in your browser. Your answers save as you go, so you can stop and come back any time. Allow about 90 minutes.

The Fine Print

© Andy Alsop / Arthur Andrew. This is for your salon only. Please don't share, copy or forward the file. It's my work, and it's how I pay the bills. One purchase is one licence for one salon. It's a digital download, so no refunds for change of mind, but if anything's broken, email me and I'll sort it. Not financial or accounting advice. Full terms are in the Terms of Service link at the bottom of this page.