Salon software with iDEAL in 2026: the Wero transition and commission-free payouts

What the move from iDEAL to Wero means for your salon

In the Netherlands, iDEAL is by far the most common way to pay online. Your clients know it, trust it, and expect the same ease when booking a treatment as when they order from a webshop. If you want to understand exactly how the system works under the hood, this explanation of iDEAL gives a clear overview of its mechanics and history.

Over the coming years iDEAL is merging into Wero, the payment system of the European Payments Initiative. The branding shifts along with it, and the full transition is expected towards 2028. For you as a salon owner, the important question is simple: do you have to do anything about it?

The answer is no, provided your payment flow runs through an established payment provider. Salonnare connects to your own Mollie or Stripe account. Those providers implement the European standards on their side, so your booking page simply keeps working. No new contract to sign, no technical migration to plan. That is precisely the difference between a payment integration you have to maintain yourself and one that moves with the market.

Payments straight into your own account, no commission per booking

Many booking platforms charge a commission on every appointment. That feels manageable on a single booking, but it adds up fast. At 15 percent commission on a 60 euro treatment you hand over 9 euro. Ten such bookings a week already means more than 4,500 euro a year that never reaches you.

Salonnare works differently. We are a young Dutch company and we charge no commission per appointment at all. You pay a fixed monthly fee and nothing else: the Free plan costs 0 euro per month and covers 1 staff member with up to 50 bookings per month, Starter costs 29 euro per month and Pro 59 euro per month. Whatever lands in your account, your software cost stays the same. The full breakdown is on the pricing page.

Where the money goes matters just as much. Because the payment runs through your own Mollie or Stripe account, the amount arrives directly in your own bank account. You are not waiting on the payout cycle of an intermediary holding your revenue first. That helps your cash flow, and it helps your peace of mind. For a step-by-step walkthrough of setting this up, see our practical guide to salon software with iDEAL.

A booking widget on your own website reinforces the effect. Clients book directly with you instead of through a general marketplace where a competitor sits one scroll away. You keep the client relationship, the data and the margin. You can try it today by starting for free.

Deposits that protect your calendar against no-shows

An empty chair costs twice: you miss the revenue and you could have given that slot to someone else. The psychology of a deposit is simple but effective. Once someone has transferred money, the appointment feels less non-committal and the threshold for silently skipping it rises sharply.

With online payments and deposits you decide per treatment whether you ask for something up front and how much. A short cut needs only a small amount, while a long colour treatment justifies a firmer deposit. In the Netherlands, consumer purchase guidance commonly advises not to ask for more than half of the total up front. For services the legal position is more flexible, but as a rule of thumb that 50 percent keeps the barrier low for your client and your certainty high.

Pair the deposit with cancellation terms your client accepts at booking, and with automatic reminders by email. That combination does most of the work: the deposit raises commitment, the reminder simply stops people forgetting. If you want to go deeper, our guide on collecting deposits in your salon covers the rates, the terms and the client conversations in detail.

From payment to bookkeeping: VAT, vault and export

A paid booking is only half the job. The moment a client pays online, it is visible in your calendar and in your point-of-sale. At the counter you settle only the remainder, with no retyping and no awkward searching through a banking app. The system accounts for Dutch VAT rates along the way, such as the 9 percent rate for hairdressing services and 21 percent for other services and products.

For your bookkeeping we deliberately chose an export function rather than a live integration. You generate a file and import it into Moneybird or e-Boekhouden, for example. That sounds more old-fashioned than it is: you stay in control of what data you share and when, and you avoid a stuttering sync quietly writing duplicate or missing lines into your books.

Finally, the data itself. Alongside payment details you often record preferences, allergies or skin conditions. Those are health data and fall under Article 9 of the GDPR, with a heightened duty of protection. Salonnare stores them in a separately encrypted vault on servers inside the EU, kept apart from ordinary client notes, with per-staff permissions so only authorised colleagues can look.

Still weighing up which system fits you? Our guide on how to compare salon software walks through the criteria. Would you rather just try it? Start with Salonnare for free today and accept iDEAL payments right away.

Frequently asked questions about salon software with iDEAL