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Sam Harrison

@_samanthaharrison

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Building businesses while raising babies 🤍
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@shhairextensions | @nisha.appointments

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$411 in cancellation fees. In ONE week. 🤯

And the funny thing? I never used to charge booking fees because I was worried my clients wouldn’t pay them.

Turns out, they absolutely will.

That’s $411 that would have otherwise been lost revenue. And it’s exactly why understanding your numbers is so important.

Every week, I sit down and review my team’s performance individually. Not just how much revenue they’ve generated, but what it’s actually costing the business to generate that revenue.

I’m looking at:

* Revenue generated per team member
* Product costs
* Wages
* Service gross profit
* Wage-to-revenue percentages

Because being busy and being profitable are two very different things.

As a general benchmark, I like to aim for around 30% wage-to-revenue, depending on the business model. Why? Because that revenue still needs to cover your products, rent, software, insurance, superannuation and every other expense that comes with running a business.

And ideally, after all of that, there should actually be some profit left for YOU.

You can have a fully booked team generating incredible revenue, but if you’re not tracking what it costs to deliver those services, how do you actually know whether you’re making money?

Revenue is exciting. Profit is what keeps you in business.

If you’re a salon owner, here’s your reminder to stop just looking at how much money is coming in and start understanding how much you’re actually keeping. 🤍

#SalonOwner #SalonBusiness #SalonProfitability #BusinessGrowth #nishaappointments by @_samanthaharrison

What an incredible night 😍
Honoured to be a finalist in the 2026 business Director of the year awards.
A huge congrats to all the finalists, and winners 🙌🏻

And a huge thank you to @mochahairmedia for bringing us all together. 10/10! by @_samanthaharrison

I mean - did I just WINK with both eyes 😂 my brain is tired

Nisha is growing FAST and we’re only just getting started! 🥹💜

One thing we promised from day one was that we’d actually LISTEN to the businesses using Nisha, and I think it’s safe to say we’re delivering!

We’re currently building over 75% of the feature requests coming through, with some updates going from request to LIVE in as little as 36 hours! 🤯

Here’s just a little of what’s new (and what’s coming 👀):

✨ We’re GLOBAL! Nisha is available in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the US and beyond!

✨ Independent stylists can connect their own Stripe accounts to receive their booking fees directly.

✨ Individual retail tracking — assign product sales to team members for more accurate KPI reporting.

✨ Online storefront — sell retail products, gift cards and prepaid series directly through your website.

✨ Plus SO many more improvements, features and little tweaks requested by YOU!

We’re not building Nisha based on what we think salon owners need. We’re building it alongside the people actually running these businesses every single day.

So please, KEEP THE FEATURE REQUESTS COMING! We genuinely read them, review them and build as many as we can.

And trust me, what we’re working on behind the scenes is even more exciting. 🥹

This is just the beginning! 💜

#nishaappointments #salonsoftware #onlinebooking # by @_samanthaharrison

At this point I think adding features is my love language and marketing is my toxic trait 😂
Forever finding just one more thing to make Nisha better. Someone take my laptop/s away x

#nisha #claudecode #salonsoftware #bookingsystem by @_samanthaharrison

Exactly what the doctor ordered for us all 🤍 there’s something so healing about being up at the farm. No agenda, no school, & all being together.

How lucky I am to get to experience this & even more so, my kids.

The view, the serenity and the quality time all being together ❤️

#blessed by @_samanthaharrison

You shouldn’t need a business degree to understand your own business. 🤍

When I built Nisha’s reports, one of my biggest priorities was making sure business owners could actually understand what they were looking at, without feeling overwhelmed by numbers, percentages and metrics they’ve never heard of.

That’s why we’ve broken everything down into Financials, Bookings and Efficiency, with three different views: Simple, Intermediate and Advanced.

Whether you’re just starting to learn your numbers or you’re ready to dive into the finer details, Nisha grows with you.

Because you can’t improve what you don’t understand.

And that’s exactly what we’re on a mission to change. Helping more business owners become financially literate, make confident decisions and build businesses that are actually profitable. 🫶🏽

Try Nisha free for 14 days.
Sign up via the link in our bio or visit www.nisha.com.au by @_samanthaharrison

She’s a work in progress 😂 BTS of my day to day with 15 browser tabs open in my brain.

Having the creative freedom to customise my own salon software is SO FUN! Especially in an era of AI.

I’ve very quickly learnt, if I can think it, I can BUILD it. 🙈 not without a lot of iterations, logic and time… but still FUN

Love having you all here for the ride

Sam xx

#salon #salonsoftware #bookingsystem #aisoftware by @_samanthaharrison

Nisha is SO much more than just a booking system. 🤍

Built by a salon owner, for salon owners who want to work smarter, understand their numbers and actually know where their profit is going.

From seamless bookings and team management to real-time profitability, smart pricing, AI-powered insights and our built-in Scale Station. Everything you need to run a more profitable business, all in one place.

Ready to see what Nisha can do for your business?

✨ Sign up for your 14-day free trial today. Link in bio!

www.nisha.com.au by @_samanthaharrison

STOP COPYING YOUR COMPETITORS’ PRICING. 👏🏼

Your competitors don’t have the same overheads, wage costs, product costs or income goals as you. So why are you charging the same prices?

One of my absolute favourite features inside Nisha is our Income & Targets.

We reverse engineer YOUR income goals to calculate exactly what your business needs to earn per hour to be profitable.

Then we analyse your individual services, factoring in your costs, time and profitability, so you can see whether your pricing is actually working for you.

Because being fully booked means absolutely nothing if you’re not making money.

Stop pricing based on what everyone else is charging. Start pricing based on what YOUR business needs to earn.

This is exactly why I built Nisha. 🤍

#NishaAppointments #salonbusinesscoach #bookingsystem #salonsoftware by @_samanthaharrison

Imagine knowing exactly how much product you’re using, wasting AND profiting from every service. 👀

Meet the Nisha Scale Station ⚖️

Built directly into your Nisha platform, our Scale Station takes the guesswork out of your product costs.

✨ Automatically tracks and records product usage
✨ Monitors product wastage
✨ Calculates your product costs
✨ Tracks your service profitability in real time

Because knowing what you’re charging is one thing… but knowing what you’re actually making is everything.

Less waste. More profit. Smarter business decisions.

This is what happens when your booking system does more than just take bookings.

Welcome to Nisha. 🤍

#nisha #scalestation #salonsoftware #bookingsystem by @_samanthaharrison

A little BTS of what our days look like at the moment 🤪

3 companies. 3 kids. And a whole lotta chaos

One minute we’re talking hair extensions, the next we’re deep in software development, fixing bugs, answering emails and dreaming up the next big thing.

It’s chaotic, it’s a lot of work, but I genuinely wouldn’t have it any other way.

Just two people with some pretty big dreams, figuring it out as we go. 🥹

Thanks for believing in me & my crazy ideas ❤️I couldn’t do it without you! @samuelreecedougall by @_samanthaharrison

Fully booked but still want your existing clients to book online? 👀

Until now, that usually meant turning off your online bookings completely just to stop new clients from booking in.

Not with Nisha! 🙊❤️

You can now control exactly WHO can book online, whether that’s everyone, existing clients only, or specific customer groups.

No more switching off your online bookings just because you’re not accepting new clients. Your loyal clients can keep booking themselves in, while you stay in control of your calendar.

Another problem solved. Another feature LIVE on Nisha! 🚀❤️

#NishaAppointments #OnlineBookingSystem #SalonBusiness #BeautyBusiness #BusinessManagement by @_samanthaharrison