About NailWage
On the owner's side of the money your POS and CPA don't explain.
NailWage is a bilingual, owner-side money check for U.S. nail salons. It does not replace your POS, CPA, payroll provider, or lawyer — it checks the gap they leave: whether your card processor's effective rate is fair, and whether the weekly closeout adds up. The Card-Fee Check is free and neutral, because the company that runs your POS is usually the card processor too — and will never flag its own markup.
Lead with the Card-Fee Check
Upload a monthly merchant statement and see your real effective rate vs. passthrough — a neutral read your POS-as-processor will never hand you. It's free, and it's the one number nobody else on your side is checking. You can save each month's check and compare it to last month.
Owner worksheet first, share second
The weekly closeout stays a private owner worksheet until you choose to finalize, export, or share. Imports and paper scans create draft rows you review — NailWage never auto-saves money or pushes anything to a technician.
One honest number for everyone
Owner view, technician summary, and CPA export all render from the same figures — never a different number by audience. Technician links say received / request correction, never approve, and stay scoped and revocable. It's a reference to cross-check, never a tax document.
Why this exists
Most salons already run a nail POS and trust a CPA — but the POS owns live operations and is usually the card processor, and the CPA owns official filing. That leaves the owner alone on two things every week: is the processor's markup fair, and does the closeout add up? NailWage is that neutral middle layer — calm, owner-controlled, and not payroll, tax, or legal software.