Free Tool
With nails the product is cheap, but your time and booth rent aren't — which is exactly why so many sets get underpriced. Enter your real costs and target margin, and this calculator gives you the price that actually pays you for the chair time.
Your costs per service
Your numbers
$3.00 product · $2.00 supplies · $60.00 labor · $18.00 overhead
Recommended price
$184.44
earns $101.44 profit at a 55% margin
Round up to a clean number — never advertise below this.
That's one service. What about the rest of your menu?
Profit Suite does this for every service you offer — automatically.
Costing a single set by hand is easy. Doing it across a full menu, as product prices and booth rent shift, is where the money quietly leaks — and that's what Profit Suite handles:
The calculator uses cost-based pricing: it adds up what a service actually costs you to deliver, then marks it up to hit the profit margin you choose. The formula is recommended price = true cost ÷ (1 − target margin). Your true cost is the sum of product, supplies, labor (rate × time), and overhead per service.
Enter your current price too, and it tells you whether you're hitting your target, leaving money on the table, or — in the worst case — losing money on every service.
Want the full walkthrough with examples and price ranges? the full nail pricing guide, or how to calculate cost per service.
Enter the gel manicure's product, supplies, your chair time, and booth-rent overhead, then apply your target margin. Most gel manicures land between $35 and $60, but because your time and overhead matter more than product, a slow or high-rent setup means a higher floor.
Set your service time to the full appointment length — acrylic sets often run 90 minutes to two hours — so the price reflects your real chair time, not just materials. Full sets commonly land between $45 and $90+.
Yes. A soak-off can take 20–30 minutes of paid time, so add it as its own cost or build it into the new set. Doing it free is giving away money.
Independent techs and booth renters usually target 40–55%, since overhead is lean and they keep the full price. Commission techs in a staffed salon often run 30–40%. Below 25% is a warning sign.