This guide is for agents quoting hardware for appointment-based personal-care businesses: hair salons, barbershops, nail studios, spas, lash and brow studios, massage and wellness. Clients book, come in, get a service, tip and sometimes buy a product on the way out. For the full catalogue of devices and the rules behind every quote, see Stackably hardware options and bundles (Sunmi).
The short version
P3H or P3 MIX, your call. Both run the calendar, services, memberships and tipping. The P3 MIX shows the calendar and the day's services side by side; the P3H is smaller and cheaper.
No network, no printer, no Ubiquiti. The terminal prints receipts; most salons email or text them anyway.
Retail products at the front desk → P3 MIX. It takes the scanner, the cash drawer and the label printer; the P3H takes none of them.
Salon suites or booth renters with their own merchant accounts → one device per MID.
Second device for a second chair or a busy desk: a P3H, as an upsell.
The builds to quote
Services only | Services + retail at the desk | |
Terminal | P3H, or P3 MIX if they want the bigger calendar view | P3 MIX on swivel cradle |
Tip prompt | Hand the P3H to the client, or swivel the P3 MIX | Swivel, or add the 6.7" CFD for a fixed screen |
Receipts | Built in | Built in |
Scanner | None | Handheld scanner with base, or the label printer's built-in scanner |
Cash drawer | Not on the P3H; optional on the P3 MIX | Sunmi MAX or third-party drawer (optional) |
Ubiquiti network | No | No |
Best for | Single-owner shops, booth renters, mobile stylists, spas that bill per treatment | Salons with a product wall, nail studios selling polish, spas selling skincare |
Upsell for either build: a P3H as a second device for a second chair, a treatment room, or a busy front desk. Offer; do not add by default.
P3H or P3 MIX
Both run everything: calendar, services, add-ons, memberships, packages, deposits, invoices, tipping. The difference is screen and accessories.
P3H when the merchant wants the smallest, cheapest device, works alone, or carries it between chairs or rooms. It takes no scanner, drawer or printer.
P3 MIX when they want to see the calendar and the day's service list side by side, want a fixed desk device on the swivel cradle, or need any accessory at all.
A T3 is rarely the right call for a salon. Quote it only when the front desk runs like a retail counter all day and the owner wants the big station.
The network rule, in salon terms
Salons do not need the Ubiquiti network. There is no kitchen, no printer away from the desk, no KDS. The terminal prints its own receipts over the salon Wi-Fi. A label printer for product price tags plugs into the P3 MIX by USB, or into the merchant's own router by Ethernet; neither needs the network. Do not put a network line on a salon quote unless the merchant asks to opt in.
Accessories for salons and spas
Swivel cradle. Ships with the P3 MIX. Turn it to the client for tip and signature.
6.7" CFD. P3 MIX only, additional charge. A fixed client-facing screen at the desk so the device never leaves the receptionist's hands.
Handheld scanner with base. For scanning retail products at the desk. P3 MIX only in this vertical. Blink 2 by preference.
Label printer. For salons that price-tag their retail products. USB to the P3 MIX, or Ethernet to the merchant's router; no Ubiquiti either way. Built-in scanner. P3 MIX only in this vertical.
Cash drawer. Sunmi MAX or the third-party drawer we resell (confirm model with the Stackably team). P3 MIX only. Many salons skip it.
SIM card. Only for mobile stylists or on-site services. $20 per month.
Edge cases
"It's a suite building: eight stylists, each with their own merchant account." One device per MID. A P3H each is the usual answer; a P3 MIX for any stylist who sells product. A single terminal cannot run two merchant accounts today.
"One owner, several booth renters who pay rent but process under the owner's account." One MID, so one device works. Add a P3H per chair as an upsell if stylists want to check out their own clients.
"They want clients to tip without the receptionist handing the device over." P3 MIX with the 6.7" CFD, or swivel the cradle.
"They want to take a deposit at booking." Software, not hardware. Works on either device.
"They sell retail and want to print price tags." P3 MIX + label printer by USB. No network required. The label printer's scanner covers checkout scanning.
"They do mobile appointments at clients' homes." P3H + SIM card ($20 per month). Prints the receipt on site.
"The spa has treatment rooms and wants to check out in the room." A P3H carried room to room on the spa Wi-Fi. Upsell a second P3H if more than one therapist checks out at once.
"They want a cash drawer but want the small device." The P3H takes no drawer. P3 MIX.
"Their Wi-Fi is weak at the front desk." The P3 MIX cradle can be wired by Ethernet. The P3H cannot; use a SIM card or move to a P3 MIX.
"They want the big screen." A T3 works, with CPad Pay or CFD + SmartPad by preference, but it is overkill for most salons. Make sure they know the P3 MIX does the same job.
Quick answers
Which terminal? P3H or P3 MIX, your call. P3 MIX if they sell retail or want any accessory.
Network? No.
Tips? Hand over the P3H, swivel the P3 MIX, or add the 6.7" CFD.
Suites with separate merchant accounts? One device per MID.
Retail at the desk? P3 MIX with a scanner or the label printer.
Second device? P3H, upsell only.