Salons spend $5K to $25K monthly on wholesale products, software, and overhead. Product suppliers code as wholesale. but your software and advertising can earn 3x to 4x.
Adjust the sliders to match your monthly business spend. Each category shows which card earns the most and why.
These aren't obvious. Nobody in the salons & barbershops industry talks about points optimization. Here's what we see over and over.
Beauty supply distributors code as wholesale. no bonus on any card. But catch-all card earns 2x. On $3K/month, that's 72,000 points per year instead of zero.
$3K/month products on the right catch-all card = 72K pts/year.
Social media ads earn 3x to 4x on the right business card. Even $1K/month on the right business card earns 36,000 points per year. enough for a domestic round-trip flight.
$1K/month ads at 3x = 36K pts/year.
Booking software may code as a software subscription on Amex, earning up to 4x. It's a small monthly amount, but combined with your other digital expenses, it compounds.
$400/month software at 4x = 19,200 pts/year.
You don't need an LLC to get a business card. Sole proprietors qualify. Two cards in year one = 170K+ bonus points worth $2,500+ in travel. That's a free vacation from signing up.
the right business card 100K + the right category card 70K = $2,500+ in travel.
Every vendor sends a merchant category code (MCC) when you swipe. That code determines your multiplier. The same $5,000 payment earns 5,000 points on the wrong card or 20,000 on the right one. We match every vendor to its highest-earning card.
We've mapped how your vendors code with card networks. Verified, not guessed.
Every bonus category has annual caps. We shift routing before you hit a ceiling and drop to 1x.
Earning is half. We route redemptions to partners where points are worth 2x to 5x more than cash.
Your card stack, routing rules, and redemption strategy are built specifically for your vendors and spend. See what yours looks like.
Same spend. Different strategy. Different outcome.
Hypothetical example for illustration. Actual results vary based on your specific vendors, card products, and redemption choices. This is not financial advice.
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