EaseSeat Blog — SingaporePractical guides on running Singapore salons and spas — PDPA-safe WhatsApp marketing, GST, appointments, staff, prepaid packages and salon software.https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/en-sgThe Chinese New Year Rush: Running Your Salon's Biggest Month Without Breaking Ithttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/chinese-new-year-rush-salon-planning-singapore/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/chinese-new-year-rush-salon-planning-singapore/How Singapore salons plan the CNY peak: early bookings, deposits that hold, surcharges customers accept, stock before distributors close, the lull after.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHiring for a Singapore Salon: Quotas, Levies and the Roster Mathshttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/hiring-salon-staff-singapore-work-permit-s-pass/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/hiring-salon-staff-singapore-work-permit-s-pass/Work Permit and S Pass rules for Singapore salons in 2026: the 35% quota, levy tiers, the S$3,300 S Pass salary, the S$1,800 Local Qualifying Salary, CPF.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrepaid Packages in Singapore: Selling Them Without Becoming a CASE Statistichttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/prepaid-packages-singapore-salon-trust/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/prepaid-packages-singapore-salon-trust/Beauty complaints to CASE rose 76% in 2025; prepayment losses passed S$2m. How Singapore salons sell packages customers trust and regulators leave alone.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhich Licences a Singapore Salon or Spa Actually Needshttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-spa-licences-singapore/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-spa-licences-singapore/Hair salons in Singapore need no trade licence; massage does. The Police ME licence, Category I vs II, fees, CaseTrust and where aesthetic treatments stop.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGST for Singapore Salons: The S$1 Million Line and What Your Receipt Must Sayhttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/gst-for-salons-singapore/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/gst-for-salons-singapore/When a Singapore salon must register for GST, how the retrospective and prospective tests work, what a compliant receipt shows, and the price-display fine.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhatsApp Marketing for Singapore Salons: What the DNC Registry Actually Allowshttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/whatsapp-marketing-pdpa-dnc-registry-singapore/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/whatsapp-marketing-pdpa-dnc-registry-singapore/Singapore's PDPA and DNC Registry apply to WhatsApp. What counts as marketing, when existing customers are exempt, what consent looks like, and the fines.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSalon Hygiene Standards as Marketing: Make the Invisible Visiblehttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-hygiene-standards-as-marketing/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-hygiene-standards-as-marketing/Salon hygiene standards double as marketing when customers can see them: honest sterilisation theatre, checklists, pricing power and trust signals.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to Reduce Walk-Out Rate: The Customers Who Leave Before the Chairhttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/reduce-salon-walk-out-rate/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/reduce-salon-walk-out-rate/Reducing salon walk-outs: measure the customers who leave before service, give honest wait quotes, show the queue, and capture the ones you still lose.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSalon Inventory Management: Where the Colour Tubes Actually Gohttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-inventory-management/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-inventory-management/Salon inventory management in Singapore: consumption tracking, retail vs professional stock, shrinkage, reorder points and the real numbers.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSalon Software for Multi-Branch Chains: What Breaks at Branch Twohttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-software-for-multi-branch-chains/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/salon-software-for-multi-branch-chains/What multi-branch salon chains need from software: consolidated reporting, shared customers, per-branch pricing, staff transfers and franchise realities.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFree vs Paid Salon Software: The Honest Tradeoffshttps://easeseat.com/sg/blog/free-vs-paid-salon-software/https://easeseat.com/sg/blog/free-vs-paid-salon-software/When free salon software is enough for a Singapore salon, how free products actually make money, and the point at which paying becomes the cheaper option.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT