Most people want to know what something costs before they book. A clear price list answers that before anyone has to ask, and if a question ever comes up later about what was agreed, it's there to point to.
If you've worked your prices out with our price calculator, they can come straight across. Otherwise just type them in.
The price list builder
Add your services, pick a style, and save it however you need it. Nothing you enter leaves this browser, unless you choose to add it to your Natty profile.
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Your details
Your colours
Pick a scheme or choose your own. Bold turns them round, so your heading colour becomes the background.
Some of the text may be hard to read on that background. A darker text colour or a lighter background would help.
Your services
Group them into sections, like Cuts and Colour. Leave a price blank to show the service without one. When to use "From" or "By length".
Notes (optional)
Need a full policy? Our cancellation policy template builds one.
Card surcharges are allowed for now if you say so up front and offer a way to pay without one, but a ban on in-person EFTPOS, Visa and Mastercard surcharges is before Parliament. More on this.
What to put on it
Name each service the way a client would say it. "Women's cut and blow-wave" is easier to understand than a code or the name of a technique, and if you do use a name of your own, a few words underneath saying what it is will save a question.
Then group them so people can find what they came for, like cuts, colour and styling, or hands, feet and lashes. A short description is the place to say what's included, like a wash or a blow-dry. Times are worth adding too: they help clients plan around the appointment, and they help you book the right length of slot.
List add-ons under the service they go with, so a toner or nail art isn't a surprise at the end.
"From" prices and prices by length
A "from" price works when the price really does start there and most people will land close to it. It tells people less the wider the range gets. If long hair takes twice as long as short, prices by length say more than "from $90" does, and save explaining it at the appointment.
Whichever you use, it has to be a price people can actually get. The Commerce Commission says anything you claim about price must be "clear, accurate and unambiguous" (Commerce Commission).
If you haven't settled on the numbers yet, our price calculator works them out from the take-home you're after and what it costs you to work, and can send them straight here.
Showing prices fairly in New Zealand
If you're registered for GST, show your prices with GST included. The Commerce Commission's guidance is that prices "must include or be clear about" GST (Commerce Commission). Tick the GST box in the builder and it adds a line saying so. If you're not registered, there's no GST to add.
Anything extra belongs on the list as well. You don't have to show prices at all, but once you do, you "can't charge more than the displayed price", and clients shouldn't find costs they weren't told about (Consumer Protection). A travel fee, a charge for extra-long hair or a card surcharge needs to be on the list, not mentioned at the end.
Card surcharges are allowed for now, as long as you're open about them before people pay, offer at least one way to pay without one, and charge no more than that payment method costs you (Commerce Commission). That may change. A bill before Parliament would ban surcharges on in-person EFTPOS, Visa and Mastercard payments. It was reported back from select committee in November 2025, and would take effect a month after it becomes law (New Zealand Legislation).
A price list also helps if there's ever a disagreement. Under the Consumer Guarantees Act, when no price was agreed for a service, the client doesn't have to pay more than a reasonable price (section 31). A list they saw before booking shows what the price was.
Travel fees for mobile work
If you go to clients, say on the list how travel is charged, whether that's a flat fee, a fee by area, or free within a distance and then so much a kilometre. The builder has a line for it under Notes. Setting the fee itself is coming in a guide of its own.
When your prices change
Update your list before the new prices start, so what clients see always matches what you charge. Regulars will appreciate hearing about it before their next booking, and it's worth deciding up front whether bookings already made at the old price keep it.
You don't have to give a reason for a price rise. If you do, though, it has to be accurate. The Commerce Commission has warned businesses against blaming a rise on something that doesn't account for it, like GST (Commerce Commission).
Sources
Checked on 8 October 2026.
- Commerce Commission, Pricing (for consumers)
- Commerce Commission, Pricing your products or services, including surcharges
- Consumer Protection (MBIE), Misleading prices or advertising
- New Zealand Legislation, Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill (205-2, as reported from the Finance and Expenditure Committee on 13 November 2025)
- Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, section 31, guarantee as to price
- Commerce Commission, Reasons for price increases must not be misrepresented (30 June 2010)
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