M-Pesa is the backbone of payments in Kenya. Your customers use it to pay for groceries, fuel, and rent. But in most barbershops, it's still a separate step — open the M-Pesa app, check for the notification, write it down somewhere. That workflow has gaps.
The problem with manual M-Pesa tracking
When payments come through M-Pesa but aren't tied to a service record, you lose visibility. Was that KES 800 for a haircut or a beard trim? Which barber served the customer? Did the commission get calculated? These are questions you shouldn't have to answer at the end of the day.
Integrating M-Pesa into your workflow
Modern barbershop tools let you send a payment request directly from the service record. The customer receives an STK push on their phone, pays, and the confirmation is automatically recorded against the service. No switching apps. No writing down transaction codes.
- Send STK push directly from the dashboard
- Payment confirmation recorded automatically
- Tied to the service record and the barber who did the work
- Cash payments handled in the same flow
Cash and M-Pesa in one view
Not every customer pays by M-Pesa, and that's fine. The key is having both payment methods recorded in one place so you can see exactly what came in today — by M-Pesa, by cash, and by barber.